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  • Partnership supports young musicians

    University News28 Mar
    The Learning and Participation (LEAP) Ensemble performing onstage at RBC
    The Learning and Participation (LEAP) Ensemble recently rehearsed and performed alongside 450 young musicians through a new partnership between RBC and the Bristol Cathedral Schools Trust.
  • A touch of magic

    University News28 Mar
    México Mágico, with dancers, musicians and storytellers
    BMus student Michelle Amezcua performed her final project, México Mágico, with dancers, musicians and storytellers, as well as the Ambassador of Mexico to the UK Josefa González.
  • Discovering Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    University News27 Mar
    Students from Lordswood Boys’ School.
    Secondary school students from Lordswood Boys’ School paid a visit to Royal Birmingham Conservatoire recently to discover the life and music of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges as part of RBC’s French Season.
  • Meet the RBC leadership team – Shirley Thompson

    University News25 Mar
    Professor Shirley Thompson stood smiling in cafe, holding a book
    Get to know who is driving RBC in this regular feature, Meet the RBC leadership team. Vice Principal Professor Shirley Thompson has held several different roles since 2001 when she joined RBC. She is the first and only woman to be Principal, an interim role that she held for three years.
  • Bringing opera to a wider audience

    University News24 Mar
    Abigail Kelly at Royal Philharmonic Society Impact Awards
    Alumna, soprano and Festival Director Abigail Kelly was honoured recently with a Royal Philharmonic Society Impact Award for Re:Discover Festival.
  • Principal shares his updates

    University News14 Mar
    Stephen Maddock stood in Eastside Jazz Club, wearing a suit.
    Welcome to RBC This Week, a week after we welcomed 500 movers and shakers from across the classical music world to RBC for the Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) Awards.
  • Working alongside the best

    University News12 Mar
    Members of orchestra rehearsing
    Players from Royal Ballet Sinfonia, the orchestra for Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB), visited RBC recently to take part in a side-by-side rehearsal with 60 students.
  • Meet the RBC leadership team - Professor Stephen Simms

    University News11 Mar
    Stephen Simms
    Get to know who is driving Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in this weekly feature, Meet the RBC leadership team. Vice Principal Acting Professor Stephen Simms brings two decades of experience as a professional actor to RBC working at the Royal Shakespeare Company and in the West End.
  • Graduate secures place at National Opera Studio

    University News11 Mar
    Henry Reavey
    Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Performance graduate Henry Reavey will hone his skills as a répétiteur on the Young Artists’ Programme at the National Opera Studio.
  • Jazz students venture to snowy New York

    University News28 Feb
    Photo: (l-r) Grace Conner, Nick Manz and Nat Evans in snowy New York
    An exchange with Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester in New York immerses three students in stateside Jazz.
  • First steps to a professional arranging career

    University News28 Feb
    Nat Evans, RBC student arranging music using keyboard and computer software
    Five Jazz students and graduates were selected to arrange the songs of Midlands grime, hip-hop and rap artists to be played by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
  • Introducing opera to local sixth formers

    University News28 Feb
    Sixth form students at RBC opera in front of banner for Albert Herring by Britten
    Sixth form students from Birmingham Ormiston Academy (BOA) paid a visit to Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (RBC) recently for their first taste of opera.
  • Meet the RBC leadership team - Associate Professor Richard Shrewsbury

    University News28 Feb
    Richard Shrewsbury
    Get to know who is driving BCU's Associate Faculty, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, in this regular feature. Head of Learning and Participation Associate Professor Richard Shrewsbury is an RBC alumnus who trains and supports music and creative arts students to take their practice and use it for social impact.
  • Meet the RBC leadership team - Jeremy Price

    University News26 Feb
    Jeremy Price
    Get to know who is driving RBC in this regular feature, Meet the RBC leadership team. Head of Jazz Jeremy Price shares how he managed to get the Eastside Jazz Club into the architectural plans for the new Conservatoire building – which opened in 2017 – by taking the designers to Ronnie Scott’s to see the Mingus Big Band.
  • Principal updates at the mid-point of the academic year

    University News14 Feb
    Principal Stephen Maddock stood smiling at lectern podium
    Principal Stephen Maddock shares updates on RBC events, alumni gaining recognition for their talents and significant funding wins.

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