News
Collaborative project shortlisted for Manchester Culture Award
2 October 2018
Congratulations to everyone involved in our Paris-Manchester: 1918 project, which has been nominated for Best Event in the […]
Categories: Alumni
A4 Brass and Toby Hughes are CMF Artists
26 September 2018
Congratulations to A4 Brass Quartet and double bassist Toby Hughes, selected as 2018 City Music Foundation Artists. Chosen […]
Categories: Alumni, School of Strings, School of Wind, Brass and Percussion
Sounds Original? RNCM launches Autumn ’18 season
25 September 2018
We’ve launched our Autumn season, with Sounds Original? at its heart. A first for us, the season explores originality in […]
Professor Linda Merrick appointed to ABO Board
14 September 2018
Our Principal, Professor Linda Merrick, is the first music conservatoire Principal to be appointed to the Board of […]
Jess wows audiences at Last Night of the Proms
11 September 2018
Our very own Jess Gillam wowed audiences both on and off-screen with her dazzling performance at The Last […]
Categories: School of Wind, Brass and Percussion
Alum wins Australian National Piano Award
11 September 2018
Alum Oliver She has won the 2018 Australian National Piano Award. The 27-year-old, who graduated in 2016, walked […]
Categories: Alumni, School of Keyboard Studies
Alum is finalist of Black British Business Awards
11 September 2018
Alum Daniel Kidane is one of the finalists of the Black British Business Awards (BBBAwards), which recognise the […]
Categories: Alumni, School of Composition
RNCM project shortlisted for Times Higher Education Award
6 September 2018
A collaborative project between the RNCM and South Manchester’s Barlow Hall Primary School to help children with autism […]
Categories: Alumni
Manilow receives RNCM Fellowship during Manchester Arena gig
4 September 2018
We were thrilled to award Grammy, Tony and Emmy Award-winning musician, Barry Manilow with a prestigious Honorary Fellowship […]
Categories: Popular Music
Conducting partnership with Foden’s Band
16 August 2018
We have announced a new conducting partnership with Foden’s Band. Commencing this autumn, the partnership will enable conducting […]
Categories: Conducting
NWCDTP to benefit from significant Arts and Humanities Research Council funding
16 August 2018
The North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership (NWCDTP), led by The University of Manchester and including the RNCM, […]
Categories: Research
Interactive Twitter opera heads to Manchester
8 August 2018
Composition alum Michael Betteridge has written the music to #echochamber, an interactive Twitter opera that’s heading to Manchester […]
Categories: Alumni, School of Composition, School of Vocal Studies and Opera