Alumna Returns with Opera Company 29 October 2012 Alumna Kate Flowers makes a welcome return to the RNCM later this month when her company, Co-Opera Co., presents Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel and Mozart’s The Magic Flute at the RNCM… Read more
Alexandre Bloch Wins Prestigious Competition 24 October 2012 French conductor Alexandre Bloch has been named the winner of the prestigious Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition, receiving £15,000 and the chance to work as Assistant Conductor with the London… Read more
Roger Webster Awarded Professorship 19 October 2012 RNCM Tutor in Cornet, Roger Webster, has been awarded the title of Professor. As a trumpet and cornet player, Roger has performed with many of the UK’s top brass bands… Read more
Human Trafficking Opera Anya 17 Nominated for Top Music Award 18 October 2012 Hot on the heels of Anya17’s recent Best Stage or Film Production Media Award win at The House of Commons presented by the Human Trafficking Foundation, this challenging opera reflecting the terrible… Read more
Anya 17 Wins Media Award 17 October 2012 The RNCM is delighted to announce that the libretto of Adam Gorb (Head of Composition) and Ben Kaye’s unique new opera, Anya17, has won a Human Trafficking Foundation Anti-Slavery Day Media… Read more
RNCM at Festival No 6 30 September 2012 Several RNCM students had a summer to remember performing at the inaugural Festival No 6 in September alongside New Order and Primal Scream. The Aurora Percussion Duo (Delia Steven and… Read more
RNCM Announces its 2012 Fellows and Honorary Members 28 September 2012 The RNCM is pleased to announce its 2012 Fellows and Honorary Members. This year, during the RNCM’s 40th anniversary celebrations, five distinguished musicians, tutors and conductors have been chosen to… Read more
RNCM Top Place for Manchester Students 26 September 2012 The RNCM has been recognised as Manchester’s best higher education institution for overall student satisfaction according to the 2012 National Student Survey (NSS). The results, published yesterday (September 27), gave… Read more
Nemtsov Duo Wins International Award 31 August 2012 RNCM cellist Mikhail Nemtsov and his sister, pianist Elena Nemtsova, won First Prize in the Swedish International Duo Competition last month. Forty duos from over 20 countries took part in… Read more
RNCM Remembers Sir Bernard Lovell: 1913 – 2012 6 August 2012 We were deeply saddened to hear the news that Sir Bernard Lovell, founder of the Jodrell Bank Observatory, has died at the age of 98. Sir Bernard was a much-admired… Read more
RNCM Students Accepted for Live Music Now 2 August 2012 Six RNCM ensembles have successfully auditioned for Live Music Now, the largest provider of live music to the UK’s welfare, educational, justice and health sectors. Founded over 30 years ago… Read more
Musicians Excel at Saxophone Congress 1 August 2012 The RNCM Wind Orchestra and Saxophone Ensemble travelled to St Andrews last month to take part in the 16th World Saxophone Congress. Taking place once every three years, the Congress… Read more
Phoenix Win International Competition 31 July 2012 The Phoenix Clarinet Quartet has made history by winning the first International Clarinet Quartet Competition, Clarinettism, established in honour of Spanish clarinettist Antonio Romero. RNCM alumnae Rocio Bolanos, Suzanne Clare,… Read more
Student-Led Teaching Awards Celebrates RNCM Staff 5 July 2012 The RNCM Students’ Union presented the first Student-Led Teaching Awards ceremony on Thursday 21 July. The College was one of just 21 higher education institutions across the UK to receive… Read more
RNCM Pianists Win Brant Prizes 4 July 2012 RNCM undergraduate Ugnius Pauliukonis and alumnus Slava Sidorenko have won second and third prize in the 33rd Robert William and Florence Amy Brant Piano Competition held in Birmingham last month.… Read more