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Join the RNCM Student Programming Team!

The RNCM Student Programming Team is a new group made up of students from across all years and courses, who:

- spend the year learning about artistic programming in a combined venue/conservatoire

- represent the student body and input the student voice into programme planning

- actively take part in programming projects

We are looking for students who:

- are interested in artistic programming and more generally the ‘behind-the-scenes’ activity of the College

- are open-minded, enjoy attending concerts, and have a broad enthusiasm for music of different genres

- may wish to pursue programming/arts administration/events management as a future career path

We are actively seeking between 4 and 6 students from different courses (pop/classical) and across undergraduate/postgraduate.

We will organise sessions/meetings around the team’s availability, and will generally have a flexible and organic approach as to how the activity of the team develops over the course of the year. We expect this will amount to approximately 30 hours in total.

Being a member of the team is entirely extra-curricular and does not count for any credits towards your degree, but we would expect students to commit to being a member of the team for the entirety of the academic year.

Here are a few final incentives in case you’re still not sure…

- a limited number of free tickets to concerts

- the opportunity to make a difference to programming at the RNCM

- a boost to your CV and the potential to request references into the future

- learn from and be part of a welcoming, friendly, experienced team

If you are interested in being a member of the RNCM Student Programming Team, please e-mail Matt Whitham matt.whitham@rncm.ac.uk by Monday 1 October at 12pm with:

- your name

- your year

- your course and principal study (instrument/voice/composer)

- and no more than 300 words about why you would like to put yourself forward to be a member of the team

Depending on the number of applications we receive, we will hold interviews in early October.

Richard Collins

Head of Programming

17.9.18

Professor Martin Harlow

P/18/22

Professor Martin Harlow

Following a lengthy and distinguished career, Professor Martin Harlow has announced his intention to leave the RNCM in April 2019 to pursue other avenues. Whilst there will be many opportunities over the coming months for us to thank Martin personally for all he has achieved on behalf of the RNCM, I am sure you would all wish to join me at this juncture in wishing him every success and happiness in the future.

On leaving the College, I am delighted that Martin will assume the title Emeritus Professor of the RNCM.

Professor Linda Merrick
Principal

TfGM: Share your views

Transport for Greater Manchester is currently running a conversation alongside Manchester and Salford City Councils to find out what people think of transport and public spaces in the city centre and what they’d like to see improved in the future.

Sharing your views couldn’t be easier as they’ve created an online survey which you can complete by visiting the ‘Your city centre is changing’ webpage.

The conversation is open until 17 October.

RNCM Staff 2018 / 2019 Pay Award

2018 / 2019 Pay Award

The College on the advice of UCEA (Universities & Colleges Employers Association) will be implementing this year’s final offer on pay made to the various trade unions. Both UNISON and UCU have confirmed their positions in dispute after explorations conducted through dispute resolution meetings, and are in the process of balloting members over a protracted period through to October. In these circumstances UCEA have recommended employers to implement the final offer on pay, as it is not fair to make valued staff wait through to November or even December for the significant uplifts this will bring.

Final Pay Offer

Two per cent on all the New JNCHES single pay spine points save for points 2 to 15 where the New JNCHES single pay spine points will increase by £425

This pay award will be implemented in September 2018 and is effective from 1^st August 2018.

The new 2018/19 single pay spine is available on the staff intranet at https://intranet.rncm.ac.uk/wpfb-file/single-pay-spine-2018-19-pdf/

Head of the Graduate School - Dr David Horne

P/18/21

Head of the Graduate School – Dr David Horne

I am delighted to announce the appointment of Dr David Horne to the post of Head of the Graduate School with immediate effect.

David has worked at the RNCM since 2001, initially as a composition tutor, from 2008 as a lecturer and more recently as Deputy Head of the Graduate School. He is a distinguished composer whose work has been commissioned and performed by major organisations across the world. His music is published by Boosey and Hawkes and has been recorded on labels including BMG and NMC. David is also an active pianist and is much in demand as an educator and mentor. He is director of the College’s newly established research centre HARP (Hub for Artistic Research in Performance).

David will lead the College through the next phase of developments to its taught postgraduate programmes and will surely bring the vitality and commitment that he has shown to the RNCM over an already distinguished career to his new role.

Professor Linda Merrick
Principal

Dr Fabrice Fitch

P/18/20

Dr Fabrice Fitch

Dr Fabrice Fitch, Head of Graduate School, will sadly be leaving the RNCM with immediate effect. Dr Fitch joined the College in 2009, initially taking up the position of Senior Lecturer in Music (Course Leader, Taught Postgraduate Programmes) before being appointed Head of the Graduate School in 2013. An expert in early music, in particular late medieval and Renaissance polyphony, and a composer, Dr Fitch has made a significant contribution to the work of the College over the last nine years as a senior academic manager, teacher and researcher. I am sure you will all wish to join me in wishing him well for the future.

Professor Linda Merrick
Principal

Principal's Notice - Honorary Award

P/18/19

Honorary Award – Barry Manilow

The Board of Governors and the Academic Board of the RNCM are pleased to announce that award of Fellowship of the RNCM (FRNCM) will be conferred, honoris causa, upon Barry Manilow, on Sunday 2 September 2018, at the Manchester Arena.

Professor Linda Merrick
Principal

RNCM John Golland Award 2019

Call for works: composers are invited to submit works for the RNCM John Golland Award 2019.

Composers aged 18 – 30 are invited to submit new, or previously unperformed, works for brass band for public performance on the morning of Sunday 27 January 2019, as part of the RNCM Brass Band Festival.

