Latest News
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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A message from our Principal
UNIVERSITY NEWS 11 JAN
Principal Stephen Maddock welcomes the great Indian violinist Ustad Johar Ali to RBC, as the new Chair of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations. He will be working with students, local...
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Making composition accessible to all
UNIVERSITY NEWS 10 JAN
Dr Kirsty Devaney has carried out research on how music education can play a role in addressing gender inequality in music composition.
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Making live events safe spaces
UNIVERSITY NEWS 09 JAN
Safer Dance, an initiative devised by Sam Hennerly and Jack Young, BCU Music Industries and Coventry University alumni respectively, has been backed by Birmingham’s NEC Group Arenas.
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RBC recruits two outstanding new Heads
UNIVERSITY NEWS 21 DEC 2023
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire is very pleased to announce the appointment of two new senior musicians and educators Edward Jones and Nicholas Trygstad. Edward Jones, currently Interim Head...
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Merry Christmas from RBC
UNIVERSITY NEWS 15 DEC 2023
Principal Stephen Maddock thanks everyone in the RBC community for their support during 2023, and shares his best festive wishes for the New Year.
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Historical instruments on display for the first time
UNIVERSITY NEWS 15 DEC 2023
Some of RBC’s Historical Instrument Collection has been put on display for the first time in the Jennens Road building, thanks to a generous donation.
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Roll call! Stage Management students making their mark
UNIVERSITY NEWS 15 DEC 2023
From ‘Nutcracker’ and ‘Aladdin’, to ‘Robin Hood’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast’, Stage Management graduates and students are spreading their Christmas magic at theatres across the region this festive...
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Student trumps competition 🎺
UNIVERSITY NEWS 14 DEC 2023
Third-year BMus student Charlie Cooper has won the Alfred Corfield Trumpet Prize 2023 for his performance of works by Viviani, Neruda and Brandt.
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PhD student selected for Philharmonia's Composers’ Academy
UNIVERSITY NEWS 07 DEC 2023
PhD student Yfat Soul Zisso has been selected for the Philharmonia's Composers’ Academy, where she will compose a piece for the Philharmonia to be performed at Royal Festival Hall.
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Prestigious BBC Jazz title for Royal Birmingham Conservatoire student
UNIVERSITY NEWS 05 DEC 2023
Hours and hours spent in “brutal” lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 gave Ben Shankland the time to hone his piano skills - now, more than three years on, the talented 19-year-old...
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“So many highlights,” says RBC Principal
UNIVERSITY NEWS 01 DEC 2023
RBC Principal Stephen Maddock shares his favourite moments of November, including Opera Scenes performed in the Lab.
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New Digbeth Acting facility ready for January
UNIVERSITY NEWS 24 NOV 2023
An additional teaching space has been created for Acting students at Bromley Street, Digbeth. The new facility will be ready from January and is a short walk from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
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New album featuring water-powered instruments released by student comp...
UNIVERSITY NEWS 24 NOV 2023
PhD student and composer Benjamin Tassie’s album has been released today (Friday) by Birmingham Record Company. The album features three new water-powered musical instruments Benjamin designed...
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Meet Filkin’s Drift: The band taking sustainable touring to the next l...
UNIVERSITY NEWS 15 NOV 2023
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire alumni Seth Bye and Chris Roberts, the musicians behind Filkin’s Drift, have taken sustainable touring to the next level after completing their latest tour by foot....
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Music Technology alumna wins sound design award
UNIVERSITY NEWS 08 NOV 2023
MMus graduate Sylvia (Yen-Ju) Chen and her team recently won a prestigious Taiwan Golden Bell Award in the ‘Best Sound Design for Television Series’ category. Built from the ground up by six...