RCM 2016/17 Prospectus

2016 | 2017

PROSPECTUS ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC, LONDON

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“Choosing where to study is one of the most challenging decisions a musician ever makes.

You need teachers of international renown, individuals who are experienced in working with the most gifted musicians of your generation and accustomed to unlocking potential you may never have dreamed of.

As a soloist or an ensemble player, you want the opportunity to perform to the highest standards. As a composer, you need to hear your music performed by accomplished musicians.

You require an environment that is nurturing, challenging and rich in artistic stimulus, with practical resources that reflect and serve your own ambition.

You need to live in a city with a cultural life that is unsurpassed anywhere in the world. You deserve to study at an institution which takes your musical future seriously from the day you arrive, and works with you to ensure that you enjoy lifelong success and fulfilment from your music.

We hope that the pages that follow give you an idea of what it’s like to be a student at the Royal College of Music in London.

Remember, you can email your questions to the addresses displayed in each section, and do check www.rcm.ac.uk regularly for the latest information...

...Good luck with your decision.”

Professor Colin Lawson Director

MA (Oxon), MA, PhD, DMus, FRCM, FRNCM, FLCM

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Why Study at the RCM?

Life at the RCM 10

Performance Opportunities - Solo Performance - Orchestral Performance - Opera and Vocal Performance - Chamber Music and Ensemble Performance

- New Music

- Historical Performance 16 Location 18 Facilities & Resources 20 Student Services 21 Accommodation 22 Students’ Union 23 International Community 24 Preparing you for the Profession 26 RCM Graduates

Faculties

Research

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58 Contemporary Musics 59 Performance, Practice and Sources 59 Performance Science 60 Research Environment 60 Resources

Brass Composition Conducting Historical Performance Keyboard Percussion Strings Woodwind Vocal Studies

Academic Programmes 50 52 54 55

Undergraduate Programmes Masters Programmes Post-Masters Programmes Research Degrees

How to Apply 62 63 64 65 66

Open Days and Tours Applying to the RCM Auditions Money Matters Application Checklist

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Why Study at the RCM? Ten Good Reasons…

“In a fortnight that has brought five-star performances to London by Maurizio Pollini, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Berlin Philharmoniker… perhaps the most mind-blowing concert of them all was this one at the Royal College of Music.”

Classical Source on the RCM Symphony Orchestra

1. Our professors are the best in the world

3. Unparalleled performance opportunities

The heart of your RCM experience is one-to-one lessons and group masterclasses with dedicated, passionate, experienced professors. Some of them are big names with extensive performing careers, while others have dedicated their lives to teaching, but they all have the power to inspire, unlock talent and transform lives.

You will be given performance opportunities unparalleled in any other conservatoire. RCM soloists perform in the best venues, with worldleading conductors and directors. Press reviews recognise that the quality of our orchestra and opera performances is second to none. Our composers have regular chances to have their works brought to life by brilliant performers and we offer countless opportunities to take classical music into the wider community and earn money performing at prestigious events across the UK and beyond.

2. A grand heritage and a bright future For more than 125 years our students have gone on to international stardom, so at the RCM you can enjoy the buzz of treading in the footsteps of the world’s leading composers, conductors, singers and instrumentalists. But we don’t rest on our laurels. With our cutting-edge facilities, technology and research, we’re in the business of helping you create music’s future.

For further details see pages 10–15.

4. An inspiring location Our location, in one of the globe’s leading cultural capitals, is the envy of the world. The iconic Blomfield Building, opposite the Royal Albert Hall, has been an inspiration to generations of students. And our partnerships with neighbouring organisations provide a wealth of opportunities to perform and compose.

For further details see pages 16–17.

5. Unrivalled facilities Our performance spaces are our greatest asset, including the fully professional Britten Theatre and the magnificent Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall, both of which incorporate state-of-the-art recording facilities. Our practice rooms, teaching rooms, library, museum, studios and in-house luthier all support your studies.

For further details see pages 18–19.

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6. A professional environment

8. Great musicians with great careers

At the RCM we don’t just prepare you for the music profession; we enable you to be a professional from the moment you arrive. Our ensembles, orchestras and opera performances reflect professional standards and conditions.

And we enjoy partnerships with London’s leading orchestras, opera houses and concert halls, so while at the RCM you will perform on a professional stage, alongside well-known figures in the music industry.

We will help you to become the complete working musician. How can you market yourself and network effectively? How can you manage your finances? How can you build up a teaching practice? You might not be worrying about these things right now, but when you do, our worldleading Woodhouse Professional Development Centre will be on hand to help you not only become a great musician, but also have a great career.

For further details see pages 24–28.

7. We value independence and individuality That’s because we’re fully independent ourselves – we award and create our own degrees, meaning we can tailor your studies precisely to suit you.

Our independent faculties provide the perfect training for you as a performer or composer.

And with 800 of the world’s most talented young musicians studying here at any one time, we’re the perfect size to offer a breadth of experience and a vibrant musical community, yet still have the personal touch.

9. Opening up the world Half of our students come from outside the UK, while our teaching staff are drawn from every corner of the globe. The RCM’s friendly atmosphere provides a unique opportunity for you to build contacts and friendships with musicians from around the world.

For further details see page 23.

10. Improving your performance We have the largest research community of any UK conservatoire, and our ethos of ‘practicebased research’ means that our researchers are devoted to helping you to improve your performance skills. The highly respected academic component of our degree programmes is also centred on performance – as you’re learning, you’ll be improving everything you do.

For further details see pages 57–60.

What does life at the world-famous Royal College of Music really look and sound like?

Find out by visiting our YouTube channel to give you a taste of some of the musical activities taking place at the RCM every day. www.youtube.com/ rcmlondon

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Life at the RCM Outside of the classroom, RCM students enjoy busy performing and social lives. In this section, you can find out more about the community, facilities and environment that make the RCM such a vibrant place to study.

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Performance Opportunities - Solo Performance - Orchestral Performance - Opera and Vocal Performance - Chamber Music and Ensemble Performance

- New Music

- Historical Performance 16 Location 18 Facilities & Resources 20 Student Services 21 Accommodation 22 Students’ Union 23 International Community 24 Preparing you for the Profession 26 RCM Graduates

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Solo Performance Solo performance, on your own or in front of an orchestra, is an important part of the development of all instrumentalists and singers, even if your ultimate aim is to perform as part of a group. Many RCM performers go on to have successful solo careers, having benefited from the opportunities on offer for RCM students.

Performance Opportunities

Competitions

The RCM runs the largest performing programme of any UK conservatoire, much of which is built around solo performance.

The RCM’s numerous solo competitions offer significant opportunities for performers, who can benefit both financially and in terms of exposure. Every autumn, winners of the RCM solo competitions are given the opportunity to perform in a popular Monday lunchtime series in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall.

Beyond the RCM, we offer regular performing opportunities at concert halls such as the Royal Albert Hall, Cadogan Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields and Wigmore Hall; prestigious cultural venues such as the National Gallery, V&A Museum and Royal Academy of Arts; churches including St James’s Piccadilly and St Mary Abbots; and community centres and music clubs.

Recent concerto performances by RCM students: R Strauss Horn Concerto no 1 Dvořák Cello Concerto Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Shostakovich Cello Concerto Nielsen Flute Concerto Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto no 1 Ibert Flute Concerto Arutiunian Trumpet Concerto

Back at the RCM, every week during term time there are numerous solo concerts in the RCM’s major performing spaces. Students can present an entire recital, or just a single piece or song they might be working on. Other high profile RCM performances take place in our Britten Theatre, and include annual musical marathons featuring string and keyboard students, which are also streamed live on the RCM website.

Informal Performances While students are developing programmes for these competitions and high-profile engagements, our faculty classes and more informal gatherings mean that there are regular opportunities to perform informally in front of peers and professors, and to benefit from positive feedback and advice.

In addition, the RCM’s unique and internationally acclaimed Performance Simulator – which gives the illusion of a public performance – is an invaluable resource to help students develop their skills in a safe environment.

Concertos The RCM’s keenly contested Concerto Competition offers students the chance to perform alongside world-leading conductors in our prestigious orchestral series (see opposite).

Watch a short video of RCM Concerto Competition winners Junnan Sun and Christopher Mothersole as they prepare for a performance of Mendelssohn’s ‘Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn’ with the RCM Symphony Orchestra. www.rcm.ac.uk/chrisandjunnan

Career Advice and Support Many of the RCM’s high-profile external concerts are managed by our world-leading Woodhouse Professional Development Centre. In addition to offering these performance slots, the Centre’s staff also offer soloists advice and mentorship on a huge range of practical and artistic issues, from what to wear to how to put together an engaging programme.

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Orchestral Performance The RCM offers an unrivalled experience for the aspiring orchestral musician. In addition to an extensive range of in-house and external performance opportunities, we are closely linked to London’s numerous professional orchestras through formal sit-in schemes and informal links formed by our professors, many of whom hold principal positions in these orchestras. It’s no wonder that so many of our students go on to forge hugely successful careers within the orchestral profession.

RCM Orchestras

Broadcasts

The RCM runs a number of in-house orchestras, including two symphony orchestras, a baroque orchestra, classical orchestra, string band, wind orchestra and opera orchestra. All of these perform on a regular basis, giving students the chance to hone their skills in a wide variety of repertoire.

Many of our orchestral performances are streamed live on the RCM website, giving audiences (and friends and family) around the world the chance to watch from the comfort of their own homes.

Some orchestral projects are built around short, intense rehearsal periods that mirror professional conditions and offer a valuable ‘real-world’ experience, while others involve extended periods of expert sectional training, offering the opportunity for reflection and artistic development.

Visiting Conductors Many of the world’s leading conductors return to work with our orchestras time and again, deeply impressed by the musicianship, dedication and passion of RCM students. We regularly work with Bernard Haitink, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Vladimir Jurowski and Sir Roger Norrington, to name just a few.

All our orchestral concerts are filmed and uploaded to the RCM intranet, allowing students to watch back the performances. Selected highlights are also available on our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/rcmlondon.

Sit-in Schemes For the very best orchestral students we offer formal sit-in schemes with a number of orchestras, including the London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra and English National Opera Orchestra. These mentorship programmes are priceless, offering the opportunity to gain live experience of the profession itself.

RCM Professors External Performance RCM orchestras are regularly invited to participate in major festivals at London’s most prestigious venues. For example, we recently performed Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring at the Royal Festival Hall, as part of the Philharmonia Orchestra’s City of Light festival.

We also hold termly concerts and repeat many of our performances at schools, churches and festivals across London and beyond. These concerts give students the valuable experience of repeating repertoire, while introducing classical music to new audiences.

The RCM’s impressive list of professors includes numerous principal players in the major London orchestras, including the London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. They offer students not only first-rate teaching, but also mentorship and networking opportunities.

Watch a short video of RCM brass student Ryan Linham as he rehearses for the RCM Symphony Orchestra’s spectacular performance of Messiaen’s ‘TurangalîlaSymphonie’ at London’s Royal Festival Hall. ww.rcm.ac.uk/ w ryanlinham

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Opera and Vocal Performance In addition to numerous solo performance opportunities (see page 10), RCM singers participate across the year in a busy series of operatic and choral projects, both at the RCM and further afield.

View photos from recent RCM opera productions including Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Rossini’s La gazzetta and Handel’s Arianna in Creta. www.rcm.ac.uk/ vocal/operaschool/ pastproductions

RCM Operas

Collaborations

The Royal College of Music International Opera School is acclaimed internationally for the quality of its performances. Each year we mount three fullystaged productions, including one collaboration with the London Handel Festival.

We enjoy extremely productive relationships with a wide range of operatic institutions across the UK and beyond. We have a particularly fruitful relationship with English Touring Opera, who offers RCM students the opportunity to cover key roles in their operatic productions. Several RCM students have ended up performing on stage, and have been subsequently hired by ETO for future productions.

For each production we bring in a team of some of the world’s most acclaimed directors, designers and choreographers, offering students the full professional experience within a nurturing, supportive environment. Every opera is normally double cast to maximise the number of students who can benefit from this vital experience.

Other Operatic Performances In between these major operas, the RCM presents a number of innovative contemporary music projects. Recent examples have included a celebration of the music of Jonathan Dove in the presence of the composer, and presentations of new works by RCM composers, which gave singers the chance to work with acclaimed contemporary opera director Bill Bankes-Jones.

