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Alumni play key role in Queen Elizabeth II funeral

UNIVERSITY NEWS 22 SEP

The funeral, watched by over 28 million people in the UK alone, saw 18 graduates from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (RBC) taking part in the procession.

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Royal Birmingham Conservatoire announces full autumn programme

UNIVERSITY NEWS 16 SEP

Interim Principal Professor Shirley Thompson shares detail of the RBC's Autumn 2022 season of live events, which opens on Monday 26 September and includes a wide array of recitals, concerts, gigs...

AHRC funding win for Coventry music project

UNIVERSITY NEWS 15 SEP

Researchers led by Professor Jamie Savan have been awarded a £702,000 grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council to fund ‘Aural Histories: Coventry 1451-1642’, a project looking at...

Vice-Chancellor pays tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II who gra...

UNIVERSITY NEWS 09 SEP

Following the announcement yesterday (Thursday) of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Birmingham City University's Vice-Chancellor has paid tribute to the Queen and her remarkable years...

PhD researcher’s opera premiered in Spain

UNIVERSITY NEWS 01 SEP

PhD researcher at RBC, Daniel Blanco, recently premiered his opera ‘La Obisparra’, a folk operatic masquerade, at the international chamber opera festival LittleOpera in Zamora, Spain.

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Post-1992 institutions play pivotal role in Clearing, says UK universi...

UNIVERSITY NEWS 17 AUG

Birmingham City University is gearing up for its largest ever Clearing operation - with more than 550 members of staff on standby to support and guide prospective students through the process of...

Student and alumnus make top three finalists in international organ co...

UNIVERSITY NEWS 16 AUG

Third-year BMus student Charles Francis (pictured) took first prize, and alumnus Ashley Wagner ranked third, beating competitors from Leipzig and London, in a prestigious organ competition for 18...

Head of Composition’s ‘McNulty’ to represent UK at World Music Days in...

UNIVERSITY NEWS 04 AUG

Head of Composition Joe Cutler’s work ‘McNulty’, a piece that re-contextualises Irish traditional music, will be performed at the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) ...

Alumni and researcher form diverse and creative voices for ‘Sounds New...

UNIVERSITY NEWS 01 AUG

Four alumni and a current PhD researcher have been commissioned by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra to compose a short piece each, as part of a new music showcase taking place at...

Go watch Movement Inspired

UNIVERSITY NEWS 27 JUL

Lecturer in Music at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Ed Puddick has created the soundtracks for eight short films that bring together the unlikely combination of gymnasts and musicians to show how...

RBC grown talent set to star at Commonwealth Games’ Opening Ceremony

UNIVERSITY NEWS 22 JUL

The world’s eyes will be on BCU’s homegrown talent when some of our graduates – including chart-topping band Duran Duran and skilled opera singer Samantha Oxborough - take to the stage at the...

Academics to present Commonwealth Games commission on homophobia in sp...

UNIVERSITY NEWS 22 JUL

Associate Professor in composition Michael Wolters and Senior Lecturer in Music Seán Clancy will perform their Commonwealth Games commission Amaechi at the Smithfield Festival site in Birmingham...

RBC musicologist confirmed as Routledge editor

UNIVERSITY NEWS 15 JUL

Two new book series on emerging and unexplored composers, and landmark moments in music are set to be published with Professor of Music Christopher Dingle at the helm as editor.

Midlands survey launched to help make music careers available to every...

UNIVERSITY NEWS 15 JUL

Music, education and diversity researchers at Birmingham City University have been commissioned by Arts Council England to lead a year of exploration into experiences of music learning in the...

Acting student secures Laurence Olivier Bursary

UNIVERSITY NEWS 08 JUL

Second-year Acting student James Taheny recently secured a bursary from Society of London Theatre (SOLT) to help complete his training. He is one of 19 talented drama school students from across...