Latest News and Podcasts
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Composition Tutor teams up with Clean Bandit
UNIVERSITY NEWS 03 JUL
RBC Composition Tutor Errollyn Wallen CBE has created a string arrangement for Clean Bandit and friends, which accompanies Keedron Bryant’s viral song I Just Wanna Live, a response to the murder...
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Book published on Professor Christopher Dingle’s conversations with co...
UNIVERSITY NEWS 26 JUN
RBC Professor of Music Christopher Dingle’s book of conversations with composer Julian Anderson has been published. Julian Anderson: Dialogues on Listening, Composing and Culture ranges far...
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Competitors announced for Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competit...
UNIVERSITY NEWS 25 JUN
The British Viola Society has announced the live competitors for the competition, which will be held at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire this November.
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Students saving theatres
UNIVERSITY NEWS 19 JUN
Applied Theatre students have partnered with 19 other university drama societies to raise funds for local theatres struggling during the pandemic.
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ARCO Project partners with the Quartet of Peace
UNIVERSITY NEWS 18 JUN
The ARCO Project has partnered with the Quartet of Peace Trust, a charitable organisation which supports the education and training of gifted young South African musicians.
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Furry fundraising
UNIVERSITY NEWS 12 JUN
Birmingham band Lions, Tigers and Bears, featuring RBC Events Marketing Manager Andy Roberts, are supporting Dementia UK through their debut album Best Times Ever.
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Live map to track impact of outside shocks on music industry
UNIVERSITY NEWS 12 JUN
BCU has contributed to a new project to set up a live music map, which will track the impact of major events such as Brexit and COVID-19 on the industry.
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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.