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1ST FOR STUDENT SATISFACTION

For the second successive year our music provision has achieved the highest score for overall student satisfaction. The 92% score puts BCU 8% higher than the second placed music college. Our BA Acting also received a perfect score of 100% for overall satisfaction. Source: National Student Survey 2019

 

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Browse the online home for our community of musicians, actors, applied theatre performers and stage managers. Here we'll be sharing our experiences, stories and the latest news from our Music and Acting Departments.

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Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s £57 million teaching and performance facility is the first of its kind in the digital age and is the perfect fusion of traditional and contemporary.

Featuring 9,000 sq m of purpose-designed teaching, rehearsal and state of the art performance space, it offers world-class facilities for our music students.

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Latest News

Eric McElroy, April Fredrick and Gregory Leadbetter

Poetry Professor teams up with Conservatoire alumnus fo...

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BCU Professor of Poetry Gregory Leadbetter has worked with composer, pianist and Conservatoire alumnus Eric ...
Tomisin Ajani

Spotlight on Acting student Tomisin Ajani

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Third-year RBC Acting student Tomisin Ajani makes the final cut in the Spotlight Prize, with the opportunity...
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Head of Wardrobe sews scrubs for NHS

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Head of Wardrobe at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Acting Jacki Cottom has been putting her skills to good u...
Professor Ronald Woodley

Professor awarded Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship

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Emeritus Professor of Music at RBC Professor Ronald Woodley has been awarded an Emeritus Fellowship by The ...
Alistair Rutherford

Alistair takes on 2.6 challenge

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Project Manager for ARCO Alistair Rutherford took on the 2.6 challenge in lieu of running the London Maratho...
Lucy Morrell

RBC bassoonist and paramedic poised to join frontline a...

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Conservatoire bassoonist and registered paramedic Lucy Morrell has been redeployed to join the frontline ef...
Nicholas Olsen

Composition student creates From Home

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Conservatoire PhD student and composer Nicholas Olsen is using lockdown as impetus for his new project From ...
DIY Drama Classes

DIY Drama Classes created by Applied Theatre students

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First-year students studying Applied Theatre at Birmingham City University have created DIY Drama Classes, ...
Jonas Stark, George Harliono and Bocheng Wang

Yamaha Foundation names 2020 scholars

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Three pianists were picked for this year’s Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe Scholarships after taking part i...
Njabulo Nxumalo

ARCO student’s competition success

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ARCO Double Bass student Njabulo Nxumalo has been selected to perform with the Randburg Symphony Orchestra a...
Andrei Ivanov and Luigi Carroccia

Two alumni to take part in prestigious competition

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Two Royal Birmingham Conservatoire alumni have been selected for the preliminary rounds of the 18th Chopin In...
The Fitzroy Quartet

Fitzroy Quartet wins Royal Over-Seas League prize

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RBC Associate Ensemble the Fitzroy Quartet have won first prize in the string ensemble category at the Royal ...

Conservatoire achieves the highest NSS result of all UK...

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Royal Birmingham Conservatoire has achieved the highest score for overall satisfaction in music out of all UK...

Opera Nation, a free programme to develop the next gene...

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Birmingham City University’s Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and the Royal Opera House have launched Opera Na...
Ethan Lowry, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ella Stokes, Julian Lloyd Webber

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire actor and technician joi...

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Ella Stokes and Ethan Lowry, Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Scholar and Technician respectively – both based...
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Julian Lloyd Webber

Welcome from the Principal

Julian Lloyd Webber welcomes you to Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.

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Leadership and Governance: Who’s who

Julian Lloyd Webber

Julian Lloyd Webber: Principal

Professor Julian Lloyd Webber became our Principal in July 2015 after he retired from his career as an internationally celebrated cellist.
Shirley Thompson

Shirley Thompson: Vice Principal - Music

Dr Shirley Thompson has achieved an international reputation as a musicologist, specialising in French Baroque music, particularly that of Marc-Antoine Charpentier.
Stephen Simms

Stephen Simms: Vice Principal - Acting

Stephen is a Professor of Actor Education, the only person to hold this position in the country. He directs and teaches on our acting courses.
Lamberto Coccioli

Lamberto Coccioli: Associate Principal - Music

Lamberto is a Professor of Music and Technology, and also responsible for our international presence, external relations, and targeted strategic projects.
HRH Prince Edward - The Earl of Wessex

HRH Prince Edward: Royal Patron

HRH Prince Edward, The Earl of Wessex KG GCVO, became our first ever Royal Patron in March 2016.

Sir Simon Rattle

Sir Simon Rattle: President

Principal Conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic and President of Birmingham Conservatoire since 1989.

Peter Donohoe

Peter Donohoe CBE: Vice-President

One of the foremost pianists of our time, Peter has an Honorary Doctorate from the University.