Royal College of Music
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Looking for exciting concerts and performances in London?
Look no further – booking is now open for our Autumn Season of events! With chamber music, family events, orchestral concerts and masterclasses, there is something for everyone to enjoy.
Book now: www.rcm.ac.uk/events
Look no further – booking is now open for our Autumn Season of events! With chamber music, family events, orchestral concerts and masterclasses, there is something for everyone to enjoy.
Book now: www.rcm.ac.uk/events
We are honoured to have been awarded a Queen Elizabeth Prize for Education (@QEdPrizes), the highest national honour in UK higher and further education, recognising the exceptional work of our Centre for Performance Science.
Read more about our award: bit.ly/43SnP3L
#QEdPrizes
Read more about our award: bit.ly/43SnP3L
#QEdPrizes
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
We are honoured to have been awarded a Queen Elizabeth Prize for Education (@QEdPrizes), the highest national honour in UK higher and further education, recognising the exceptional work of our Centre for Performance Science.
Read more about our award: bit.ly/43SnP3L
#QEdPrizes
Read more about our award: bit.ly/43SnP3L
#QEdPrizes
Join us on 15 December for conference exploring practice-led research into 20th-century piano repertoire and performance 🎹
The thought-provoking programme showcases presentations, a roundtable panel & opportunities to discuss shared concerns.
Learn more: www.rcm.ac.uk/research/20c...
The thought-provoking programme showcases presentations, a roundtable panel & opportunities to discuss shared concerns.
Learn more: www.rcm.ac.uk/research/20c...
November 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Join us on 15 December for conference exploring practice-led research into 20th-century piano repertoire and performance 🎹
The thought-provoking programme showcases presentations, a roundtable panel & opportunities to discuss shared concerns.
Learn more: www.rcm.ac.uk/research/20c...
The thought-provoking programme showcases presentations, a roundtable panel & opportunities to discuss shared concerns.
Learn more: www.rcm.ac.uk/research/20c...
It’s opening night of the RCM Opera Studio’s autumn production of Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen, and the set and costumes are looking incredible. Toi toi toi to the whole cast!
📷: Chris Christodoulou
📷: Chris Christodoulou
November 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
It’s opening night of the RCM Opera Studio’s autumn production of Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen, and the set and costumes are looking incredible. Toi toi toi to the whole cast!
📷: Chris Christodoulou
📷: Chris Christodoulou
We can’t wait for tomorrow’s concert celebrating Wildlife Photographer of the Year!
In our second year collaborating with @nhm-london.bsky.social, RCM composers have written a series of chamber pieces inspired by these striking images. Watch this space for performance videos coming soon...
In our second year collaborating with @nhm-london.bsky.social, RCM composers have written a series of chamber pieces inspired by these striking images. Watch this space for performance videos coming soon...
November 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
We can’t wait for tomorrow’s concert celebrating Wildlife Photographer of the Year!
In our second year collaborating with @nhm-london.bsky.social, RCM composers have written a series of chamber pieces inspired by these striking images. Watch this space for performance videos coming soon...
In our second year collaborating with @nhm-london.bsky.social, RCM composers have written a series of chamber pieces inspired by these striking images. Watch this space for performance videos coming soon...
Not long until we’re live with the RCM Symphony Orchestra and Sir James MacMillan for a dazzling concert featuring the conductor’s own music, Wynton Marsalis' Tuba Concerto, and Mussorgsky's vibrant Pictures at an Exhibition.
Tune in from 7.30pm: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6nw...
Tune in from 7.30pm: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6nw...
Sir James MacMillan conducts the RCM Symphony Orchestra
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November 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Not long until we’re live with the RCM Symphony Orchestra and Sir James MacMillan for a dazzling concert featuring the conductor’s own music, Wynton Marsalis' Tuba Concerto, and Mussorgsky's vibrant Pictures at an Exhibition.
Tune in from 7.30pm: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6nw...
Tune in from 7.30pm: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6nw...
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Thanks to @tomedney.bsky.social for sharing his research on Avril Coleridge-Taylor, painting a portrait of her life & music
Fantastic to hear unpublished songs brought to life by @rcmlondon.bsky.social students (featuring exceptional piano parts) + learn about some exciting upcoming recordings
Fantastic to hear unpublished songs brought to life by @rcmlondon.bsky.social students (featuring exceptional piano parts) + learn about some exciting upcoming recordings
November 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Thanks to @tomedney.bsky.social for sharing his research on Avril Coleridge-Taylor, painting a portrait of her life & music
Fantastic to hear unpublished songs brought to life by @rcmlondon.bsky.social students (featuring exceptional piano parts) + learn about some exciting upcoming recordings
Fantastic to hear unpublished songs brought to life by @rcmlondon.bsky.social students (featuring exceptional piano parts) + learn about some exciting upcoming recordings
Just one month left to apply for the Young Double Reed Programme, an exciting opportunity to meet fellow enthusiasts and learn from RCM professors!
