Springboard Launch Pad

Dates
29 July 2024 - 31 July 2024

Venue
Performance Hall and Parry Rooms

Tickets
£150

Free tickets for this course are available, subject to eligibility. Visit our Sparks page for details on the eligibility criteria.

To apply for a free place on this course, please complete this registration form.

A girl playing on a pink guitar

29 July 2024 - 31 July 2024

Venue
Performance Hall and Parry Rooms

Tickets
£150

Free tickets for this course are available, subject to eligibility. Visit our Sparks page for details on the eligibility criteria.

To apply for a free place on this course, please complete this registration form.

Ages 9–13 (Years 5–8)

Join us for a friendly and creative course this summer where participants will work imaginatively with a team of young RCM musicians and composers to collaborate and create a brand-new piece of music as a group.

There's no requirement to be able to read or notate music, just a real passion for creativity and an open attitude to making music alongside others. It is suitable for beginners or more advanced players, from all musical backgrounds and styles. The new piece will be performed and recorded at the end of the course.

Run by RCM Sparks

Turangalîla at the Royal Festival Hall 

The Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra, led by acclaimed conductor Jac van Steen, perform Messiaen’s epic masterpiece Turangalîla-symphonie at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall on Wednesday 1 May, 7.30pm.

Join us for this special event, featuring RCM pianist Thomas Kelly as soloist and Imsu Choi on the ondes Martenot.

Book your tickets now

Plan your visit

Royal College of Music
Prince Consort Road
London SW7 2BS

Find out more

   South Kensington: 0.5 miles
   Gloucester Road: 0.6 miles
   High Street Kensington: 0.8 miles

   Paddington: 1.5 miles
   Victoria: 2 miles

   Santander Cycles docking station and public cycle locking facilities adjacent to RCM

The RCM provides light refreshments throughout the year. There is also a range of restaurants, cafés and other establishments nearby, most adjacent to South Kensington station.

RCM Café

The RCM Café serves barista-style coffees, sandwiches, snacks, salads and hot food. There is also access to outside seating in our new 1851 courtyard.

Opening hours: 

Monday-Friday: 8.30am-4.30pm

Saturday: 8.30am-4.30pm (term time only)

Find out more

The main entrance to the RCM has eight steps up from the pavement and two inside the main doors. A lift is available for visitors with limited mobility. The lift is built into the smaller staircase to the left of the main entrance steps. There is an intercom button on the control panel, which can be seen and reached easily from the street. On arrival, press the buzzer to notify a member of RCM staff, who will come out to meet you and operate the lift for you.

All our event venues can be accessed by visitors with limited mobility via the lift at the main entrance.

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