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Conferences in November

We wanted to let you know in advance that on the 5, 6 and 15 November the RNCM concourse areas will be busier than usual due to large conference taking place at the College.

Tuesday 4 and Wednesday 5 November, 8am - 6pm: Communications Academy

Friday 15 November, 8am - 5pm: Taking Stock

Thank you for your patience and understanding at these particularly busy times. All monies generated from our conference activity are fed back into the College to support the student experience.

Opera at The Lowry - £5 student ticket offer

Opera North: The Greek Passion (by Martinu) (16 November)

In Opera North’s critically acclaimed production a remote Greek community is riven by the arrival of desperate refugees but the outsider Manolios resolves to do the right thing, whatever the cost. Prepare yourself for epic orchestral soundscapes and moments of visually arresting theatre. It is not to be missed.

Click here to view the trailer and here took book your tickets.

Promotional code, available online and over the phone: PASSIONSTUDENT

Rewrites: The Marriage of Kim K (13, 14, 15 and 16 November)

Mozart meets reality TV in this operatic mash-up as The Marriage of Kim K comes to The Lowry! After a critically-acclaimed UK tour in 2017, Leo & Hyde’s award-winning opera-meets-musical The Marriage of Kim K comes to Salford.

Click here to view the trailer and here took book your tickets.

Promotional code, available online and over the phone: KIMKSTUDENT

A 20/20 Legacy: the centenary of the Northern School of Music

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We're celebrating the 100th anniversary of one of our founding institutions through a special project supported by a significant grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

A 20/20 Legacy: the centenary of the Northern School of Music will tell the story of the school through free public events and workshops and an online archive sharing the memories, experiences, images and records of those who studied and taught there.

The project, which received £62,800 in total, will also feature a musical telling of some of the amazing stories uncovered, designed and delivered in collaboration with EnJoy Arts, singer-songwriter Claire Mooney and the Herizons Choir.

To learn more follow @RNCMArchives on Twitter, using #NSM2020. And if you or anyone you know remembers the schools, its staff and students and would like to share stories and images, please email heather.roberts@rncm.ac.uk.

Brass Band Conducting Workshop - call for applicants

The RNCM and Brass Bands England are pleased to invite applications for their Brass Band Conducting Workshop in January 2020. Brass Band conducting has long been a male-dominated field, and with this opportunity we would like to open the doors to existing talent with a view to redressing the gender balance in the leadership of our Brass Bands.

View the flyer for full details.

Brass Band Conducting Workshop.pdf

Staff Notice: Changes to our Postal Service

From the Tuesday 1 October 2019 there will be some changes to the way that College post is managed and processed.

The main changes are:

Ceasing of internal and outgoing postal collections. Commencing from Tuesday 1 October, RNCM Porters will no longer collect or deliver post to/from individual offices. Staff can either take internal post directly to the department that it is intended for, or deposit the post within the appropriate pigeon holes in the staff room. Similarly, all outgoing post should be taken to the staff room and deposited in the post trolley. The deadline for outgoing post to be processed is 3pm Monday to Friday.
Reduction of costs. It is essential that the costs incurred by using Royal Mail are reduced. All general mail should be sent via UK Mail and, only with valid reason, should be sent Royal Mail 2nd Class. We acknowledge that there will be exceptional circumstances where items will need to be sent First Class, and, where this is the case, I request that staff contact me and, if appropriate, approval will then be sought from Finance. Existing arrangements in place for Box Office to send tickets via Royal Mail 1st Class will not be affected.
Parcels heavier than 2kg and/or registered/special delivery items. All parcels more than 2kG in weight, along with registered / special delivery items should be brought to the Operations office on a daily basis by 12noon for same day processing.
Courier services. For those wishing to send items either nationally or internationally with a strict deadline, please contact Mellissa Ellis ellis@rncm.ac.uk in the Operations team, where the most appropriate courier service can be arranged.

Full details, including some ‘how to’ advice for those who may not be familiar with arrangements, are included in this guidance document. If you require further support or clarification, please email Dom Wood for further assistance.

2019-20 Pay Award

The 2019-20 national pay negotiations have now been concluded and the College is in the process of implementing the pay uplifts for staff, with an effective date of 1 August 2019.

The settlement comprises of base pay uplifts to the national pay spine points from 1 August 2019. The pay award includes higher uplifts to points 2 to 16 with points 17 and above increasing by 1.8%.

These increases are being implemented in August payroll for Academic staff and September payroll for Professional Services staff.

