Events

From great music to captivating speakers, there's something for everyone on the BCU events calendar.

Opera Scenes

RBC French Season 2024–25
The Lab, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Opera Scenes Director Lysanne van Overbeek Conductor Mark Austin Our ever-popular annual showcase of talent f...
21 - 23 Nov 2024

James Gilchrist (tenor) and Eric McElroy (piano)

Guest Artists
Recital Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
James Gilchrist  tenor Eric McElroy  piano Internationally-renowned tenor, James Gilchrist (pictured) joins compose...
22 Nov 2024 7pm - 8pm

Errollyn Wallen and Thallein Ensemble

RBC Musicians
The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Errollyn Wallen and Thallein Ensemble Errollyn Wallen vocals/piano Thallein Ensemble Conductor Daniele Rosi...
22 Nov 2024 7pm - 8pm

Errollyn Wallen in Conversation

Guest Artists
Organ Studio, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Becoming a Composer  Errollyn Wallen in Conversation with Joe Cutler Following the Thallein concert at 7pm,  Erro...
22 Nov 2024 8.30pm - 9.30pm

Tara Lily spotlighting Bangla Week

Guest Artists
The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Bangla Week – Presented by Bangladeshi Artist Development Agency (BADA) Closing Night Concert – A Collaboration with ...
23 Nov 2024 6pm - 8.30pm

Lunchtime Music

RBC French Season 2024–25
Recital Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Maia Roberts flute/piccolo Joanne Sealey piano Amanda Harberg Piccolo Sonata Sigried Karg-Elert Symfonische...
25 Nov 2024 1.05pm - 2pm

Public Research Seminar: A Ladder is Not the Only Kind of Time

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire - Workshop 2 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
A Ladder is Not the Only Kind of Time Public Research Seminar: Dr Benjamin Tassie Anthropologists, sociologists, and...
26 Nov 2024 3.30pm - 5pm

Birmingham Festival Choral Society Oratorio Prize

RBC Musicians
The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Birmingham Festival Choral Society Oratorio Prize Adjudicators David Wynne and Kevin Gill The winner of this c...
26 Nov 2024 7pm

RBC Banda Brasileira

Guest Artists
Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
RBC Banda Brasileira Popular music of Brazil with special guest  João Menezes . Student support: Wilf McKenzie Ban...
28 Nov 2024 6.30pm - 9pm

Yu Zhou Zhang (piano)

RBC Musicians
Recital Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Yu Zhou Zhang piano Schumann Humoreske, Op.20 Franck Prelude, Choral et Fugue, FWV 21 Ravel La valse, M.72 ...
28 Nov 2024 7pm - 7.55pm

E.S.P.

Guest Artists
Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Dancefloor jazz with Birmingham's finest DJs and jazz musicians.  DJs Nick Schlittner, Mr Wynters, Tom Belte  and...
29 Nov 2024 7pm - 11pm

RBC India Ensemble Presents UTHSAV

The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
RBC India Ensemble Presents UTHSAV United in Sound UTHSAV - the concert, marks the remarkable journey of the RBC Ind...
29 Nov 2024 7.30pm - 8.30pm

Swing Into Christmas

Guest Artists
The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Kick off the festive season in style with the sensational Down for the Count Swing Orchestra, as they return to Royal ...
30 Nov 2024 7.30pm

James Lisney plays Chopin

Guest Artists
The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
James Lisney piano Frederyk Chopin (1810-1849) Nocturne in E minor, [Op.72/1] Lento con gran espressione Fantais...
01 Dec 2024 4pm - 5.50pm

Lunchtime Music

RBC Musicians
Recital Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Nebula Quintet Danzi Quintet No.2 in G minor Arnold Divertimento for Wind trio Op.37 Daisy Rentong Zhao pian...
02 Dec 2024 1.05pm - 2pm

RBC Repertory Big Band

RBC Musicians
Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
RBC Repertory Big Band This evening RBC's Repertory Big Band will play the music of Thad Jones , including some rare...
02 Dec 2024 6.30pm - 9pm

