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Royal College of Music @rcmlondon.bsky.social · 5h

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

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Royal College of Music @rcmlondon.bsky.social · 6d

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...

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Valérie R42 culture gourmande @rogerquaranted2.bsky.social · 25d

Ce matin, au Royal College of Music, musée d’instruments anciens et expositions Kurt Cobain, c'est le choc des époques !
#london

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Royal College of Music @rcmlondon.bsky.social · 6d

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...

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Royal College of Music @rcmlondon.bsky.social · 7d

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

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Royal College of Music @rcmlondon.bsky.social · 12d

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

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Tannis Davidson @tannisdavidson.bsky.social · 12d

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.

Exhibition poster for Royal College of Music Museum’s temporary exhibition ‘Kurt Cobain Unplugged’ showing Kurt and his guitar.

The 1959 Martin D-18E guitar used by Kurt Cobain in the MTV Unplugged in New York album displayed in the exhibition.

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Royal College of Music @rcmlondon.bsky.social · 16d

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

Young violinist with long dark hair tied up, smiling

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Royal College of Music @rcmlondon.bsky.social · Sep 8

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...

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Vaughan Williams Foundation @vwfndn.bsky.social · Sep 8

We wish all scholars well for the term ahead 🍂

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Royal College of Music @rcmlondon.bsky.social · Sep 5

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

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Royal College of Music @rcmlondon.bsky.social · Sep 5

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...

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Royal College of Music @rcmlondon.bsky.social · Sep 3

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! 🎶

Royal College of Music @rcmlondon.bsky.social · Sep 2

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...

Royal College of Music @rcmlondon.bsky.social · Sep 1

RCM singers take centre stage at the BBC Proms this week!

Tonight, alumna Ava Dodd joins Visiting Professors Brindley Sherratt and Nicky Spence in Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth. Then on Sunday, look out for alumni Laurence Kilsby and Elizabeth Watts in Bliss’ cantata The Beatitudes.

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Royal College of Music @rcmlondon.bsky.social · Aug 29

Can you name that character? 🐺🦆🐦

Hear Prokofiev’s iconic Peter and the Wolf, brought to life by RCM musicians in this intimate arrangement.

Watch the full performance on YouTube, led by RCM conductor Sam Scheer & narrated by the wonderful Lucy Hollins: youtu.be/25Jt_Dklkzs

Royal College of Music @rcmlondon.bsky.social · Aug 28

#RCMSparks is delighted to once again be partnering with GALSI (Gender and the Large and Shiny Instruments) to offer an exciting two-day course at the RCM!

📅28–29 October
🎟️Pay What You Can – Free places also available

Learn more and apply: bit.ly/galsi2025

Royal College of Music @rcmlondon.bsky.social · Aug 28

Meet the two wonderful vocal studies professors joining the Royal College of Music this autumn!

We look forward to welcoming sopranos Mary Nelson and Sarah Tynan to the Vocal and Opera Faculty, adding their expertise to our world-class teaching staff.

Find out more about them: bit.ly/RCM-vocal

Royal College of Music @rcmlondon.bsky.social · Aug 27

Missed out on the RCM Opera Studio’s spring production of Le nozze di Figaro? You are in luck – the production will be streamed worldwide this Friday on OperaVision!

Don’t miss out on a fantastic performance of Mozart’s beloved opera. Watch from 6pm: operavision.eu/performance/...

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Royal College of Music @rcmlondon.bsky.social · Aug 27

How can singing change the lives of new mothers?

Read The Guardian to find out how research led by Royal College of Music Professor @rosielperkins.bsky.social is making a difference in Australia ⬇️

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Singing for joy: Why new mothers in regional Victoria are joining choirs

New research suggests that group singing can lower anxiety and give new mothers a feeling of achievement and identity

www.theguardian.com

Royal College of Music @rcmlondon.bsky.social · Aug 26

Look out for RCM alumni Louise Alder and Huw Montague Rendall in The Marriage of Figaro at the Proms tomorrow!

This weekend, Hugh Cutting performs in Handel’s Alexander’s Feast, and don’t miss a world premiere by Hannah Kendall.

Read more about our alumni at the BBC Proms⬇️
bit.ly/RCM-BBCProms

From the Royal College of Music to the BBC Proms: RCM musicians at the 2025 festival

The BBC Proms have recently unveiled their 2025 season, which once again showcases the excellence of Royal College of Music (RCM) students, alumni and professors, who will perform at the world’s bigge...

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Royal College of Music @rcmlondon.bsky.social · Aug 22

Using performance nerves as your superpower! 💪

In her inspiring horn masterclass earlier this year, hear Sarah Willis' wise words with RCM musician Jack Bradley-Buxton on using nervousness to benefit your musicality. Have you ever felt that being nervous helped you perform better?

#FlashbackFriday

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Royal College of Music @rcmlondon.bsky.social · Aug 15

Celebrating Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s 150th anniversary!

Hear the RCM alumnus' spirited Novelleten for string orchestra, performed by talented young musicians of the RCM Junior Department earlier this year.

Read more about his legacy and life at the RCM: bit.ly/3V0UJtT

#FlashbackFriday

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Mark Pullinger @larkingrumple.bsky.social · Aug 15

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was born OTD 150 years ago. Here's his rather lovely Clarinet Quintet: youtu.be/YhkxzmDbVN8?...

In Focus: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

YouTube video by Royal College of Music

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Royal College of Music @rcmlondon.bsky.social · Aug 15

Celebrating Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s 150th anniversary!

Hear the RCM alumnus' spirited Novelleten for string orchestra, performed by talented young musicians of the RCM Junior Department earlier this year.

Read more about his legacy and life at the RCM: bit.ly/3V0UJtT

#FlashbackFriday

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