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Please see the latest news from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire below. You can also sign up for RBC This Week, our e-bulletin with all the latest news and events for anyone interested in what's going on at RBC, including students, alumni, concert-goers, parents and staff.
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Folk musician and lecturer among University community recognised in Ne...
UNIVERSITY NEWS 12 JAN 2023
A folk musician and lecturer at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (RBC) is among members of the Birmingham City University (BCU) community recognised in the New Year Honours list.
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Ukraine will rise again!
UNIVERSITY NEWS 11 JAN 2023
Visiting Lecturer Margaret Fingerhut has launched a short video and fundraiser in aid of Ukraine, titled ‘Ukraine will rise again!’ The video, filmed by Viktoriia Levchenko, a young filmmaker...
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RBC staff and alumni pay tribute to former Head of Composition Andrew ...
UNIVERSITY NEWS 04 JAN 2023
Musicians and music academics from across the UK have been remembering Andrew Downes, former Head of Composition and Creative Studies (1990-2005) at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire [RBC], who has...
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Student designers sparkle and shine
UNIVERSITY NEWS 15 DEC 2022
Students from the Institute of Jewellery, Fashion and Textiles showcased their costume and jewellery design skills at a special Voice of Black Opera (VOBO) event last week, creating bespoke...
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Christmas greetings from the Interim Principal Professor Shirley Thomp...
UNIVERSITY NEWS 13 DEC 2022
As ever, approaching Christmas presents the opportunity to reflect on the year coming to a close. Thankfully for Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, it’s been a year when we’ve finally resumed...
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Jazz alumni reunite for ‘Mike Gibbs at 85’ concert
UNIVERSITY NEWS 12 DEC 2022
Four Jazz graduates have come together for a special concert celebrating one of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s most esteemed Fellows, Michael Gibbs.
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New Opera Outreach Officer to make genre more accessible
UNIVERSITY NEWS 09 DEC 2022
Hear from the new Opera Outreach Officer Rose Johnson whose job it is to welcome everyone and anyone to becoming part of an opera audience.
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Songwriting camps in the 21st Century
UNIVERSITY NEWS 08 DEC 2022
Senior Research Fellow Dr Simon Barber is part of a major new AHRC-funded project that will conduct research into songwriting camps in the UK and Germany and how they produce hit songs.
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Exploring women’s musical leadership
UNIVERSITY NEWS 06 DEC 2022
Research Assistant and member of BCU’s Birmingham Music Education Research Group Chamari Wedamulla was one of four experts selected to discuss women’s musical leadership at an online network...
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US composer and electronic music pioneer recognised with top universit...
UNIVERSITY NEWS 02 DEC 2022
American composer, musician and scholar George Lewis, a global figure in improvised and experimental music, has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Birmingham City University [BCU] for his...
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Bringing music to Birmingham Children’s Hospital
UNIVERSITY NEWS 01 DEC 2022
Music students from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire entertained patients, parents and staff at Birmingham Children’s Hospital last week as part of their Music, Community and Wellbeing module.
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Stage Management students making their mark
UNIVERSITY NEWS 30 NOV 2022
From the Nutcracker and Nativity to Dreamgirls and Cinderella, graduates and current students on the BA (Hons) Stage Management course are spreading their Christmas magic at theatres across the...
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University student makes it to finals of prestigious BBC music competi...
UNIVERSITY NEWS 23 NOV 2022
A music student from Birmingham City University’s (BCU) internationally renowned Royal Birmingham Conservatoire competed in the finals of BBC’s Young Jazz Musician of the Year 2022.