We're thrilled that the RNCM has been ranked the UK’s top conservatoire for music in
@thetimes
and the
@thesundaytimes
University league table 2020!
A huge thanks to our staff, students and supporters who make everything we do possible 🙌
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As we head into a second lockdown, help yourselves to some much-needed positive vibes! 80 RNCM students across our classical and Popular Music courses perform Electric Light Orchestra’s uplifting anthem, Mr. Blue Sky
It’s official, Dr
@larrygoves
is set to be our new Head of Composition following Professor Adam Gorb’s retirement later this summer. Congratulations, Larry! Read more >>
It's been a fantastic year at the RNCM and we want to round it off by saying congratulations to our Principal, Professor Linda Merrick (
@lindarncm
), who received a CBE in the King's
#NewYearsHonours
for services to music in higher education.
Congratulations to our Principal, Professor
@lindarncm
, who received her CBE from His Majesty The King last month.
Linda, who is also Chair of Conservatoires UK, was awarded the title for her dedicated services to music in higher education.
NEWS | We're delighted to announce that the RNCM has been awarded a grant of over £133k as part of
@ace_national
's Culture Recovery Fund! Thanks to this support, we're able to plan for the return of live music to our venues 🎶
#HereForCulture
Read more >>
Fantastic to see the RNCM in the top 10 of the
@officestudents
report on graduate employment! We're proud to provide the exceptional tuition and diverse professional opportunities students need to develop successful and sustainable careers
#DoWhatYouLove
Following the developing situation around COVID-19 and to prioritise the wellbeing of our community, the RNCM is moving to online teaching only with immediate effect. All events are postponed from Mon 16 March and box office sales are suspended.
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Opera North rehearsing in club car park. Local kids come down on bikes to watch opera. Hand to god, transfixed the lot of them.
So there’s that.
#holbeck
We’re thrilled to have been awarded over £206,000 from the
@HeritageFundUK
for Throwing Open the Concert Doors, a new archive project that will conserve and digitise thousands of RNCM recordings! Read more:
@herArchivist
We’re lighting our building and venues red today in support of The Manchester Music & Events Industry March. The
#WeMakeEvents
RED ALERT campaign highlights the number of people affected by the government closure of the events industry. Register at:
Our summer season rounds off an exceptional year of music making here at the RNCM. Join us over the next few weeks and experience the future of music >>
RNCM students staying in student accommodation over the winter break - don’t forget to collect your gift bag before 3pm today! 🎅🎄
We've filled them with plenty of festive sweet treats, a ‘decorate your own’ Christmas tree and info on support available over the holiday
We're the first conservatoire to have a specialist lecturer in musicians' wellbeing. But we'd love to do much more. That's why we've launched the
#RNCMAppeal
in time for
#GivingTuesday
. Find out how you can support this work here:
It was a close race but congratulations
@dundeeuni
on your win!
And congratulations to our own Team RNCM on their stellar performance, better luck next time 🤞🙌🎉
#UniversityChallenge
The RNCM will be honouring exceptional individuals with the College’s most prestigious awards at our graduation ceremony on 14 December.
Fellowships will be conferred upon
@Tim_Burgess
,
@Yolandabrown
,
@Susanbu1
,
@alpeshconductor
and Graham Scott.
'She touched the hearts of everyone who was fortunate enough to know and work with her. Her music will live on, as will she in all our memories.'
Read Principal
@lindarncm
's full tribute to
@rncmalumni
Lucy Hale:
Let music live! A message dear to many of us at the moment - bravo to the 400 freelance musicians gathered in Parliament Square and Centenary Square this week in a socially distanced performance of Holst’s Mars from The Planets
#LetMusicLive
#WeMakeEvents
This is what musicians can achieve in just a week of organising on our own. Safe, structured, socially distanced performance of 400 people. What else can we achieve if given the chance. Dear
@RishiSunak
@OliverDowden
we are viable!
#letmusiclive
#wemakeevents
ON SALE |
@PollySamson
and friends launch her new novel, A Theatre for Dreamers at this special evening of words and music, featuring new song 'Yes, I Have Ghosts' written by Polly and
@davidgilmour
.
Ticket includes a signed first edition of the book >>
A massive congratulations to the RNCM Percussion Ensemble, who have just won 1st Prize at the 13th China National Youth Percussion Competition in the chamber music category! 🇨🇳🥁
#rncm
#percussion
#china
#shanghai
#manchester
🔊 We're excited to announce our Autumn season of online events!