Open to: 11–18 year olds
Standard: Grade 6+
Dates: Selected Sundays Jan-March 2026
Learn more and apply by 28 November: www.rcm.ac.uk/events/detai...
Open to: 11–18 year olds
Standard: Grade 6+
Dates: Selected Sundays Jan-March 2026
Learn more and apply by 28 November: www.rcm.ac.uk/events/detai...
October 28, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Just one month left to apply for the Young Double Reed Programme, an exciting opportunity to meet fellow enthusiasts and learn from RCM professors!
Open to: 11–18 year olds
Standard: Grade 6+
Dates: Selected Sundays Jan-March 2026
Learn more and apply by 28 November: www.rcm.ac.uk/events/detai...
Open to: 11–18 year olds
Standard: Grade 6+
Dates: Selected Sundays Jan-March 2026
Learn more and apply by 28 November: www.rcm.ac.uk/events/detai...
One month left to apply!
BBC Radio 3, the National Centre for Early Music and the RCM’s next NGBE Development Day is on 11 January 2026, offering emerging professional ensembles the opportunity to be coached by RCM Professor Ashley Solomon.
Learn more & apply by 24 November: bit.ly/RCM-NGBE
BBC Radio 3, the National Centre for Early Music and the RCM’s next NGBE Development Day is on 11 January 2026, offering emerging professional ensembles the opportunity to be coached by RCM Professor Ashley Solomon.
Learn more & apply by 24 November: bit.ly/RCM-NGBE
New Generation Baroque Ensemble Development Day - NCEM
BBC Radio 3, NCEM and the RCM are delighted to announce a development workshop day to be held at the Royal College of Music on Sunday 11 January 2026 from 10.00-17.00.The day (hosted at the Royal Coll...
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October 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
One month left to apply!
BBC Radio 3, the National Centre for Early Music and the RCM’s next NGBE Development Day is on 11 January 2026, offering emerging professional ensembles the opportunity to be coached by RCM Professor Ashley Solomon.
Learn more & apply by 24 November: bit.ly/RCM-NGBE
BBC Radio 3, the National Centre for Early Music and the RCM’s next NGBE Development Day is on 11 January 2026, offering emerging professional ensembles the opportunity to be coached by RCM Professor Ashley Solomon.
Learn more & apply by 24 November: bit.ly/RCM-NGBE
One week to go until the RCM Symphony Orchestra and Chorus take to the stage for a vibrant evening of music!
RCM alumna Sofi Jeannin conducts Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Meg Blane, Poulenc’s joyful Gloria and Ravel’s much-loved Bolero 💃
30 & 31 October: bit.ly/chorusconcerts
RCM alumna Sofi Jeannin conducts Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Meg Blane, Poulenc’s joyful Gloria and Ravel’s much-loved Bolero 💃
30 & 31 October: bit.ly/chorusconcerts
October 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
One week to go until the RCM Symphony Orchestra and Chorus take to the stage for a vibrant evening of music!
RCM alumna Sofi Jeannin conducts Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Meg Blane, Poulenc’s joyful Gloria and Ravel’s much-loved Bolero 💃
30 & 31 October: bit.ly/chorusconcerts
RCM alumna Sofi Jeannin conducts Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Meg Blane, Poulenc’s joyful Gloria and Ravel’s much-loved Bolero 💃
30 & 31 October: bit.ly/chorusconcerts
Ever wanted to take a peek at the process behind the performance?
Next week, go behind the scenes with the Marmen Quartet in a fascinating masterclass! Book your tickets now for what is sure to be an invigorating afternoon.
📅Tuesday 14 October, 2pm
📌Performance Hall, RCM
🎟️: bit.ly/marmenmaster...
Next week, go behind the scenes with the Marmen Quartet in a fascinating masterclass! Book your tickets now for what is sure to be an invigorating afternoon.
📅Tuesday 14 October, 2pm
📌Performance Hall, RCM
🎟️: bit.ly/marmenmaster...
October 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Ever wanted to take a peek at the process behind the performance?
Next week, go behind the scenes with the Marmen Quartet in a fascinating masterclass! Book your tickets now for what is sure to be an invigorating afternoon.
📅Tuesday 14 October, 2pm
📌Performance Hall, RCM
🎟️: bit.ly/marmenmaster...
Next week, go behind the scenes with the Marmen Quartet in a fascinating masterclass! Book your tickets now for what is sure to be an invigorating afternoon.
📅Tuesday 14 October, 2pm
📌Performance Hall, RCM
🎟️: bit.ly/marmenmaster...
