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More RCM soloists feature at the BBC Proms this week! Alumna Alina Ibragimova performs Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, while alumni Charlotte Bowden and Jessica Cale join RCM International Visiting Artist Nicky Spence to sing Weber’s Oberon 🎶 📸: Joss McKinley, Helena Cooke, Julian Guidera, Ki Price
After a fantastic first week, RCM musicians continue to shine at the Proms! Acclaimed soprano and alumna Louise Alder sings Canteloube’s Songs of the Auvergne tonight, and RCM composition professor Mark-Anthony Turnage's Festen Suite receives its UK premiere tomorrow ✨ #BBCProms
Royal College of Music@rcmlondon.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe 2026 BBC Proms are here – and RCM musicians feature from the First to the Last Night! 🌟 World premieres, BBC commissions, leading conductors and star soloists showcase the breadth of RCM talent across the season. Find out who performs this year: bit.ly/rcm-proms-2026
With all the excitement around the new film version of The Odyssey, this Throwback Thursday we’re casting our minds back to Odysseys, one of our innovative operatic collaborations with Tête à Tête: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja0w...
RCM Singers and Composers in association with Tête à Tête: Odysseys
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'It's important for performers to think of ourselves as athletes and look after ourselves.' As violin professor @madeleinemitchell.bsky.social says, health & self-care are part of thriving in today's music industry. Be inspired by RCM musicians incorporating movement into their work: bit.ly/TeamRCM
The BBC Proms start tonight, kicking off a season filled with RCM musicians!🎶 Three alumni feature this week, with a world premiere by Josephine Stephenson at the First Night, tenor Laurence Kilsby sings with the Jupiter Ensemble, and John Wilson conducts the Sinfonia of London.
How do you prepare for performance? Whether it's playing music in a concert hall or football in a stadium, the RCM Centre for Performance Science is at the cutting edge of research into optimising these crucial moments. Find out more in the latest edition of Upbeat magazine: bit.ly/PerformanceS...
Top of the class! ✨ Following last week’s inspiring graduation ceremonies, the Royal College of Music has once again excelled in the National Student Survey, achieving outstanding results in teaching areas, academic support, wellbeing and resources. Read more: bit.ly/rcm-nss-26
Still on a high after that England World Cup game? ⚽ Keep the buzz going with the latest edition of Upbeat, the Royal College of Music magazine, this term focusing on music and sport! 💫 Pick up your copy at the RCM Box Office, or explore online: bit.ly/UpbeatSummer26
Upbeat magazine Summer 2026
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"On 3 July, the RCM collaborated with adventurous opera company Tête-à-Tête. This year’s theme was ‘Fantasy and Fairytales’" icareifyoulisten.com/2026/07/revi...
Out now on YouTube: three brand new pieces of music by RCM composers. Here's a link to one of them 📽️ These were written for Bridging Worlds: a boundary-crossing concert hosted at the RCM and curated in partnership with the @royalalberthall.bsky.social
Dance of the Oilliphéist by Robert IJserinkhuijsen | New music for bodhrán and orchestra
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Thank you @carolinefrmus.bsky.social and @icareifyoulisten.bsky.social for this fantastic review! 👏
Caroline Potter@carolinefrmus.bsky.social · 4w agoMy review for @icareifyoulisten.bsky.social of the @rcmlondon.bsky.social opera showcase in collaboration with Tête-à-Tête. The sets and costumes were amazing, as you'll see!: icareifyoulisten.com/2026/07/revi...
Still on a high after that England World Cup game? ⚽ Keep the buzz going with the latest edition of Upbeat, the Royal College of Music magazine, this term focusing on music and sport! 💫 Pick up your copy at the RCM Box Office, or explore online: bit.ly/UpbeatSummer26
Upbeat magazine Summer 2026
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Fantasy & Fairytales✨ Hear five world-premiere short operas by @rcmlondon.bsky.social composers🎶 📅3 July Discounted tickets available for those under 35⬇️ www.rcm.ac.uk/events/choos...
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The RCM is pleased to welcome flautist Amy Yule, piccolo player Kathleen Stevenson, oboist Philippe Tondre, bassoonist Theo Plath and the Alinde Quintet to its Woodwind Faculty as International Visiting Artists from September! Find out more: bit.ly/rcm-ww-iva
Wimbledon starts today! Did you know that Royal College of Music alumni Benjamin Britten and Frank Bridge were both tennis fans? Look out for the printed summer edition of Upbeat magazine next week, featuring articles on the surprising connections between music and sport. What's not 'two-love'?
