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Small grant win for French music expert
UNIVERSITY NEWS 15 SEP 2023
Dr Caroline Potter has been awarded a British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant to fund travel to Paris for research on pianist Germaine Tailleferre (pictured).
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RBC students dominate young artists’ programme
UNIVERSITY NEWS 15 SEP 2023
Meet the new and current students who will make up one-quarter of the intake of the prestigious Genesis Sixteen young artists’ programme this academic year.
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RBC alumnus lands exciting role
UNIVERSITY NEWS 08 SEP 2023
Master of Music alumnus Anton Clarke-Butler recently landed a role at Warwick School as Head of Woodwind. Anton studied the clarinet at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, and graduated...
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“The sense of anticipation is really exciting”
UNIVERSITY NEWS 31 AUG 2023
Principal Stephen Maddock shares a message ahead of the start of his first autumn term. He expresses his excitement over the return of students, and the arrival of many more, as well as the...
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RBC Taiwan Alumni Gala Concert
UNIVERSITY NEWS 15 AUG 2023
The first RBC Taiwan Alumni Gala Concert took place in Hualien, Taiwan, featuring solo and chamber music works by Brahms and Xiao, as well as a new folksong arranged by Composition student Mason...
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RBC Principal awarded President's Medal
UNIVERSITY NEWS 03 AUG 2023
Principal of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (RBC) Stephen Maddock OBE has been awarded the first-ever President's Medal from the Birmingham and Midland Institute (BMI).
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RBC academic secures one of the UK’s top teaching accolades
UNIVERSITY NEWS 01 AUG 2023
Director of Postgraduate Studies in Music Dr Luan Shaw, has been recognised for her outstanding teaching and commitment to music education with a National Teaching Fellowship from Advance HE....
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Award-winning singer, songwriter and actress Beverley Knight gets hono...
UNIVERSITY NEWS 24 JUL 2023
Beverley Knight MBE has been hailed as the “Queen of British soul and a true icon of the West Midlands” by Sir Lenny Henry after receiving an honorary doctorate from Birmingham City University...
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Alumna to mark a year since the Games
UNIVERSITY NEWS 21 JUL 2023
Alumna and Mezzo-Soprano Samantha Oxborough will perform at the opening event of Birmingham Festival 23, a free, 10-day event celebrating 12 months since the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The...
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Acting graduates bring the laughs
UNIVERSITY NEWS 18 JUL 2023
Recent Acting graduates are heading to Stratford’s Attic Theatre with a production of Tom Basden’s ‘Holes’, directed by Head of Undergraduate Studies for Acting Daniele Sanderson.
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Byrdwatching in Cheltenham
UNIVERSITY NEWS 14 JUL 2023
A new Cheltenham Festival event took students to four historic Georgian houses in Cheltenham to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the death of composer William Byrd with a series of performances...
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She Don Did It
UNIVERSITY NEWS 14 JUL 2023
A group of diverse and non-binary music curators came to BCU for a skills-based learning day aimed at raising the aspirations of women who have never considered Higher Education.
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A big thank you
UNIVERSITY NEWS 13 JUL 2023
Since the launch of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Association (RBCA) fundraising appeal in June 2022, event attendees have generously donated more than £7,000 to the RBCA Fund via the ticket...
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Pedagogy prize winners
UNIVERSITY NEWS 13 JUL 2023
Three Music students have been recognised for their commitment to music education with Undergraduate and Postgraduate Pedagogy Prizes.
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Student awarded scholarship to study in Rotterdam
UNIVERSITY NEWS 13 JUL 2023
BMus trombonist Katie Blackburn scooped one of four scholarships awarded by the Van Beek-Donner Foundation to support women who study in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.