RNCM green initiative shortlisted for Educate North Award 14 February 2025 We’re proud to announce that our special programme focusing on climate change and the RNCM’s environmental impact has been shortlisted for a second award. The Future is Green has been named… Read more
RNCM appoints two Honorary Researchers in Association with PRiSM 13 February 2025 We are excited to continue working with Dr Hongshuo Fan as RNCM Honorary Research Fellow and Professor David De Roure as RNCM Honorary Research Professor and Technical Director of PRiSM,… Read more
Jennifer Langridge appointed Head of Strings Chamber Music 31 January 2025 The RNCM is pleased to announce the appointment of Jennifer Langridge as Head of Strings Chamber Music, commencing in February. Principal Cellist of the Northern Chamber Orchestra, Jennifer studied at… Read more
RNCM green initiative shortlisted in 2025 RPS Awards 30 January 2025 We’re thrilled to announce that the RNCM has been shortlisted for a prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) Award for our year-long focus on climate change and the College’s own environmental… Read more
RNCM announces winners of the Lucy Hale Award 2025 29 January 2025 We are delighted to present the Lucy Hale Award championing and supporting disabled and neurodiverse students to two outstanding recipients in 2025. Master’s students Ilana Tapper and Noa Nishizawa will both… Read more
Professor Pamela Heaton appointed RNCM Honorary Research Fellow (Professor) 28 January 2025 We are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Pamela Heaton as Honorary Research Fellow (Professor). Pamela Heaton is Emeritus Professor of Psychology, at Goldsmiths University of London, UK. As… Read more
Vote for Professor Emily Howard in this year’s BBC Music Magazine Awards 23 January 2025 Congratulations to Professor Emily Howard on being shortlisted in the Premiere category of the 2025 BBC Music Magazine Awards for The Anvil. Written in 2019, The Anvil is described as ‘a thrillingly immersive… Read more
The Northern Network for Empirical Music Research (NEMuR) 23 January 2025 The NEMuR group is an informal network of scholars across the North of England engaging in empirical research that is on, with, or for music and musicians. The group was… Read more
Elgar Howarth: 1935 – 2025 20 January 2025 We were deeply saddened to hear of the death of Elgar Howarth, one of the most significant figures to be associated with the 20th century brass band movement. Read more
RNCM awarded substantial grant by Leverhulme Trust 20 December 2024 The RNCM has been granted £648,900 across four years by the Leverhulme Trust to support scholarships for undergraduate study of endangered instruments and its work with under-18s. The generous figure… Read more
RNCM honours prominent names in music, broadcasting and regional development 12 December 2024 BBC broadcaster and best-selling writer Stuart Maconie, award-winning composer/musician Anna Meredith, and renowned pianist Dame Imogen Cooper were among the exceptional individuals honoured at the RNCM’s 2024 Congregation of Awards.… Read more
Top music promoter SJM Concerts announces funding boost for RNCM students 14 November 2024 Leading Manchester promoter SJM Concerts has partnered with the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) to provide essential bursaries for music students at the prestigious conservatoire. The SJM Concerts Bursary… Read more
RNCM announces new pop music scholarship backed by Manon Dave and will.i.am 8 November 2024 The RNCM today announces a full-fee scholarship to support female talent, in partnership with creative technologist Manon Dave and championed by world-renowned global music artist will.i.am. The Maia Dave Scholarship… Read more
The current Knowledge Exchange Framework metrics will always leave the arts cluster at the bottom of the class 16 October 2024 Dr Michelle Phillips, Head of Enterprise and Senior Lecturer in music psychology. There cannot be a creative industries institution in the UK that is happy with the way the current… Read more
RNCM involved in new project to boost regional innovation in Greater Manchester 25 September 2024 A collaborative project aimed at strengthening the commercialisation of research in Manchester and Salford has been awarded funding through the Connecting Capability Fund (CCF) from the Research England Development (RED)… Read more