Wednesday 26 November 2025
The Royal College of Music (RCM) is honoured to have been awarded a Queen Elizabeth Prize for Education, the highest national honour in UK higher and further education.
Monday 31 March 2025
Kurt Cobain’s legendary Martin D-18E, played during Nirvana’s iconic MTV Unplugged performance, will be displayed in the UK for the first time as part of Kurt Cobain Unplugged at the Royal College of Music (RCM) Museum, running from 3 June to 18 November 2025.
Tuesday 18 March 2025
Inside the Contemporary Conservatoire: Critical Perspectives from the Royal College of Music, London, provides fresh insight into the role, purpose and impact of a conservatoire, with the Royal College of Music (RCM) as a central case study.
Wednesday 26 June 2024
His Majesty The Emperor of Japan experienced the Royal College of Music’s unique blend of heritage and innovation.
Wednesday 26 June 2024
Students from the Royal College of Music (RCM) had a unique opportunity to perform for Their Majesties The Emperor and Empress of Japan, Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla and Members of the Royal Family at the State Banquet at Buckingham Palace on 25 June 2024.
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Wednesday 8 May 2024
We are honoured that King Charles III has chosen to become Patron of the Royal College of Music (RCM), continuing his longstanding relationship with the College.
Wednesday 10 April 2024
The Royal College of Music has been ranked the Global No. 1 institution for Performing Arts for the third year running and earned the inaugural top spot for Music in the QS World University Rankings by Subject.
Innovative 3D models of historical instruments protect and promote rare instruments to new audiences
Thursday 22 February 2024
3D models of eight rare woodwind instruments protect against conservation concerns around the playability of historical instruments due to their fragility, allowing greater engagement opportunities for Royal College of Music students, professional musicians and Museum visitors.
Monday 15 May 2023
£1.9 million grant will be used to create a larger Performance Laboratory, expanding the RCM’s role in training musicians using pioneering research.
Thursday 9 June 2022
RCM Collections Move Officers Ramiro Leite and Chiara Raponi share their experiences of unpacking the RCM Museum’s collections and setting up the new Wolfson Centre in Music & Material Culture.
Thursday 1 April 2021
The RCM is in the top 10% of English universities for research promoting public and community engagement in the first Knowledge Exchange Framework.
Wednesday 28 September 2011
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
Tuesday 11 October 2011
This November, a conference and concert series shed light on a vital but little-explored facet of 19th-century music-making...
Monday 15 April 2013
We were very sorry to hear of the death of RCM alumnus Sir Colin Davis on Sunday 14 April 2013.
Thursday 9 May 2013
HRH The Prince of Wales celebrated 20 years as President of the Royal College of Music by endorsing a brand-new honour, The President’s Award.
Friday 17 May 2013
In a new series for BBC Radio 4, RCM Chairman Professor Robert Winston seeks to fully understand our relationship with the power of sound.
Wednesday 26 June 2013
Two treasures from the RCM Special Collections are being loaned out to special exhibitions this summer.
Tuesday 13 August 2013
The RCM features heavily in the final part of David Starkey’s BBC Two television series ‘Music and Monarchy’.
Friday 27 September 2013
An article written by RCM Professor of Performance Science Aaron Williamon has been published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface.
Friday 25 April 2014
A new CD of C P E Bach’s music recorded by RCM professors Norbert Meyn and Terence Charlston has been released by Toccata Classics.
Thursday 2 October 2014
This week, BBC Radio 3 has been showcasing the music of former Royal College of Music Director, Sir George Dyson, as its Composer Of The Week.
Wednesday 28 January 2015
The Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra will give the first performance of a vivacious march by French composer Lili Boulanger at the Royal Festival Hall on 26 February.
Monday 14 September 2015
The Royal College of Music is delighted to announce the launch of its pioneering Creative Careers Centre, formerly known as the Woodhouse Professional Development Centre.
Tuesday 22 March 2016
QS World University Rankings finds the Royal College of Music top conservatoire based on the strength and quality of its teaching, research activities, graduate employability and international profile.
Monday 4 April 2016
A new study by Tenovus Cancer Care and the Royal College of Music shows that choir singing boosts immune system activity in cancer patients and carers.
Wednesday 16 November 2016
The renowned actor, a keen supporter of the communication of scientific research, received a tour of our ground-breaking performance simulator.
Thursday 1 December 2016
The Royal College of Music has been awarded a major grant by the Higher Education Funding Council of England (HEFCE) to support the development of new online teaching and learning resources.
Wednesday 1 March 2017
The Royal College of Music has been generously gifted a significant collection of archive materials from the Amadeus Quartet, one of the most celebrated string quartets of the 20th century.
Wednesday 8 March 2017
The Royal College of Music has been named the top institution for Performing Arts in the United Kingdom in the 2017 QS World University Rankings.
Monday 8 January 2018
Researchers from the Centre for Performance Science have discovered that group singing ‘with baby’ could speed up recovery from moderate to severe postnatal depression.
Friday 2 March 2018
The Royal College of Music is named the top institution for Performing Arts in the United Kingdom and Europe and second in the world in the 2018 QS World University Rankings.
Wednesday 26 September 2018
The RCM has been ranked the number one UK conservatoire for music in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019.
Tuesday 11 December 2018
The RCM has been awarded a Special Commendation by Research England for its three-year Global Challenges Research Fund strategy.
Wednesday 22 June 2011
Ingrid Pearson, Deputy Head of the Graduate School, has recently given a lecture as part of the Gresham College Lecture Series.
Wednesday 22 June 2011
We are delighted to announce that we are investing in a refurbishment of our famous Museum of Instruments...
