Professor Colin Lawson, the director of the Royal College of Music (RCM) has announced he will retire from the position in 2024. Lawson has led the Royal College of Music since 2005, where he has one transformative and sustained a period of growth for the RCM. Under his leadership, the school was ranked as one of the top global institutions {…}
On June 28th, amidst the calmness of a beautiful evening in London, held within the palatial confines of Britten Theater, the Royal College of Music Opera Studio performed Jonathan Dove’s third opera “Flight,” a humorous yet weighty story story about the going-ons of eight individuals at an airport terminal. Although a student production, you wouldn’t have known this at all {…}
The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022 has named the Royal College of Music as the world’s leading institution for the performing arts. The London institution has been ranked first in the U.K. for the last six years and for four in Europe as well. “Being ranked as the number one institution in the world for the performing arts {…}
The Royal College of Music (RCM) announced additional details about its upcoming two-part series, Opera Scenes. RCM selected works from across the repertoire that touch on themes of isolation, separation, and resolution. The premiere of Opera Scenes will stream on the College’s YouTube channel and Facebook page on Nov. 27 and 28 at 7:00 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time. The Nov. {…}
The Royal College of Music in the U.K. is teaming up with The Innovation Consultancy to develop a new virtual reality environment for musicians and audiences to enjoy from home. The new technology will immerse audiences at home into famed venues and performance spaces throughout the U.K. providing “users real-time feedback of what they would see and hear, such as {…}
(Image Source: Official Facebook Page) The Royal College of Music has announced that it is officially partnering with ndoka, making it the first Higher Education Institution to do so. The partnership gives students and professors access to over six mission pages of music with around 1,000 new titles being added on a monthly basis. “I am delighted that the Royal {…}
(Image Source: Royal College of Music Facebook page) This season, the RCM Opera Studio will showcase a triple bill of French-language operas from Britten, Debussy and Ravel. The first work to be presented is the Britten’s contemplative song cycle “Les Illuminations” that features settings of Arthur Rimbaud’s poetry with a soprano soloist performing alongside string orchestra. RCM Opera Studio will {…}
(Source: Facebook page, Royal College of Music) Several prominent international musicians have joined Royal College of Music in the professorial roles, according to the official statement on RCM’s website. The new Head of Conducting will be Toby Purser. Purser was an ENO Mackerras Conducting Fellow 2016-18 and is the Musical Director of the Vienna Opera Festival and Academy, where he {…}
The Royal College of Music Opera Studio will present “Il Mondo della Luna” on Nov. 25-30, 2019. The showcase of Haydn’s opera, which will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first lunar landing will be conducted by Michael Rosewell with William Relton directing the production. Kevin Treacy will be lighting designer while Ruari Murchison will design the production. Relton began {…}
Mezzo-soprano Anna Huntley will appear in recital with pianist Simon Lepper as part of the “Wimbledon Piano Classics” series this October. Blüthner Pianos and the Royal College of Music will present an evening filled with music that explores young women’s experiences of love. The program is set to include works by Schubert, R. Schumann, Rossini, Nin, Costa Braga, Guastavino, Coates, {…}
The Royal College of Music will open a double bill production of Bernstein’s “Trouble in Tahiti” and Berkeley’s “A Dinner Engagement.” Performances commence on June 26 and run for three additional shows through July 1, 2019. Both operas provide windows into troubled marriages despite decidedly differing time periods that they are set in. The works will be directed by Stephen {…}
