Vocal

Recent highlights

• Prize wins for students at the following 2012 competitions: Robert Hendra Prize, Bellini International Vocal Compeition, “Vokal Genial” Competition and the Maggie Teyte Competition
• Prize wins for students at the following 2011 competitions: Kathleen Ferrier Competition, the Peter Hulsen Orchestral Song Award and the Royal Over-Seas League Singer’s Award
• A performance by the RCM Chamber Choir in the Thames Pageant, the centrepiece of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations, watched by 10 million people
• Opera productions directed by eminent musicians including James Conway, Laurence Cummings, Jean-Claude Auvray, Iain Burnside, Sir Thomas Allen, Jude Kelly, Ian Judge, Jo Davis, Paul Curran, David Fielding, Lee Blakely and Alessandro Talevi
• Regular masterclasses with high profile visitors including Christine Brewer, Barry Banks, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Susan Bullock, Sarah Connolly, Petra Lang, Ann Murray, Brindley Sherratt, Sarah Walker, Edith Wiens and Roderick Williams
• Contemporary music performances, including a celebration of the vocal music of Jonathan Dove, in the presence of the composer
• Regular collaborations with the English Touring Opera – Britain’s largest Arts Council supported touring company