Keyboard

Key features

Piano

• Perform and have individual lessons on Steinway grand pianos; the RCM has the largest collection of Model B Steinways of any British institution
• Take part in concerto opportunities with the RCM’s orchestras
• Perform solo recitals in venues across London and beyond
• Be part of a faculty that achieves unrivalled success in international competitions
• Take part in the RCM’s annual festival of piano music
• Participate in and observe masterclasses with the world’s leading performers and teachers

Organ

• Students have access to the RCM’s selection of mechanical action instruments, including a 34-stop three-manual organ by JW Walker
• Students can perform and have lessons on organs outside the RCM, including at the Royal Albert Hall and on the new Flentrop organ in Christ Church, Chelsea
• RCM professors hold positions in important churches including Farm Street Church in London, and St Sulpice in Paris, as well as distinguished international performing and recording careers
• Regular study trips abroad are arranged to France, Germany and the Netherlands
• Training within the core BMus programme encompasses preparation for the diplomas of the Royal College of Organists
• Opportunities exist to work with the RCM Chamber Choir and take part in ensemble activities including continuo playing
• Many students hold organ scholarships while studying, for example, at Westminster Abbey, Royal Hospital Chelsea, Chapel Royal Hampton Court, Southwark Cathedral, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Farm Street Church and other significant churches in and around London

Harpsichord and Fortepiano

• Students are offered individual tuition on outstanding early keyboard instruments. These include a fortepiano by Paul McNulty after Walter; a newly commissioned six and half octave fortepiano by David Winston after Schott (1825); copies of French, Flemish, German and Italian harpsichords by Michael Johnson, David Rubio and Denzil Wraight; a newly commissioned copy of ‘Queen Elizabeth’s Virginals’ c1570 (V&A Collection) by Alan Gotto; a continuo organ by Vincent Woodstock; and a clavichord by Derek Adlam
• Students are given figured bass and continuo lessons
• Extensive continuo opportunities accompanying soloists, in chamber ensembles, and with the Baroque Orchestra are available
• Opportunities are provided to study in the unique RCM Museum of Instruments. This important collection includes a copy of the earliest surviving stringed keyboard instrument, harpsichords by Kirkman and Weber, and grand pianos by Broadwood and Bertsche. Visit www.cph.rcm.ac.uk for details