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The RCM Museum is now on the Bloomberg Connects app!
With the Bloomberg Connects app, you can explore the musical treasures of our museum and discover 500 years of music-making history straight from your phone, wherever you are in the world.
Learn more: bit.ly/rcm-bloomberg
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We're still basking in the glow of a sparkling Spring Term at the Royal College of Music! Take a look back at just some of the recent achievements of our staff, students and alumni: bit.ly/UpdatesSpring26 #RCMUpbeat
‘I threw myself in at the deep end!’ From studying at the RCM, to juggling parenthood and further study, to walking the red carpet, Alexandra Harwood’s inspiring career as a screen and ballet composer is testament to her skill and determination.
Meet Alex in #RCMUpbeat: bit.ly/AlexHarwood #acgas
Priority booking is now open for our Summer Season!
If you are an RCM Friend, take advantage of the seven-day priority booking period and secure your seats for captivating concerts and events this summer.
Want to become an RCM Friend? Learn how at www.rcm.ac.uk/support/frie...
‘Sing for the love of singing itself!’ Countertenor and RCM alumnus Hugh Cutting on how the Royal College of Music changed his worldview, why competitions aren't everything, and the sheer joy of singing.
Find out more in the latest edition of Upbeat magazine: bit.ly/HughCutting
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The RCM has been ranked the No. 1 UK institution for Music and Performing Arts in the QS World Rankings! 🎉
The RCM’s success belongs to our exceptional students, faculty and staff, whose artistry and commitment define the RCM as a global leader.
Read more: bit.ly/rcm-qs26
📸: Chris Christodoulou
Announcing our Summer Season of events! ☀️
Journey across the world with music shaped by folk traditions this summer at the Royal College of Music, with concerts and events for all to enjoy.
Booking opens on 8 April, or 1 April for priority bookers: www.rcm.ac.uk/events/
Absolutely delighted to be featured on Upbeat magazine!
Welcome Spring with a brand-new edition of Upbeat magazine! ✨ bit.ly/UpbeatSpring26
On the theme of Stage & Screen, this issue features interviews with three stellar RCM alumni: screen composer Alexandra Harwood, countertenor Hugh Cutting, and pianist @cyrillibrahim.bsky.social
That’s a wrap on #RCMGreenWeek 2026!
We’ve loved putting the spotlight on sustainability at the RCM through inspiring activities, such as such as gardening for wellbeing, nature-inspired improvisation and free bike maintenance.
Learn more about Green Week: bit.ly/rcm-green-week
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It’s Green Week at the Royal College of Music! 🌳
From 16 to 22 March, the RCM is hosting a range of activities for staff and students to get involved with sustainability, from practical tips to music-making sessions based on environmental themes.
Learn more: bit.ly/rcm-green-week
Sounds of Blossom. In collaborationg with the Royal College of Music. 14 March - 6 April 2026. Kew logo. Pink swirls and flowers over a blue conservatory building.
A group of seven students, six stood up and one sat in a wheelchair inside a garden conservatory.
Sounds of Blossom at Kew Gardens is now open! 🌸
Visitors can immerse themselves in Kew’s world-renowned magnolia and cherry blossom collections whilst hearing evocative soundscapes written by RCM composers.
Find out more: bit.ly/rcm-kew-2026
📸: RBG, Kew
@rbgkew.bsky.social
There are just a few hours to go until we’re live with Beethoven’s Symphony no 1 and Louise Farrenc’s Overture no 2, performed by RCM musicians Side by Side members of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
Tune in from 6pm: youtube.com/live/aP4Avua...
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Wishing Katherine ‘Waffy’ Spencer a warm welcome to the RCM’s Historical Performance Faculty!
Joining us as a historical clarinet professor, Katherine holds principal clarinet positions in many orchestras and has made numerous BBC Radio 3 solo broadcasts.
Find out more: bit.ly/rcm-hp-clari...
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Bridging Worlds at the RCM, 7 May🎟️
Experience brand-new music where Western classical meets global traditions
Curated by @royalalberthall.bsky.social Associate Artists Rushil Ranjan & Abi Sampa, with @rncmlive.bsky.social, Trinity Laban and the Sunshine Orchestra
www.rcm.ac.uk/events/detai...
A man wearing a gown holding a medal shaking hands with King Charles III who is wearing a suit. Her Majesty The Queen can be seen in the background speaking to another man wearing a robe with grey hair and glasses, whose face is not visible.
Three men wearing robes stood in an ornate room. The man in the centre is holding a medal in a case, and the man on the right is holding a scroll.
