Latest News
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Merry Christmas from RBC
UNIVERSITY NEWS 15 DEC 2023
Principal Stephen Maddock thanks everyone in the RBC community for their support during 2023, and shares his best festive wishes for the New Year.
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Historical instruments on display for the first time
UNIVERSITY NEWS 15 DEC 2023
Some of RBC’s Historical Instrument Collection has been put on display for the first time in the Jennens Road building, thanks to a generous donation.
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Student trumps competition 🎺
UNIVERSITY NEWS 14 DEC 2023
Third-year BMus student Charlie Cooper has won the Alfred Corfield Trumpet Prize 2023 for his performance of works by Viviani, Neruda and Brandt.
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PhD student selected for Philharmonia's Composers’ Academy
UNIVERSITY NEWS 07 DEC 2023
PhD student Yfat Soul Zisso has been selected for the Philharmonia's Composers’ Academy, where she will compose a piece for the Philharmonia to be performed at Royal Festival Hall.
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Prestigious BBC Jazz title for Royal Birmingham Conservatoire student
UNIVERSITY NEWS 05 DEC 2023
Hours and hours spent in “brutal” lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 gave Ben Shankland the time to hone his piano skills - now, more than three years on, the talented 19-year-old...
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“So many highlights,” says RBC Principal
UNIVERSITY NEWS 01 DEC 2023
RBC Principal Stephen Maddock shares his favourite moments of November, including Opera Scenes performed in the Lab.
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New Digbeth Acting facility ready for January
UNIVERSITY NEWS 24 NOV 2023
An additional teaching space has been created for Acting students at Bromley Street, Digbeth. The new facility will be ready from January and is a short walk from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
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New album featuring water-powered instruments released by student comp...
UNIVERSITY NEWS 24 NOV 2023
PhD student and composer Benjamin Tassie’s album has been released today (Friday) by Birmingham Record Company. The album features three new water-powered musical instruments Benjamin designed...
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Meet Filkin’s Drift: The band taking sustainable touring to the next l...
UNIVERSITY NEWS 15 NOV 2023
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire alumni Seth Bye and Chris Roberts, the musicians behind Filkin’s Drift, have taken sustainable touring to the next level after completing their latest tour by foot....
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Organ scholar of Westminster Abbey, Carolyn Craig appointed Junior Fel...
UNIVERSITY NEWS 08 NOV 2023
American organist and organ scholar of Westminster Abbey, Carolyn Craig has been appointed Junior Fellow at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, part of Birmingham City University. She will take up...
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Music Technology alumna wins sound design award
UNIVERSITY NEWS 08 NOV 2023
MMus graduate Sylvia (Yen-Ju) Chen and her team recently won a prestigious Taiwan Golden Bell Award in the ‘Best Sound Design for Television Series’ category. Built from the ground up by six...
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Birmingham premiere for gritty new play tackling toxic masculinity
UNIVERSITY NEWS 06 NOV 2023
A new play that challenges toxic masculinity and confronts the pressures facing young men in the contemporary world will debut in Birmingham next week .
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Music students reach major final
UNIVERSITY NEWS 03 NOV 2023
Second-year Music students Hannah Devereux and Millie Royle recently reached the final of the Kathleen Ferrier Bursary competition. They both received the Collingworth Finalist prize of £100.
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RBC Principal visits China
UNIVERSITY NEWS 03 NOV 2023
RBC Principal and former Chief Executive of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) Stephen Maddock shares a message as he completes his first six months in post. He reflects on his...
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Indian Tolkien launches new book at RBC
UNIVERSITY NEWS 27 OCT 2023
RBC hosted bestselling Indian author and diplomat Amish Tripathi in the Bradshaw Hall on 12 October to celebrate the launch of his new book ‘War of Lanka’ published by Harper Collins.