What's On

16 May 2026, 5:30pm
Performance Hall

Inspiring young soloists take centre stage to play a range of piano works in the RCM’s magnificent Performance Hall. 

17 May 2026, 7:30pm
Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, London SE1 8XX

From wit to wonder – in a night of vivid storytelling, Kahchun Wong conducts the the RCM Symphony Orchestra in a concert of 20th-century greats.

08 May 2026 - 20 May 2026
St James’s Piccadilly, 197 Piccadilly, W1J 9LL

Enjoy a varied programme of chamber music from Royal College of Music musicians at this lunchtime concert at St James's Piccadilly.

20 May 2026, 6:00pm
Performance Hall

Composer and RCM professor Catherine Kontz curates this cutting-edge concert focussing on women composers.

22 May 2026, 12:30pm
RCM Museum

Enjoy a polished chamber performance amongst a beautiful collection of historic artefacts and instruments.

29 May 2026, 12:30pm
RCM Museum

Enjoy a polished chamber performance amongst a beautiful collection of historic artefacts and instruments.

29 May 2026, 1:05pm
St Mary Abbots Church, Kensington High Street, W8 4LA

Enjoy a varied programme of chamber music from Royal College of Music musicians at this lunchtime concert at St Mary Abbots Church in Kensington.

05 June 2026, 12:30pm
RCM Museum

Enjoy a polished chamber performance amongst a beautiful collection of historic artefacts and instruments.

09 June 2026, 6:00pm
RCM Museum

RCM harp professor Elizabeth Bass leads a concert featuring a selection of new works written for harp and inspired by folk themes.

12 June 2026, 12:30pm
RCM Museum

Enjoy a polished chamber performance amongst a beautiful collection of historic artefacts and instruments.

13 June 2026, 5:30pm
Performance Hall

Limited Availability

Visit the Royal College of Music for a vibrant programme featuring new works composed by RCM Junior Department composers for RCMJD ensembles.

18 June 2026, 12:45pm
St Mary's Church, Aylesbury, HP20 2JJ

Enjoy a varied programme of chamber music from Royal College of Music musicians at this lunchtime concert at St Mary's Church, Aylesbury.

19 June 2026, 12:30pm
RCM Museum

Enjoy a polished chamber performance amongst a beautiful collection of historic artefacts and instruments.

22 June 2026, 11:00am
The Carne Room

Enjoy a late-morning chamber performance in The Carne Room, which offers spectacular views of the Royal Albert Hall.

22 June 2026, 6:00pm
Performance Hall

Bellot Ensemble explores the rich musical conversation between 17th-century Italy and England, tracing how styles, forms and expressive ideas travelled across borders.

23 June 2026, 1:05pm
Performance Studio

Enjoy a wide range of chamber music performed by a variety of talented RCM ensembles at our lunchtime concert.

23 June 2026, 6:00pm
Performance Hall

In this ongoing series, Will Kidner curates and performs in a unique concert featuring new works based on folk tunes for bassoon and small chamber ensemble.

23 June 2026, 6:00pm
Performance Studio

Hear the very best solo and ensemble arrangements as RCM composers showcase their expertise.

24 June 2026, 6:00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

RCM Head of Conducting Toby Purser and postgraduate conductors direct a concert of music by RCM alumni Britten and Tippett and RCM composition professor Errollyn Wallen.

25 June 2026, 6:00pm
Performance Hall

Professor Ashley Solomon directs musicians from the RCM Historical Performance Faculty in a programme exploring the lineage of three Baroque masters.

27 June 2026, 5:30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

The Sinfonietta, Jazz Ensemble, Saxophone Ensemble, Upper Voices and Junior Choir of the RCM Junior Department perform in their annual summer celebration.

28 June 2026, 11:00am
Various locations

From soaring melodies to complex harmonies, pizzicato to vibrato, experience a day brimming with music and the full brilliance of the RCM Strings Faculty!

