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The RCM is a world-leading music conservatoire based in one of London's most desirable neighbourhoods with a prestigious history, contemporary outlook and distinguished alumni.
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Learn about the history, curriculum and faculty of the Royal College of Music, a conservatoire in London founded in 1882. The college offers training in performance, composition, conducting, music theory and history, and has over 900 students from more than 50 countries.
Learn about the RCM's degrees, exchanges, fellowships and application process. The RCM offers flexible and specialised courses to develop your academic and practical skills as a musician.
The Royal College of Music (RCM) is one of the world's greatest conservatoires, training gifted musicians from all over the world for international careers as performers, conductors and...
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We feature the music of Michael Tippett, who studied at the Royal College of Music, in one of his most famous works – his iconoclastic oratorio A Child of Our Time, conducted by British music champion, Martyn Brabbins.
Our orchestral programmes range from Mahler’s Ninth Symphony with Nicholas Collon, through Sibelius with Chloé van Soeterstède, and on to the Doctor Atomic Symphony by John Adams in Orchestral Masterworks. The RCM Junior Department orchestras end their autumn with an all-RCM composer concert, featuring Coleridge-Taylor, Britten, and a rare performa...
Our instrumental groups are very active throughout the autumn, with vigorous dance rhythms from the RCM Jazz Orchestra led by Bansangu founder, Paul Booth; John Williams performed by the RCM Wind Orchestra; and brass music through the ages with Matthias Höfs and the RCM Brass Ensemble.
Chamber music appears in many guises – our regular spotlight features include Villa-Lobos’ much-loved Bachianas brasileiras no 1 and Martinů’s tongue-in-cheek La revue de cuisine. A new chamber opportunity is our Elevenses seriesin The Carne Room, overlooking the Royal Albert Hall, with a free drink in the RCM Café.
New Perspectives features current and past RCM composers including Hannah Kendall’s Verdala, a work drawing on the British-Caribbean experience, and there is further new music in our regular Electric Dreams concert, curated by Dr Diana Salazar. Plus, enjoy a brand-new collaboration with the Natural History Museum and the Wildlife Photographer of th...
With insightful visits from Sir Thomas Allen, Gerald Finley, Clare Farr and Armand Djikoloum, regular Museum and organ concerts and much more, we look forward to welcoming you.
The Royal College of Music provides a world-leading, inspiring music education at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.
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