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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. 

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 Festival”.

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. 

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 connect philanthropists with students.

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 prices.   Getting the season underway on Thursday 12 September, celebrated German pianist and...

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 British ensembles at the festival – the Yugen Saxophone Quartet and Couple of Saxes Duo.

A dozen students shone in auditions and have been appointed as scholars to sing in selected concerts with Ex Cathedra in the coming season.

BA Acting student Erin Findlay has been awarded one of the industry’s largest bursaries, the Clothworkers’ Laurence Olivier Bursary, worth £10,000.

Staff, students and alumni will join forces at the summer festival Garsington Opera for Mozart’s ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’.

Associate Professor of Music Adam Whittaker has been elected Chair of the Plainsong and Medieval Music Society . In this role, he is keen to build awareness of and explore new possibilities for early music.

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.

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 Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express.

International soloist and one of the world’s finest trombonists Peter Moore will return to the Conservatoire in March 2025 as Visiting Artist in Trombone.

What does the Principal of RBC have in common with one of the nation’s top quizzers? Well, they are one and the same person.

A ground-breaking programme that aims to teach primary school pupils how to read and write music within six months has been launched by Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (RBC).