“There is no doubt that Bill Bankes-Jones and Opera Tête à Tête have produced some of the most innovative work and platforms for new composers, librettists and performers in recent years.”

Michael Burden on Hogarth’s Stages British Society for Eighteenth Century Studies

In addition to these flagship performances, vocal students perform in regular opera scenes, again working with leading professional directors and accompanied by piano.

External Performances Thanks to our international reputation for excellence, RCM students are often invited to perform at prestigious external venues across the UK and beyond. Recent examples have included performances of two Gilbert & Sullivan operettas at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris and Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas at the Bath International Music Festival.

The Britten Theatre Uniquely, our opera training takes place within a fully functioning professional theatre. Our Britten Theatre is not only an attractive and inviting space beloved of audiences, but it is also the perfect space for developing voices – its ‘hatbox’ shape means it can hold a large audience of 400, but young voices don’t need to strain to reach the back row. Working in a space like this all year long is ideal preparation for the profession.

Choral Performances The RCM Chamber Choir is one of our flagship ensembles, and performs regularly at the RCM and beyond. The choir came to international prominence in 2012 at the grand finale of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Thames Pageant, watched by an enormous TV audience and gaining praise and attention worldwide.

RCM singers provide the core of the RCM Symphony Chorus, which performs alongside the RCM Symphony Orchestra and is trained by some of the UK’s best choral conductors, including David Hill and Neil Ferris.

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Chamber Music and Ensemble Performance At the RCM, students create performing partnerships that last a lifetime. Thanks to the unlimited coaching, expert teaching and outstanding performance opportunities that are on offer, RCM chamber music groups regularly triumph in major competitions such as the Royal Over-Seas League.

Chamber Performance

Faculty Ensembles

Chamber groups have access to all of the same performance opportunities as soloists (see page 10), and so regularly perform at London’s leading concert venues, including in our Rising Stars series at Cadogan Hall.

Percussionists, and wind and brass players can join a large number of faculty-based groups, including our Wind Ensemble, Brass Ensemble, Brass Groups and the PERC’M percussion ensemble, which regularly tours nationally and internationally.

In addition, our regular collaborations with London’s major orchestras and concert halls offer high-profile chamber music performance opportunities. Recent significant performances have included appearances at the Purcell Room, King’s Place and Brighton Dome, as well as live performances on BBC Radio 3.

Learning and Teaching To support student ensembles, the RCM is unique in offering unlimited coaching for its chamber groups, allowing you to benefit from the skills and experience of a number of RCM professors.

String quartets in particular can benefit from working with our Quartet in Association, and from participating in our regular String Quartet Collective projects, which see some of the world’s leading chamber musicians visit the RCM for a week.

Watch a performance of Mendelssohn’s Octet performed by RCM musicians in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall. www.rcm.ac.uk/chambermusic

Jazz Ensembles Members of all three of the above faculties join forces in the widely acclaimed RCM Swing Band and RCM Big Band. Both ensembles are coached

by Mark Armstrong, Musical Director of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, and are regularly invited to perform at the London Jazz Festival and at a range of prestigious venues across London.

Here at the RCM, the Big Band performs in our Britten Theatre with guest visiting artists such as Stewart Copeland and Peter Erskine.

RCM ensembles include: Big Band Brass Ensemble PERC’M RedHocks Drumline String Band Swing Band Wind Ensemble

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New Music The RCM has always been a fertile breeding ground for new music, and composers such as Holst, Vaughan Williams, Tippett, Britten and Mark-Anthony Turnage all started their careers here. The RCM continues to be an important centre for the creation of new work, allowing performers to gain invaluable skills and experience as they rise to the demands of innovation and enjoy the thrill of bringing new music to life.

Watch a short video of Nicholas Moroz as he prepares for the premiere performance of his work ‘Asunder’ with the RCM Philharmonic. w ww.rcm.ac.uk/ nicholas

Composer Portraits

Electroacoustic Music

The RCM’s annual composer festival features orchestral, chamber and solo concerts, and typically introduces to the UK the music of international composers well known in their own country. Recent visitors have included Helmut Lachenmann, Pascal Dusapin and Ivan Fedele.

The RCM was the very first UK educational institution to have its own electroacoustic studio, and for more than 50 years has been at the heart of technical innovation in musical performance.

Our long-running, regular concert series From the Soundhouse gives RCM soloists and performing groups the chance to present cutting-edge works that combine live performance and electronics.

New Music Ensembles Directed by Timothy Lines, the New Perspectives ensemble is the RCM’s flagship new music group.

In addition to regular performances at the RCM itself, the group is regularly invited to perform at festivals across London and beyond.

Composer-Performer Collaborations Collaborations between student composers and performers are firmly rooted in the curriculum through our popular ‘Contemporary Music in Action’ and ‘Contemporary Music in Creation’ programmes, which culminate in public concerts.

These collaborations give composers the chance to have their works brought to life by brilliant musicians, and give performers an insight into how music is conceived – an understanding which can invigorate their performances of the music of the past.

The RCM’s regular collaborations with London’s leading cultural institutions offer the chance for composers and performers to present their work in front of large, appreciative audiences. Recent flagship performances include events at the National Gallery and Royal Academy of Arts.

Film Music Orchestral musicians are given ample opportunity to perform film music, both in workshops with composers studying on our Composition for Screen course, and in the popular termly concerts given by the RCM Students’ Film Orchestra, run by the RCM Students’ Union.

Student-led Events The RCM’s radical #GreatExhibitionists series offers students the chance to devise their own groundbreaking events. With the full support and mentorship of the RCM, students are given the chance to create and present unique projects that redefine what classical music means today.

Spontaneous collaborations between RCM composers and performers spring up all the time, with student-led ensembles such as the explorensemble carving out an important niche in London’s rich new music scene.

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Historical Performance The RCM is recognised internationally as one of the world’s most important centres for historically informed performance. Our many performing groups are regularly invited to festivals across the UK and beyond.

Baroque Ensemble and Orchestra The RCM Baroque Ensemble and Orchestra regularly work with leading conductors, and are frequently invited to perform at prestigious venues nationally and internationally. Recent highlights include an annual tour to Italy and visits to Bolivia and Washington, DC, while performances at the RCM include our regular Bach Cantatas series.

Watch a short video of RCM historical performance student Matyas Csiba as he goes on tour to Italy with members of the RCM Historical Performance Department. w ww.rcm.ac.uk/matyas

International Collaborations RCM students benefit from the RCM’s wide range of international partnerships and collaborations.

We enjoy a close association with the Versailles Centre for Baroque Music, which has led to performances at festivals across France and at the BBC Proms with Sir Roger Norrington. In 2014, members of the RCM Baroque Ensemble accompanied Head of Historical Performance Professor Ashley Solomon to perform at the Bolivian Early Music Festival.

RCM International Festival of Viols This much-loved annual festival, which takes place at the RCM every autumn, gives RCM students the chance to perform alongside and learn from some of the world’s most acclaimed violists. Recent visitors have included Jordi Savall, Christophe Coin, Luca Pianca and Vittorio Ghielmi.

“The performances were exquisite.

Bliss from start to finish.”

Tim Ashley, The Guardian

Solo Performance At the RCM, solo performers regularly play in various RCM concert venues. There is also the opportunity to take part in our weekly concert series in the RCM Museum of Music, which holds a number of important early keyboard, string and woodwind instruments that can be played by students.

“The Saturday Matinee Prom at Cadogan Hall was sinfully enjoyable.”

Geoff Brown, The Times

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Location The Royal College of Music’s location is the envy of the musical world. We are situated directly opposite the Royal Albert Hall in one of London’s most attractive and vibrant areas. Surrounding us is Imperial College London, making the RCM part of one of the largest and most active student bodies in the capital. Whether you enjoy shopping or sightseeing, pubs or parks, everything you could want is a short walk away – or an even shorter bus ride on one of the six bus routes that serve the RCM.

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Exhibition Road The RCM is situated in South Kensington – one of London’s safest, most attractive and most desirable places to live and work – and within the heart of the Exhibition Road Cultural Quarter, London’s premier hub of cultural activity.

Within just five minutes’ walk of the RCM you will find: • The Royal Albert Hall (the nation’s favourite concert hall and home of the BBC Proms) as well as three of the UK’s biggest museums: the Science Museum, the Natural History Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum. We enjoy close relationships with all these institutions, which offer inspiration and regular performance opportunities for RCM musicians • Hyde Park, one of the most attractive green spaces in London. Generations of RCM students have enjoyed the quiet of the park, escaping from the intensity of their studies

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• Imperial College London and the Royal College of Art, thus placing the RCM at the heart of a vibrant student body of more than 20,000 students. RCM students regularly collaborate and perform with students from both institutions • The Goethe-Institut, Austrian Cultural Forum, Institut Français and Ismaili Centre, all of which offer vibrant cultural programmes.

All of the academic and cultural organisations along Exhibition Road collaborate on fascinating projects, providing even more opportunities for RCM students to perform and learn.

For more details visit www.exhibitionroad.com.

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“Once the main route to the Great Exhibition, held in Hyde Park in 1851, Exhibition Road remains perhaps London’s grandest cultural artery. Leading to the Royal Albert Hall at its northern end and bordered by the Victoria and Albert Museum on one side and the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum on the other, its various institutions collectively get more visitors a year than Venice.”

Justin McGuirk, The Guardian

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Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

“This small theatre in South Kensington, cunningly buried behind the RCM’s brick façade is one of London’s hidden gems.”

Seen and Heard on the RCM’s Britten Theatre

“The definitive place in Britain to see the history of music-making.”

The Independent on the RCM Museum of Music

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Facilities & Resources The RCM’s resources are internationally renowned and will enhance and support your learning throughout your time at the RCM.

Teaching and Practice Facilities

Performance Spaces

The RCM has a large number of teaching and practice facilities designed to offer all students an atmosphere conducive to developing their talents.

The RCM has a range of performance spaces suitable for a wide variety of events. With a capacity of 400, the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall is the primary rehearsal and concert venue for RCM orchestras and large ensembles. Also seating 400, our Britten Theatre is the perfect intimate venue for opera. For chamber and solo performances, the RCM Museum of Music, Recital Hall and Parry Rooms provide more intimate performance spaces.

RCM Studios Our studios are equipped with the latest audio, video and composition technologies, enabling performers and composers to work in a professional studio environment. With assistance, supervision and tuition from those in the profession, including our full-time staff engineers, you will have the opportunity to gain valuable recording experience, whether on the concert platform or in a studio session.

Every year we develop and improve our facilities, but at the time of writing these include: 66 teaching/practice rooms (including four organ rooms) fitted with a combination of audio equipment, pianos, TV screens and mirrors; 34 practice rooms dedicated solely for the purpose of student practice; 7 opera rehearsal spaces; 160 pianos; 20 early keyboard instruments; smartboards and a state-of-the-art Polycom video conferencing system; instrument storage with special facilities for harps and double basses; and in-house instrument workshops including an onsite luthier and resident piano technicians.

ICT Facilities The RCM’s ICT Service supports teaching, learning and research activities at the RCM. We provide a broad range of essential technology services to aid and enhance the learning experience including Wi-Fi at Prince Consort Road, up-to-date student computers, an rcm.ac.uk email address and access to standard and specialist software including Microsoft Office, Sibelius and Audacity.

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RCM Library

RCM Museum of Music

RCM Library Our library is run by a friendly and knowledgeable team who are here to support students during their courses. The library collections cover a wealth of material including printed music and scores, books, music journals, recordings and online resources like Oxford Music Online and Naxos Music Library.

It also holds an internationally admired collection of manuscripts including the autograph score of Mozart’s Piano Concerto K 491.

Find out more at www.rcm.ac.uk/library.

The RCM holds a renowned collection of manuscripts and early printed editions. You can ‘turn the pages’ of one of these rare items online at www.rcm.ac.uk/turnthepage Mozart manuscript

RCM Museum of Music The RCM Museum of Music preserves and displays an internationally renowned collection of more than 1,500 items including musical instruments, portraits, sculptures, photographs and engravings related to music dating from the late 15th century to the present day. Its treasures include the earliest surviving stringed keyboard instrument and arguably the most relevant public collection of English viols. The collection is a unique resource and can support your studies in a variety of ways.

Many of the instruments on display can be studied and played by students as a way of gaining a deeper understanding of a particular composer or piece.

Find out more at www.rcm.ac.uk/museum.

Each year, the RCM Museum of Music curates special exhibitions from the RCM collections, with recent exhibitions focusing on the RCM and WWI and Benjamin Britten’s student days.

