Jean-Efflam Bavouzet awarded RNCM Fellowship 28 November 2017 We were proud to award pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet with Fellowship of the RNCM during his latest visit to the College. Recognised as one of the most engaging live performers of… Read more
Keiko Abe awarded Fellowship of the RNCM 24 November 2017 We were proud to award Yamaha artist Keiko Abe with Fellowship of the RNCM during a recent visit to the College. The marimba virtuoso, who turned 80 earlier this year,… Read more
Eminent vocal alumni in live cinema broadcast from the Met 17 November 2017 The stellar cast of Thomas Adès’s opera The Exterminating Angel features a host of familiar names from the RNCM To mark its American première, the much-anticipated opera is being broadcast live in HD… Read more
HEFCE supports RNCM digital project with £1.05m grant 14 November 2017 The RNCM has received £1.05 million from the Higher Education Funding Council for England’s Catalyst Fund to establish a significant digital project linking the College with university music departments and… Read more
Olympias Music Foundation wins Integration Award 10 November 2017 Congratulations to PhD student Jo-Yee Cheung and all RNCM students and alumni involved in the Olympias Music Foundation (OMF) on being named Grassroots Champion at the 2017 Community Integration Awards.… Read more
RNCM partner shortlisted for Music Teacher Award 9 November 2017 Congratulations to our professional partner, the National Youth Wind Orchestra of Great Britain (NWOGB), shortlisted for a 2018 Music Teacher Award for Excellence. Nominated for the Best Classical Music Education… Read more
RNCM Pathfinder 7 November 2017 The RNCM has announced a three-year initiative to help aspiring young musicians within Greater Manchester progress their musical talent. In collaboration with the Greater Manchester Music Hub, One Education Music… Read more
Sir John Manduell CBE: 1928 – 2017 26 October 2017 It is with great sadness that we report the death of Sir John Manduell, our Founding Principal, on Wednesday 25 October at the age of 89. Born in Johannesburg in… Read more
Alumni nominated for British Composer Awards 25 October 2017 Alumni Sally Beamish, Ben Gaunt, Andrew Hamilton, Emily Howard and the late Sir Peter Maxwell Davies have been nominated for British Composer Awards. Announced today (Wednesday 25 October), this year’s… Read more
Alumna chosen for RSNO Composer Hub programme 20 October 2017 Alumna Anna Appleby is one of five composers selected for the Royal Scottish National Orchestra’s 2017/18 Composer Hub programme. Anna, who graduated in 2016, will now spend the 2017/18 season… Read more
Lord Mayor of Manchester launches new research centre PRiSM at the RNCM 20 October 2017 Manchester’s Lord Mayor Eddy Newman opened the new RNCM research centre for Practice & Research in Science & Music (PRiSM) on 4 October. Bringing together researchers and practitioners in composition,… Read more
Jess signed for worldwide general management 19 October 2017 Congratulations to undergraduate saxophonist Jess Gillam, signed by HarrisonParrot and Polyarts for worldwide general management. The second year undergraduate, who made her Proms début this summer, is the first artist to… Read more
Riti Walia receives first Popular Music scholarship 18 October 2017 First year Indian student Riti Walia has been awarded the RNCM’s first Popular Music scholarship, sponsored by The Holroyd Foundation. Covering tuition fees for the full four-year undergraduate course, the… Read more
Student composer wins RLPO competition 13 October 2017 Congratulations to Grace-Evangeline Mason, winner of the RLPO’s Christopher Brooks Composition Competition. The fourth year undergraduate is the second RNCM composer to receive the accolade, following in the footsteps of… Read more
RNCM Opera presents Massenet’s Cinderella 13 October 2017 We bring a little festive magic to the College this December when RNCM Opera presents Jules Massenet’s enchanted Cinderella (Cendrillon). Directed by Olivia Fuchs, whose credits include the Royal Opera… Read more