Selected works should be a maximum of eight minutes in duration, and up to four will be selected, depending on length and complexity. The works will be performed by a leading brass band. Following the performances, a jury chaired by the festival’s Artistic Director Paul Hindmarsh, will select one composer as the recipient of the fourth John Golland Award. This will take the form of a £500 sum.

The Award is funded from the estate of Manchester born composer John Golland, and was instituted by the John Golland Trust to encourage young composers to write for the brass band medium which meant so much to him. Past recipients have included composers Lucy Pankhurst and Daniel Hall.

For full details click here.

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Carmina Burana

Friday 28 September 2018 6.00pm

Carmina Burana

Friday 28 September 2018 6.00pm
RNCM Concert Hall

Carl Orff Carmina Burana (excerpts)

Clark Rundell conductor Stuart Overington chorus director Eliza Boom, Lauren Coulter, Leonie Maxwell soprano Lachlann Lawton, Peter Lidbetter, Patrick Relph bass

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Monday Recital Series

Monday 1 October 2018 1.15pm

Monday Recital Series

Monday 1 October 2018 1.15pm
RNCM Concert Hall

Jonathan Dove Five Am’rous Sighs; Cut My Shadow

Phoebe Rayner mezzo-soprano Rachel Routledge soprano Jay Carroll piano

Aram Khachaturian Two Pieces; Sonatina

Iyad Sughayer piano

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Francesco Tristano: Goldberg City Variations

Tuesday 2 October 2018 8.00pm

Francesco Tristano: Goldberg City Variations

Tuesday 2 October 2018 8.00pm
RNCM Concert Hall

Music, art, architecture, technology.

Harnessing a forward-thinking approach to classical music, this is Bach as you have NEVER heard – or even seen – him before (*this is the first UK performance of this ambitious project).

Performing Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Francesco Tristano takes the audience on a journey of discovery, building a digital cityscape in real-time using piano and computer.

The idea of the ‘Cosmic City’ first appeared in Music and Architecture, a seminal publication by engineer/composer Iannis Xenakis. In Goldberg City Variations, the Greek pioneer’s imagination of future urban re-development is fuelled by Bach’s notes and grows via a projection on the stage behind the pianist.

Tickets £18 Students/Under 18s £5

Photo credit: Marie Staggat

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RNCM Concert Orchestra

Thursday 4 October 2018 1.15pm

RNCM Concert Orchestra

Thursday 4 October 2018 1.15pm
RNCM Concert Hall

W A Mozart Die Entführung aus dem Serail Overture K 384 Joseph Haydn Symphony No 100 in G major ‘Military’

Mark Heron, Tjeerd Barkmeĳer conductors

Free admission, no ticket required

+ 12pm // Carole Nash Recital Room TALK: Harems and Soldiers – With Martin Harlow (RNCM)

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The Totally Football Show Live

Friday 5 October 2018 8.00pm

The Totally Football Show Live

Friday 5 October 2018 8.00pm
RNCM Theatre

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An Afternoon with Jenni Murray

Saturday 6 October 2018 2.30pm

An Afternoon with Jenni Murray

Saturday 6 October 2018 2.30pm
RNCM Theatre

As the presenter of Woman’s Hour, Jenni Murray has been interviewing and championing remarkable women for the last three decades. We’re delighted to welcome her back to discuss her forthcoming book, A History of the World in 21 Women. Personally chosen by Jenni from all walks of life, the women featured stood up, spoke out, broke moulds and fought for change. They range from political leaders and heads of states such as Angela Merkel, Benzair Bhutto and Hillary Clinton via activists Wangari Maathai and Anna Politokovskaya to the writers and artists Toni Morrison, Margaret Atwood and Frida Kahlo. Join us to celebrate the lives, struggles and achievements of women who have helped shape our world. Jenni will be in conversation with host Alex Clark.

Ticket £12 Ticket + Book £25

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CANCELLED: Tapestries

Sunday 7 October 2018 6.30pm

CANCELLED: Tapestries

Sunday 7 October 2018 6.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall

We are sorry to announce that, due to circumstances beyond our control, all performances of Tapestries have been cancelled. The RNCM Box Office will be in touch with bookers in due course about a refund.

Question – can we ‘deepen’ the way classical music is ‘heard’ by creating multi-sensory experiences to match and enhance the music as it is being performed?

Tapestries will attempt to find out…

As one of 20 guests, you will be paired individually with a dancer who will lead you through a concert for the senses, putting you at the centre of the performance. This 90-minute experiment interweaves an ingenious re-working of Janáček’s String Quartet No 1 performed by the Phaedra Ensemble with original choral spoken poetry, for a one-of-a-kind multi-sensory trip.

Fancy being fully immersed in the experiment? Then the Experience ticket is for you. Alternatively, you can choose an Audience ticket, watch the performance unfold and maybe experience a few surprises of your own…

Book Now Sunday 7 October 6.30pm - Tickets £30*
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An Evening with Graham Norton

Sunday 7 October 2018 7.00pm

An Evening with Graham Norton

Sunday 7 October 2018 7.00pm
RNCM Theatre

One of Britain’s most successful broadcasters, Graham Norton hosts his own popular chat show on BBC1, a radio show on BBC Radio 2 and is the winner of eight BAFTA awards. He’s also an acclaimed novelist that won the Irish Independent Popular Fiction Award for his debut, Holding, at the Bord Gáis Irish Book Awards 2016. Set on the coast of Ireland, his new novel, A Keeper, is an equally compelling tale of family secrets and ill-fated loves. Will Elizabeth Keane finally solve the mystery of her father or does the thin pile of ribbon-bound letters at the back of her mother’s wardrobe just lead to more wounds? We’re delighted that Graham will be joining us to discuss his diverse career alongside his love of stories. He will be in conversation with host Alex Clark.

Book Now Sunday 7 October 7.00pm - Tickets £25
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