While we remain closed to the public, staff and students bring music straight to your home with
#LivefromtheRNCM
, a series of concerts livestreamed from our Concert Hall >>
#WhatsOnMCR
The viola, bassoon, and french horn are among the endangered instruments, currently at risk of disappearing, and we cannot imagine a musical landscape without them.
To support and find out more about our Endangered Instruments Appeal visit:
Congratulations to Steve Berry, appointed to the new position of Head of Jazz and Improvisation at the RNCM, starting in September 🎉🎉 Click to read more:
What does music mean to you? Check out some of the biggest names in music, who've come together to support the next generation of talent.
Please help
#KeepMusicPlaying
at the RNCM
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A stage full of alumni and students for a commemorative concert in memory of our Founding Principal Sir John Manduell. Thanks to everyone who made tonight so special.
We’re thrilled to have been shortlisted for Most Loved Cultural/Arts Venue in this year’s
@ILoveMCR
Awards.
If you love what we do and enjoy spending time with us, please vote for us here:
Privilege to have Olympic and Paralympic coaches in the building from
@uk_sport
#PLX18
today to discover more about elite musical training - and catch up with
@GarethSouthgate
about our
#RNCMAppeal
. They gave our health and wellbeing campaign the thumbs up!
We aren’t in the building but we can still bring you an RNCM lunchtime concert!
Tune in at 1.15pm on our Facebook as Keyboard Studies student Brian Low performs Debussy’s Prelude No. 12 Book 2, ‘Feux d'artifice’ + Wagner’s Liszt Isoldes Liebestod - live from Halls!
#RNCMRemote
We're delighted to announce the appointment of Sara Fulgoni as our new Deputy Head of Vocal Studies at the RNCM!
One of our
@rncmalumni
and a leading mezzo-soprano, Sara has enjoyed a prominent career at the highest international level
NEWS | The RNCM has been awarded £914,000 from Research England’s Expanding Excellence in England Fund to support its ground-breaking interdisciplinary research centre, PRiSM, the RNCM Centre for Practice & Research in Science & Music.
#PRiSM
Read more:
NEWS | We’re proud to share the news that
#RNCMAlumni
Caroline Pether and Katie Stillman have been appointed Leader and Associate Leader of
@MancCamerata
! Huge congrats all round 👏👏
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The RNCM has proudly signed the
#CantBuyMySilence
pledge and supports the campaign to end the use of NDAs in complaints of sexual harassment, misconduct and bullying.
We're inviting applications for the
@RNCMPRiSM
Lucy Hale Doctoral Studentship, designed by and dedicated to Lucy Hale, a talented composer committed to building repertoire and support for disabled musicians.
@ahrcpress
@Drake_Music
Find out more >>
The RNCM is alive with people who share your passion for music and our home is a city that lives and breathes it.
A love of music opens doors to endless possibilities…where will yours take you?
#DoWhatYouLove
:
WELCOME BACK! We're thrilled to have many of you in the building this week in person, breathing life and music back into the place. We're loving all your photos - keep tagging us in and sharing them with us 🙌
#BacktoRNCM
NEWS | We're thrilled to receive a grant of over £60k from the
#NationalLotteryHeritageFund
for a project celebrating the 100th anniversary of one our founding institutions, the Northern School of Music!
Read more:
#NSM100
#RNCM
Congratulations to Karen Humphreys, Head of Junior RNCM, David Hill, International Chair in Choral Conducting, and alum Christian Blackshaw (piano) on each being awarded an MBE in the Queen's New Year's Honours. Read more:
Today we’re excited to launch our 50th anniversary. There’s lots to look forward to throughout the year so keep your eyes peeled and get your diaries ready! Our journey’s just beginning, and we’d love you to be part of it. RNCM50. To be continued…
#RNCM50
#DoWhatYouLove
Amazing to see RNCM Young Artist Eden-Haya on BBC Breakfast today.
A current student on our flagship programme for emerging pop talent, she’s also secured a place for undergraduate study from September.
We can’t wait to see where your love of music takes you Eden-Haya ❤️💫
Join us in welcoming
@N8Holder
, our new RNCM International Chair in Music Education!
An advocate for decolonising
#musiceducation
, Nate works to address underrepresentation in music education resources, departments, hubs and boards.
