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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.

Friends, We are now at the start of the end-of-year assessment period for our Music students, with each of our performers preparing a recital to be given over the next month. It is that moment when a year of preparation, lessons and solo practice are distilled into a single session of high...

Get to know who is driving Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, in this regular feature, Meet the RBC leadership team. Head of Strings Nicholas Britton Trygstad is a seasoned performer who has also taught cello for 15 years at the Royal Northern College of Music. In his role at RBC, he enjoys hearing students of all ages develop and improve, as well as ensembles creating a convincing musical experience.

Associate Professor of Music Adam Whittaker, Associate Professor of Music Education Anthony Anderson and Associate Professor of Arts, Creativity and Education Victoria Kinsella-Hadjinestoros have been awarded Research England Support Funding to create briefings and guides for policymakers about their research in the field of music education.

Fourth-year BMus students Anna Thirkettle and Felicity Lennard have been appointed as Graduate Music Assistants at the specialist music school Wells Cathedral School.

The Organ Department has visited several local primary schools over the last 12 months to enable local schoolchildren to experience and understand more about the organ. For many of the key stage one and two children, these visits were their first experience of seeing and hearing a live organ.

Student Oscar Abbott (left) will perform the world premiere of Liam Taylor-West’s piano concerto Ring Out! with the National Open Youth Orchestra, the world’s first disabled-led national youth ensemble.