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RNCM Welcomes Four Visiting Researchers

15 July 2026

We are delighted to welcome four distinguished visiting researchers whose work spans music history, music theory, performance, education, […]

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Frankie Stevens co-edits first anthology dedicated to feminist metal studies

13 July 2026

RNCM doctoral researcher Francesca (Frankie) Stevens will celebrate the publication of Women and Femme Voices in Metal Music, Culture, […]

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Professor Nicholas Reyland featured in MSMI 20th-anniversary special issue

8 July 2026

Professor Nicholas Reyland’s article, Corporate classicism and the metaphysical style: Affects, effects, and contexts of two recent trends in […]

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Dobromir Tsenov’s Latest Recording Featured in BBC Music Magazine

7 July 2026

RNCM doctoral researcher and pianist Dobromir Tsenov has been featured in the June 2026 issue of BBC Music […]

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Long-lost concerto inspired by Beethoven receives first publication

25 March 2026

Dr Adam Swayne edited and led the publication of the first version of Ferdinand Ries’s earliest piano concerto.  The concerto was composed […]

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Book Release: Inclusive Pedagogy in Music Education

12 March 2026

Music education can improve the lives and outcomes for all children and young people, says internationally renowned expert […]

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RNCM Receives Prestigious Funding for the Connecting Manchester’s Music Archives Initiative

3 March 2026

The RNCM is awarded an Archives Revealed Cataloguing Grant to help explore parts of the Henry Watson Music […]

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RNCM Researchers Appointed to Senior Editorial Positions

11 February 2026

We are delighted to announce that two of our researchers are taking up prominent editorial roles for internationally […]

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Call for Expressions of Interest – British Academy International Fellowships at the RNCM

5 February 2026

Call for Expressions of Interest – British Academy International Fellowships at the Royal Northern College of Music The […]

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RNCM researcher Hans-Martin Buff secures second Grammy nomination

19 November 2025

Congratulations to postgraduate researcher Hans-Martin Buff, on his Grammy nomination for Best Immersive Audio Album for his work […]

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RNCM announces new AHRC-funded Doctoral Focal College to fund and train 30 PhD researchers

29 October 2025

The RNCM is excited to announce the launch of a new AHRC-funded Crafting Care for a Healthy People, […]

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