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Teaching music composition in schools around the world
UNIVERSITY NEWS 28 SEP
Professor Martin Fautley shares international approaches to incorporating music composition in teaching and learning in his new book.
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Alumna to star in West End smash-hit show
UNIVERSITY NEWS 21 SEP
Acting graduate and Strictly Come Dancing star Catherine Tyldesley will make her musical debut in Bonnie and Clyde, which is touring the UK and Ireland next year.
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Small grant win for French music expert
UNIVERSITY NEWS 15 SEP
Dr Caroline Potter has been awarded a British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant to fund travel to Paris for research on pianist Germaine Tailleferre (pictured).
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Researchers out in force at music conference
UNIVERSITY NEWS 15 SEP
RBC researchers are sharing expertise at this year’s Royal Musical Association Annual Conference in Nottingham.
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RBC students dominate young artists’ programme
UNIVERSITY NEWS 15 SEP
Meet the new and current students who will make up one-quarter of the intake of the prestigious Genesis Sixteen young artists’ programme this academic year.
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Graduates gather at Alumni Festival
UNIVERSITY NEWS 15 SEP
Conservatoire graduates were front and centre of BCU’s Alumni Festival Celebration, which took place yesterday (Thursday) at BCU’s Parkside Building. The evening featured performances from MMus...
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RBC alumnus lands exciting role
UNIVERSITY NEWS 08 SEP
Master of Music alumnus Anton Clarke-Butler recently landed a role at Warwick School as Head of Woodwind. Anton studied the clarinet at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, and graduated...
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“The sense of anticipation is really exciting”
UNIVERSITY NEWS 31 AUG
Principal Stephen Maddock shares a message ahead of the start of his first autumn term. He expresses his excitement over the return of students, and the arrival of many more, as well as the...
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RBC Taiwan Alumni Gala Concert
UNIVERSITY NEWS 15 AUG
The first RBC Taiwan Alumni Gala Concert took place in Hualien, Taiwan, featuring solo and chamber music works by Brahms and Xiao, as well as a new folksong arranged by Composition student Mason...
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RBC Principal awarded President's Medal
UNIVERSITY NEWS 03 AUG
Principal of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (RBC) Stephen Maddock OBE has been awarded the first-ever President's Medal from the Birmingham and Midland Institute (BMI).
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RBC academic secures one of the UK’s top teaching accolades
UNIVERSITY NEWS 01 AUG
Director of Postgraduate Studies in Music Dr Luan Shaw, has been recognised for her outstanding teaching and commitment to music education with a National Teaching Fellowship from Advance HE....
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Award-winning singer, songwriter and actress Beverley Knight gets hono...
UNIVERSITY NEWS 24 JUL
Beverley Knight MBE has been hailed as the “Queen of British soul and a true icon of the West Midlands” by Sir Lenny Henry after receiving an honorary doctorate from Birmingham City University...
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Alumna to mark a year since the Games
UNIVERSITY NEWS 21 JUL
Alumna and Mezzo-Soprano Samantha Oxborough will perform at the opening event of Birmingham Festival 23, a free, 10-day event celebrating 12 months since the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The...
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Acting graduates bring the laughs
UNIVERSITY NEWS 18 JUL
Recent Acting graduates are heading to Stratford’s Attic Theatre with a production of Tom Basden’s ‘Holes’, directed by Head of Undergraduate Studies for Acting Daniele Sanderson.
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Byrdwatching in Cheltenham
UNIVERSITY NEWS 14 JUL
A new Cheltenham Festival event took students to four historic Georgian houses in Cheltenham to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the death of composer William Byrd with a series of performances...
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