Congratulations to colleagues in the Royal College of Music’s Centre for Performance Science, who were awarded their prestigious Queen Elizabeth Prize for Education by Their Majesties The King and Queen yesterday for its transformational and innovative work!
#QEdPrizes
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Handel, with care! Here are some of our Historical Performance students rehearsing Acis & Galatea by Handel, who was born on this day in 1685, ahead of their stunning performance of the work last Friday.
Find out more about Historical Performance at the Royal College of Music 🎻 www.rcm.ac.uk/hp/
🎻Celebrate women in music with Esther Abrami, “the leading violinist of a new generation of classical music fans” (Harper's Bazaar).
Forbes' 30 Under 30 and @rcmlondon.bsky.social graduate is back in London!
📅 5 March @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social
🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agend...
A group of six people wearing black stood outside 10 Downing Street.
A white woman sat at a grand piano and a black woman stood holding a clarinet smiling, in a room with red wallpaper and portraits on the walls.
Three people stood smiling at the camera, dressed smartly.
Two young men sat playing classical guitars.
Last week we held a special event at 11 Downing Street to celebrate the RCM’s educational partnerships 🎉
Featuring inspiring performances from RCM students, it was fantastic to celebrate the work of the RCM in an iconic setting.
There are just a few hours to go until we’re live with the RCM Symphony Orchestra and Lawrence Renes for Bruckner’s monumental Symphony no 7!
Join us for this epic work full of blazing themes and spacious textures. Tune in from 7.30pm: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ewx...
Dr Gerardo Gozzi and RCM students during an improvisation class, smiling and playing a variety of instruments
Don't miss our latest Music and Ideas talk: Mozart Improvised, Why Don't We? Today at 5.15pm in the Performance Hall, Dr Gerardo Gozzi and RCM students explore the Royal College of Music's unique improvisation course, and how it equips musicians for versatile careers. www.rcm.ac.uk/events/detai...
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Unsung: Treasures of the RCM opens today at the RCM Museum! Discover the untold stories of the RCM's diverse community and an array of musical curiosities. 🔍
Learn more: bit.ly/rcm-unsung
📷: © Yvadney Davis, Milein Cosman/The Cosman Keller Art and Music Trust
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Two young musicians from the New Brunswick Youth Orchestra in Canada have gained places at the RCM from September 2026! 🎉
Amy Robichaud and Alexander Urbina auditioned in Toronto. Many congratulations to them both.
Learn more: bit.ly/rcm-nbyo-2026
Seven characters, four seasons, and one pretend gardener...
Immerse yourself in tangled vines of playfulness and poignancy in Mozart’s La finta giardiniera – our spring opera is on sale now!
Book for performances on 16, 18, 20 and 21 March: bit.ly/rcm_opera
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A man wearing a suit with a bow tie and glasses holding a conducting baton in the air.
A woman wearing a black dress playing the violin, with another woman holding a violin gesturing towards her. A man is sat at the piano in the background.
Congratulations to the RCM musicians nominated for BBC Music Magazine Awards! 🎶
Nominees from the RCM include current student Jeneba Kanneh-Mason and alumni Gerald Finley, John Wilson, the Marmen Quartet, Alina Ibragimova and Nigel Short’s Tenebrae.
📸: Chris Christodoulou
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Congratulations to the RCM alumni nominated for the 2026 RPS Awards! 🌟
RCM musicians feature in 7 out of the 12 categories, including Mark-Anthony Turnage CBE, Louise Alder, Hugh Cutting and Nicholas McCarthy.
Find out more: bit.ly/rcm-rps-2026
📸: Chris Christodoulou
@royalphilsoc.bsky.social
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We’re delighted to announce the appointment of Vasily Petrenko and Speranza Scappucci as International Visiting Artists and Martyn Brabbins as a professor of Conducting from September 2026!
Read more: bit.ly/rcm-int-visi...
📸: Ian Ehm, Ben Ealovega, tarlova
Priority booking is now open for the RCM Opera Studio's spring production: Mozart’s La finta giardiniera 🌱
Be surprised, amused and entertained in this spirited production of love, jealousy and passion.
16, 18, 20 and 21 March – RCM Friends book now: bit.ly/rcm_opera
Pink blossoming trees
Sounds of Blossom returns to Kew Gardens this spring! 🌸
From 14 March to 6 April, Kew's blossom hotspots will be brought to life with new compositions created by seven RCM composers, written to evoke the energy and rhythms of springtime. Learn more: bit.ly/rcm-kew-2026
📸: RBG Kew
@rbgkew.bsky.social