Find out more at www.rcm.ac.uk/museum/ exhibitions

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Student Services “If you are thinking of applying to the RCM and would like to discuss any of your needs, please get in touch for a confidential discussion.”

Lynnette Easterbrook Student Services Manager Get in touch at studentservices@rcm. ac.uk or 020 7591 4316

The Royal College of Music’s Student Services provide advice and support on a wide range of issues helping you to get the most out of your time here. We offer drop-in and appointment services, and provide free information sheets and booklets on a wide variety of matters from health issues to events.

Money Matters Studying at a world-class conservatoire in the centre of London can be expensive, but the Student Services Manager can offer you advice on funding your course and general financial concerns. For more information on fees, funding and the cost of living please see page 65 or visit www.rcm.ac.uk/apply/moneymatters.

Students with Disabilities We welcome and encourage the participation of students with disabilities in all aspects of life at the RCM, and we have particular experience in supporting students with dyslexia and visual impairment.

Counselling Service If you experience any problems in your personal or academic life during your time at the RCM, a counselling service is available to all students.

There is also a counselling service available at Imperial College Health Centre. Designated members of RCM professorial staff are available to advise you on academic issues.

Healthcare The RCM is linked with Imperial College Health Centre, just a few minutes’ walk away. Students who live at Prince Consort Village or in specified nearby postcode areas may register there as NHS patients. Other students, who are advised to register with a GP close to where they live, can use the Health Centre during the day for urgent medical problems.

Chaplaincy The Chaplaincy Centre at Imperial College London welcomes all RCM students. It is located just two minutes away from the RCM and is a place of resource, help, advice and information relating to issues of faith and spirituality.

Alexander Technique There is a strong tradition of Alexander Technique at the RCM. Sessions, led by resident experts Peter Buckoke, Judith Kleinman and Bethan Pugh, are popular with many students.

Student Services work closely with the RCM Centre for Performance Science to encourage and promote the healthy musician. Read about one of their current projects, Musical Impact – the largest ever study into the health and wellbeing of performing musicians – at www.rcm.ac.uk/cps/musicalimpact

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Artist Impressions of Prince Consort Village

Accommodation Prince Consort Village

Location

The RCM’s new hall of residence, Prince Consort Village, provides high-quality accommodation for around 400 students.

Located in leafy south-west London, the new hall of residence is within easy travelling distance of the RCM; just 40 minutes door-to-door via London Underground from Ravenscourt Park to South Kensington.

The new building, on Goldhawk Road in London, is open from September 2015 and comprises 177 studio apartments, 170 en-suite rooms and 63 standard rooms.

Facilities Prince Consort Village is fully equipped to cater for RCM students and services include: 23 dedicated practice rooms available 24/7, a film room, open mic space, high speed Wi-Fi, laundry, reception, gym, bicycle storage, and indoor and outdoor communal spaces.

The accommodation will be staffed 24 hours a day, and the in-house team and Residence Manager are dedicated to the pastoral care and wellbeing of residents.

Please visit www.princeconsortvillage.com for the most up-to-date details or email pcv@clvuk.com to secure your room.

The ideal location offers both the greenery of nearby Ravenscourt Park as well as the convenience of the many local shops, cafes and amenities. Within easy reach of Prince Consort Village is Westfield Shepherd’s Bush which is home to leading fashion, home and lifestyle brands as well as cinemas and a fantastic selection of eateries.

A short bus ride from Prince Consort Village is Notting Hill – famous for Notting Hill Carnival, Portobello Road and market. This part of London is arty and bohemian, with lots of restaurants, bars, shops and music venues.

Transport Prince Consort Village is easily accessible via public transport with good connections to the RCM and other parts of London. London Underground stations Ravenscourt Park (District Line), Goldhawk Road (Circle Line) and Shepherd’s Bush (Central Line) are all a short walk away, and a bus stop conveniently located outside the hall of residence provides connections to the areas of Piccadilly, Acton, Brent Cross and Hammersmith.

Hall of Residence 220–238 Goldhawk Road London W12 9PL www.rcm.ac.uk/ accommodation

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Students’ Union “As President I am committed to making sure you have the best possible experience at the RCM. My dedicated team will support you in many different capacities, and we will do our very best to make you feel like a valued member of the RCM community.”

Eugene Marshall Students’ Union President 2014–15 Join the community: www.facebook.com/ rcm.student.union

The Students’ Union (SU) is a lively student body that includes every student enrolled at the RCM. It assumes a central role in the student experience, and its main aims are threefold: committee representation, student welfare and social activities.

The first and most important role of the SU is to represent students on various committees. The RCM takes immense pride in the way it engages with its students, and the issues the SU presents are acted upon promptly and effectively. These issues range from day-to-day matters to the very highest level of decision-making.

On a more personal level, the SU works closely with Student Services to ensure the wellbeing of our students, for example, by running student wellness days and providing information to support LGBT students.

Finally, the SU is responsible for the vast majority of social events at the RCM. In addition to providing some much-needed respite from study, these events offer the opportunity to make connections with fellow musicians and establish a network that will remain with you long after your tenure as students. Among the highlights are Freshers’ Week (which includes a boat cruise along the Thames), the Students’ Film Orchestra (which performs once every term) and the summer ball. The SU also holds many charity events, including RAG Week every Spring Term. This year the SU has been fundraising for Amnesty International and the RCM Hardship Fund.

The SU also has growing ties with other institutions, most importantly Imperial College London and the Royal College of Art. Through these links the SU is able to host events that encourage cross-discipline collaboration, and enable our students to join more than 300 clubs and societies.

Recent SU events: • Fresher’s Week • Students’ Film Orchestra concerts • Oktoberfest • Collaboration with Royal College of Art and Imperial College London • RAG Week • Summer Ball

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International Community Here at the RCM, we consider our international student community to be one of our greatest assets. Along with world-class teaching, it is what helps to make the RCM a friendly, exciting and diverse hub of music-making.

Around half of RCM students come from outside the UK, and our teaching and administration staff come from all over the world too. So we understand that moving to a new country can feel like a big step, and we will do everything we can to help make you feel at home.

Help from the RCM The Registry and Student Services staff provide advice and support for international students across a range of practical subjects including visas and immigration; opening bank accounts; accommodation; financial advice or just finding out how to make the most of your time here.

Help from Fellow Students Your fellow students will also help you to settle in, and there are plenty of opportunities to get to know each other through RCM activities such as social events run by the RCM Students’ Union.

Our graduates all around the world tell us how fondly they remember their time at the RCM. We believe that you won’t find a more welcoming and inspiring place to study anywhere in the world.

For further information about tuition fees, auditions, English language requirements and study visas for overseas applicants please visit www.rcm.ac.uk/ international.

Exchanges The RCM has a large number of student exchange opportunities with leading European, American, Japanese and Australian music conservatoires and universities. These provide a fantastic opportunity to experience study at another international music institution as part of your RCM studies.

Visit www.rcm.ac.uk/exchanges for further details.

“No matter where you come from, moving to a new country can feel daunting, but as International & Admissions Manager at the RCM, it’s part of my job to help make you feel at home.”

Nicola Peacock International & Admissions Manager Hear more from Nicola at www.rcm.ac.uk/ nicolapeacock Get in touch at international@rcm.ac.uk

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Preparing you for the Profession At the RCM, you learn about the demands and realities of a fast-changing profession, and are helped and encouraged to respond actively and creatively. In addition to carefully structured programmes of study and performance, there are many opportunities to deepen your knowledge, widen your experience, extend your skills and build networks of contacts – all of which ultimately enhance your employability.

RCM professors hold principal positions in many leading UK orchestras including: BBC Symphony Orchestra English Baroque Soloists London Brass London Sinfonietta London Symphony Orchestra Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

We believe there are four main reasons why RCM graduates are so successful:

1. Professors To be successful you need to develop your skills to the very highest level, and RCM professors are exceptional teachers who will help you become the very best performer or composer you can be.

But beyond that, many of them are also working in the music industry as performers, artistic directors, educators and administrators, with many holding principal positions in leading UK orchestras. They all understand what it takes to succeed, and they are all able to pass on their skills, knowledge, experiences and contacts to you.

From high-profile concert halls to galleries and community centres, the RCM Woodhouse Professional Development Centre offers a range of performance opportunities in and around London.

Watch a short video with RCM violinist Joo Yeon Sir as she prepares for performances at the V&A Museum and Claremont Community Centre in Islington. www.rcm.ac.uk/jooyeon

2. Contacts with the Outside World London is the centre of the classical music industry, and the RCM is at the heart of an extraordinary professional network. You will find that agents, publishers and bookers regularly visit the RCM and attend our events. For orchestral musicians, we offer side-by-side ‘sit-in’ schemes with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra and English National Opera Orchestra. Composers participate in innovative collaborative projects, and hear performances of their works in some of London’s most prestigious venues. Our singers get to cover roles for English Touring Opera, with whom we enjoy a close relationship. These schemes offer selected students the chance to sit in on professional rehearsals and gain invaluable experience.

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3. Programmes of Study Your programme of study is specifically designed to help you build up all of the skills and experiences you need to enter the profession. Alongside your core one-to-one teaching, you can take options that help you build applied skills such as producing your own CD or creating your own website. So while you’re studying, you can gain invaluable knowledge and experience that will stand you in good stead throughout your working life.

From weekend workshops for children to holiday courses for teenagers, vocal days for families to opera matinees for schools, RCM Sparks offers a musically enriching experience for all.

Watch a short video of RCM percussionist Kizzy Brooks as she works with children from local schools and introduces them to Bernstein’s West Side Story. www.rcm.ac.uk/kizzy

4. Professional Development The RCM is home to our world-famous careers centre, the renowned Woodhouse Professional Development Centre. The team will help you to learn about the demands and realities of a fast changing profession, offering career advice and performance opportunities.

Find out more about the Woodhouse Centre at www.rcm.ac.uk/woodhouse.

RCM Sparks, the Royal College of Music’s ground-breaking learning and participation programme, provides opportunities for everyone to make or learn about music. Complementing the RCM mission to provide professional training at the highest level, RCM Sparks runs specially tailored training programmes for students, preparing them for the diverse roles they will undertake as professionals.

Find out more about RCM Sparks at www.rcm.ac.uk/sparks.

Recent orchestral collaborations and artistic partnerships: Philharmonia Orchestra City of Light: Paris 1900–1950 London Philharmonic Orchestra Alfred Schnittke: Between Two Worlds Prokofiev, Man of the People?

Southbank Centre The Rest Is Noise London Handel Festival Giove in Argo Royal Academy of Arts Sensing Spaces

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RCM Graduates RCM graduates are leading successful musical careers throughout the world. The most popular professions for our graduates are performer, composer, teacher, conductor, administrator or musical director (numerous shows in London’s West End are directed by RCM graduates) – or a combination of all of these. These pages give just a few examples of what they are working on right now.

Well-known RCM graduates include: Sir Thomas Allen Alfie Boe Julian Bream Benjamin Britten Natalie Clein Michael Collins Sir Colin Davis Barry Douglas Sir James Galway John Harle Daniel Hope Alina Ibragimova Andrew Kennedy John Lill Julian Lloyd Webber Sir Roger Norrington Dame Joan Sutherland Melvyn Tan Dame Gillian Weir Ralph Vaughan Williams John Williams

Katy Woolley Katy was appointed Third Horn in the Philharmonia Orchestra while still studying at the RCM, and was subsequently appointed Principal Horn at the age of just 22. In the short time since her appointment she has forged a formidable reputation performing demanding horn parts in orchestral repertoire for the world’s top conductors.

“I found the RCM to be an extremely supportive environment. In lessons, my teachers were very encouraging but also firm about what I needed to achieve.”

Jianing Kong Pianist Jianing Kong studied with Ruth Nye, Gordon FergusThompson and Dimitri Alexeev, and was a finalist and prize winner in the 2009 Leeds International Piano Competition. He has since performed at numerous prestigious venues across the UK including St Martin-in-the-Fields, Cadogan Hall, Steinway Hall and Wigmore Hall. As a concerto soloist his many performances include the world premiere of Haris Kittos’ Vessel Tale with the RCM Sinfonietta and Beethoven’s Triple Concerto under Paul Daniel at the Royal Festival Hall.

