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Get to know who is driving RBC in this fortnightly feature, Meet the RBC leadership team. Our first call is the Composition Department, which is led by Professor Joe Cutler. He shares how life is never dull working with students, which constantly renews his own creative antenna.

As we reach the halfway point in our autumn term, Principal Stephen Maddock shares recent events he has enjoyed at RBC, highlights two important festivals coming up this month, and provides an update on recruitment.

Students and alumni have been recognised for their work with the Welsh National Opera on Opera Tutti, an immersive concert for young people with learning difficulties.

First-year BMus Viola student Ellen Cowan has been given the Gwyn Williams Viola Bursary, a student support fund that assists viola students with cost-of-living expenses.

Following a career in accountancy and financial services regulation, MA Musicology student Kevin Huby shares his aspirations and why it’s worth venturing out into Birmingham to enjoy the music scene.

Students Ollie Barker and Millie Royle gained valuable work experience at Birmingham Royal Ballet recently performing alongside the Royal Ballet Sinfonia on ‘Luna’.

Ahead of Friday’s collaboration between Visiting Professor of Music at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Ustad Johar Ali, and Birmingham City University’s Professor of Poetry, Gregory Leadbetter, we go behind-the-scenes with Greg to uncover more about what is set to be a beguiling evening of music...

Composition graduate Emily Abdy will perform with the London Symphony Orchestra as part of Nonclassical’s 20th anniversary concert at Hackney Empire.

Congratulations to alumni Benjamin Tassie and Ryan Latimer, who have made the final cut in the Ivors Classical Awards. The winners will be announced in a ceremony next month.

Students featured at Cheltenham Literature Festival in an event to mark new releases from bestselling author Tracy Chevalier and debut novelist Harriet Constable. The students played music to accompany the discussion around Stories of Venice.

RBC students are supporting Ukrainian refugees who are part of a musical collective named Vinochok with the aim of using music to help children with trauma, wellbeing and cultural identity.

BCU is part of a consortium that will make a case for the UK's first National Centre for Musical Theatre in the West Midlands, aiming to stimulate economic growth and provide new employment opportunities for young people.

Acclaimed classical violinist Tasmin Little CBE says she wants to promote the West Midlands as a cultural hub and grow local talent in her new role as RBC International Chair.

RBC Symphony Orchestra gears up for its first appearance of the year this month, with a new piece by student composer Nicholas Olsen, and tickets are available for the Organ Festival, Fauré celebration and two of Shakespeare’s mightiest tragedies performed by our Acting students.

Alumni George Blakesley and Vladyslav Demianov have been welcomed to Sinfonia Smith Square as Fellows for this academic year.