RNCM Pianist Wins ROSL Section Final 24 February 2016 Fourth year pianist Tyler Hay has won the Keyboard Section Finals of the 2016 ROSL Arts competition. The 21-year-old ABRSM scholar (pictured above – centre, and below), who studies with… Read more
Sergej Bolkhovets is New Junior Fellow in Conducting 23 February 2016 The RNCM is delighted to announce Sergej Bolkhovets as its new Junior Fellow in Conducting, commencing in September 2016. Sergej, who was born in St Petersburg, was one of 12… Read more
RNCM to Explore Music in Manchester During WWI 22 February 2016 The RNCM has received funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Engagement Centre: Everyday Lives in War, First World War to present a new research project centred on… Read more
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Awarded RPS Gold Medal 22 February 2016 Composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies has been awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal. The RMCM alumnus was presented with the award – one of classical music’s highest honours –… Read more
Garth Bardsley Awarded HEA Fellowship 16 February 2016 Garth Bardsley has gained Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy in recognition of his innovative pedagogy and contribution to the RNCM. The 1988 alumnus joined the College’s teaching staff in 2005… Read more
Alumnus is Durham Cathedral’s Assistant Organist 16 February 2016 Alumnus Jason Löwe has been appointed Assistant Organist at Durham Cathedral. The 2009 graduate took up the position in January after four years as organist at North Yorkshire’s Giggleswick School,… Read more
Children Work with RNCM to Record New School Song 11 February 2016 The children of Barlow Hall Primary School in Chorlton, South Manchester, came to the RNCM on Thursday 11 February to record a new song as part of a communication project… Read more
RNCM is First British Winner of ITA Competition 8 February 2016 The RNCM Trombone Choir has become the first British trombone ensemble to win the ITA Emory Remington Trombone Choir Competition. Directed by Simon Cowen and including students Rachel Allen, Christopher… Read more
Wind Orchestra to Feature on New Recording 2 February 2016 The RNCM Wind Orchestra’s recording of Paul Goodey’s flute concerto, Hohler Fels will be released next month as part of a new CD by flautist Karin de Fleyt. The 37… Read more
Alumna Joins Jette Parker Young Artist Programme 27 January 2016 Vocal alumna Angela Simkin is one of five new singers set to join the Jette Parker Young Artist Programme in September. The mezzo-soprano, who graduated in 2004, was chosen from… Read more
RNCM Awarded Major Leverhulme Grant 26 January 2016 The RNCM has been awarded over £400,000 to support exceptional young musicians from the Leverhulme Trust’s Arts Scholarship programme. The grant, totalling £411,000, follows 30 years of support from the… Read more
ABO/Rhinegold Awards for Alumnus and Honorary Member 21 January 2016 RNCM alumnus Alasdair Tait and Honorary Member Sally Groves have been recognised in the Association of British Orchestra/Rhinegold Awards, held at the ABO conference this week. Cellist Alasdair, Chief Executive of… Read more
RCS Announce New Artistic Director of Conducting 21 January 2016 Alumnus Garry Walker has been appointed Artistic Director of Conducting at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, just weeks after accepting the role of Chief Conductor of the State Orchestra Reheinische Philharmonic… Read more
RNCM Pianist Receives Yamaha Scholarship 21 January 2016 Third year pianist Hayley Parkes has been named as the latest recipient of a prestigious Yamaha Scholarship. Hailing from Burton-on-Trent, Hayley previously studied at Chetham’s School of Music and has… Read more
Alumna Wins RLPO Composition Prize 13 January 2016 Bethan Morgan-Williams has won the RLPO’s inaugural Christopher Brooks Composition Prize, just weeks after being chosen as one of six composers to take part in the LSO’s Panufnik Composers Scheme.… Read more