O Duo Owen Gunnell and Oliver Cox have achieved critical and commercial success with their percussion ensemble ‘O Duo’. Since graduating from the RCM, they have performed concertos with the BBC Philharmonic, London Philharmonic and Philharmonia Orchestras, worked at Abbey Road and Sony studios on television and film scores, and broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and BBC TV.

Andrew Gourlay During his time studying conducting at the RCM, Andrew prepared Bruckner symphonies for Bernard Haitink and Mozart symphonies for Sir Roger Norrington. Since graduating, he has been Assistant Conductor to Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé Orchestra and twice stood in for Sir Colin Davis at the Barbican. He has also conducted major orchestras and opera companies around the world and was appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Orquesta Sinfonica de Castilla y León from 2014/15.

“The Royal College of Music gave me the invaluable space and support to make the transition from playing to conducting.”

Claire Wickes Claire completed her Masters degree at the RCM in 2014, having studied with Daniel Pailthorpe and Gareth Davies.

Since then she has performed regularly as a soloist and chamber musician and as Guest Principal Flute with the BBC Symphony and Philharmonia Orchestras, and Sub-Principal of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and BBC National Orchestra of Wales. She was appointed Principal Flute with English National Opera in March 2015.

“The two years I spent studying at the RCM were absolutely invaluable to me; my teachers gave me the inspiration and guidance that I needed and I owe so much to their dedication and support.”

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Benjamin Baker New Zealand born violinist Benjamin graduated from the RCM in 2014 with a Masters and the prestigious Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Rose Bowl.

He has gone on to appear as soloist with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Royal New Zealand Ballet Company, and given recitals at major venues including Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Gstaad Festival. In 2013 he was selected by the Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) and in 2014 recorded for Champs Hill Records.

“I thoroughly enjoyed my time at the RCM; it was a formative time both personally and professionally, and laid firm foundations for my lifelong aspiration of making music.”

Na’ama Zisser Since studying composition at the RCM, Na’ama has enjoyed a busy and varied career. Highlights include writing a piece for the London Sinfonietta, developing a piece of contemporary dance to be toured abroad and completing her fourth operatic work for Tête à Tête. She is also a composer in residence with LSO Soundhub, where she has created a piece for chamber ensemble and a karaoke booth.

“In addition to offering a platform for meeting talented musicians and inspiring teachers, the RCM gave me a nurturing environment to further explore what I am interested in, encouraging creativity with a great sense of freedom.”

Samuel Pegg Louise Alder Since graduating from the RCM International Opera School in 2013, soprano Louise Alder has received critical acclaim for her performances with Oper Frankfurt, Théâtre du Châtelet and for her performance as Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier with Glyndebourne Festival Opera for the BBC Proms. She received the 2014 Glyndebourne Festival Opera John Christie Award. Future engagements include the Academy of Ancient Music, performances with Garsington Opera, and concerts at the Wigmore Hall, Graz Musikverein and Edinburgh International Festival.

Samuel received a Masters in Composition for Screen at the RCM, studying with Joseph Horovitz and Vasco Hexel. He has since worked with George Fenton and Dario Marianelli, amongst others, and has had compositions published by EMI, Imagem and Spartan Press. He has orchestrated, programmed and been employed as a music editor for mainstream Hollywood cinema, and has composed music for a wealth of animated and short films, as well as commissions for concert performance, library music, and for TV and radio.

“The RCM provided a rounded training, and led to professional opportunities as well as introducing lifelong friends and collaborators.”

RCM graduates currently hold principal positions in orchestras and opera houses around the world, including in: China France Iceland India Ireland Italy Netherlands Norway Oman South Africa Spain UK USA

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Graduate Careers RCM graduates are playing, singing, teaching and working with....

Playing with: Academy of Ancient Music Baltimore Chamber Orchestra BBC Concert Orchestra BBC National Orchestra of Wales BBC Philharmonic Orchestra BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra BBC Symphony Orchestra Belcea String Quartet Birmingham Royal Ballet Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Britten Quartet Brodsky String Quartet Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra Cavaleri Quartet Chamber Orchestra of Europe Chilingirian String Quartet City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra English Baroque Soloists English Chamber Orchestra English National Opera Orchestra Glyndebourne Touring Opera Orchestra Hallé Orchestra Heath Quartet Hong Kong Philharmonic Iceland Symphony Orchestra John Wilson Orchestra London Chamber Orchestra London Handel Orchestra London Mozart Players London Philharmonic Orchestra London Sinfonietta London Symphony Orchestra Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Musicworks National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Northern Sinfonia Opera Sinfonica de Sevilla Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment L’orchestre de la Suisse Romande Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Philharmonia Orchestra Queensland Symphony Orchestra Rambert Dance Company Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Oman Symphony Orchestra Royal Opera House Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Scottish Chamber Orchestra Sydney Symphony Orchestra Symphony Orchestra of India Takacs Quartet Toronto Symphony Orchestra Trondheim Symphony Orchestra Ulster Orchestra Welsh National Opera Orchestra

Singing with: Bayreuth Festival Buxton Festival Opera English National Opera English Touring Opera Frankfurt Opera Garsington Opera Glyndebourne Festival Opera Glyndebourne Touring Opera Grange Park Houston Grand Opera Liceu, Barcelona Lyric Opera, Chicago The Metropolitan Opera, New York Opera Holland Park Opéra national de Lyon Opera North The Royal Opera, Covent Garden La Scala, Milan Scottish Opera Welsh National Opera

Teaching at: Birmingham Conservatoire Boston Conservatory Cambridge University Guildhall School of Music & Drama Hochschule der Künste, Berlin Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts Imperial College London The Juilliard School, New York King’s College, University of London Malaysian Institute of Arts

Manhattan School of Music Open University Queen Mary College, University of London Queensland Conservatorium Reykjavik College of Music Royal Academy of Music Royal College of Music Royal Northern College of Music Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Sydney Conservatorium Trinity Laban University College, Cardiff University of Melbourne Victoria College of the Arts, Australia Yamaha Academy of Arts and Music

Working with: Askonas Holt Ltd Bayerische Staatsoper BBC Channel 4 Classic FM Delicious Digital Harrison/Parrott Ltd Hazard Chase ITV Los Angeles Philharmonic National Children’s Orchestra National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Priory Records Remote Control Productions Royal Albert Hall Royal National Theatre Sage Gateshead Southbank Centre Staatstheater Kassel Warner Music Ltd Wigmore Hall Yamaha Music Ltd

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Faculties Your time at the RCM is very special. Possibly the most important person you will be in contact with during your study is your chosen professor. He or she will act as guide and mentor during your studies, on hand to help you nurture your talents and support you through this time of rapid development.

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Brass The RCM Brass Faculty provides an enjoyable environment that enables you to recognise your full ability as a performing musician. You will receive a challenging but carefully structured programme of study and performance, with particular emphasis on identifying and unlocking your individual potential.

Recent Highlights

As a member of the Brass Faculty you will attend regular performance and ensemble classes as well as faculty masterclasses with distinguished visiting international musicians.

RCM brass players have joined the BBC Symphony Orchestra for BBC Proms rehearsals as part of the sit-in scheme for postgraduate students on the specialist orchestral pathway.

There are many high-profile chamber music opportunities with coaching from a professor of your own choice.

Under the direction of Mark Armstrong, the RCM Big Band has performed at the London Jazz Festival, held at London’s Southbank Centre.

Many of the Brass Faculty staff hold principal positions in major orchestras including the Philharmonia Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, London Brass, English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique.

RCM brass players have rehearsed and performed with visiting conductors including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Brett Dean, Sir Roger Norrington, Vladimir Jurowski and Bernard Haitink.

“Above all, I want students to achieve their goals and live their musical dream.”

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Nigel Black Head of Brass Hear more from Nigel at www.rcm.ac.uk/ nigelblack Get in touch at brass@rcm.ac.uk

“The best thing about the RCM for me is the unrivalled opportunities for chamber music and coaching. The teaching staff are brilliant and have been so helpful and supportive of Kensington Brass, an ensemble I play in, which is made entirely from RCM students and alumni.”

Stephen Calow undergraduate tuba player

The faculty has welcomed a number of high-profile visitors to give masterclasses at the RCM including trumpeters Alison Balsom, Matthias Höfs, Anthony Plog and Pacho Flores; horn players Radovan Vlatkovic, ´ Laurence Davies and Alessio Allegrini; tuba players Sérgio Carolino and Øystein Baadsvik; and trombonists Denis Wick, Jörgen van Rijen and Matthew Gee.

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Head of Brass Nigel Black FRCM Prince Consort Professor Håkan Hardenberger Ensemble in Residence London Brass Brass Band in Residence Zone One Brass Visiting Professor of Horn Stefan Dohr Horn Nigel Black FRCM Jeffrey Bryant FRAM, FCSM Philip Eastop ARAM Timothy Jones Simon Rayner ARCM John Ryan BMus(Hons), GSMD Natural Horn Roger Montgomery BA(Hons), GSMD Visiting Professor of Trumpet Matthias Höfs Trumpet Mark Calder DRSAMD Andrew Crowley ARCM Alistair Mackie Alan Thomas

Jazz Trumpet (Second or Related Study only) Martin Shaw GRSM, LRAM Lead Trumpet (Second or Related Study only) Mike Lovatt GTCL, LTCL Visiting Professor of Natural Trumpet Neil Brough ARCM Natural Trumpet Paul Sharp Richard Thomas BMus, MA, LRAM, ARAM Tenor Trombone Byron Fulcher GGSM Roger Harvey MA (Oxon) Graham Lee AGSM Lindsay Shilling ARCM Bass Trombone Peter Harvey ARCM David Stewart GGSM Jazz Trombone (Second or Related Study only) Richard Edwards Lead Trombone (Second or Related Study only) Richard Edwards Tuba Owen Slade Eleftherios Tsarmaklis

“For me, the most important factor in choosing a conservatoire was the instrumental teaching, and the RCM offers a huge range of teaching styles from some of the best players around.

Due to the unlimited chamber group coaching available, it’s also possible to learn from many great teachers of all instruments, not just your own.”

Fabian van de Geest undergraduate horn player

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Composition The RCM Composition Faculty aims to build and sustain your confidence and strength within your chosen fields, be it composition for the concert hall or composition for screen. Composers are offered a wholly exceptional performance environment in which you will have the opportunity to hear your compositions played by resident and visiting musicians, RCM orchestras, ensembles and fellow students of the highest technical and musical ability.

Key Features Composition at the RCM is about a partnership – between talented composers who want to write and gifted instrumentalists who want to perform.

“Being a composer today is about having the confidence and the strength to be yourself – realising your own personal ideas and creating your own individual music.”

William Mival Head of Composition Hear more from William at www.rcm.ac.uk/ williammival Get in touch at composition@rcm.ac.uk

You will have the opportunity to hear performances of your own works in concert or on film, in class, workshop, studio and live performance by fellow students and by professional ensembles.

Watch five short operas composed and performed by RCM students that celebrate Hogarth’s life, work and legacy. www.rcm.ac.uk/hogarth

Individual lessons and visits from established composers of concert and film music provide an unrivalled opportunity for you to nurture and develop your creative and technical skills as well as your own compositional voice.

Recent Highlights RCM composers regularly collaborate with artistic organisations in London and beyond.

Recent projects include composing music for arts in health app Rhapsody for Chelsea and Westminster Health Charity; providing soundtracks for sculpture exhibitions at the Royal British Society of Sculptors; and the release of a recording of new works inspired by the Sensing Spaces architectural exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts.

“At the RCM, you are constantly surrounded by players of such high standards that you are never short of things to learn from your peers! Additionally I’ve had my work performed at the National Portrait Gallery, St Martin-in-the-Fields and St John’s Smith Square. These have led to external commissions.”

Danielle Howard undergraduate composer

RCM students have collaborated extensively with RCM performers, including the recent collaboration with producers Tête à Tête, which saw RCM composers create works inspired by the vivid paintings and etchings of William Hogarth.

World-leading composers for both concert and film regularly visit the RCM to give talks and classes to student composers. Recent visitors have included Hans Zimmer, Eric Whitacre, Brett Dean, David Lang, Ivan Fedele, Georg Friedrich Haas, Jenny Walshe, Pascal Dusapin, Lisa Lim, Howard Shore, Helmut Lachenmann, Hanspeter Kyburz, Mel Wesson and Debbie Wiseman.

RCM composers have regularly won prizes at major international competitions. Recent examples include the Royal Philharmonic Society and IdeasTap Sound:Vision competition, 2014 CINE Film Scoring Competition for Emerging Composers, the ASCAP Foundation Michelle and Dean Kay Award, Oticons Faculty Film Music Competition and the British Composer Awards.

