Alumni Chosen for PRS Composers’ Fund 29 June 2016 RNCM alumni Laura Bowler and Gavin Higgins are two of nine young composers chosen to receive funding from PRS’ inaugural Composers’ Fund. Announced on Tuesday 28 June, the ground-breaking new… Read more
Proms Inspire Success for JRNCM Student 28 June 2016 Junior RNCM student Alex Jones is one of six talented young composers to win the 2016 BBC Proms Inspire Competition. Alex, aged 17, was selected in the Senior Category (17 –… Read more
Pop band Young Monarch plays Amsterdam 28 June 2016 RNCM popular music band Young Monarch played three shows in Amsterdam between 18 – 20 June alongside students from Mannheim’s Popakademie University of Popular Music and Music Business and the… Read more
RNCM Saxophone Orchestra in Paris 28 June 2016 After their fantastic Road to Paris fundraising campaign, the RNCM Saxophone Orchestra landed in the French capital on Monday 27 June following an invitation from Selmer saxophones. The revered instrument makers invited the 18-strong orchestra to the city following… Read more
RNCM News June 2016 20 June 2016 Read the latest issue of RNCM News, for June 2016, which includes news of the appointment of Sir John Tomlinson as our new President; the Times Higher Education Award we… Read more
RNCM 2016 Gold Medal Winners 12 June 2016 The RNCM held its Gold Medal Competition on Saturday 11 June featuring 10 of the College’s finest performers and four of its leading young composers, who wrote new works for the… Read more
Louko Trio Wins Beethoven Chamber Competition 6 June 2016 The RNCM’s Louko Trio has won the 2016 Beethoven Society of Europe Chamber Music Competition. Held at Steinway Hall, London, on Wednesday 18 May, the competition featured nine ensembles each… Read more
RNCM Announces 2016 Honorands 31 May 2016 Music producer and songwriter Pete Waterman OBE is amongst the RNCM’s 2016 list of Honorands. The Coventry-born entrepreneur, who has sold over 500 million records during his 40 year career,… Read more
Donald Grant is New Deputy Head of Chamber Music 24 May 2016 The RNCM is delighted to announce the appointment of Elias Quartet violinist Donald Grant as Deputy Head of Chamber Music, commencing in September. Donald studied at the RNCM with the… Read more
Royal Schools and ABRSM Show Support to EUYO 19 May 2016 The RNCM has joined forces with other UK Royal Schools of Music and the ABRSM to show support for the European Union Youth Orchestra in an urgent request to restore… Read more
Sir Mark Elder Awarded Companionship of RNCM 16 May 2016 The RNCM is delighted to announce that British conductor Sir Mark Elder CBE is to become a Companion of the College. Sir Mark Elder is recognised one of the world’s… Read more
Alumnus Wins JUNO Composition Award 11 May 2016 RNCM alumnus Dinuk Wijeratne has won the JUNO Classical Composition of the Year Award for his string quartet pieces Two Pop Songs on Antique Poems. The Sri Lankan-born composer, who… Read more
JRNCM Saxophonist Through to BBC Final 10 May 2016 Junior RNCM Saxophonist Jess Gillam has reached the Final of the 2016 BBC Young Musician of the Year competition. The 17-year-old, who studies at JRNCM with Ruth Bourn, is one… Read more
RNCM Acknowledged as World-Class 9 May 2016 The RNCM is proud to have been recognised by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) as one of the world’s leading music conservatoires. The only music conservatoire outside the… Read more