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Of course I was at the @rcmlondon.bsky.social for their #Boulez100 celebration with the Paris Conservatoire - wonderfully vivid performance of Dérive, loved the new piece by Hanze Liu
October 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Of course I was at the @rcmlondon.bsky.social for their #Boulez100 celebration with the Paris Conservatoire - wonderfully vivid performance of Dérive, loved the new piece by Hanze Liu
Did you see the supermoon this week? It reminded us of our production of Haydn’s 'Il mondo della luna' a few years ago…
Why not come along to this term’s opera and immerse yourself in another magical world – The Cunning Little Vixen is on sale now!
🎟️: bit.ly/rcm_opera
Why not come along to this term’s opera and immerse yourself in another magical world – The Cunning Little Vixen is on sale now!
🎟️: bit.ly/rcm_opera
October 8, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Did you see the supermoon this week? It reminded us of our production of Haydn’s 'Il mondo della luna' a few years ago…
Why not come along to this term’s opera and immerse yourself in another magical world – The Cunning Little Vixen is on sale now!
🎟️: bit.ly/rcm_opera
Why not come along to this term’s opera and immerse yourself in another magical world – The Cunning Little Vixen is on sale now!
🎟️: bit.ly/rcm_opera
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Join us next Wednesday for an exciting collaborative concert celebrating the centenary of legendary French composer, Pierre Boulez. Musicians from the RCM and Conservatoire de Paris are busy rehearsing for this special project in Paris! 🇫🇷
Learn more and book: www.rcm.ac.uk/events/detai...
Learn more and book: www.rcm.ac.uk/events/detai...
October 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Join us next Wednesday for an exciting collaborative concert celebrating the centenary of legendary French composer, Pierre Boulez. Musicians from the RCM and Conservatoire de Paris are busy rehearsing for this special project in Paris! 🇫🇷
Learn more and book: www.rcm.ac.uk/events/detai...
Learn more and book: www.rcm.ac.uk/events/detai...
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Join us next Wednesday for an exciting collaborative concert celebrating the centenary of legendary French composer, Pierre Boulez. Musicians from the RCM and Conservatoire de Paris are busy rehearsing for this special project in Paris! 🇫🇷
Learn more and book: www.rcm.ac.uk/events/detai...
Learn more and book: www.rcm.ac.uk/events/detai...
October 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Join us next Wednesday for an exciting collaborative concert celebrating the centenary of legendary French composer, Pierre Boulez. Musicians from the RCM and Conservatoire de Paris are busy rehearsing for this special project in Paris! 🇫🇷
Learn more and book: www.rcm.ac.uk/events/detai...
Learn more and book: www.rcm.ac.uk/events/detai...
Priority booking is now open for the RCM Opera Studio’s autumn production, The Cunning Little Vixen 🦊
Be moved by Janáček’s whimsical opera, drawing playful parallels between animal and human life.
24, 26, 28 & 29 November – RCM Friends book now: www.rcm.ac.uk/rcmopera
Be moved by Janáček’s whimsical opera, drawing playful parallels between animal and human life.
24, 26, 28 & 29 November – RCM Friends book now: www.rcm.ac.uk/rcmopera
October 1, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Priority booking is now open for the RCM Opera Studio’s autumn production, The Cunning Little Vixen 🦊
Be moved by Janáček’s whimsical opera, drawing playful parallels between animal and human life.
24, 26, 28 & 29 November – RCM Friends book now: www.rcm.ac.uk/rcmopera
Be moved by Janáček’s whimsical opera, drawing playful parallels between animal and human life.
24, 26, 28 & 29 November – RCM Friends book now: www.rcm.ac.uk/rcmopera
We’re delighted to announce two new appointments to the prestigious Vocal & Opera Faculty!
Award-winning bass Jonathan Lemalu becomes Deputy Head of Vocal & Opera, and distinguished pianist, coach and conductor Mark Austin joins as Assistant Head of Vocal & Opera.
bit.ly/RCM-VandO-appointments
Award-winning bass Jonathan Lemalu becomes Deputy Head of Vocal & Opera, and distinguished pianist, coach and conductor Mark Austin joins as Assistant Head of Vocal & Opera.
bit.ly/RCM-VandO-appointments
September 26, 2025 at 11:49 AM
We’re delighted to announce two new appointments to the prestigious Vocal & Opera Faculty!