Public Research Seminar: Petere Asimov

RBC French Season 2024–25
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire - Workshop 2 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Yvonne Loriod and the Ambiguity of Submission Public Research Seminar: Peter Asimov This paper retraces the creative...
03 Dec 2024 3.30pm - 5pm

Thursday 5 December Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Open Day

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Our Open Days are held twice a year and are designed to give you a real insight into life as a conservatoire student. T...
05 Dec 2024 10am - 5pm

Minima Naturalia: Paul Dunmall + Percussion Ensemble

Guest Artists
Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Minima Naturalia: Paul Dunmall + Percussion Ensemble Minima Naturalia is an exciting new work by RBC jazz lecturer ...
05 Dec 2024 6.30pm - 9pm

RBC Saxophone Department Concert

RBC Musicians
Recital Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
RBC Saxophone Department Concert ... it was without:            sound     freedom Control           SILENCE ...
05 Dec 2024 7pm - 8pm

Julius Caesar

RBC Actors
Ron Barber Studio - Crescent Theatre Sheepcote Street, Birmingham, West Midlands B16 8AE
Julius Caesar By William Shakespeare Studio Directed by Suzy Catliff Casting by Danièle Sanderson Join an all...
05 - 07 Dec 2024

A Laugh Supreme - Stand Up Comedy

Guest Artists
Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Simon Munnery headlines the opening night of A Laugh Supreme : A series of shows bringing together the best of comed...
06 Dec 2024 6.45pm - 10pm

RBC Symphonic Brass and Brass Band

RBC Musicians
The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
RBC Symphonic Brass and Brass Band Conductors Ed Jones and Ian Porthouse (pictured) RBC Symphonic Brass ...
06 Dec 2024 7pm - 9pm

Christmas with The Salvation Army

Guest Artists
The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Christmas with The Salvation Army Celebrate Christmas with The Salvation Army in Birmingham. The Bradshaw Hall will...
08 Dec 2024 2.30pm - 4.30pm

Lunchtime Music

RBC Musicians
Recital Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Jordan Ashman percussion Programme tbc Ella Blair soprano Beth Haughan piano Liszt Comment, disaient-ils...
09 Dec 2024 1.05pm - 2pm

Public Research Seminar - Daniel Tong

Research events
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire - Workshop 2 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Public Research Seminar - Daniel Tong (RBC) Re-reading Beethoven. Twenty-first century perspectives in the Sonatas for ...
10 Dec 2024 3.30pm - 5pm

Percussion in the Bar

RBC Musicians
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Percussion in the Bar Grab a drink from the bar and relax as you watch RBC Percussion students perform solos and smal...
10 Dec 2024 8pm - 10pm

Pre-CBSO Piano Showcase Concert

RBC Out and About
Symphony Hall
Pre-CBSO Piano Showcase Concert Schubert Piano Sonata in A, D.664 David Ebner piano Bach arr. Rachmaninoff ...
12 Dec 2024 5.45pm

Jazz Vocal Night

RBC Musicians
Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Jazz Vocal Night  Directors Sara Colman , Noemi Nuti and Audrey Lawrence-Mattis Our thriving Jazz Vocal depar...
12 Dec 2024 6.30pm - 9pm

Macbeth by William Shakespeare

RBC Actors
The Crescent Theatre Sheepcote Street, Birmingham B16 8AE.
Directed by Jonathan Woolf Casting by Danièle Sanderson Macbeth , a Scottish nobleman, encounters three witches...
12 - 14 Dec 2024

Fauré and His World: Coda

Fauré and His World
The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Fauré and His World: A centenary celebration Chausson Chanson perpétuelle India Harding mezzo-soprano piano and ...
13 Dec 2024 7pm - 9.45pm

Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra

Guest Artists
The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra - Romantic Echoes: Brahms and Bruch Ferrenc  Overture No.1 Bruch Violin Concert...
15 Dec 2024 3pm - 5pm

