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    RNCM50 Faces - Who Will You Choose?

    RNCM50 Faces - Who Will You Choose?

    We recently launched RNCM50 Faces and it’s great that lots of you have already got involved. 


    In case you missed it, this special anniversary campaign shines a spotlight on just some of the people who’ve played a part in our journey to date. 

    There’s an online gallery of 40 pre-selected faces here (some well-known, some less familiar) and we’d love your help in selecting the final 10. 

    Nominations are easy, just tell us who you think we should be celebrating (in addition to the 40 already visible) by filling out this online form, or completing one of the cards in reception. 

    The deadline to submit is Wednesday 31 May and the final 10 faces will be chosen by a panel and revealed during our 50th celebrations this summer. 

    Thanks to everyone who’s already nominated - we’re looking forward to seeing more!


    RNCM Young Artists: Glyn Thomas

    RNCM Young Artists: Glyn Thomas

    We are deeply saddened to report that Glyn Thomas, Head of RNCM Young Artists, died during the recent break at the age of 52. 

    As part of the development of our Young Programmes, Glyn joined the College in August to lead our newly established Young Artists initiative, and over the past few months was instrumental in providing 11 to 18-year-olds with life-changing opportunities to explore their musical talent and achieve their potential.

    Paying tribute on behalf of colleagues, Andy Stott said: ‘Glyn was a rare talent who not only brought to RNCM Young Artists his creative musicianship as songwriter, performer and producer, but also his extensive knowledge and experience as an educator. He was an outstanding musician, teacher and manager who played a major part in launching this important new programme.’

    Prior to taking this position, Glyn worked as a music tutor at BIMM and was formerly one half of the Manchester-based band, Alpinestars. His first term leading Young Artists – which sees participants work in bands, creating, recording, and distributing original music – was a huge success, ending with a special showcase performance in December.

    Glyn will be sorely missed by his friends, colleagues and students at the College. Our thoughts are with his family at this sad time.

    We would like to reassure you that colleagues who worked closely with Glyn have been contacted separately and are receiving support, as needed, from line managers and members of our Wellbeing Team. A book of condolences has been set up for participants of our Young Artists programme, which recommences on Saturday 21 January. This will be made available to staff in due course.


    Professor Linda Merrick awarded CBE in King's New Year Honours

    Professor Linda Merrick awarded CBE in King's New Year Honours

    We’re absolutely thrilled to share that our Principal, Professor Linda Merrick, was awarded a CBE in the King’s New Year Honours for services to music in higher education.

    An innovative and supportive leader, Linda has been a key figure in the sector for many years and is the force behind our strategic vision to Define the Future of Music. 

    Joining the RNCM as Director of Performance Studies in 2001, she became Vice-Principal in 2006 and Acting Principal in 2012. This January, she celebrates 10 years at the helm after securing the position of Principal in 2013.

    But Linda’s work and passion for music education isn’t just linked to our College. As Chair of Conservatoires UK (CUK), she leads the UK’s network of conservatoires, working with them to develop best practice for training and education in performing arts and to promote the sector’s excellence nationally and globally. She also became the first music conservatoire Principal to be appointed to the Board of the Association of British Orchestra (ABO) and was part of an expert panel chosen to devise a new model music curriculum to help schools deliver world-class teaching.

    Congratulations Linda, we’re all extremely proud of you!





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    RNCM Original Voices Festival: Bach’s Coffee Cantata

    Thursday 23 March 2023

    RNCM Original Voices Festival: Bach’s Coffee Cantata
    Thursday 23 March 2023
    RNCM Café Bar

    Grab a latte and sit back as a family argument over coffee drinking plays out in the RNCM Café! The closest thing Bach wrote to an opera, this delightful, humorous cantata will bring thrills and spills to your morning.

     

    Tickets:
    Free admission, ticket required

    This event will end at approximately 11.30am.



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    RNCM Original Voices Festival: Kantos Chamber Choir

    Thursday 23 March 2023

    RNCM Original Voices Festival: Kantos Chamber Choir
    Thursday 23 March 2023
    RNCM Concert Hall

    Our Original Voices festival celebrates new perspectives on music by reimagining how we perform and present works from the past. From staging, to presentation, and new arrangements, we’re exploring what live performance means in the 21st century, and we’d love for you to experience the future of music with us.  

    Join us and rediscover familiar music like you’ve never heard it before from the next generation of musicians. 

    Kantos Chamber Choir are a trailblazing vocal ensemble based in the North of England, and we’re delighted to welcome them for this original take on a choral concert.  

    Hildegard von Bingen Spiritus Sanctus Vivificans 
    Knut Nystedt Immortal Bach
    William Byrd Ave verum corpus 
    Roderick Williams Ave verum corpus Re-imagined
    Traditional How lovely is thy dwelling place  
    Caroline Shaw And the swallow 
    Barbara Strozzi arr Slorach Che si può fare?
    Arvo Pärt Bogoroditse devo
    Sergei Rachmaninov Bogoroditse devo
    Thomas Tallis If ye love me (in canon) 
    Traditional Improvisation on Amazing Grace 

    Ellie Slorach director
    Alexander Rebetge assistant conductor 

    Tickets:
    £4 (Under 26s and Students)
    £8 (Full) 


    This event will end at approximately 6.45pm. 



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    RNCM Original Voices Festival: Ariadne – A Modern Woman

    Thursday 23 March 2023

    RNCM Original Voices Festival: Ariadne – A Modern Woman
    Thursday 23 March 2023
    Carole Nash Recital Room

    An immersive musical experience like no other! Walk through a maze of mystery and intrigue that plays on our emotional response to abandonment amidst the sound world of Haydn’s cantata for solo voice, Arianna a Naxos.

     

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    This event will end at approximately 7.40pm.



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    RNCM Original Voices Festival: RNCM ArkEnsemble

    Thursday 23 March 2023

    RNCM Original Voices Festival: RNCM ArkEnsemble
    Thursday 23 March 2023
    RNCM Concert Hall

    Our Original Voices festival celebrates new perspectives on music by reimagining how we perform and present works from the past. From staging, to presentation, and new arrangements, we’re exploring what live performance means in the 21st century, and we’d love for you to experience the future of music with us.  

    Join us and rediscover familiar music like you’ve never heard it before from the next generation of musicians. 

    RNCM ArkEnsemble is a creative group of wind and brass players led by our Head of Saxophone, Rob Buckland. Paving the way of musical innovation, engaging and striking presentation is a major part of the group’s performance, with players in individual concert dress, all players standing, theatrical elements introduced into the performances, and stylish lighting designs incorporated into the production. 

    Antonio Vivaldi/Max Richter Spring from the Four Seasons
    Monk Higgins Railroad
    Casals/traditional Song of the Birds
    Duke Ellington Jubillee Stomp
    Nina Simone Dambala
    Maurice Ravel Bolero
    Dimitri Shostakovich Gadfly
    Michael Nyman Hotel de la Ville

    All arranged by Rob Buckland.

    Tickets:
    £4 (Under 26s and Students)
    £8 (Full) 

     

    This event will end at approximately 8.45pm. 



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    RNCM Original Voices Festival: Soundseeing

    Friday 24 March 2023

    RNCM Original Voices Festival: Soundseeing
    Friday 24 March 2023
    Carole Nash Recital Room

    Experience live music in a whole new way. Join the Talland Quartet and Lili Holland-Fricke for an interactive workshop where you’ll learn to visualise and paint the sounds you hear in an exciting evening of music.

    Tickets:
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    This event will end at approximately 7.40pm.



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