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Student takes joint second prize in competition
Congratulations to BMus student Daniel Marles who won joint second prize at the annual Lewis Memorial Competition. -
Junior Conservatoire student cast in iconic musical
Junior Conservatoire student Jeevan Braich says the Conservatoire prepared him for his starring role in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Starlight Express, which opens this summer. -
Beetung shares her story for TV docu series
A Taiwanese film crew recently came to RBC to film academic Beetung Goo and her colleagues for the upcoming Taiwanese docu series on migration ‘Over There’. -
Joyous win
RBC finalists captivated audiences at Beverley Minster, with Godfrey Leung picking up the Dame Gillian Weir Messiaen Prize for his performance of Messiaen's 'Transports de Joie'. -
Congratulations to Brass student Carl Davis
Principal Horn of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales Tim Thorpe judged final-year student Carl Davis to be the winner of this year’s RBC Brass Prize. -
A busy term ahead
Principal Stephen Maddock reflects on increasing participation in the arts and cultural education, as well as his appearances on BBC Radio 3 and 4. -
Alumna secures an Italian orchestra position
BMus alumna Sijing Tu has been confirmed as a permanent flute player in the Haydn Orchestra in Bolzano, Italy. -
Alumni’s “laugh out loud” comedy now on Channel 4
A new comedy series written by and starring RBC alumni, that “should be shown to all new TV writers”, is currently available on Channel 4. -
RBC does the school run
The Camarillo Trio and Epsilon Brass recently visited The Blue Coat School in Birmingham to give performances to young children. -
BPO Concerto Competition winners
Congratulations to BMus student Alex Wyatt who won the Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra Concerto Competition, and the opportunity to perform with this pre-eminent amateur orchestra. -
Be open to [shut]
Birmingham Opera Company will be performing [shut], written by PhD students Daniel Blanco Albert and Roxanne Korda about the experience of bankruptcy for Digbeth businesses. -
Student wins BBC radio job
Acting student Shreya Lallu (left) has won a Carleton Hobbs Bursary Award with a five-month contract as a voice actor at the BBC’s Radio Drama Company. Fellow student Charlotte McDaid (right) was also a finalist. -
Jumping for gold
Applied Theatre student and BCU Sport scholar Cleo Martin-Evans recently won her first British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) gold medal in the long jump. -
RBC Principal reflects on the spring term’s highlights
Principal Stephen Maddock shares the “artistic riches” performed by our talented students and emphasizes the vital roles RBC and Birmingham City University will play in the cultural and creative life of this city in light of Birmingham City Council’s financial woes. -
Bass Tutor awarded Fellowship
Alumnus, bass tutor and composer Dan Casimir has been awarded a Fellowship from the Arts Foundation Future Awards.