RBC Chorus Celebrates Christmas

RBC Musicians
The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
RBC Chorus Celebrates Christmas Every year RBC encourages all new undergraduate students to get together and sing o...
16 Dec 2024 1.05pm - 2pm

It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

RBC Musicians
Recital Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Celebrate the festive season with a heart-warming concert featuring the timeless holiday music of Michael Bublé's ico...
16 - 17 Dec 2024

TREPIDATION - New Music for Percussion

RBC Musicians
The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
TREPIDATION - New Music for Percussion The RBC composition and percussion departments join forces once again in a per...
17 Dec 2024 1.05pm - 2pm

Public Research Seminar: Salome Chitaia

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire - Workshop 2 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Public Research seminar: Lisztian movement, time and sonority in Ravel’s piano music Salome Chitaia (Royal Birmingham ...
17 Dec 2024 3.30pm - 5pm

Birmingham New Music: Montage Night

RBC Musicians
The Lab, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
#BNM: Montage Night Join us for an exhilarating evening at Birmingham New Music’s Montage Night, where Conservatoire ...
18 Dec 2024 7pm - 8.30pm

RBC Jazz Gala

RBC Musicians
Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
RBC Jazz Gala The RBC Jazz Dept signs off another very busy term with their traditional Jazz Gala, presenting h...
19 Dec 2024 6.30pm - 9pm

Christmas Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries

RBC Musicians
Recital Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Noëls, Pastorales and Sonatas – Christmas Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries Musicians from the Historical Performa...
19 Dec 2024 7pm - 8pm

RBC Repertoire Orchestra

RBC French Season 2024–25
The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
RBC Repertoire Orchestra Conductor Daniele Rosina (pictured) Dukas La Péri: Fanfare Berlioz La damnation de ...
20 Dec 2024 7pm - 8pm

Glory - The Story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe

The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Glory - The Story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe Presented by Simmer Down Arts, Birmingham's premier reggae music and arts ...
22 Dec 2024 6pm - 8pm

The Saxophone Success Formula LIVE

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
The Saxophone Success Formula LIVE Get Your Sax Together is very excited to announce enrolment is open for The Saxop...
03 - 05 Jan 2025 4pm - 4.30pm

Melodies of a New Dawn

Guest Artists
Recital Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Melodies of a New Dawn – A Student Recital We’re excited to invite you to Melodies of a New Dawn, our student recital...
12 Jan 2025 2.30pm - 4.30pm

Introduction to Professional Studio Recording

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Short course: Introduction to Professional Studio Recording The Introduction to Professional Studio Recording short c...
13 Jan - 17 Mar 2025

Pre CBSO Showcase: Vagabundo Trio

Symphony Hall
Pre-CBSO Showcase Vagabundo Trio Luanah Lefebvre violin Gen Li cello Maria Linares Molero piano Ravel ...
23 Jan 2025 1pm - 2pm

VoxBox: The songs of André Caplet

RBC Musicians
Recital Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
VoxBox: The Songs of André Caplet Unlike most early twentieth century  French composers, Claude Debussy did not engag...
24 Jan 2025 7pm - 8pm

PRISM

Recital Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
PRISM Composers Chloe Knibbs , Marie Jaëll Melissa Morris piano Lighting Design Joe Price A reimagining and ...
26 Jan 2025 4pm - 4.40pm

Lunchtime Music

RBC Musicians
Recital Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Haoen Li piano Chopin Preludes Op.28, No.19-24 Chopin Etudes in G flat major Op.10, No.5 Chopin Etudes in E...
27 Jan 2025 1.05pm - 2pm

QUARTERED - RBC Percussion

RBC Out and About
Centrala, Unit 4 Minerva Works Birmingham B5 5RT
QUARTERED RBC Percussion RBC Stage Management Produced by Sam Wilson  and  Toby Kearney Programme to inclu...
28 Jan 2025 8pm - 10pm

Paul Dunmall Invites: Rachel Musson, Neil Charles, Mark Sanders

Guest Artists
Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Paul Dunmall Invites: Rachel Musson, Neil Charles, Mark Sanders This month Paul Dunmall invites fellow saxophonist Ra...
06 Feb 2025 6.30pm - 8.30pm

