Latest News
Please see the latest news from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire below. You can also sign up for RBC This Week, our e-bulletin with all the latest news and events for anyone interested in what's going on at RBC, including students, alumni, concert-goers, parents and staff.
-
RBC Junior Department to benefit from audience donations
IN INDUSTRY 13 SEP
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (RBC) has announced additional support for its Junior department by making it the beneficiary of its annual fundraising appeal. Donations made through the RBC...
-
Principal’s start of term message
UNIVERSITY NEWS 06 SEP
Principal Stephen Maddock shares his autumn highlights, some important guests including the new Master of King’s Music Errollyn Wallen and legendary folk group Fairport Convention, as well as the...
-
Grant success
UNIVERSITY NEWS 05 SEP
Two first-year BMus students have been awarded instrument grants by the Royal Philharmonic Society.
-
Introducing RBC’s Performance Department Manager
UNIVERSITY NEWS 04 SEP
Hear from Performance Department Manager Christina Hancock, who joined RBC in July. Her role involves facilitating large ensemble music performances and working alongside colleagues in arts...
-
The concert was quite literally a dream!
UNIVERSITY NEWS 04 SEP
BMus student Beth Taylor performed in the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in a semi-staged production of Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream on Friday 16 August.
-
Graduate production shines at Edinburgh Fringe
UNIVERSITY NEWS 23 AUG
British Theatre Guide describes British-Israeli-Palestinian co-production, Rebels and Patriots, written and performed by graduates, as “one of the most important plays of this year’s Edinburgh...
-
Music student’s fiddle success
UNIVERSITY NEWS 23 AUG
Third-year BMus student Jemima Soper has received a bronze medal in the Senior Fiddle Slow Airs competition in the All-Ireland Fleadh, the world championships for Irish music.
-
Introducing RBC's Head of Development
UNIVERSITY NEWS 22 AUG
Hear from Head of Development at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (RBC) Terry Gibson, who joined Birmingham City University in June, and is excited to work for a world-class Conservatoire and...
-
Eastside Jazz Club
UNIVERSITY NEWS 19 AUG
Eastside Jazz Club at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire blasts opens its doors for a brand new jazz season promising superb guest artists, talented students, a great atmosphere and affordable...
-
Alumni perform at European Saxophone Congress
UNIVERSITY NEWS 08 AUG
Four RBC alumni – Alicia Hillman, Ewan Wright, Nicole Micheli and Emily Plumb – were recently invited to perform at the third European Saxophone Congress in Trento, Italy. They performed in two...
-
Meet the Ex Cathedra Scholars for 2024-25
UNIVERSITY NEWS 25 JUL
A dozen students shone in auditions and have been appointed as scholars to sing in selected concerts with Ex Cathedra in the coming season.
-
Student picks up prestigious £10,000 bursary
UNIVERSITY NEWS 23 JUL
BA Acting student Erin Findlay has been awarded one of the industry’s largest bursaries, the Clothworkers’ Laurence Olivier Bursary, worth £10,000.
-
RBC team fly at international opera festival
UNIVERSITY NEWS 12 JUL
Staff, students and alumni will join forces at the summer festival Garsington Opera for Mozart’s ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’.
-
LGBT+ electropop musical celebrates local founders of lawn tennis
UNIVERSITY NEWS 12 JUL
A new musical directed by RBC staff and alumni will celebrate the 160th anniversary of the first-ever recorded match of lawn tennis, which took place in the West Midlands.
-
“A truly extraordinary voice”
UNIVERSITY NEWS 12 JUL
Junior Conservatoire alumnus Jeevan Briach has received a glowing review from The Guardian’s Chief Theatre Critic Arifa Akbar for his part as young steam train and main protagonist, Rusty, in...