RCM composers are enjoying prestigious composer in residence positions at Glyndebourne, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group and the Handel House Museum.

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Head of Composition William Mival MMus, FRCM RCM Research Fellow in Composition Mark-Anthony Turnage FRCM Area Leader in Masters Programmes in Composition Jonathan Cole PhD Professors of Composition Dai Fujikura PhD Kenneth Hesketh DipRCM, ARCM Simon Holt FRNCM Joseph Horovitz BMus, MA, FRCM Alison Kay BA, ARCM, MMus, DPhil Haris Kittos BA, MMus, DMus Michael Oliva BA, MA Gilbert Nouno MA, PhD Area Leader in Masters Programmes in Composition for Screen Vasco Hexel BM, MMus, PhD Professors of Composition for Screen Howard Davidson ARCM Joseph Horovitz BMus, MA, FRCM Enrica Sciandrone MMus Francis Shaw BMus, GLCM, ALCM Visiting Professor in Music and Multimedia David Burnand BMus, MA

Graduate Destinations Composition graduates have produced commissions for opera, orchestra, TV and film, including the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Cleveland and Chicago Symphony Orchestras, BBC Proms, London Sinfonietta, Ensemble Modern and Ensemble Intercontemporain.

Composition for Screen alumni are working throughout the industry in both Hollywood and the UK, and hold numerous accolades including BAFTA Awards, Grammy Awards, Golden Globe Awards and Academy Awards (Oscars).

Selected Alumni Malcolm Arnold Benjamin Britten Anne Dudley Gustav Holst Andrew Lloyd Webber Anna Meredith Barrington Pheloung Michael Tippett Mark-Anthony Turnage Ralph Vaughan Williams

On Twitter “What I’ve found at the RCM has surpassed my expectations – professional quality studios, world class players, and access to invaluable mentors and guest artists (Hans Zimmer, Mel Wesson, Eric Whitacre). Beyond the resources, I’ve found an incredibly welcoming and collaborative atmosphere between the students, with many friends eager to record for me and hungry for new projects.”

Michael Ladouceur postgraduate composer for screen

Inspiring, thoughtprovoking & entertaining masterclass with @EricWhitacre at @RCMLatest Especially loved the graphic score sketching tips!

Amazing evening #HogarthsStages @RCMLatest Extraordinarily talented composers, librettists and performers.

Congrats to all.

Bravo @teteateteopera and @RCMLatest fabulous show for the Hogarth! Proof that modern opera can be exciting!

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Conducting From contemporary composition to large symphony orchestra repertoire, recording sessions to rehearsals and concerts, our conducting students are involved in all aspects of RCM musical life. And with visiting conductors in recent years including Bernard Haitink, Vladimir Jurowski, Sir Roger Norrington and Vladimir Ashkenazy, there is the opportunity to learn at first hand from the experience of some of the world’s finest musicians.

“From clear technique to inspired communication, the conductors at the RCM are taught to develop their own individuality.”

Robin O’Neill and Peter Stark Postgraduate conducting professors Get in touch at conducting@rcm.ac.uk

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Conductors at the RCM have the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills through a detailed programme of repertoire study including regular podium time with ensembles across the RCM.

RCM students have been mentored by a number of renowned visiting conductors including John Wilson, Sir Roger Norrington, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Bernard Haitink.

The two-year postgraduate course in orchestral conducting is designed to equip the aspiring conductor with the practical and theoretical skills necessary to progress in this complex and demanding discipline.

RCM students regularly rehearse and perform with RCM ensembles including the RCM Philharmonic Orchestra, RCM Symphony Orchestra and various new music ensembles. They also conduct RCM concerts in external venues including London’s Royal Festival Hall.

Students gain an all-round understanding of the artistic, psychological, practical and business issues involved in making a career as an orchestral conductor.

One unique feature of the course is the work of professors Robin O’Neill and Peter Stark, who bring different but compatible approaches to teaching from the wealth of experience they have in their own fields.

Successful students enjoy a great deal of high quality podium time including performances in their own right with full orchestra, as well as orchestral and sectional preparation for visiting international conductors.

A recent student-led project included a concert featuring the music of Varèse, Bartók and Stravinsky, including the Symphonies of Winds.

“By studying with both Peter Stark and Robin O’Neill I am improving my conducting skills and working on different styles, symphonic works, opera and vocal repertoire. The RCM also offers you the possibility to work with composition students and conduct the premiere of their new works for ensemble.”

Asier Puga postgraduate conductor

www.rcm.ac.uk/conducting Brett Dean

Undergraduate Professor of Conducting Natalia Luis-Bassa Postgraduate Professors of Conducting Robin O’Neill Peter Stark Recent Visiting Conductors Vladimir Ashkenazy Brett Dean Bernard Haitink Vladimir Jurowski Sir Roger Norrington Jac van Steen John Wilson

Graduate Destinations Conducting graduates are currently enjoying success across the music world including: Andrew Gourlay as Principal Guest Conductor of the Orquesta Sinfonica de Castilla y Léon; Rui Pinheiro as Principal Conductor of Orquestra Classica do Sui in Portugal; Graham Ross as Director of Music and Fellow of Clare College Cambridge and co-founder and Principal Conductor of The Dmitri Ensemble; Thomas Blunt as Erste Kapellmeister at Konzert Theater Bern; and John Wilson, who rose to public acclaim in 2009 after his appearance at the BBC Proms with his own John Wilson Orchestra.

Alumni Sir Colin Davis Sir Charles Groves Sir Neville Marriner Sir Roger Norrington Leopold Stokowski

“Highlights for me have so far included watching Bernard Haitink rehearse Mahler’s Symphony no 7 and sharing a podium with Sir Roger Norrington.

The number of internationally acclaimed conductors directing projects at the RCM is impressive.”

Rowan Baker postgraduate conductor

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Historical Performance Historical Performance provides specialised training in all aspects of historically informed interpretations. Individual lessons are offered on the complete range of period instruments. A full schedule of performing opportunities includes frequent chamber projects and concerts, baroque and classical orchestral projects for both modern and period instruments and regular masterclasses.

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Recent Highlights

You will attend weekly one-to-one lessons with principal players from major period instrument orchestras as well as soloists and members of wellknown ensembles.

Recorder ensemble Block4 won two of the Ensemble Prizes in the Royal Over-Seas League Annual Music Competition, the first recorder ensemble to do so in the competition’s 64 year history.

“We encourage students to make use of all the historical resources on offer working with our outstanding professors across theory and practice, so that they are able to present the music effectively and make a meaningful contribution to the music profession.”

The department also holds regular masterclasses with distinguished visiting international musicians including Jordi Savall, Christophe Coin, Rachel Podger, Andrew Manze, Walter van Hauwe, Wilbert Hazelzet, Ketil Haugsand, Melvyn Tan and Matthew Truscott.

The RCM Baroque Chamber Ensemble travelled to Italy for performances in Frascati, as well as Rome, Bologna and Venice.

Professor Ashley Solomon Chair & Head of Historical Performance

See www.rcm.ac.uk/hp/keyfeatures for further details of historical performance classes.

Hear more from Ashley at www.rcm.ac.uk/ ashleysolomon Get in touch at historicalperformance@ rcm.ac.uk

There are outstanding research and study opportunities including an extensive collection of manuscripts and early printed editions, and a large collection of period instruments (string, wind and brass) and early keyboards housed in the RCM Library and Museum of Music.

Each year the RCM Baroque Orchestra and RCM Chamber Choir present a programme of Bach Cantatas in the RCM’s Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall.

View a selection of images from the most recent concert at www.rcm.ac.uk/hp/ highlights/bachcantatas

RCM Historical Performance students have made frequent appearances on BBC Radio 3’s In Tune programme. They have also performed at many UK festivals including the Bath International Festival and London Handel Festival, while international visits include Bolivia and the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. International collaborations include performing with the Salzburg Mozarteum in the Leipzig Thomaskirche on Good Friday and videoconference sessions have been held with the Eastman School New York, Sydney Conservatorium and the Danish Academy of Music.

The annual international Festival of Viols has featured concerts, masterclasses and lectures with visiting artists including Vittorio Ghielmi, Wieland Kuijken, Paolo Pandolfo, Fretwork and Phantasm.

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Chair & Head of Historical Performance Professor Ashley Solomon ARAM, HonRCM

Visiting Professor of Recorder Walter van Hauwe

Prince Consort Professor of Historical Performance Sir Roger Norrington CBE, FRCM

Woodwind Lisa Beznosiuk GGSM, HonRCM baroque and

Chair of Historical Performance Professor Colin Lawson MA (Oxon), MA, PhD, DMus, FRCM, FRNCM, FLCM

Ensemble in Association Florilegium Keyboard Jane Chapman BA, HonRCM, ARCM harpsichord Terence Charlston MA, MMus, FRCO, ARAM harpsichord, clavichord, continuo organ

Geoffrey Govier MMus, DMA, ARCM fortepiano Robert Woolley GRSM, ARCM harpsichord,

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Rachel Brown baroque and classical flute Julien Feltrin contemporary recorder and recorder consort

Nancy Hadden BMus, MA renaissance flute Gail Hennessy baroque and classical oboe Professor Colin Lawson MA (Oxon), MA, PhD, DMus, FRCM, FRNCM, FLCM classical clarinet

María Martínez Ayerza recorder and recorder consort Anthony Robson baroque and classical oboe Barnaby Robson classical clarinet Professor Ashley Solomon ARAM, HonRCM recorder Wouter Verschuren baroque bassoon

Strings Richard Boothby BMus viola da gamba Claire Bracher MMus viol consort coach Peter Buckoke HonRCM, ARCM baroque

Brass Susan Addison ARCM sackbuts Roger Montgomery natural horn Peter Harvey ARCM, sackbuts Paul Sharp natural trumpet David Staff cornett and natural trumpet Richard Thomas MA, BMus, LRAM, ARAM

double bass

natural trumpet

clavichord, continuo organ

Adrian Butterfield MA, ARCM baroque and classical violin

William Hunt MA violone Reiko Ichise viola da gamba Annette Isserlis ARCM, DipEd baroque and classical viola

Francis Kelly period harp Jakob Lindberg ARCM lute, archlute, theorbo and baroque guitar

Catherine Martin viola d’amore, baroque and classical violin

Pippa Macmillan historic bass Catherine Rimer MMus, GRNCM, LRAM baroque and classical cello Lucy Russell MA baroque and classical violin Richard Tunnicliffe baroque and classical cello, cello continuo

“At the RCM I have found fascinating teachers and inspiring colleagues and I sometimes can’t believe how much I have learnt in such a short time.

It has been here that I have been making contacts who will help me create a bright future as a musician and meeting the people who I will be working with after my studies.”

Mafalda Ramos undergraduate flautist

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Keyboard The RCM Keyboard Faculty provides opportunities for you to experience tuition and masterclasses in a variety of subjects including Piano, Fortepiano, Harpsichord, Piano Accompaniment, Organ and Jazz Piano. Our programmes encourage you to fulfil your own potential and enable you to specialise in a variety of areas including contemporary music and historical performance.

Recent Highlights

As a pianist, you have the opportunity to perform and have lessons on Steinway grand pianos, take part in concerto opportunities with RCM orchestras working with conductors such as Vladimir Ashkenazy and Vladimir Jurowski, and perform in venues across London and beyond.

World-renowned pianists such as András Schiff, Alfred Brendel, Emanuel Ax, Murray Perahia, Lang Lang and Mitsuko Uchida have all given masterclasses at the RCM.

“We pride ourselves in being a nurturing faculty, encouraging students to achieve their personal goals & develop the skills to be successful in today’s music profession.”

Key Features

As an organist, you have access to the RCM’s selection of instruments as well as opportunities to play and have lessons on organs outside the RCM, including at the Royal Albert Hall. RCM professors hold positions in important churches, including St Sulpice in Paris, and many organ students hold scholarships while studying, for example at Westminster Abbey or St Martin-in-the-Fields.

Professor Vanessa Latarche Head of Keyboard & Chair of International Keyboard Studies Hear more from Vanessa at www.rcm.ac.uk/ vanessalatarche Get in touch at keyboard@rcm.ac.uk

As a harpsichordist, you are offered individual tuition on a range of outstanding early instruments and many opportunities are provided to study in the RCM Museum of Music. There are also extensive continuo opportunities with soloists, chamber ensembles and the Baroque Orchestra.

