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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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RNCM appoints three new professors to School of Keyboard Studies

6 September 2024

The RNCM is delighted to announce three new appointments in the School of Keyboard Studies. Versatile performer and […]

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RNCM Young Artists Shortlisted for Times Higher Education Award

5 September 2024

A Royal Northern College of Music initiative that addresses inequity and under-provision in the music education sector has […]

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RNCM appoints two new professors to School of Wind, Brass and Percussion

27 August 2024

The RNCM is delighted to announce the appointment of alumna Amy Yule as Professor of Flute and Marc […]

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Sir Stephen Hough champions RNCM bid to raise £3.8m to buy its fleet of pianos

24 July 2024

The Royal Northern College of Music has announced plans to buy its exceptional fleet of 132 concert hall […]

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Alumnus Leon awarded 2024 Cobbett Medal for Services to Chamber Music

16 July 2024

The Worshipful Company of Musicians will award its 2024 William Willson Cobbett Medal for services to chamber music […]

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Categories: Alumni, School of Strings

Sir Mark Elder passes the conductor’s baton at RNCM

4 July 2024

The Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) announces the appointment of world-renowned conductor Professor Nicolás Pasquet as its […]

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