A copy of the updated pay and grading structure can be found on the staff intranet – https://intranet.rncm.ac.uk/departments/human-resources/terms-and-conditions”

Principal's Notice - Congregation of Awards 2020

P/19/20

September 2019

Congregation of Awards 2020

I am pleased to announce that the 2020 Congregation of Awards will be held on Tuesday 8^th December 2020. Further details will be issued in due course.

Professor Linda Merrick

Principal

Principal's Notice - Patrick McGuigan (updated)

September 2019

P/19/19

Patrick McGuigan – Funeral Arrangements

Following the recent announcement in relation to the sad passing of Paddy McGuigan and for those who would like to attend, his funeral will be held on Monday 9th September at 1230. The venue is St Mary and All Saints Parish Church, Great Budworth, Cheshire.

Professor Linda Merrick

Principal

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RNCM x Manchester Collective

Thursday 14 November 2019 1.15pm

RNCM x Manchester Collective
Thursday 14 November 2019 1.15pm
RNCM Concert Hall

J S Bach Chorales (selected)
Antonio Vivaldi Four Seasons (selected movements)
György Ligeti Métamorphosen nocturnes (selected excerpts)
Paul Clark New work

Rakhi Singh, Suzy Willson directors

Where do we come from? Where are we going?

Manchester Collective bring their trademark ‘radical human experiences’ to the RNCM in a collaborative programme with RNCM string players exploring the infinite possibilities of the 21st century musical landscape. Over the course of a week-long residency, Rakhi Singh (Manchester Collective’s Music Director) and Suzy Willson (Artistic Director of Clod Ensemble) will work with the students to devise a completely new, immersive musical performance.

Free admission, no ticket required

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The House of Sweets

Thursday 14 November 2019 2.00pm

The House of Sweets
Thursday 14 November 2019 2.00pm
RNCM Theatre

Kate Pearson composer
RNCM Musicians

Linking with our theme of migration, this year’s Children’s Opera Project is based on the story of Hansel and Gretel and the universal themes of greed, self-reliance and overcoming fear. When a famine settles over the land, a group of children is left in the woods to fend for themselves. Using their wits to survive, they embark on a journey into the unknown where they come across an unusual house, with a very strange inhabitant…

The RNCM Children’s Opera project brings together 150 children from Manchester primary schools to create and perform a new opera, guided by a professional composer and supported by RNCM musicians.

Free admission, by ticket only

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The House of Sweets

Thursday 14 November 2019 7.00pm

The House of Sweets
Thursday 14 November 2019 7.00pm
RNCM Theatre

Kate Pearson composer
RNCM Musicians

The RNCM Children’s Opera project brings together 150 children from Manchester primary schools to create and perform a new opera, guided by a professional composer and supported by RNCM musicians.

Free admission, by ticket only

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Hansel

Alice Zawadzki

Thursday 14 November 2019 7.30pm

Alice Zawadzki
Thursday 14 November 2019 7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall

Alice Zawadzki voice, violin
Rob Luft guitar
Misha Mullov-Abbado bass
Fred Thomas piano, drums
with RNCM musicians

‘She is a genuine original…’
(The Guardian)

RNCM alumna Alice Zawadzki returns to the College for this unique collaboration with an ensemble of our students plus her own band. Performing special arrangements of tracks from Alice’s new album, Within You is a World of Spring, this show will come off the back of four days of workshopping with RNCM players.

Some of the music has been directly influenced by Alice’s experiences of working in the so called ‘Jungle’ refugee camp in Calais and other compositions are shaped by friends who are in relationships divided by visa issues.

We asked Alice about the title of the album and she explained: ‘the purpose is to make a journey of cultivating feelings of resolve, processing and transforming pain, and ultimately finding the strength, celebration, lightness or ‘springtime’ that lies within, even during darker and wintry times…’ So it should be a very personal and emotional journey for both the musicians and the audience alike.

This project is part of Giant Steps, a scheme supported by Help Musicians UK, Serious Trust and Arts Council England.

