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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...

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.

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.

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.

Postgraduate soprano Ella Blair has been offered a place at the internationally renowned Vienna State Opera.

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.

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.

Alumna Kate Humbles has had two breakthrough acting roles in Casualty and Grantchester since she graduated last summer.

Professor of Performance-led Research in Music Jamie Savan is proud of the world-leading research environment he is helping to nurture at RBC.

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.

RBC Primary School of Music has been selected to become a Lead School for Music in Birmingham.

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.

Students were among a line-up of the UK’s finest musicians at the inaugural Shakespeare in Music festival.

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.

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.