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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 […]

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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 […]

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Categories: Research

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 […]

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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 […]

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Categories: Research

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Categories: Alumni

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 […]

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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 […]

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Categories: Popular Music

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 […]

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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 […]

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Categories: Research

RNCM’s surprising new season puts music in motion

17 September 2024

The lineup celebrates the special relationship between music and dance, plus trailblazing musicians and around 100 FREE events  […]

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