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RCM alumna mezzo soprano Martha Jones’s recording of Schubert’s ‘Romanze’ is being broadcast at 2pm on BBC Radio 3 on Friday 17 February.

Places are still available for the RCM International Piano Course - book now for earlybird tickets and guaranteed accomodation.

The Life of Schumann by Visiting Research Fellow Michael Musgrave (FRCM) was published in May 2011 by Cambridge University Press in its ‘Musical Lives’ Series.

From 13 to 17 February, RCM students will once again be working hard to raise money for charity.

RCM alumna Ruby Hughes is making her concert debut with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra on Friday 3 February, which will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

The Royal College of Music is sad to learn of the death of RCM alumni Donald Munro, the “Father of New Zealand Opera”.

A video of viola player Lukas Smit's reaction to a mobile phone has become an internet hit...

RCM Head of Strings Mark Messenger is running his seventh London Marathon in April this year, in aid of the RCM's students.

Our 2012 series of concert across London got off to a magnificent start, courtesy of a mystery man and a secret special request...

The Royal College of Music is taking part in a pioneering scheme designed to slash the carbon emissions of some of the UK’s leading cultural organisations.

We offer warm congratulations to the many musicians whose achievements have been recognised in the New Year’s Honours list. 

We are sorry to report the death on 2 January of Alan Rowlands

Two of the UK's leading opera critics have praised the RCM International Opera School's latest production...

In 2011, one of the RCM's acclaimed projects began its nationwide roll-out...

JD pianist and BBC Young Musician 2010 Lara Melda performs live on BBC Radio 3.

The Royal Opera House Collections has just launched a new exhibition about legendary soprano and RCM alumna Dame Joan Sutherland.

Professor Colin Lawson, Director of the RCM, will be discussing the Brahms Clarinet Quintet on BBC Radio 3’s Building a Library on Saturday 3 December.

The Independent Online has published a blog by RCM director Professor Colin Lawson, following his participation in the keynote debate at the Institute of Idea’s Battle of Ideas Festival.

RCM movement coach Desiree Kongerod will be performing on BBC1's flagship entertainment show Strictly Come Dancing...

Last weekend two Russian RCM pianists were awarded prizes at major international piano competitions.

RCM Director Professor Colin Lawson has announced an impressive list of Junior Fellows for the 2011/12 academic year

This autumn, pianists from the RCM Junior Department (RCMJD) performed in two of London’s most prestigious venues.

The RCM Junior Department's David Sutton-Anderson has written an article for the magazine of the National Association of Music Educators about the ground-breaking composition and choral project, Living Song.

In 2012, two recent RCM graduates will be performing in high profile productions of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte (”The Magic Flute”).

This autumn, in addition to presenting our usual packed orchestral season here at the Royal College of Music, we are sending our orchestras out and about to perform at a number of venues across the south of England.

In 2011, the RCM is once again collaborating with the Philharmonia Orchestra on a flagship series of events...

A recent episode of the BBC Radio 4 show Tales from the Stave examines the manuscripts of two of former RCM Director Hubert Parry’s most famous works: I was Glad and Jerusalem.

This month, RCM performers were invited to perform in two prestigious concert series in south west London.

Congratulations to mezzo-soprano Anna Huntley, who has been awarded the Wigmore Hall / Independent Opera Voice Fellowship

Head of Keyboard Vanessa Latarche has been appointed to the additional title of Professor of International Keyboard Studies...

Congratulations to RCM soprano Abigail Mitchell who won first prize in the International "Vokal Genial" competition in Munich with the Munich Radio Orchestra at the weekend

On Monday 10 October, we were pleased to welcome to the RCM the Right Honourable David Willetts MP, Minister of State for Universities and Science...

Congratulations to Australian baritone Morgan Pearse who has been awarded AUD 20,000 by the Australian Music Foundation, following his successful audition at Wigmore Hall.

This November, a conference and concert series shed light on a vital but little-explored facet of 19th-century music-making...

Two RCM composers have received prestigious awards and commissions from international competitions and festivals…

RCM jazz piano professor Mike Moran has been awarded an Honorary DMus by the Arts and Media faculty at Southampton Solent University

The third International Symposium on Performance Science (ISPS) has been hosted by the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music on 24 to 27 August

According to a study carried out by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), RCM graduates are more likely to find employment than those of any other conservatoire

A new BBC1 documentary shed light on the fascinating life of 19th century industrialist Samson Fox, who played a key role in the early life of the Royal College of Music...

A brand new initiative from the RCM gives aspiring singers the chance to maximise their chances of audition success...

Countertenor Rupert Enticknap has been awarded a special prize at one of Europe's most prestigious singing competitions...

Soprano Robyn Parton has scooped a major award at one of Europe's top competitions for young singers...

Current student Alexey Chernov has won Second Prize at the Cleveland International Piano Competition

The flagship project run in partnership with the RCM and the RBKC celebrates this imporant landmark

The inaugural RCM Festival of Percussion, which took place on Sunday 10 July 2011, has been acclaimed as a great success...

Composer and RCM alumnus Mark Bowden has been appointed to positions at two of the UK's leading cultural organisations...

Two RCM composers have landed prestigious commissions for 2012 from leading UK organisations...

In 2012, a group of RCM musicians are heading to Uganda to work on a very special project...

RCM performers have walked off with the top two prizes in the 2011 Ernest Bloch Music Competition...

On Thursday 12 May, HRH The Prince of Wales made his annual visit to the Royal College of Music...

Ingrid Pearson, Deputy Head of the Graduate School, has recently given a lecture as part of the Gresham College Lecture Series.

We are delighted to announce that we are investing in a refurbishment of our famous Museum of Instruments...

RCM performers have almost swept the board at this year's Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition...

Junior Department alumnus and renowned cellist Julian Lloyd Webber has been celebrating his 60th birthday this year with a series of special concerts.

RCM performers have snapped up the top two prizes in the prestigious Windsor Festival International String Competition...