Find out more • Key features of the keyboard course: www.rcm.ac.uk/keyboard/keyfeatures • Historical keyboard studies: www.rcm.ac.uk/hp • Postgraduate piano accompaniment: www.rcm.ac.uk/accompaniment

Watch a masterclass with renowned pianist András Schiff who visited the RCM to work with leading pianists in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall. www.rcm.ac.uk/andrasschiff

Recent concerto performances by RCM students have included Chopin’s Piano Concerto no 2 conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy, Mozart’s Piano Concerto in C minor conducted by Sir Roger Norrington, and Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto no 1 conducted by Martin André.

RCM pianists regularly win prizes at major international competitions. Recent examples include first prizes at the Honens International Piano Competition, Sheepdrove Intercollegiate Piano Competition, Nordic International Piano Competition, Louisiana International Piano Competition and Jaques Samuel Intercollegiate Piano Competition.

RCM pianists are also enjoying positions as BBC Young Musician 2014, BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, City Music Foundation artist and Young Classical Artist Trust artist.

Alumni Celebrated RCM alumni include: pianists Malcolm Binns, Ian Brown, Megumi Fujita, Peter Jablonski, Andrei Korobeinikov, Piers Lane, John Lenehan, Malcolm Martineau, Alexander Romanovsky, Howard Shelley, Kathryn Stott and Melvyn Tan; harpsichordists Jane Chapman and Sophie Yates; and organists Nicholas Danby, Peter Hurford, Nicholas Kynaston, Wayne Marshall, Jane Parker-Smith, Gordon Stewart, Thomas Trotter and Jane Watts.

www.rcm.ac.uk/keyboard

Head of Keyboard & Chair of International Keyboard Studies Professor Vanessa Latarche FRCM, HonARAM,

Prince Consort Professor of Piano Accompaniment Roger Vignoles BA, MusB, FRCM, HonRAM

FTCL, LRAM, ARCM

Deputy Head of Keyboard Ian Jones BMus, FRCM, ARCM, DipRCM Head of Keyboard Technical Services Chris Moulton HonRCM Senior Keyboard Technician Andrew Mountain-Pike Visiting Professors of Piano Barry Douglas OBE, FRCM John Lill CBE, HonDMus, HonDSc, FRCM, FTCL, FLCM

Professors of Piano Accompaniment Andrew Ball BA, FRCM John Blakely BA, HonRCM, ARAM, ARCO Elizabeth Burley ARCM, orchestral piano specialist Nigel Clayton BMus, ARCM Julian Jacobson MA, GRSM, ARCM Simon Lepper MA, LRAM, DipRAM, ARAM Kathron Sturrock ARCM Jazz Piano Michael Moran GRSM, ARCM Prince Consort Professor of Organ Dame Gillian Weir DBE, HonDMus, HonFRCO, FRCM

Chair of Advanced Piano Professor Dimitri Alexeev FRCM, Postgraduate Dip (Moscow Conservatoire)

Professors of Piano Professor Dimitri Alexeev FRCM, Postgraduate Dip (Moscow Conservatoire)

Andrew Ball BA, FRCM John Blakely BA (Oxon), HonRCM, ARAM, ARCO John Byrne Dip (Moscow Conservatoire), ARCM, ARAM, DipRAM, GRNCM, PPRNCM Nigel Clayton BMus, ARCM Gordon Fergus-Thompson FRCM Norma Fisher FRNCM Sofya Gulyak MPerfRCM, DipRCM Niel Immelman FRCM Julian Jacobson MA, GRSM, ARCM Emily Jeffrey BA(Hons), ARCM, DipRCM, ASCM Ian Jones BMus, FRCM, ARCM, DipRCM Professor Vanessa Latarche FRCM, HonARAM, FTCL, LRAM, ARCM Leon McCawley BMus (Curtis Institute), ARCM Hons Ruth Nye Perf Dip (Melbourne), FRCM Dina Parakhina Masters Diploma, Postgraduate Diploma (Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire) Edna Stern Solisten Dip (Basel) Kathron Sturrock ARCM Ashley Wass BMus, PGDip, ARAM Andrew Zolinsky DipRCM (Performance), DipRCM (Teaching)

Professors of Organ Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin Deux PREMIER PRIX in interpretation, improvisation, harmony, counterpoint (CNSMDP), improvisation specialist David Graham BMus, ARCM, ARCO, professor in charge of organ and improvisation specialist Margaret Phillips FRCO, GRSM, ARCM

Supporting Studies Andrew McCrea BMus, MMus, ARCM, ARCO Visiting Professor of Harpsichord Kenneth Gilbert FRCM Professors of Harpsichord Jane Chapman BA, HonRCM, ARCM Terence Charlston MMus, MA, FRCO, ARAM Wouter Verschuren GRSM, ARCM Visiting Professor of Fortepiano David Owen Norris MA, FRAM, FRCO Professor of Fortepiano Geoffrey Govier MFA, MMus, DMA, GRSM, ARCM, LTCL

“Exciting performance opportunities in breath-taking venues, impressive masterclasses, creative workshops, and chances to meet amazing people and make important connections – this is a small part of what I benefit from while studying here. I can hardly imagine my life without being part of such a great school.”

Dinara Klinton postgraduate pianist

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Percussion The Percussion Faculty currently boasts more than 25 former students in the UK’s leading orchestras. Although the backbone of our teaching still has a clear orchestral bias, today’s training covers all aspects of percussion activity, enabling you to enter the profession equipped with the musical tools of the trade.

Recent Highlights

In September 2015 the RCM Percussion Faculty moves to a brand new purpose-built percussion suite. The soundproofed suite will include a bespoke studio room and seven practice/teaching rooms. All rooms will have play-back facilities and most rooms will have computer terminals.

Our annual Festival of Percussion has attracted visits from Gavin Harrison, Stewart Copeland, Pete Lockett, John Riley, Peter Erskine, O Duo, Graham Johns, Nick Would and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and BBC Symphony Orchestra timpani and percussion sections, as well as representatives from leading percussion ensembles.

“The ethos of the RCM Percussion Faculty is centred on recognising what the profession needs and aspiring to equip students with those essential skills.”

Key Features

Each term, students participate in regular faculty performance classes, repertoire classes with players from the London Symphony Orchestra and BBC Symphony Orchestra and masterclasses with distinguished visiting international musicians.

At undergraduate level, first and second year students receive timpani and percussion lessons as well as regular lessons on solo marimba, jazz vibraphone, Latin percussion and drum kit.

David Hockings Head of Percussion Hear more from David at www.rcm.ac.uk/ davidhockings Get in touch at percussion@rcm.ac.uk

At postgraduate level, the RCM also offers a specialist solo marimba programme. Recent guest teachers have included She-e Wu, Michael Burritt, Eric Sammut, Nancy Zeltsman and Jasmin Kolberg. Visit www.rcm.ac.uk/marimba for details.

RCM students travelled to Florence with Serge Vuille, while the RCM’s own percussion quartet PERC’M performed in Basel with David Hockings.

Students also undertook a UK tour with regular visitor She-e Wu. View photos of RCM percussionists in action when they were joined by renowned marimba player She-e Wu. www.rcm.ac.uk/percussion/highlights/sheewu

Many of the Percussion Faculty staff hold principal positions in major orchestras including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

“I wanted to benefit from the sheer range of instruments taught, as well as from the external tutors coming in to teach anything from Nigerian Bata drumming to American Drumline. This diversity means that you are sure to become a well-rounded percussionist at the RCM.” Stefan Beckett undergraduate percussionist

Many high-profile percussionists have given masterclasses at the RCM, including Peter Erskine, Colin Currie, percussionists from the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Pius Cheung, David Friedman, Paolo Cimmino, Eric Sammut, O Duo, Chris Lamb, Ian Thomas, and 18 times world pipe band champion Jim Kilpatrick, who has trained our very own American drumline the ‘Redhocks’.

www.rcm.ac.uk/percussion

Head of Percussion David Hockings FRCM, ARCM Timpani Matt Perry MA, DipRCM Andrew Smith LRAM, ARCM Adrian Bending ARAM Percussion Alex Neal GRSM(Hons), DipRCM Michael Skinner HonRCM, BSc(Hons), FRSA Serge Vuille Sam Walton BMus(Hons), LRAM, ARAM Jazz Vibraphone Anthony Kerr Drum Kit Ralph Salmins AGSM Latin Percussion Hugh Wilkinson BMus(Hons) Marimba Daniella Ganeva LGSM

“The Percussion Faculty is a perpetual hub of masterclasses, rehearsals, practice, ensemble work and lessons and there is never a quiet moment! The expert teaching of orchestral percussion, timpani, Latin percussion, drum kit, marimba and jazz vibraphone at the RCM is astounding and I feel incredibly lucky to have such brilliant teachers.�

Kizzy Brooks undergraduate percussionist

On Twitter Heading down to @RCMLatest for the Festival of Percussion today, looking forward to seeing Gavin Harrison and @ralphsalmins play!

Great day @RCMLatest today for the festival of percussion day, great to see some great young musicians coming through

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Strings The String Faculty offers unlimited chamber coaching with international quartets and chamber musicians, performances with conductors such as Bernard Haitink and Vladimir Jurowski, and, of course, lessons with the leading international professors.

No matter which area of performance you choose, we’ll help you be the best.

Key Features

Recent Highlights

At the heart of your RCM experience is one-toone lessons with world-class professors, whose students have a proven record of competition and professional success.

String students have benefited from RCM masterclasses with world-renowned players such as Pinchas Zukerman, Nicola Benedetti, Alina Ibragimova, Lawrence Power, Maxim Rysanov, Johannes Goritzki, Julian Lloyd Webber, Joel Quarrington, Marisa Robles and John Williams.

“Be part of the vibrant musical family that is the String Faculty.

Tap into creativity and be transformed as a musician.”

Students form their own chamber groups and benefit from the RCM’s unique unlimited coaching programme. Groups can also work with the RCM’s Quartet in Association (the Sacconi Quartet) and tap into our unique String Quartet Collective programme, which brings international chamber musicians to the RCM.

Mark Messenger Head of Strings

Students are offered an unparalleled orchestral experience that includes the opportunity to perform with renowned international conductors and instrumental directors.

Hear more from Mark at www.rcm.ac.uk/ markmessenger Get in touch at strings@rcm.ac.uk

For violinists, violists and cellists, you can work with professional accompanists to help develop duo skills. There are also specially tailored ensemble opportunities with expert practitioners for double bass, harp and guitar students.

Our on-site workshop and luthier provide maintenance and repair services, as well as rehair facilities and practical advice.

Recent concerto performances by RCM students have included Dvorˇák’s Cello Concerto, Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor and Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto no 1.

The RCM String Orchestra and members of the String Faculty have performed at leading London venues including Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields and Cadogan Hall.

RCM students have won awards at international competitions including the Dutch Harp Competition, Cavatina Intercollegiate String Quartet Competition, The Arts Club Karl Jenkins Classical Music Award, Long Thibaud Crespin Competition, Mirecourt International Violin Competition, Worshipful Company of Musicians, Ivor Mairants Guitar Competition and Uppsala International Guitar Festival in Sweden.

