News
Founding Principal honoured with new sculpture by Hazel Reeves
27 February 2024
Sir John Manduell CBE, the Founding Principal who brought together two eminent Manchester music schools to establish the […]
Julia Perry in Focus – the pioneering female composer still fighting to be heard
23 February 2024
By RNCM Professor of Singing and Researcher, Michael Harper Julia Perry was an exceptional and talented mid-twentieth century […]
Categories: Research
RNCM announces inaugural recipient of the Lucy Hale Award
1 February 2024
A new award set up to champion and support disabled and neurodiverse students at the RNCM has named […]
Categories: Alumni, School of Keyboard Studies
Alumni shortlisted for prestigious classical music awards
30 January 2024
The Royal Philharmonic Society has shortlisted several RNCM alumni for prestigious prizes at its annual awards. Contenders in this […]
Categories: Alumni
RNCM appoints conservatoire’s first Professor of Baritone Horn
10 January 2024
The RNCM has become the first UK conservatoire to appoint a dedicated baritone horn tutor. Principal specialist instruction […]
Categories: Alumni, School of Wind, Brass and Percussion
RNCM graduate scoops top industry prize
14 December 2023
A new RNCM graduate has scooped a top prize at the prestigious industry awards show in London. BMus […]
Categories: Alumni, Popular Music
Sound business sense: the entrepreneurial conservatoire teaching Tchaikovsky and tax returns
13 December 2023
Fresh from collecting the RNCM’s prestigious Times Higher Education Award 2023 for Outstanding Entrepreneurial University, Head of Enterprise […]
RNCM wins THE Outstanding Entrepreneurial University Award
8 December 2023
We’re proud to announce that the RNCM was crowned Outstanding Entrepreneurial University at this year’s Times Higher Education […]
RNCM, WFEL Fairey Band and Aardman present Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas
6 December 2023
The RNCM, in partnership with the WFEL Fairey Band and Aardman, is presenting Shaun the Sheep: The Flight […]
Jung Eun Séverine Kim wins James Mottram International Piano Competition
4 December 2023
Jung Eun Séverine Kim has won the 2023 James Mottram International Piano Competition (JMIPC), held at the RNCM between […]
Professor Linda Merrick receives CBE from HM The King
20 November 2023
Congratulations to our Principal, Professor Linda Merrick, who received her CBE from His Majesty The King last month. […]
Olympias Music Foundation wins King’s Award for Voluntary Service
14 November 2023
Congratulations to the Olympias Music Foundation (OMF) on receiving The King’s Award for Voluntary Service. Created in 2002 […]
Categories: Alumni