Award-winning bass Jonathan Lemalu becomes Deputy Head of Vocal & Opera, and distinguished pianist, coach and conductor Mark Austin joins as Assistant Head of Vocal & Opera.
bit.ly/RCM-VandO-appointments
Award-winning bass Jonathan Lemalu becomes Deputy Head of Vocal & Opera, and distinguished pianist, coach and conductor Mark Austin joins as Assistant Head of Vocal & Opera.
bit.ly/RCM-VandO-appointments
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Nirvana fans of the MTV Unplugged in New York album should check out the @rcmlondon.bsky.social exhibition about the recording. The guitar, the jumper and rare memorabilia are on display until November 18 in London.
September 26, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Nirvana fans of the MTV Unplugged in New York album should check out the @rcmlondon.bsky.social exhibition about the recording. The guitar, the jumper and rare memorabilia are on display until November 18 in London.
Tell us your news! 📣 We love to hear from RCM staff, students and alumni – from performances to projects to publications. Send your updates to [email protected] by Friday 26 September, and you could feature in the autumn edition of Upbeat magazine.
📸 Chris Christodoulou
📸 Chris Christodoulou
September 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Tell us your news! 📣 We love to hear from RCM staff, students and alumni – from performances to projects to publications. Send your updates to [email protected] by Friday 26 September, and you could feature in the autumn edition of Upbeat magazine.
📸 Chris Christodoulou
📸 Chris Christodoulou
Meet the extraordinary musicians who will be Royal College of Music Fellows for the 2025/26 academic year - congratulations to all! 🎉
Find out more about them: bit.ly/RCM-Fellowsh...
Find out more about them: bit.ly/RCM-Fellowsh...
September 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Meet the extraordinary musicians who will be Royal College of Music Fellows for the 2025/26 academic year - congratulations to all! 🎉
Find out more about them: bit.ly/RCM-Fellowsh...
Find out more about them: bit.ly/RCM-Fellowsh...
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We wish all scholars well for the term ahead 🍂
September 8, 2025 at 9:22 AM
We wish all scholars well for the term ahead 🍂
This #FlashbackFriday listen to RCM flautist Samantha Rowe perform Brett Dean's effervescent work for solo flute, 'Demons' 🫧
Learn more about the piece and watch the full performance on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/aOaqyNmgql8
Learn more about the piece and watch the full performance on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/aOaqyNmgql8
September 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This #FlashbackFriday listen to RCM flautist Samantha Rowe perform Brett Dean's effervescent work for solo flute, 'Demons' 🫧
Learn more about the piece and watch the full performance on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/aOaqyNmgql8
Learn more about the piece and watch the full performance on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/aOaqyNmgql8
Tra le fiamme, the latest recording on Channel Classics, brings together the RCM's innovative new 3D printed instruments with rare originals from the RCM Collection, performed by alumni and leading professors from our Historical Performance Faculty!
Discover the recording: bit.ly/RCM-Tralefia...
Discover the recording: bit.ly/RCM-Tralefia...
September 5, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Tra le fiamme, the latest recording on Channel Classics, brings together the RCM's innovative new 3D printed instruments with rare originals from the RCM Collection, performed by alumni and leading professors from our Historical Performance Faculty!
Discover the recording: bit.ly/RCM-Tralefia...
Discover the recording: bit.ly/RCM-Tralefia...
Last week #RCMSparks kicked off the Springboard Young Composers Course with a special rehearsal visit at the Royal Albert Hall and a trip to the RCM Museum's Kurt Cobain Unplugged exhibition. Well done to the new students for creating amazing work inspired by music from the BBC Proms! 🎶
September 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Last week #RCMSparks kicked off the Springboard Young Composers Course with a special rehearsal visit at the Royal Albert Hall and a trip to the RCM Museum's Kurt Cobain Unplugged exhibition. Well done to the new students for creating amazing work inspired by music from the BBC Proms! 🎶
We’re thrilled to welcome three outstanding new professors to the Strings Faculty! 🎶
Joining our faculty are principal harp of the BBC Symphony Orchestra Elizabeth Bass, award-winning harpist Oliver Wass, and internationally acclaimed violinist Esther Yoo.
Read more➡️ bit.ly/RCM-Stringsp...
Joining our faculty are principal harp of the BBC Symphony Orchestra Elizabeth Bass, award-winning harpist Oliver Wass, and internationally acclaimed violinist Esther Yoo.
Read more➡️ bit.ly/RCM-Stringsp...
September 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
We’re thrilled to welcome three outstanding new professors to the Strings Faculty! 🎶
Joining our faculty are principal harp of the BBC Symphony Orchestra Elizabeth Bass, award-winning harpist Oliver Wass, and internationally acclaimed violinist Esther Yoo.
Read more➡️ bit.ly/RCM-Stringsp...
Joining our faculty are principal harp of the BBC Symphony Orchestra Elizabeth Bass, award-winning harpist Oliver Wass, and internationally acclaimed violinist Esther Yoo.
Read more➡️ bit.ly/RCM-Stringsp...