Head of Strings Mark Messenger FRCM, LRAM, ARAM Watch a masterclass with award-winning violinist Nicola Benedetti, who visited the RCM to work with students in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall. www.rcm.ac.uk/nicolabenedetti

Assistant Head of Strings Gary Ryan GRSMHons, LRAM, LGSMHons, HonARAM

Quartet in Association Sacconi Quartet Piano Trio in Association Trio Apaches Resident Luthier David Hume AGSM Consultant Luthier Charles Beare HonRCM International Artist in Residence Alina Ibragimova

www.rcm.ac.uk/strings

Violin Felix Andrievsky FRCM, Dip and Dip Solo Performance (Gnessin Musical Institute) Radu Blidar LMD Natalia Boyarsky Dip and Dip Solo Performance (Gnessin Musical Institute) Michal Cwizewicz DipRCM

Detlef Hahn Lutsia Ibragimova Leonid Kerbel Rubin Academy (Tel Aviv) Berent Korfker Gabrielle Lester Adrian Levine ARAM, FRSA Natalia Lomeiko BMus Mark Messenger FRCM, LRAM, ARAM Susie Mészáros Madeleine Mitchell MMus (Eastman USA), GRSM, ARCM, FRSA

Maciej Rakowski MA, Dip Solo Performance Itzhak Rashkovsky MMus, BMus, FRCM Jan Repko Daniel Rowland Sasha Rozhdestvensky Ani Schnarch ARCM, Artist DipHons

Violoncello Alastair Blayden DipRCM (perf), DipRCM (teaching) Alexander Boyarsky Dip and Dip Solo Performance (Gnessin Musical Institute), HonRCM

Thomas Carroll Alexander Chaushian Natalie Clein Hélène Dautry Richard Lester Alice Neary Melissa Phelps ARCM Amanda Truelove ARCM, DipRCM (perf), Konzertexamen Diplom (Dusseldorf)

Double Bass Peter Buckoke HonRCM, ARCM Caroline Emery GTCL, LTCL, CertEd, HonRCM Anthony Hougham LTCL, GTCL Gabriele Ragghianti Enno Senft DipMus (Cologne/Vienna) Neil Tarlton Harp Daphne Boden ARCM, FRCM, HonARAM,

(Tel Aviv Music Academy)

Premier Prix (Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles), FRSA

Yuri Zhislin DipHons, ARCM Yossi Zivoni FRCM, FRNCM

Ieuan Jones DipRCM Rachel Masters ARCM

Jazz Violin/Viola Christian Garrick International Chair of Viola Jennifer Stumm

Guitar Carlos Bonell HonRCM Charles Ramirez ARCM Gary Ryan GRSMHons, LRAM, LGSMHons, HonARAM Chris Stell

International Artist in Residence Maxim Rysanov

Professor of Jazz Guitar Milton Mermikides

Viola Jonathan Barritt Ida Bryhn Ian Jewel ARCM, HonARAM Susie Mészáros Simon Rowland-Jones Andriy Viytovych Concert Artists Diploma

Visiting Professors Peter Herresthal contemporary string music, violin Lewis Kaplan BS, MS (The Julliard School) violin Vasko Vassilev (leader, orchestra of the Royal Opera

Prince Consort Professor of Cello & International Artist in Residence Johannes Goritzki

House) violin

Paul Ellison double bass Marisa Robles harp John Williams guitar

Alumni Belcea Quartet Julian Bream Chilingirian Quartet Natalie Clein Daniel Hope Alina Ibragimova Claire Jones Julian Lloyd Webber Simon Rowland-Jones Sasha Rozhdestvensky Kevin Rundel Sacconi Quartet John Williams

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Woodwind The RCM Woodwind Faculty boasts an unrivalled roster of professors, who combine careers as eminent performers and passionately dedicated teachers. There are opportunities to play as a soloist and in orchestras and ensembles from the moment you enter the RCM as a first year undergraduate, right through to graduation.

Recent Highlights

At the heart of your RCM experience is one-toone lessons with world-class professors, many of whom are principal players in major orchestras as well as being soloists and members of well-known ensembles.

Recent concerto performances by RCM students have included Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto, Ibert’s Flute Concerto, Ivan Fedele’s Clarinet Concerto and Mendelssohn’s Concert Piece for Clarinet and Basset Horn.

Your schedule will include regular orchestral repertoire classes, solo performance classes, group instrumental classes taken by all the RCM professors for your instrument, and chamber coaching. You will also attend regular faculty masterclasses with distinguished visiting international musicians. Recent visitors have included Sir James Galway, Jacques Tys, Emer McDonough, Arno Bornkamp, Maximiliano Martín and Ole Kristian Dahl.

RCM woodwind students have participated in orchestral performances inside and outside the RCM with internationally respected conductors such as Bernard Haitink, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Vladimir Jurowski and Sir Roger Norrington.

“A fundamental part of my role is to provide a supportive and challenging environment. I want to encourage students to find their own voice on their instrument.”

Key Features

Simon Channing Head of Woodwind Hear more from Simon at www.rcm.ac.uk/ simonchanning Get in touch at woodwind@rcm.ac.uk

“I made the decision to continue my studies at the Royal College of Music because of its world class Woodwind Faculty, its community of talented students from all over the world, and the unique opportunities it provides.

Since beginning my studies, the RCM has delivered all of this and more!”

Dakota Martin postgraduate flautist

RCM students have given chamber music performances at Southbank Centre in association with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

RCM woodwind musicians have regularly won prizes at major international competitions including the Stockholm International Music Competition and Royal Over-Seas League Competition. Three out of the four woodwind finalists in the 2014 Royal Over-Seas League Competition were current or recent RCM students, including the winner, saxophonist Huw Wiggin.

Alumni Celebrated RCM alumni include: flautist Sir James Galway; oboists Evelyn Barbirolli and Leon Goossens; clarinettists Michael Collins, Dame Thea King, Gervase de Peyer and Frederick Thurston; bassoonists Roger Birnstingl and Archie Camden; and saxophonists John Harle and Amy Dickson.

www.rcm.ac.uk/woodwind

Head of Woodwind Simon Channing BA, ARCM, HonRCM Visiting Professor of Flute Adam Walker Flute Katie Bedford BMus, PGDip (RCM) Simon Channing BA, ARCM, HonRCM Gareth Davies PGDip Susan Milan FRCM Daniel Pailthorpe BA, LRAM Sue Thomas DipRAM, BMus, PPRNCM, GRNCM Jazz Flute Andy Panayi Piccolo (Second or Related Study only) Stewart McIlwham Kathleen Stevenson Baroque Flute Lisa Beznosiuk HonRCM, GGSM Rachel Brown

Baroque and Classical Oboe Gail Hennessy Anthony Robson Clarinet Michael Colins FRCM, HonRAM Peter Davis BA, LRAM, ARCM Robert Hill ARCM, ARAM Janet Hilton FRCM, ARMCM Richard Hosford ARCM, DipRCM (perf) Timothy Lines ARCM, DipRCM Barnaby Robson AGSM E Flat Clarinet (Second or Related Study only) Peter Davis BA, ARCM, LRAM Timothy Lines ARCM, DipRCM Bass Clarinet (Second or Related Study only) Michael Harris ARCM, FRCM Paul Richards GRSM Classical Clarinet Professor Colin Lawson MA (Oxon), MA, PhD, DMus, FRCM, FRNCM, FLCM

Visiting Professor of Recorder Walter van Hauwe Recorder Julien Feltrin MMus María Martínez Ayerza BMus, MMus, ARAM Professor Ashley Solomon ARAM, HonRCM Prince Consort Professor of Oboe Jacques Tys Oboe John Anderson ARCM, FRCM Gareth Hulse MA, ARCM David Theodore FRAM, FGSM Fabien Thouand MMus Rosie Jenkins BMus, LRAM, PGDip oboe reed-making consultant

Cor Anglais (Second or Related Study only) Jane Marshall AGSM Christine Pendrill

Saxophone Kyle Horch BMus, MMus, HonRCM Martin Robertson ARCM, DipRCM Bassoon Joost Bosdijk BMus (Royal Conservatoire, The Hague) Sarah Burnett MA, DipRAM, LRAM Andrea di Flammineis Martin Gatt HonFGSM, ARCM, FRCM Robin Kennard ARCM, AGSM Julie Price GRNCM, PPRNCM Stuart Russell BMus, LRAM, PGDip bassoon reed-making consultant Wouter Verschuren baroque bassoon

Contrabassoon (Second or Related Study only) Martin Field ARAM

“The RCM’s Woodwind Faculty has such an encouraging atmosphere and a real understanding of individual needs and possible career pathways. With so many different performances across the musical spectrum, there is something for everyone.”

Todd Gibson-Cornish undergraduate bassoonist

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Vocal Studies

Incorporating the RCM International Opera School The Vocal Faculty provides RCM singers with a unique training programme that is both innovative and highly relevant. Responding to a flexible and ever-changing artistic landscape, the faculty equips emerging artists with all the vocal and interpretative skills required for a successful singing career. The RCM’s reputation for producing outstanding international vocal artists is unsurpassed.

Recent Highlights

As a member of the RCM Vocal Faculty you will receive extensive one-to-one tuition with members of our internationally acclaimed team of vocal professors and repertoire and operatic coaches.

Comprehensive class provision includes lessons in art song, oratorio, stagecraft, acting, movement, and language coaching with specialist providers.

RCM singers consistently win major prizes at international singing competitions including BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, the Kathleen Ferrier Awards, Royal Over-Seas League Singing Competition, Maggie Teyte Competition and Cesti International Singing Competition.

“In the RCM Vocal Faculty we foster a supportive environment which encourages individual excellence and self-expression.”

Key Features

Nicholas Sears Head of Vocal Studies

There are opportunities to take part in the faculty’s international masterclass series, and in regular collaborations with the RCM Composition Faculty and Historical Performance Department.

Hear more from Nicholas at www.rcm.ac.uk/ nicholassears

The faculty presents three fully-staged operatic productions per year, including one in collaboration with the London Handel Festival conducted by Laurence Cummings, which are attended by international press and agents. In addition, the faculty presents fully-staged and costumed opera scenes in the exquisite Britten Theatre as well as a number of individually tailored vocal and artistic projects led by outstanding artists and innovative practitioners.

Get in touch at vocalstudies@rcm.ac.uk

There are numerous opportunities for external work provided by our extensive contacts within the music business, with additional engagements provided by the RCM’s renowned Woodhouse Professional Development Centre.

Watch a masterclass with renowned mezzo soprano Sarah Connolly who visited the RCM to work with students in the Britten Theatre. www.rcm.ac.uk/sarahconnolly

RCM graduates regularly progress onto internationally renowned young artist programmes including: Houston Grand Opera Studio, Bayerische Staatsoper Opera Studio, Frankfurt Opera Ensemble, Theater an der Wien, Jette Parker ROH, Jardin de Voix, Opera National du Rhin, ENO Harewood Young Artists and the National Opera School.

RCM singers frequently perform principal roles on the world’s greatest operatic stages including the Royal Opera House, English National Opera, Glyndebourne, Theater an der Wien, Deutsche Opera, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Opera Bastille and the Metropolitan Opera New York.

Recent visiting artists giving masterclasses at the RCM include: Sir Thomas Allen, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Gerald Finley, Simon Keenlyside, Sarah Connolly, Sir John Tomlinson, Dame Anne Evans, Christine Brewer, Barry Banks, Patricia Bardon, Susan Bullock, Dame Ann Murray, Lawrence Zazzo, Rosemary Joshua, Sarah Walker, Edith Wiens and Roderick Williams.

Recent directors for operatic productions, scenes and projects include: John Copley, Paul Curran, Jo Davies, David Fielding, Lee Blakely, Jean-Claude Auvray, James Conway, Liam Steele, Tim Carroll, Donald Maxwell, Iain Burnside, Bill Bankes-Jones, Alessandro Talevi and Stephen Fry. Members of the RCM International Opera School also have the opportunity to participate in workshops with significant members of the opera world. Recent workshops have involved baritone Alessandro Corbelli, Director of Opera at the Royal Opera House Kasper Holten, Baden State Theatre’s Mikhail Fikhtengoltz, and ENO’s Sophie Joyce and John McMurray.

www.rcm.ac.uk/vocal

Roderick Williams

Head of Vocal Studies Nicholas Sears MA, FRCM Prince Consort Professor of Singing Sarah Walker CBE Professors Graeme Broadbent DipRCM, Diplomé, DipPG (Moscow Conservatoire)

Sally Burgess ARCM, FRCM Roderick Earle MA Tim Evans-Jones Eiddwen Harrhy FWCMD, ARNCM, FRSA, FRCM Dinah Harris ARCM Janis Kelly FRCM, DRSAMD Justin Lavender AGSM Rosa Mannion BA Stephen Roberts GRSM, ARCM Amanda Roocroft FRNCM, FUCLAN, HonDA, GRNCM, PGRNCM

Patricia Rozario OBE, BA, AGSM, FRCM Peter Savidge MA Lucy Schaufer Brindley Sherratt Russell Smythe FRCM, AGSM Jeffrey Stewart AGSM Mark Tucker MA, DipGSM Lawrence Zazzo BA (Yale), MA, DipRCM Repertoire Classes Sally Burgess FRCM, ARCM performance class Patrizia Dina BA Italian Eiddwen Harrhy FRCM, FRWCMD, FRSA oratorio & English song

Richard Jackson MA Lieder & French Norbert Meyn FHEA, LGSM, Diplom Gesang Solo (HfM) Lieder

