News
Alumna wins Clonter Opera Prize
5 February 2019
Congratulations to alum Alexandra Lowe, winner of this year’s Clonter Opera Prize. The 2017 graduate, who also won […]
Categories: Alumni, School of Vocal Studies and Opera
RNCM Brass Band wins UniBrass hat-trick
4 February 2019
It’s three in a row for the brilliant RNCM Brass Band, as the student-led ensemble wins UniBrass Competition […]
Categories: School of Wind, Brass and Percussion
RNCM Students mark Holocaust Memorial Day
4 February 2019
RNCM students performed at the Riley Theatre in Leeds at a Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration on 27 January. […]
Categories: School of Composition, School of Strings
Jay Richardson wins John Golland Award
31 January 2019
Composer and organist Jay Richardson from Cambridge is the fourth recipient of the triennial John Golland Award since […]
Students to benefit from £90,000 Wolfson Foundation grant
31 January 2019
The Wolfson Foundation has agreed a new three year grant of £90,000 to support outstanding musicians at the […]
A cappella group Northern Voices through to competition semi-final
28 January 2019
Congratulations and good luck to our amazing Northern Voices on reaching the semi-finals of the International Championship of […]
Categories: Popular Music
RNCM Honorary Associate Artist offered trial with RPO
22 January 2019
RNCM Honorary Associate Artist, Andrés Yauri has been offered a trial as Principal Bassoon with the Royal Philharmonic […]
Categories: Alumni, School of Wind, Brass and Percussion
RNCM Leads First Research Project on Earworms in Live Music
17 January 2019
The Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) has been awarded an AHRC Creative Economies Engagement Fellowship to conduct […]
Categories: Research
Students sing on world premiére Naxos recording
14 January 2019
Naxos has released its world premiére recording of Alfred Cellier’s operetta Dorothy, featuring RNCM vocal students and alumni. […]
Students perform with Netherlands Wind Ensemble
14 January 2019
Students Emma McPhilemy (saxophone), Grace Scott-Deuchar (oboe) and Holly Redshaw (bassoon) performed with the Netherlands Wind Ensemble for […]
Categories: School of Wind, Brass and Percussion
RNCM Principal joins expert panel to devise new music curriculum
11 January 2019
RNCM Principal, Professor Linda Merrick, is part of an expert panel chosen to devise a new model music […]
Head of Junior RNCM awarded MBE in Queen’s New Year’s Honours
2 January 2019
Congratulations to Karen Humphreys on being awarded an MBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours for services to […]
Categories: Alumni, Conducting