Promoted by RNCM in association with Serious

Photo by Monika S. Jakubowska

Spotlight Spotlight: The Art of Electric Guitar

Thursday 14 November 6.30pm

Playing classical music written for electric guitar

Free admission, no ticket required

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Alice Zawadzki

Rafiki Jazz

Friday 15 November 2019 7.30pm

Rafiki Jazz
Friday 15 November 2019 7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall

Sarah Yaseen Urdu & Punjabi vocals, percussion
Avital Raz Hebrew & Hindi vocals, tanpura, guitar
Mina Mikhail Salama Coptic vocals, oud, ney & kawala flutes, duduk
Kadialy Kouyate Mandinka & Wolof vocals, kora, sabar
Vijay Venkat violin, bansuri
Cath Carr guitar, steelpans
Tony Koni bass guitar, sabar
Johnny Ball tabla, derbuka, santoor
Guery Tibirica berimbau, pandeiro, gumbe

Rafiki Jazz are nine native and migrant musicians, re-mixing roots music and telling modern day stories with a glance back to the past. They may be based in Northern England but they are, indeed, a global collective.

They’ll be performing music from their latest album, Saraba (meaning ‘Utopia’) a recording that celebrates unity and diversity, with a rich mix of mesmerising new tunes that crosses continents, languages and cultures. Focussing on renditions of new and traditional songs, it has a poignant yet celebratory migration and memory narrative.

The band describe their music as ‘adventurous world music of our times, which lands you in a kind of zone of displacement, occupied by enchanted voices, deep memories and rootsy folk histories’.

Enchanting, soulful, exquisite…

RNCM in association with Community Arts North West

Photo by Ayse Balkose

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9.30pm // RNCM Concert Hall
UPCLOSE: Syima Aslam (Bradford Literature Festival) opens a conversation about empowerment through the languages and words sung by the women of Rafiki Jazz.

Spotlight Spotlight: The Innsaei String Quartet

Friday 15 November 6.30pm

Jazz inspired music for the classical ensemble

Free admission, no ticket required

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Salford Choral Society

Saturday 16 November 2019 7.30pm

Salford Choral Society
Saturday 16 November 2019 7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall

Henry Purcell Hear My Prayer
Johann Sebastian Bach Christmas Oratorio (Selections from Parts I & II)
Morten Lauridsen O Nata Lux
Maurice Duruflé Requiem

Tom Newall conductor
Emily Cobley mezzo-soprano
Thomas D Hopkinson bass-baritone
Tom Pieczora organ

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Salford Choral Society 2019

Oldham Choral Society

Sunday 17 November 2019 7.00pm

Oldham Choral Society
Sunday 17 November 2019 7.00pm
RNCM Concert Hall

Carl Orff Carmina Burana

Nigel Wilkinson conductor
Yvette Bonner soprano
James Cleverton baritone

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Monday Recital Series

Monday 18 November 2019 1.15pm

Monday Recital Series
Monday 18 November 2019 1.15pm
RNCM Concert Hall

Antonín Dvořák Piano Trio No 4 in E minor Op 90 ‘Dumky’

Déanach Piano Trio
Mollie Wrafter violin
Alec Smith cello
Jay Carroll piano

Free admission, no ticket required

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The John Barbirolli Memorial Prize For Cello

Monday 18 November 2019 7.30pm

The John Barbirolli Memorial Prize For Cello
Monday 18 November 2019 7.30pm
Carole Nash Recital Room

Cecilia Radic adjudicator

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Gabriela Montero (piano)

Tuesday 19 November 2019 7.30pm

Gabriela Montero (piano)
Tuesday 19 November 2019 7.30pm
RNCM Concert Hall

Robert Schumann Kinderszenen Op 15 ‘Scenes from Childhood’
Chick Corea Selections from Children’s Songs
Gabriela Montero Scenes from Childhood
Dmitri Shostakovich Piano Sonata No 2 in B minor Op 61
Gabriela Montero Improvisations

‘Montero’s playing has everything: crackling rhythmic brio, subtle shadings, steely power in climactic moments, soulful lyricism in the ruminative passages and, best of all, unsentimental expressivity.’ New York Times

Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero is a truly original artist who forges a deep connection with her audience. In addition to her visionary interpretations of core piano repertoire, she is also celebrated for her ability to improvise, composing and playing new works in real time. She says: ‘I connect to my audience in a completely new way – and they connect with me. Because improvisation is such a huge part of who I am, it is the most natural and spontaneous way I can express myself.’

She regularly invites her audience to choose themes and ideas on which she improvises – to date, she has tackled everything from Lady Gaga to Baa Baa Black Sheep! You’ll get the chance to test Gabriela’s improvising talents at the end of the evening, following her interpretations of scenes from childhood as seen through the eyes of various composers.

Photo by Shelley Mosman

Part of the RNCM Original Voices series.

Spotlight Spotlight: Ars Gallica

Tuesday 19 November 6.30pm

Exhibiting the height of 19th-century chamber music

Free admission, no ticket required

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Gabriela Montero