Royal Birmingham Conservatoire blog

Inspiring the next generation: Gina Baker

Welcome to our brand new weekly feature where we highlight the great work that RBC alumni are doing in the field of mu...

These are a few of my favourite things about studying at the RBC…

Rebecca Lee is a third-year student at the  Royal Birmingham Conservatoire  who is currently studying  BA (Hons) A...

A day in the life of an Applied Theatre student

Molly McDermott is a current student of the  Royal Birmingham Conservatoire  who studies  BA (Hons) Applied Theatre...

Top tips on how to apply to Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Lydia Bruton is currently studying  BMus (Hons) Music  at  Royal Birmingham Conservatoire . She reflects back ...

My musical journey at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Emily Hopper is currently studying BMus (Hons) Music (Harp) at  Royal Birmingham Conservatoire . She describes to us...

My favourite things about studying at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Richard Thomas is currently  studying Advanced Postgraduate Diploma Music (Professional Performance) at  Royal Birmin...

Why I chose Music Technology at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Joseph Ockford is a current  MMus Music Technology  student at the  Royal Birmingham Conservatoire . Here Joseph refle...

My typical Tuesday routine as a Music student

Katherine Hackman  joined  Royal Birmingham Conservatoire  in 2019 and is currently studying BMus (Hons) Music (V...

Why I chose to study Music at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Helena Townsend joined  Royal Birmingham Conservatoire  in 2016 and is currently studying Vocal Performance. 

Meet our Vice Principal and Head of Acting, Stephen Simms

Stephen Simms is our Vice Principal and Head of Acting at  Royal Birmingham Conservatoire  who has an abundant amount o...

Mastering the Professional Voice Practice

Ellie Forrest chose to return to the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in 2019 to complete her in MA Professional Voice Pr...

Welcome to my Workspace - David Mayne, Performance Department Assistant

David has been balancing working from home with home-schooling his children, while enjoying easy access to the garden ...

Welcome to my Workspace - Richard Shrewsbury, Head of Learning and Participation and Senior Lecturer in Music Education

Richard enjoys having quick access to a range of musical toys to experiment and create with, while having a deeper app...

Welcome to my Workspace - Duncan Fielden, Director of Undergraduate Studies (Music)

Duncan enjoys the flora and fauna in his beautiful back garden, with a family of seven long-tailed tits visiting daily ...

All the way from NYC to RBC

Our Postgraduate student, Dara Silverman, decided she wanted to come and join Royal Birmingham Conservatoire all the wa...