The Royal College of Music has launched a pioneering new songwriting collaboration with the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, bringing together student composers and performers with patients to create a collection of original songs. Learn more: bit.ly/rcm-rhn
Dr Ingrid Pearson has been awarded a £100,000 research grant by UKRI to explore how additive manufacturing (including 3D printing) can be used to produce playable replicas of historical woodwind instruments at the RCM 🪈 Discover more: bit.ly/rcm-ukri 📸: Chris Christodoulou
The Royal College of Music is delighted to welcome new professors Neal Davies, Robert Murray, Benjamin Appl, Arwel Treharne Morgan, Neil Baker and Matthew Marriott to the Vocal & Opera Faculty this September! Find out more: bit.ly/rcm-vocal26
The RCM is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Martyn Brabbins, Professor Neta Spiro and Professor Tania Lisboa to Personal Chairs in their fields, and Dr George Waddell as Reader in Performance Research and Innovation. Find out more: bit.ly/rcm-appoints
Discover stories of migrant musicians from Nazi Germany in this new animation, based on research from the RCM. The video celebrates the impact of the Music, Migration and Mobility project, showing how exiled composers reshaped Britain’s musical life. Learn more: bit.ly/rcm-mmm-26
Today we mark the centenary of the birth of composer Joseph Horovitz, a much-loved member of the RCM Composition Faculty for nearly 60 years. Joe's legacy is celebrated in the largest composer archive housed by the RCM Library, now available to explore online. Find out more: josephhorovitz.co.uk
The winner of the Royal College of Music's Larks Ascending composition competition, inspired by Eurasian Skylark recordings to highlight the species' long-term decline in the UK, has been announced:
Royal College of Music competition highlights plight of declining skylarks
Alec Imamovic has won the Royal College of Music's Larks Ascending composition competition, inspired by a new archive of Eurasian Skylark recordings created to highlight the species' long-term decline in the UK.
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We’re thrilled to welcome drummer Jas Kayser and timpanist Tomohiro Ando, who will be joining the Timpani and Percussion Faculty as International Visiting Artists from September! Learn more: bit.ly/rcm-percussi...
We’re delighted to announce the winners of this year’s CAVATINA Intercollegiate Chamber Music Competition 🎶 First Prize ⋅ Trio Rossetti from the Royal College of Music 🥇 Second Prize ⋅ Chiarina Trio from the Royal Northern College of Music 🥈
We've loaned some items from our collection for the Royal College of Music’s exhibition! @rcmlondon.bsky.social Shared Airs: Our Thriving Folk Musics explores the world of contemporary folk traditions, celebrating how and why folk music continues to evolve, live and thrive. bit.ly/rcm-shared-a...
Explore folk music at the Royal College of Music Museum
The Royal College of Music Museum’s upcoming special exhibition explores the world of contemporary folk traditions, celebrating how and why folk musics continue to evolve, live and thrive.
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Feeling inspired by Bridging Worlds at RCM last week ✨ It was a joy to bring together @royalalberthall.bsky.social Associate Artists Rushil Ranjan & Abi Sampa with students from RCM, Trinity Laban, @rncmlive.bsky.social and the Sunshine Orchestra, celebrating music and movement across cultures 🌎🎶
The 2026 BBC Proms are here – and RCM musicians feature from the First to the Last Night! 🌟 World premieres, BBC commissions, leading conductors and star soloists showcase the breadth of RCM talent across the season. Find out who performs this year: bit.ly/rcm-proms-2026
Royal College of Music musicians take to the stage at the 2026 BBC Proms
Students, alumni, professors and International Visiting Artists from the Royal College of Music feature from the First to the Last Night of the 2026 BBC Proms.
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The RCM Museum's upcoming exhibition, Shared Airs: Our Thriving Folk Musics, explores the world of contemporary folk traditions, celebrating why folk music continues to thrive. The exhibition is free and opens on Tuesday 19 May. Learn more: bit.ly/rcm-shared-a... 📸: Ellen Seidell
For visitors who are joining us for #RCMOpenDay tomorrow, please make sure to check tfl.gov.uk/tube-dlr-ove... for live travel updates. For further travel details, please see our visitor information page. We look forward to welcoming you to the Royal College of Music tomorrow👋
Inspired by Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending, five RCM composers create new works using recordings of lark song. The works will be performed for a special panel including Nicola LeFanu on 29 April. Learn more: bit.ly/rcm-larks 📸 of RVW: Gerald Festus Kelly, RCM Museum Collection
