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  • A message from Principal Stephen Maddock on the last day of the academic year

    University News20 Jun
    Stephen Maddock outside
    Friends, Welcome to RBC This Week on the last day of the academic year. Our assessments and recitals are all complete, and staff and students are ready for a well-deserved break. We have two further happy annual events today (Friday 20 June). This afternoon we will be holding the RBC Awards...
  • Meet the RBC leadership team - Toby Kearney

    University News20 Jun
    Toby Kearney playing a percussion instrument
    Head of Percussion Toby Kearney plays with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) and prides himself on being a jack of all trades. In his role at RBC, Toby tries to promote a strong culture of teamwork and respect to enable our students to flourish in the small percussion community.
  • Emerging into the profession

    University News20 Jun
    Jessica Hannah holding clarinet
    Final-year BMus student Jessica Hannah has won a place on the Birmingham Royal Ballet and the Royal Ballet Sinfonia Student-in-Residence scheme for RBC students.
  • After hours with Pete Holder, Marketing Assistant, RBC

    University News19 Jun
    Pete Holder stood with other musicians in studio
    Pete shares how singing and playing guitar in bands can not only give someone the opportunity to express themselves artistically but also give them friends for life.
  • Rising soprano secures place at Vienna State Opera

    University News19 Jun
    Ella Blair
    Postgraduate soprano Ella Blair has been offered a place at the internationally renowned Vienna State Opera.
  • Music students hit the right note with new community arts roles

    University News19 Jun
    Member of the Quench Arts community group playing guitar on stage
    Three students are taking their musical talents beyond the stage and into the heart of the community, securing new roles with local arts organisation Quench Arts.
  • RBC Young Singers mark a milestone

    University News05 Jun
    Youngsingers members in workshop sitting in a  group looking happy and laughing
    After three inspiring years of music, growth and community, the RBC Young Singers programme held its final workshop under the current phase of Linbury Trust funding.
  • Breaking into TV

    University News05 Jun
    Two images of Kate Humbles side by side playing different roles
    Alumna Kate Humbles has had two breakthrough acting roles in Casualty and Grantchester since she graduated last summer.
  • Meet the RBC leadership team - Professor Jamie Savan

    University News05 Jun
    Jamie Savan holding musical instrument
    Professor of Performance-led Research in Music Jamie Savan is proud of the world-leading research environment he is helping to nurture at RBC.
  • Junior RBC launches new woodwind programme

    University News05 Jun
    A child playing a bassoon.
    A new woodwind instrument programme for primary school-aged children will be launched at Junior RBC aimed at beginners and children who are Grade 2 and above.
  • Lead School for Music in Birmingham

    University News23 May
    RBC’s Primary School of Music at St Benedict’s Primary School
    RBC Primary School of Music has been selected to become a Lead School for Music in Birmingham.
  • Alumni create new operatic work for BBC’s HQ

    University News22 May
    Infinite Opera leading an opera-making workshop at Grand Union in May at Digbeth First Friday
    Alumni Daniel Blanco Albert and Roxanne Korda have been commissioned by Grand Union and Stoford Developments to create a new operatic work for the BBC’s Tea Factory.
  • RBC shines at Shakespeare in Music Festival

    University News21 May
    Pictured (l/r): Master’s students Ollie Barker, India Harding, Joe Yates and Ella Blair.
    Students were among a line-up of the UK’s finest musicians at the inaugural Shakespeare in Music festival.
  • Meet our man in Austria

    University News21 May
    Ben Partridge performing
    Alumnus Ben Partridge (pictured) has recently been accepted on a Master’s in Composition at Jazz Institut Graz, the oldest jazz institute in Europe. We caught up with Ben to find out how his journey from studying BMus Jazz at RBC has led him to studying and composing in Austria’s second city.
  • Meet the RBC leadership team - Daniel Moult

    University News21 May
    Daniel Moult smiling
    Get to know who is driving RBC in this regular feature, Meet the RBC leadership team. Head of Organ Studies Daniel Moult leads one of the most vibrant organ departments in the UK, with regular trips to Europe and visits from some of the best international organists.

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