Latest News and Podcasts
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Acting alumnus reads Alice to raise funds for the NHS
UNIVERSITY NEWS 28 MAY
Conservatoire alumnus Tom Allenby joins famous faces Michael Palin, Ruth Jones and 165 others for the Wonderland Challenge , where they will each read one minute of Alice in Wonderland to...
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Poetry Professor teams up with Conservatoire alumnus for special recor...
UNIVERSITY NEWS 07 MAY
BCU Professor of Poetry Gregory Leadbetter has worked with composer, pianist and Conservatoire alumnus Eric McElroy to set five of his poems to music.
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Spotlight on Acting student Tomisin Ajani
UNIVERSITY NEWS 07 MAY
Third-year RBC Acting student Tomisin Ajani makes the final cut in the Spotlight Prize, with the opportunity to perform in front of industry professionals in September.
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Head of Wardrobe sews scrubs for NHS
UNIVERSITY NEWS 06 MAY
Head of Wardrobe at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Acting Jacki Cottom has been putting her skills to good use during lockdown by making scrubs items for the NHS.
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Professor awarded Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship
UNIVERSITY NEWS 06 MAY
Emeritus Professor of Music at RBC Professor Ronald Woodley has been awarded an Emeritus Fellowship by The Leverhulme Trust to continue his research into 15th Century musician Johannes...
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Alistair takes on 2.6 challenge
UNIVERSITY NEWS 01 MAY
Project Manager for ARCO Alistair Rutherford took on the 2.6 challenge in lieu of running the London Marathon, raising over £800 for the ARCO Project.
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RBC bassoonist and paramedic poised to join frontline at Nightingale H...
UNIVERSITY NEWS 24 APR
Conservatoire bassoonist and registered paramedic Lucy Morrell has been redeployed to join the frontline efforts to fight COVID-19 at the Nightingale Hospital in Birmingham.
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Composition student creates From Home
UNIVERSITY NEWS 17 APR
Conservatoire PhD student and composer Nicholas Olsen is using lockdown as impetus for his new project From Home and is looking for collaborators.
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DIY Drama Classes created by Applied Theatre students
UNIVERSITY NEWS 27 MAR
First-year students studying Applied Theatre at Birmingham City University have created DIY Drama Classes, an online outreach programme for children and their parents to encourage them to take...
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Yamaha Foundation names 2020 scholars
UNIVERSITY NEWS 20 MAR
Three pianists were picked for this year’s Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe Scholarships after taking part in the finals at RBC’s Eastside Jazz Club.
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ARCO student’s competition success
UNIVERSITY NEWS 20 MAR
ARCO Double Bass student Njabulo Nxumalo has been selected to perform with the Randburg Symphony Orchestra as part of their Youth Concert on Saturday 6 June.
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Two alumni to take part in prestigious competition
UNIVERSITY NEWS 13 MAR
Two Royal Birmingham Conservatoire alumni have been selected for the preliminary rounds of the 18th Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw, due to take place this October.
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Fitzroy Quartet wins Royal Over-Seas League prize
UNIVERSITY NEWS 13 MAR
RBC Associate Ensemble the Fitzroy Quartet have won first prize in the string ensemble category at the Royal Over-Seas League Annual Music Competition this week.
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Conservatoire achieves the highest NSS result of all UK conservatoires...
UNIVERSITY NEWS 11 DEC 2019
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire has achieved the highest score for overall satisfaction in music out of all UK conservatoires for the second year running. With 92 per cent overall student...
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Opera Nation, a free programme to develop the next generation of opera...
UNIVERSITY NEWS 02 DEC 2019
Birmingham City University’s Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and the Royal Opera House have launched Opera Nation, a free programme to develop the next generation of opera singers in the West...