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With a remit of playing something “weird and funky”, Head of Recorder Annabel Knight was only happy to oblige on the Wicked soundtrack.

Get to know who is driving RBC in this feature, Meet the RBC leadership team.

Alumna Emaleigh Conn was invited to Buckingham Palace, where she met King Charles III to celebrate her work to improve representation on stage and screen, and her dedication to empowering the underrepresented.

Alumna Penelope Appleyard has commissioned a musical setting of Jane Austen’s poem, Ode to Pity, to celebrate her 250th anniversary.

Head of Music Technology Simon Hall co-runs one of the longest running cross-faculty degrees in the University’s history – BSc Music Technology, which is run in collaboration with the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment (CEBE). Simon enjoys the contrasting cultures of the Conservatoire and CEBE and has great colleagues to overcome any hurdles.

As Christmas approaches, students and staff have been performing at candlelit tours of Shakespeare’s Birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Friends, We may be about to reach the shortest day, but at this point we are all – students and staff – very aware that this is always our longest term. Everyone at RBC has been busy non-stop since at least mid-September, and I am sure that we are all looking forward to a seasonal break...

Head of Piano at Birmingham Royal Ballet and RBC alumna Jeanette Chuin-Chieh Wong was presented with Honorary Fellowship of RBC, in recognition of her work in enhancing the Conservatoire’s reputation.

The Jazz Research Cluster recently ran a symposium, Jazz Among the Discourses - 30 Years On. The event was designed to mark the 30-year anniversary of two influential publications edited by Professor Emeritus Krin Gabbard from Columbia University (pictured). These collections are titled Jazz Among the Discourses and Representing Jazz .

BMus Jazz pianist Tom Ward performed with famous jazz pianist and singer Jamie Cullum recently at the Royal Albert Hall.

The Junior RBC Wind Orchestra made a triumphant return to the National Concert Band Festival this month at Warwick Hall, achieving the highest award from the panel of expert adjudicators.

New York jazz clubs and late-night TV studios combine in RBC’s A Laugh Supreme A Laugh Supreme sees two fabulous artistic comedians, Simon Munnery and Chelsea Birkby join up with top-ranking jazz musicians from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in the relaxed surroundings of Birmingham’s only...

RBC St Benedict’s Primary School of Music in Small Heath saw 60 Year 4 pupils enjoy sessions about organ music at school and in RBC’s Organ Studio.

Lecturer in Composition Andrew Hamilton has received a Hamlyn Award for Artists.

Errollyn Wallen, who was recently appointed Master of the King’s Music, performed at the Bradshaw Hall last week, along with the Thallein Ensemble. The concert was followed by a celebration of Errollyn’s new book, Becoming a Composer.