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US composer and electronic music pioneer recognised with top universit...
UNIVERSITY NEWS 02 DEC 2022
American composer, musician and scholar George Lewis, a global figure in improvised and experimental music, has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Birmingham City University [BCU] for his...
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Bringing music to Birmingham Children’s Hospital
UNIVERSITY NEWS 01 DEC 2022
Music students from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire entertained patients, parents and staff at Birmingham Children’s Hospital last week as part of their Music, Community and Wellbeing module.
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Stage Management students making their mark
UNIVERSITY NEWS 30 NOV 2022
From the Nutcracker and Nativity to Dreamgirls and Cinderella, graduates and current students on the BA (Hons) Stage Management course are spreading their Christmas magic at theatres across the...
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University student makes it to finals of prestigious BBC music competi...
UNIVERSITY NEWS 23 NOV 2022
A music student from Birmingham City University’s (BCU) internationally renowned Royal Birmingham Conservatoire competed in the finals of BBC’s Young Jazz Musician of the Year 2022.
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Music student selected as LSSO Conductor-in-Residence
UNIVERSITY NEWS 10 NOV 2022
BMus Performance student Bradley Wilson has been as appointed as the inaugural Conductor in Residence with London Schools Symphony Orchestra.
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Bollywood star to be recognised with top university honour
UNIVERSITY NEWS 09 NOV 2022
The award-winning Indian singer and composer Shankar Mahadevan, described as one of the greatest Bollywood vocalists alive, is to receive an honorary doctorate from Birmingham City University...
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Big Little Bass Day at RBC
UNIVERSITY NEWS 08 NOV 2022
More than 50 young double bassists, with some as young as five years old, took to the stage in the Bradshaw Hall recently as part of Big Little Bass Day.
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Students and alumna reap benefits of development scheme
UNIVERSITY NEWS 04 NOV 2022
Students Benjamin Adams and Elly Barlow, and alumna Eve Abram, have the West End within their reach since being selected for the London Musical Theatre Orchestra’s development scheme for young...
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Percussionist performs in concert weeks after competition win
UNIVERSITY NEWS 03 NOV 2022
First-year percussion student Jordan Ashman is set to perform at a Remembrance Sunday with Champion Bands concert on Sunday 13 November in Leamington, just weeks after winning the 2022 BBC Young...