David Thornton Appointed Senior Tutor of Brass Band 12 April 2016 The RNCM has appointed Dr David Thornton as Senior Tutor of Brass Band. This exciting new position will see David, an internationally-renowned euphonium player, teacher and conductor, steering the RNCM’s… Read more
RNCM Pianist Wins International Competition 12 April 2016 Russian pianist Alexander Panfilov has won the 2016 Jaén International Piano Competition. The 26-year-old postgraduate secured the 20,000 euros First Prize thanks to an impressive performance of Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto… Read more
RNCM Double Bassist Wins Bromsgrove Competition 11 April 2016 Postgraduate double bassist Toby Hughes has won the 2016 Bromsgrove International Musicians’ Competition. The 23-year-old, who is studying for an International Artist Diploma, walked away with the £5000 First Prize… Read more
Jette Parker Success for RNCM Répétiteur 7 April 2016 Pianist James Hendry has been announced as one of three new Conductors/Répétiteurs on the prestigious Jette Parker Young Artists Programme (JPYAP), based at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. James,… Read more
Alumni Shortlisted for RPS Music Awards 5 April 2016 RNCM alumni Kathryn Rudge and Gavin Higgins have been shortlisted for RPS Music Awards. Mezzo-soprano Kathryn, a 2011 graduate who was recently selected as a BBC New Generation Artist, has… Read more
RNCM Library Wins Third Excellence Award 5 April 2016 The RNCM Library has secured its third Excellence Award from the International Association of Music Libraries (UK and Ireland). Presented every two years, the Awards acknowledge music libraries which demonstrate… Read more
Hayley Parkes is RNCM’s New SU President 24 March 2016 Pianist Hayley Parkes has been appointed the RNCM’s next Students’ Union President. Hayley, a former BBC Young Musicians of the Year finalist who was recently awarded a Yamaha Scholarship, will… Read more
Alumni Nominated for Times Breakthrough Award 22 March 2016 RNCM alumni Jennifer France and Mark Simpson have been nominated for a 2016 Times Breakthrough Award. Forming part of the annual South Bank Sky Arts Awards, The Times Breakthrough category… Read more
RNCM Set to Install World’s Largest BOXY Studio 22 March 2016 The RNCM has announced plans to transform its former Studio Theatre into a state-of-the-art rehearsal and recording area by fitting the world’s largest BOXY modular studio system. The £850,000 project will convert… Read more
1993 Recording of Thomas Pitfield Music Re-released 15 March 2016 A disc of chamber music by RMCM alumnus Thomas Pitfield recorded at the College in 1993 has been re-released by Heritage Records. Featuring soprano Tracey Chadwell (1959 – 96), pianists… Read more
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies: 1934 – 2016 14 March 2016 It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of alumnus Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, on Monday 14 March at the age of 81. One of the foremost composers… Read more
RNCM Cellist Awarded Prestigious Scholarship 14 March 2016 Postgraduate cellist Abel Selaocoe has been awarded the Biddy Baxter and John Hosier Music Trust 2016 Scholarship. Allocated annually to one student from all UK conservatoires, the scholarship – this… Read more
A Dream Comes True as RNCM Wins MTA Best Opera 7 March 2016 The RNCM’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream has won the 2015 Manchester Theatre Award for Best Opera, just months after the College won the Times High Education Award for Excellence… Read more
Students Join Band of HM Royal Marines Collingwood 1 March 2016 Five RNCM students joined the Band of HM Royal Marines Collingwood last week for the inaugural Royal Marines Band Service Graduate Placement Scheme. Trumpeter Ben Conway, flautists Pola Kompf, Cressida… Read more
Chamber Musicians Receive Lincoln Centre Awards 25 February 2016 Two members of the Sitkovetsky Trio, former RNCM Junior Fellows in Chamber Music, have been recognised as Lincoln Center 2016 Emerging Artists. Alexander Sitkovetsky, an RNCM Tutor in Violin, and… Read more