28 June 2026, 3:00pm
Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP

Royal College of Music vocalists present a moving programme inspired by Alexandre Dumas’ novel La Dame aux Camélias including selections from Verdi’s La traviata.

28 June 2026, 6:30pm
Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ

RCM Junior Department students return to Cadogan Hall to perform some of the most demanding and thrilling music in the repertoire.

29 June 2026, 6:00pm
Performance Hall

In this ongoing series, Maria Linares curates and performs in a unique concert featuring Albéniz' Iberia.

30 June 2026, 1:05pm
Performance Studio

Enjoy a wide range of chamber music performed by a variety of talented RCM ensembles at our lunchtime concert.

01 July 2026, 1:00pm
Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP

In this lunchtime programme, folk melodies intertwine with the classical with Bruch’s String Octet and Piazzolla’s Histoire du Tango.

02 July 2026, 6:15pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Enjoy a pre-concert performance of chamber music with Nielsen’s String Quartet no 2 in F minor op 5.

02 July 2026, 7:30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

RCM musicians join conductor Ryan Bancroft for Mozart’s sparkling Sinfonia Concertante for Four Winds and the dramatic ‘Inextinguishable’ Symphony by Carl Nielsen.

02 July 2026, 9:30pm
Elgar Room, Royal Albert Hall

The RCMJD Jazz Ensemble makes its eighth appearance in the RAH Late Night Jazz series, performing music from the swing era of the 1930s right up to the present day.

03 July 2026, 7:00pm
Britten Theatre

Hear five world-premiere short operas by RCM composers, brought to life by RCM singers and instrumentalists working with pathfinding opera company Tête à Tête.

03 July 2026, 7:30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

This evening's programme draws on British and Scottish folk traditions with works including Holst’s St Paul’s Suite, William Sweeney’s Cha b’ann grad.

04 July 2026, 5:30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Musicians from the RCM Junior Department present a summer celebration featuring performances from the Sinfonia, String Orchestra and Symphonic Wind Orchestra.

04 July 2026, 7:00pm
Britten Theatre

Hear five world-premiere short operas by RCM composers, brought to life by RCM singers and instrumentalists working with pathfinding opera company Tête à Tête.

05 July 2026, 3:00pm
Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP

Winners of the RCMJD Chamber Music Prize and soloists from across the Junior Department present a vibrant and varied concert.

06 July 2026, 6:00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Led by Joe Broughton, the RCM Brass Ensemble, alongside woodwind and percussion students, have come together over three days to create new works embedded in folk traditions.

06 July 2026, 7:00pm
Britten Theatre

Hear five world-premiere short operas by RCM composers, brought to life by RCM singers and instrumentalists working with pathfinding opera company Tête à Tête.

07 July 2026, 1:05pm
Performance Studio

Enjoy a wide range of chamber music performed by a variety of talented RCM ensembles at our lunchtime concert.

07 July 2026, 6:00pm
Performance Hall

Hear Bartók’s colourful suite from his pantomime-ballet The Miraculous Mandarin in an intimate and illuminating chamber arrangement.

07 July 2026, 7:30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

Discover the power and versatility of percussion in Steve Reich’s hypnotic work which cleverly builds on an eight-beat rhythmic pattern.

08 July 2026, 7:30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

From Lili Boulanger’s ‘Spring Morning’ to Barber’s Summer Music via Jonathan Dove’s Figures in the Garden, enjoy a programme evoking fresh breezes and scented summer days.

09 July 2026, 1:05pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

In this student-curated concert, budding Royal College of Music conductors share their unique
interpretations of repertoire ranging from bold Beethoven to ravishing Ravel.

11 July 2026, 2:30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

After a wonderful year of RCM Junior Department music-making and creation, these accomplished musicians come together to celebrate their successes.

31 July 2026, 1:00pm
Performance Hall

Discover the colourful sounds of the woodwind family in this relaxed, interactive concert.