Latest News
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“Actors are athletes of the imagination”
UNIVERSITY NEWS 26 OCT 2023
Acting alumnus Nigel Boyle delivered a masterclass to Acting students this week. The famous alumnus, who is well known for his role as ‘H’ in Line of Duty, gave advice to students on how to be...
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Visiting Lecturer shortlisted to represent Britain
UNIVERSITY NEWS 20 OCT 2023
Visiting Lecturer in Composition Dr Bobbie-Jane Gardner’s piece ‘True Self’ has been shortlisted from some 100 applications to be performed at the annual International Society for Contemporary...
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Student work exhibited at Royal Academy
UNIVERSITY NEWS 13 OCT 2023
‘Lights’, a film by fourth-year BMus student Kinna Whitehead, featured at the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition. Kinna also scooped The Arts Club longstanding prize for talent.
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An especially happy ‘old job/ new job’ moment
UNIVERSITY NEWS 06 OCT 2023
RBC Principal and former Chief Executive of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) Stephen Maddock reflects on the beginning of term, a masterclass with CBSO Chief Conductor Kazuki...
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New music out today
UNIVERSITY NEWS 29 SEP 2023
Birmingham Record Company, RBC's in-house record label, has its 20th release out today. It's titled ‘Janus’ and is by MMus graduate, Visiting Lecturer and PhD candidate Melinda Maxwell.
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Teaching music composition in schools around the world
UNIVERSITY NEWS 28 SEP 2023
Professor Martin Fautley shares international approaches to incorporating music composition in teaching and learning in his new book.
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RBC Jazz Alumni: Twenty Years On
UNIVERSITY NEWS 28 SEP 2023
It has been 20 years since the first Jazz graduates emerged from the newly-established BMus Jazz course at the Birmingham Conservatoire. Jeremy Price , Head of Jazz at the Royal Birmingham...
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Alumna to star in West End smash-hit show
UNIVERSITY NEWS 21 SEP 2023
Acting graduate and Strictly Come Dancing star Catherine Tyldesley will make her musical debut in Bonnie and Clyde, which is touring the UK and Ireland next year.
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Small grant win for French music expert
UNIVERSITY NEWS 15 SEP 2023
Dr Caroline Potter has been awarded a British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant to fund travel to Paris for research on pianist Germaine Tailleferre (pictured).
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Researchers out in force at music conference
UNIVERSITY NEWS 15 SEP 2023
RBC researchers are sharing expertise at this year’s Royal Musical Association Annual Conference in Nottingham.
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RBC students dominate young artists’ programme
UNIVERSITY NEWS 15 SEP 2023
Meet the new and current students who will make up one-quarter of the intake of the prestigious Genesis Sixteen young artists’ programme this academic year.
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Graduates gather at Alumni Festival
UNIVERSITY NEWS 15 SEP 2023
Conservatoire graduates were front and centre of BCU’s Alumni Festival Celebration, which took place yesterday (Thursday) at BCU’s Parkside Building. The evening featured performances from MMus...
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RBC alumnus lands exciting role
UNIVERSITY NEWS 08 SEP 2023
Master of Music alumnus Anton Clarke-Butler recently landed a role at Warwick School as Head of Woodwind. Anton studied the clarinet at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, and graduated...
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“The sense of anticipation is really exciting”
UNIVERSITY NEWS 31 AUG 2023
Principal Stephen Maddock shares a message ahead of the start of his first autumn term. He expresses his excitement over the return of students, and the arrival of many more, as well as the...
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RBC Taiwan Alumni Gala Concert
UNIVERSITY NEWS 15 AUG 2023
The first RBC Taiwan Alumni Gala Concert took place in Hualien, Taiwan, featuring solo and chamber music works by Brahms and Xiao, as well as a new folksong arranged by Composition student Mason...