What's On
RNCM Artist of the Year: Composer Final
Wednesday 17 June 2026, 7.00pm
RNCM Concert Hall
Programme
7pm-7.30pm Studio 8:
Emily Dunbar Expanded Objects
7.30pm-8.30pm Concert Hall:
Gloria Xia Glass Bodies for string quartet and fixed electronics
Helena Zyskowska noon and l’heure bleue for string quartet
Sophia Hurst basilica di san clemente for alto saxophone and string quartet
Lucian Amette Crosby It was as if the daylight had changed with unnatural suddenness, as if the temperature of the evening had altered greatly in an instant, or as if the air had become twice as rare or twice as dense as it had been in the winking of an eye
8.30pm-9pm Studio 8:
Kámea Németh Garden Escargot?
9pm Concert Hall: Winner Announcement
Performers
Carl Raven saxophone
Talland Quartet:
Dylan Edge, Orla McGarrity violins
Rebecca Stubbs viola
Nathan Jackson-Turner cello
About
RNCM Artist of the Year is the College’s highest individual award and celebrates outstanding artistry, creativity, and musical excellence.
In this final, composition students unveil new chamber works and sound installations, giving audiences the chance to discover the remarkable emerging artists who are shaping the future of music.
Photo credit: Roscoe Rutter
Tickets
Full Price £13
Students / Under 26s £8
Promoted by RNCM.
The end time for this event will be approximately 9.30pm.