Global Traditions: Edgelarks, Keith Donnelly, Threaded

Guest Artists
Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
RBC Presents: Global Traditions - Edgelarks, Keith Donnelly, Threaded Global Traditions:  A concert series of folk...
09 Feb 2025 3pm - 6.30pm

Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra

Guest Artists
The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra: Scandinavian Soundscapes Nielsen Maskarade Overture Grieg Peer Gynt Suite S...
09 Feb 2025 3pm - 5pm

Dustin O'Halloran

Guest Artists
The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Dustin O’Halloran piano Support Margaret Hermant Dustin O’Halloran is an American pianist and composer who ha...
22 Feb 2025 7.30pm - 11pm

Quatuor Agate with Jonathan Leibovitz

Guest Artists
The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Quatuor Agate with Jonathan Leibovitz Sebastian Black New Commission Korngold String Quartet No.3 in D, Op.34 ...
25 Feb 2025 12.30pm - 2.15pm

Paul Dunmall Invites: Ollie Canham, Olie Brice, Will Glaser

Guest Artists
Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Paul Dunmall Invites: Ollie Canham, Olie Brice, Will Glaser Paul Dunmall has always taken an interest in jazz student...
06 Mar 2025 6.30pm - 8.30pm

Royal Philharmonic Society Awards 2025

The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Royal Philharmonic Society Awards 2025 Classical music's biggest awards night comes to Birmingham for the first time ...
06 Mar 2025 7.15pm - 10pm

RBC Wind, Brass and Percussion featuring Peter Moore

The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
RBC Wind, Brass and Percussion ensemble Peter Moore trombone Conductor Douglas Mitchell  Programme to include:...
07 Mar 2025 7pm - 8pm

Global Traditions: Mamudou Susso and Suntou Susso

Guest Artists
The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
RBC Presents: Global Traditions  A concert series of folk music from around the world Mamudou Susso & Suntou Susso: F...
25 Mar 2025 8pm - 10pm

Sam Every (little) Big Band - TV Time

Guest Artists
Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Sam Every (little) Big Band - TV Time Iconic TV themes like you've never heard them before It’s time to relax on...
27 Mar 2025 6.30pm - 9.30pm

Neil Cowley Trio

Guest Artists
The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Unpausing of the Pause After a seven year hiatus, the Neil Cowley Trio reunite for their UK tour in 2025. They pr...
23 Apr 2025 7.30pm

Paul Dunmall Double Quartet

Guest Artists
Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Paul Dunmall Double Quartet This double quartet led by Paul Dunmall is a very exciting prospect as it brings together...
24 Apr 2025 6.30pm - 8.30pm

Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra

Guest Artists
The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra: Symphonic Aspects of America Copland Four Dance Episode from Rodeo Adams The ...
15 Jun 2025 3pm - 5pm

Conservatoire Folk Ensemble

RBC Musicians
The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Global Traditions: Conservatoire Folk Ensemble A concert series of folk music from around the world The UK's biggest...
04 Jul 2025 8pm - 10pm

Just Flutes Festival

Just Flutes Festival 2025
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Just Flutes are pleased to announce their inaugural Festival taking place at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Atten...
15 - 17 Aug 2025 4pm

Just Flutes 2025: Michael Cox

Just Flutes Festival 2025
The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Just Flutes Festival 2025 Michael Cox flute Michael Cox is one of Britain’s foremost flute-players. Although born i...
16 Aug 2025 7.30pm

Just Flutes 2025: Young Artist Recital

Just Flutes Festival 2025
The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Just Flutes Festival 2025 Young Artist Recital - Winner of the BFS Young Artist Competition 2025 The BFS Competiti...
17 Aug 2025 11.45am

Just Flutes 2025: Juliette Hurel

Just Flutes Festival 2025
The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Just Flutes Festival 2025 Juliette Hurel flute Juliette Hurel is well known in both the French and International ...
17 Aug 2025 3pm - 4pm