Read more >>
We succeed because of our vibrant and diverse community and are proud to promote a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion for everyone at the RNCM.
#TheShowMustBePaused
#BlackoutTuesday
NEWS | The RNCM has received a grant of £421,200 from the
@LeverhulmeTrust
to support arts scholarships. The award will provide invaluable financial assistance to exceptional undergrad and postgrad students as well as young musicians within Junior RNCM
A woman has undergone brain surgery while playing the violin to ensure surgeons did not damage the part which controls the fine movement of her hands.
The violinist played during an operation to remove a brain tumor at
@KingsCollegeNHS
in London.
More 👉
We’re proud to share that the RNCM has been shortlisted for Best Performance in this year's Manchester Culture Awards.
The performance of Bernstein’s Mass brought together 250 RNCM musicians and young singers from
@Chethams
at the
@BridgewaterHall
.
NEWS | We are delighted to announce the appointments of
@davidhconductor
and
#KristianSteenstrup
as International Chairs in Choral Conducting and Wind and Brass Pedagogy
We are delighted our students have been able to perform in a fully staged production of Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen this month 🦊
See the full Red Cast album over on our Facebook page
📸 Photos by
@RoscoeRutter
#RNCMOpera
#Opera
#TheCunningLittleVixen
#jan
áček
RNCM bassoonist Josep Morató Martínez enjoying a lesson with Stefano Canuti, made possible by our remote communication content sharing platform RNCM Ensemble+. Stefano is currently unable to travel from northern Italy amidst the coronavirus outbreak.
#RNCM
#DistanceEducation
We are deeply saddened to hear of the death of our Patron, Her Majesty The Queen. Our thoughts and condolences are with the Royal Family at this sad time.
The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon.
The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.
Our warmest congratulations to Graham Vick - International Chair in Opera at the RNCM and an alumnus of the College - who received a knighthood in the Queens New Year’s Honours 🎉
#RNCMAlumni
@rncmalumni
Watch Head of Popular Music, Andy Stott, on BBC Breakfast this morning talking about our new RNCM Young Artists initiative, supported by the River Reeves Foundation.
NEWS | We are delighted to announce that the
@ALWFoundation
is expanding its support of the RNCM, pledging a total of £30,000 toward our award-winning Pathfinder programme and vocal studies and opera scholarships!
Read more >>
‘Their value is undeniable, and their impact beyond measure.’ Read our joint statement from Conservatoires UK about the responsibility we share to protect our industries and safeguard their future. ‘Our doors are open, and we encourage wider conversation.’
It’s a special night tonight as current students join the
@BBCPhilharmonic
and alumnus
@houghhough
for Prom 6, featuring Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No 1 and ABLAZE THE MOON, a BBC commission by alumna
@G_E_Mason
.
Listen live on
@BBCRadio3
at 7.30pm:
Staff pianist Jonathan Scott will be performing at the
@bbcproms
tomorrow evening, Saturday 29 August at 7:30pm (BST) –
Tune into BBC Radio 3 or watch on BBC iPlayer, and vote ahead of time for which encore you’d like performed! –
The RNCM Big Band have arrived at Wycombe Abbey International School in Changzhou! They'll work with students all week in classes and workshops, give two concerts, then perform at Shanghai Poly Grand Theatre on Saturday. What a fantastic opportunity!
#RNCM
#DoWhatYouLove
Join us tomorrow at 1pm for a special Q&A with the incredible, three time Grammy Award winning mezzo-soprano,
@JoyceDiDonato
! She'll be sharing some of her top tips and answering questions from our vocal students, on all our social channels
#RNCM
#DoWhatYouLove
#JoyceDiDinato
We're delighted to see another member of the Kanneh-Mason family performing here in Manchester. Isata Kanneh-Mason will be performing Clara Schumann's virtuosic Piano Concerto this Thursday with The Hallé.
More info >>
It is with great sadness that we learned of Andrew Greenwood’s passing. He will be very much missed by his many close friends and colleagues here at the RNCM - and remembered fondly by our staff, students and alumni who had the privilege of knowing and working with him.
We're backing the Plastic Free Greater Manchester campaign,
@AndyBurnhamGM
's environmental pledge to remove single-use plastics by 2020 and make Greater Manchester one of the leading green cities in Europe
#plasticfree