RNCM Tenor Wins International Competition 11 January 2016 Second year tenor Kamil Bien has won the inaugural International Individual Vocal Competition of Sacred Music, Ars et Gloria. Held at the K Szymanowski Academy of Music in Kamil’s hometown… Read more
RNCM Nominated for Manchester Theatre Awards 8 January 2016 Three RNCM productions have been nominated for Manchester Theatre Awards. Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (above), performed in March last year, is competing against performances from Clonter Opera, Opera… Read more
New Year Honours for RNCM Governor, Alumnus and Honorary Members 4 January 2016 An RNCM Governor, alumnus and two Honorary Members have been recognised in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list. Governor Carolyn Baxendale, who has been Head of Bolton Music Service since… Read more
RNCM Students Perform with Bergen Philharmonic 14 December 2015 Sixteen RNCM students travelled to Bergen, Norway, last week to sing in the chorus of the Bergen Philharmonic’s concert performance of Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder. Conducted by Edward Gardner and featuring RNCM… Read more
RNCM’s 2015 Fellows and Honorary Members 14 December 2015 The RNCM is pleased to announce its 2015 Fellows and Honorary Members. At the College’s annual graduation ceremony, which took place on Tuesday 8 December, Fellowships (FRNCM) were awarded to… Read more
Le Yu is World Percussion Group’s 2016 Soloist 9 December 2015 RNCM alumnus Le Yu has been chosen as the soloist for the World Percussion Group’s 2016 tour. Established in 2014 by leading percussion duo Maraca2, the Group features some of… Read more
Alumna’s Tribute to Pioneering Mathematician 2 December 2015 Four RNCM musicians performed Emily Howard’s Ada sketches at the Science Museum, London, in October as part of an event celebrating the 200th anniversary of Ada Lovelace’s birth. Born in… Read more
RNCM Wins THE Award for Excellence and Innovation 27 November 2015 The RNCM has won the Excellence and Innovation in the Arts title at the Times Higher Education Awards for its off-site project After the Silence: Music in the Shadow of… Read more
Katie Chatburn Composes for R4 Christmas Carroll Drama 25 November 2015 Katie Chatburn, RNCM Tutor in Popular Music, has composed the music to a new Radio 4 Christmas Day drama. Narrated by Tony Robinson (pictured below), The Hunting of the Snark… Read more
Jess Gillam is Cumbria’s Musician of the Year 25 November 2015 Junior RNCM saxophonist Jess Gillam has been named Musician of the Year in the inaugural Cumbria Life Culture Awards. Held at Theatre by the Lake, Keswick, earlier this month, the… Read more
Alumnus Appointed Chief Conductor of State Orchestra Rheinische Philharmonie 24 November 2015 Alumnus Garry Walker has been appointed Chief Conductor of the State Orchestra Rheinische Philharmonie in Koblenz, Germany. Garry, who graduated from the RNCM in 1997 as a Junior Fellow in… Read more
Shankar’s Success at International Competition 20 November 2015 Harish Shankar, the RNCM’s Junior Fellow in Conducting, won Third Prize in the Sixth Jorma Panula Conducting Competition. Held in Finland last week, the competition is described as ‘one of… Read more
RNCM Oboe Tutor’s New Work for BCMG 3 November 2015 Melinda Maxwell, RNCM Consultant in Woodwind Studies and Senior Tutor in Oboe, has composed a new work that will be premiered by the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (BCMG) later this month.… Read more
In Tribute: Ronald Frost 1933 – 2015 29 October 2015 The College was saddened to hear about the recent death of Ronald Frost, former Organ Tutor at the RMCM and RNCM, on Thursday 1 October. For many years Ronald was… Read more
Alumni Shortlisted for British Composer Awards 29 October 2015 Alumni Andy Scott, Gavin Higgins and Sir Harrison Birtwistle have been shortlisted for a 2015 British Composer Award. The shortlist, announced today (29 October), features 33 composers across 12 categories,… Read more