RNCM Students In Genesis 16 Line-Up 26 August 2014 Four RNCM vocal students have been accepted onto the 2014/15 Genesis Sixteen young artists’ scheme. Mezzo-sopranos Rachel Maby and Lucy Vallis, tenor James Black, and bass-baritone Peter Edge will now… Read more
Orlando Success for Benyounes 26 August 2014 RNCM alumni the Benyounes Quartet flew the flag for Great Britain in the Netherlands recently, winning Second Prize in the 2014 Orlando Competition. Violinists Zara Benyounes and Emily Holland, violist… Read more
Notos is Waverley Junior Fellow in Chamber Music 21 August 2014 The RNCM International Chamber Music Studio is delighted to announce that the Notos Piano Quartet has been awarded the position of Waverley Junior Fellow in Chamber Music for the 2014/15… Read more
Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw: 1912 – 2014 12 August 2014 It is with the greatest of sadness that the RNCM reports the death of acclaimed mathematician and politician Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw on 10 August 2014 at the age of 101.… Read more
Naxos Recording for RNCM Tenor 29 July 2014 RNCM tenor Kang Wang spent time in the studio recently, recording Michael Balfe’s Satanella with Maestro Richard Bonynge AC CBE for Naxos. Richard, a world-renowned conductor and pianist, visited the… Read more
RNCM Gala Dinner takes in the Magic of Maxim’s this Christmas 28 July 2014 The RNCM will host its fourth Gala Dinner on Friday 12 December amid the Maxim’s-inspired set of Lehár’s opera, The Merry Widow. Since 2010, the RNCM has presented Gala Dinners… Read more
BBC Commission for RNCM Composer 14 July 2014 RNCM postgraduate composer Tom Harrold will be making his mark on the BBC Proms next month thanks to a new commission by Radio 4’s PM. The popular current affairs programme… Read more
John Lewis Support for RNCM Project 11 July 2014 The RNCM was recently awarded a donation by the John Lewis Partnership’s Music Matters programme to support its end of term offsite project, After the Silence: Music in the Shadow of… Read more
Proms Inspire Success for Junior RNCM 8 July 2014 Three students from Junior RNCM are among the winners of this year’s BBC Proms Inspire Young Composers’ Competition. Harry Johnstone, aged 18, was one of three Senior Category winners thanks… Read more
Craig’s Top of the Pops this Summer 7 July 2014 RNCM alumnus and Tutor in Guitar, Craig Ogden, had reason to celebrate this weekend when his fourth album, Summer Guitar, soared to the top of the Classic FM charts. Following… Read more
RNCM Pianists Win 2014 Brant Prizes 7 July 2014 The RNCM made a big impression at this year’s Brant International Piano Competition with postgraduate pianist Oliver She (pictured) winning First Prize and undergraduate Dominic Degavino both Third Prize and… Read more
RNCM Conductor Signed by Hazard Chase 30 June 2014 Conductor Alpesh Chauhan has been signed for general management by Hazard Chase. The news comes just months after the 24-year-old, who has just finished his postgraduate studies at the RNCM,… Read more
Alumna Takes Lead Role at Junior Trinity 19 June 2014 RNCM alumna Tabby Estell has been appointed Head of Junior Trinity, replacing Marion Friend who retires this summer. Tabby, who graduated in 1993, has worked in music education for over… Read more
RNCM’s 2014 Gold Medal Winners 16 June 2014 The RNCM held its ninth Gold Medal Competition on Saturday featuring 10 of the College’s finest performers and four of its aspiring young composers. This year’s winners were Russian postgraduate… Read more
Cirtina Makes History in New York 11 June 2014 Undergraduate trombonist Josh Cirtina has become the first UK student to win the George Roberts Bass Trombone Competition. Held earlier this month in Rochester, New York, the competition is open… Read more