Schedule

Welcome to Manchester

If you’re arriving by train, our friendly Student Ambassadors will be waiting to welcome you with directions – don’t forget to say hello!

Oxford Road, Victoria, and Piccadilly Stations

Discover RNCM Registration

Upon arrival at the College, you’ll register in the reception area. Arriving late? No problem – the registration desk will remain in place throughout the day.

RNCM Reception

Building Tours

View practice spaces, teaching rooms, and performance venues.

Tours depart from the Upper Concourse

Discover RNCM Welcome Showcase

Join Professor Linda Merrick, RNCM Principal, Manus Carey, Deputy Principal and Artistic Director, and Dr Jennie Henley, Director of Programmes, to hear more about the College and watch inspirational student performances.

RNCM Concert Hall

Performance and Professional Opportunities

Hear from our panel of RNCM staff and students about what performance opportunities await you as part of our Professional Experience Schemes and in-house Artist Agency.

RNCM Concert Hall

Student Support Drop-in Sessions

Our friendly teams from Admissions, Finance, and Wellbeing will be on hand to answer any questions you may have.

Carole Nash Mezzanine

Building Tours

View practice spaces, teaching rooms, and performance venues, taking in open rehearsals on the way. 

Tours depart from the Upper Concourse

Accommodation Tours

Take a tour around Sir Charles Groves Hall of Residence, which is just next door.

Tours depart from RNCM Reception

BMus (Hons) and GRNCM

Professor Nicholas Reyland, Head of Undergraduate Programmes, Dr Annika Forkert, Deputy Head of Undergraduate Studies, and Dr Simon Parkin, Deputy Head of Undergraduate Programmes, will introduce our flexible study options, highlighting how they propel students into careers as inspiring and versatile musicians, fully equipped for exciting futures both on and off stage.

Our Popular Music Programmes will be covered during the 14:00 session.

RNCM Concert Hall

Graduate School Programmes

Our Head of Graduate School, Professor David Horne, will introduce our Graduate School programmes, aimed at bridging the gap between education and professional life.

Forman Lecture Theatre

Lunchtime Performance – Popular Music

Visitors interested in our Popular Music programmes are invited to enjoy a student performance in our Lounge, or join a tour with our Student Ambassadors.

The Lounge

Introduction to our new BA (Hons) in Inclusive Music Education

Dr Annika Forkert, Programme Lead and Deputy Head of Undergraduate Studies, and Professor Nicholas Reyland, Head of Undergraduate Programmes, introduce our brand-new degree – a Bachelor of Arts in Inclusive Music Education. Learn how to develop musicianship alongside the skills to facilitate music-making in educational and societal contexts.

RNCM Concert Hall

Music and Neuroscience

Hear more about our groundbreaking research into how the brain responds to music. A real time demo of brain response (using portable EEG) will be accompanied by a talk on music and neuroscience, and what we know about how live music in particular is processed in the brain.

Carole Nash Recital Room

Life after the RNCM

Where will your love of music take you? Join a select panel of alumni who will share their stories and highlight the different paths open to you once you leave the RNCM.

Carole Nash Recital Room

Popular Music at the RNCM

Our Head of Popular Music, Andy Stott will introduce our Popular Music programmes, admissions processes, and the performance and professional opportunities available. He’ll be joined by current students at various stages in their studies for short performances and an informal Q&A.

RNCM Theatre

Schools of Study

Join our Heads and Deputy Heads of Schools to find out everything you need to know about principal study, School and ensemble activities, and more.

You are welcome to attend as many sessions as you choose.

See venues below

School of Composition

Dr Larry Goves and Laura Bowler

Forman Lecture Theatre

School of Keyboard Studies

Graham Scott and Adam Swayne

Studio 3

School of Strings

Chris Hoyle and Catherine Yates

Carole Nash Recital Room

School of Vocal Studies and Opera

Professor Lynne Dawson, Kevin Thraves, and Nico de Villiers

RNCM Concert Hall

Woodwind

Kevin Gowland

Studio 5

Brass

Murray Greig

Studio 7

Percussion

Simone Rebello

Yamaha Percussion Studio

Concourse Conversations

Anything you still want to know? At the end of the day, RNCM staff and students will be on the concourse to join you for a chat and refreshments to answer any final questions you may have.

Concourses