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Jazz alumnus recognised at DownBeat Student Music Awards
Jazz alumnus Ben Partridge has been named a winner at the 49 th Annual DownBeat Student Music Awards. -
Moonrise dazzles BBC Radio 3 listeners
Junior RBC alumnus Christopher Churcher’s debut album Moonrise was named album of the week on BBC Radio 3’s Essential Classics on Monday 11 May. Tracks from the album were broadcasted every morning throughout the week. Listen to Essential Classics here. -
Spotlight on Acting students Lauren Park and Ethan Rodmell
Acting students Lauren Park and Ethan Rodmell have been selected as finalists in the Spotlight Prize, an annual competition where the best drama school graduates from across the UK and Ireland compete to perform in front of an exclusive industry panel. -
Premiere and award nomination for horror short
Head of Screen and Audio Francesco Gabriele’s 16mm horror short, Hunger Beneath the Moonlight, had its world premiere recently, and Francesco was also nominated for a Méliès d’Argent (Silver) award. -
New Head of Saxophone appointed
Canadian saxophonist David Zucchi has joined the RBC team as Head of Saxophone. David regularly performs and collaborates across a breadth of music genres in the UK, Europe and Canada. -
Exceptional talent recognised with £48,000 award
Junior Royal Birmingham Conservatoire pianist Max Walsh is this year’s recipient of the Dr Weir Legacy Award, a £48,000 award which will help to fund a four-year undergraduate Music degree. -
Alumna passion project
Alumna and composer Liz Dilnot-Johnson explores the sonority, beauty and depth of women’s voices in new cantata, Passia. Book now for performances in Dorset, Oxford and Great Malvern. -
Visiting Lecturer collaboration released today
Visiting Lecturers Sara Colman and Rebecca Nash have released their new collaboration, Ribbons Vol. 1. The new release on Birmingham’s Stoney Lane Records features a host of guest artists. -
Thriving on stage and beyond
RBC’s Intelligent Behaviour Analytics (IBA) Performing with Confidence programme has supported students to build confidence, resilience and performance skills for half a decade. -
Former Principal celebrates 75th birthday
Emeritus Professor and former RBC Principal Julian Lloyd Webber will celebrate his 75 th birthday with the launch of his autobiography and a return to the stage after 12 years. -
Message from Principal
Friends, Welcome to RBC This Week. As we pass the midpoint of the 2025/26 academic year, our students and staff are as busy as at any time since September, and our buildings are also buzzing with rehearsals and performances as well as the regular teaching. My own ears are still ringing... -
Ensemble launches 10th anniversary tour
RBC’s Learning and Participation (LEAP) ensemble kicks off its anniversary tour with visits to Northampton Music and Performing Arts Trust and Sutton Music Trust. -
Book launch marks Davis centenary
As part of the Eastside Jazz Festival , RBC will mark the centenary of the birth of Miles Davis with the launch of the book Rethinking Miles Davis . This celebration of the acclaimed Jazz musician will take place on Thursday 12 February, 2-4pm in the Organ Studio at RBC. -
Discover more about ‘Embodied Listening'
The EcoSomatics Conversation returns for its second season next week, with the first online session spotlighting ‘Embodied Listening: Sound, movement, environment, and ecology’. -
Alumnus reimagines Shakespeare with Black British talent
Alumnus, film director and Belgrade Theatre Creative Director Corey Campbell honoured with Diversity Champion Award by the Royal Television Society for empowering Black talent on screen and behind the camera.