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Jazz graduate Lucy-Anne Daniels triumphed at the Tina May Young Jazz Musician Awards this year, scooping the main prize and the audience award.

Teenage pianists from Grade 3 upwards are invited to join Head of Organ Daniel Moult and Royal College of Organists' Regional Director Simon Williams for an introduction to playing the organ.

Brass graduates Ollie Plant and Archie McVicar have won places on the London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) Foyle Future Firsts development programme.

Birmingham Record Company’s recent release, Quiet Wild, features work from PhD composition students and graduates.

A message from Principal Stephen Maddock at the start of Semester 1

Head of Historical Performance, Senior Lecturer and Instrument Curator Martin Perkins shares his recent projects including performing music from Shakespeare’s time in his birthplace in Stratford upon Avon.

MMus student Justin Jacobs will be taking to the stage as Bob Boles in Phyllida Lloyd’s production of Britten’s Peter Grimes at Opera North.

Junior RBC (JRBC) Wind Orchestra performed at the Music for Youth National Festival in Symphony Hall, Birmingham last month.     

Heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne made his final journey through Birmingham this week (Wednesday), with Learning and Participation Assistant Aaron Diaz’s band, Bostin Brass, leading the procession down Broad Street.

Brothers Olly and BMus (Hons) Jazz alumnus Elliot Sansom launched Spotlight on Birmingham recently, amplifying Birmingham's emerging voices by offering artists the opportunity to apply for free workshops and interviews recorded at Sansom Studios.

A group of recent graduates are taking centre stage at this year’s Camden Fringe, with their bold new production tackling consent and gender politics.

SoundLab was invited to open the main stage of the Mostly Jazz Funk and Soul Festival in Moseley on Sunday 13 July. The festival is a highlight in the SoundLab calendar, marking the end of a creative and rewarding year for the programme. SoundLab participants composed and arranged a 30-minute...

Junior RBC student Aurora Chan has come first in her own age group, and second overall across all age groups, at the Second International Vienna Piano Competition.

Head of Operations Jamie Suttle enjoys watching the progress of our Music and Acting students in their live performances and encourages everyone to check out the Events Calendar.

RBC is named the top-performing UK conservatoire in the 2025 National Student Survey, marking a positive end to an exceptional academic year for the creative powerhouse and BCU.