Stephen Roberts GRSM, ARCM oratorio & English song

Andrew Robinson Lieder & French song Patricia Rozario OBE, BA, AGSM, FRCM song repertoire

Stephen Varcoe MA, PhD English song Roger Vignoles BA, MusB, FRCM, HonRCM, ARCM song repertoire & duos

Speech and Language Classes Gerhard Gall German Daniele Guerra ARCM Italian Christine Legge speech Johanna Mayr MagPhil, DipTrans, MCIL German Sonja Nerdrum HonRCM French Paola Quaglia Italian Vocal Repertoire Coaching John Blakely BA, HonRCM, ARAM, ARCO John Fraser BMus, ARCM Christopher Glynn MA, ARAM, ARCO Simon Lepper MA, LRAM, DipRAM, ARAM Gary Matthewman BMus(Hons), PGDip(RCM) Christopher Middleton GGSM Andrew Robinson DipRCM Stephen Varcoe MA, PhD Stephen Wilder GRSM, ARCM Movement Kate Flatt RBC, TTCDip movement co-ordinator Desirée Kongerød Marishka Tharani Stagecraft and Acting Lucy Schaufer BMusEd, MMus Tom Fahy Sebastian Harcombe

Selected Alumni Sir Thomas Allen Sophie Bevan Alfie Boe Sarah-Jane Brandon Sarah Connolly Dame Anne Evans Gerald Finley Ruby Hughes Jacques Imbrailo Neil Jenkins Ben Johnson Jennifer Johnson Della Jones Dame Gwyneth Jones Rosemary Joshua Jonathan Lemalu Pumeza Matshikiza Vuyani Mlinde Sir Peter Pears Dame Joan Sutherland Camilla Tilling Sarah Walker Elizabeth Watts Lawrence Zazzo

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www.rcm.ac.uk/operaschool

RCM International Opera School The RCM International Opera School is one of the world’s leading training centres for opera. It presents three fully-staged operatic productions a year, including one in collaboration with the London Handel Festival, which are attended by international press and agents. Many of our students move straight into young artist schemes at the world’s leading opera houses, or directly into fully fledged careers.

Director of Opera Michael Rosewell FRCM Assistant Director of Opera Christopher Middleton “The Opera School offers operatic training at the highest level for performers from around the globe, and many of the world’s leading singers have passed through our doors.”

Michael Rosewell Director of Opera Get in touch at opera@rcm.ac.uk

Head of Vocal Faculty Nicholas Sears MA, FRCM Visiting Professor Dame Kiri Te Kanawa DBE, HonDMus Vocal Faculty and Opera School Manager Ann Somerville Production Manager and Technical Director Paul Tucker Costume Supervisor Jools Osborne Music Staff John Constable formerly Royal Opera music staff and international coach Laurence Cummings Musical Director, London Handel Society, Music Director of the Göttingen Handel Festival Lionel Friend formerly Senior Staff Conductor for English National Opera, Music Director of British Youth Opera David Gowland Director of the Royal Opera Jette Parker Young Artists Programme Philip Headlam conductor and opera coach Richard Hetherington vocal consultant to the Royal Opera Jette Parker Young Artists Programme Miah Im LA Opera Jonathan Kenny early music specialist Roy Laughlin international opera coach Michael Lloyd formerly Staff Conductor, English National Opera Christopher Middleton formerly Royal Opera music staff

Natalie Murray formerly Welsh National Opera music staff

Martin Pacey vocal coach, English National Opera Michael Pollock international opera coach, formerly Welsh National Opera

Peter Robinson National Opera Studio/Royal Opera House Jette Parker Young Artists Programme and formerly Artistic Director, British Youth Opera Michael Rosewell Music Director, English Touring Opera, and formerly Vienna State Opera and National Theatre Mannheim music staff Peter Selwyn conductor and coach, formerly Royal Opera and Bayreuth music staff and Head of Music, Nuremberg Opera Philip Sunderland conductor and opera coach David Syrus Head of Music Staff, Royal Opera Roger Vignoles international accompanist and vocal coach

Alec Crowe Language Coaches Maria Cleva, Isabella Radcliffe, Paola Quaglia Italian Norbert Meyn, Hildburg Williams German Michel Vallat French Movement Kate Flatt RBS, TTCDip movement co-ordinator Desirée Kongerød Stagecraft and Acting James Bonas John Copley CBE Sebastian Harcombe Find out more about vocal and opera performance opportunities at the RCM on pages 12, 46 and 47.

“This highly professional production by the Royal College of Music brought appropriate and unstinting vibrancy to the stage, not only in the costumes and sets, but also on the part of the student singers.”

Curtis Rogers, Classical Source on ‘La vie parisienne’

www.rcm.ac.uk/courses

Academic Programmes Your development as a performer or composer lies at the heart of our academic programmes. We have shaped these in ways that allow scope for both flexibility and specialisation, to help you to find your place within the contemporary profession of music.

Your experience of studying at the RCM will be transformative and will help you emerge as a versatile, innovative and inspiring artist.

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Undergraduate Programmes The Bachelor of Music BMus(Hons) degree lies at the heart of the RCM’s undergraduate programmes. We also offer a range of Experience Programmes and a BSc in Physics and Musical Performance. Study at undergraduate level balances training in solo, chamber and orchestral performance with critical enquiry into music past and present, the study of music in context, contemporary cultures and a range of courses developing practical and applied skills.

Bachelor of Music: BMus(Hons) A flexible four-year programme with a focus on Principal Study, alongside faculty activities and a mix of core and optional courses.

“An undergraduate programme at the Royal College of Music gives you the creativity and skills to begin planning and developing a sustainable career in music.”

Richard Wistreich Director of Research

Principal Study You will have weekly lessons on your Principal Study (your main instrument, voice or composition).

There are also opportunities to study instruments related to your Principal Study (e.g. jazz trumpet for trumpeters, baroque flute for flautists). Second Study tuition in a different Principal Study area is offered to suitable applicants (auditions are held when you begin your BMus) and students with an exceptionally high level of ability in two areas may follow Joint Principal Studies.

Faculty Activities Faculty-based activities include regular performance classes, orchestral training, chamber music and duo coaching, language classes (singers), music technology (composers) and improvisation (organists). Masterclasses and workshops are offered in all areas, including historical instruments, and the RCM Chorus performs each year.

Course Modules In the first two years of the BMus, all students take a series of core modules, led by a team of Area Leaders, and cover historical and stylistic studies, aural and practical musicianship, music education, Alexander Technique and wellbeing for musicians.

In years 3 and 4 a comprehensive range of options allows you to specialise in individual areas of interest and expertise, taking advantage of the unique curriculum resources offered by the RCM Studios, RCM Sparks and RCM Centre for Performance Science.

Exchange Opportunities As part of your RCM studies, there are exchange opportunities to study abroad with leading international conservatoires. Undergraduate students can spend all or part of their third year on exchange in the USA or Australia, and students often study in Europe for a term in their third or fourth year.

Your Degree At the end of the programme, graduating students are awarded the internationally recognised BMus(Hons) degree under the RCM’s own Royal Charter.

Find out more Further details of our undergraduate programmes are available online at www.rcm.ac.uk/ undergraduate including a full list of modules and the learning, teaching and assessment involved.

www.rcm.ac.uk/courses Nicola Benedetti

Deputy Head of Undergraduate Programmes Dr Anastasia Belina-Johnson BMus, BMus(Hons), PhD Area Leader for Practical Musicianship & Stylistic Studies David Graham BMus, ARCM, ARCO Area Leader for Music History Dr Wiebke Thormählen BMus, MMus, MA, PhD, PGDip, LTCL

Area Leader for Aural Miranda Francis BMus, MA, LRAM, ARCM, ARAM, PGCE

Area Leader for Alexander Technique Peter Buckoke HonRCM, ARCM

BSc(Hons) in Physics and Music Performance A four-year programme taught jointly with Imperial College London and combining advanced performance training and related musical studies with all the components of an honours degree in physics.

See page 63 for the application procedure or visit www.imperial.ac.uk/ugprospectus.

Experience Programmes in London The RCM runs a number of programmes for those who have already achieved a high standard and want to widen their musical experience: ap Year Experience Programmes: for • G talented young musicians who want to take a gap year before starting an undergraduate programme elsewhere unior Year or Semester Experience • J Programmes: for overseas students who want to experience studying and living in London during their junior year Each programme is arranged on an individual basis.

Find out more at www.rcm.ac.uk/experienceprogrammes.

“Picking a college for my undergraduate studies was a very daunting task, with a wealth of excellent music schools to choose from. Today, I am privileged to say that I study at one of the best.”

Bertram Wee undergraduate composer

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Masters Programmes The RCM’s Masters programmes in Performance, Composition and Composition for Screen have a strong emphasis on one-to-one tuition on your Principal Study instrument, but also offer a wide variety of options to enable you to shape your studies individually. The MSc in Performance Science offers performers and researchers the chance to develop a deep understanding of the science of musical performance.

The RCM offers Masters programmes in the following areas: • Brass • Conducting • Keyboard (including Contemporary Piano and Piano Accompaniment/Repetiteur) • Percussion (including Solo Marimba) • Strings • Voice • Woodwind • Composition and Composition for Screen • Performance Science The RCM’s Masters programmes are highly flexible. The Master of Performance (MPerf), Master of Composition (MComp) and Master of Music (MMus) programmes can be taken over two years full-time or three years part-time. The MMus in Performance and in Composition can exceptionally be taken fast-track in one calendar year, subject to approval from the head of faculty and programme leader. The MSc programme can be taken in one calendar year full-time or two years part-time.

MPerf, MComp & MMus Our Masters programmes are designed to prepare you for the music profession. They encourage you to explore cutting-edge musical practices, develop your creative personality as a musician, and benefit from our highly distinguished and experienced team of professors.

Who are they for?

Our MPerf or MMus in Performance are for instrumentalists, conductors and singers.

Our MComp or MMus in Composition are for composers and composers for screen.

The MPerf and MComp programmes offer concentrated professional training to higher level musicians preparing to enter the profession. The MMus programme additionally offers research training alongside performance or composition skills. It is an ideal base for higher level musicians wishing to pursue doctoral research and/or academic teaching within the music profession.

About the Programmes All students take part in a number of facultybased classes and activities (see the individual faculty pages for more information). Students also choose from a wide range of options, such as ensemble performance, orchestral performance, historical performance, conducting, concert craft, composition for screen, orchestration, pop song writing, participatory music education, new media, musicians’ health and wellbeing, and the psychology of performance.

MMus students also prepare a critical portfolio in the research areas of Composition, Composition for Screen, Musicology/Performance Practice or Performance Science, and an independent research project, applying knowledge and experience informed and shaped by practical and theoretical considerations.

Further details are available online at www.rcm.ac.uk/mastersprogrammes.

www.rcm.ac.uk/courses

MSc in Performance Science This programme enables you to develop a robust understanding of the science of musical performance. Drawing on the expertise and facilities of the RCM Centre for Performance Science, you will gain the critical and analytical skills necessary to conduct high quality practical work and independent research in this field.

Who is it for?

The programme benefits anyone who is motivated to gain a scientific understanding of how music is performed, taught, created and perceived, including performers and educators aiming to progress their current careers through continuing professional development. It is an ideal base for those wishing to pursue doctoral research and/or teaching in performance science, music psychology or musicians’ health, or in any area in which knowledge of psychology and social scientific methods and techniques would be an advantage.

About the Programme The programme challenges students to examine the physical and mental demands of practising and playing in real-world performance, educational and professional contexts through taught modules on Performance Psychology, Performance Education, Performance Health and Wellbeing, as well as the Performing Research modules designed to help you keep abreast of the latest developments and research methods.

You will complete an independent research project, applying knowledge and experience informed and shaped by practical, theoretical and ethical considerations.

Further details are available online at www.rcm.ac.uk/msc.

Other Awards The Post Graduate Diploma (PGDip) can be awarded to instrumentalists, conductors, singers and composers who have completed one year of a two-year full-time Masters programme.

The Graduate Diploma for Vocal Performance is offered to Non-EU and UK/EU vocal students, as a bridge to postgraduate study, for those who do not have a degree in music, or come from a non-conservatoire environment.

Head of Postgraduate Programmes Dr Natasha Loges BMus, MMus, PhD

“Our Masters programmes are designed to prepare you for the music profession.

They encourage you to develop your creative personality as a musician, and to benefit from our highly distinguished and experienced team of professors.”

Richard Wistreich Director of Research

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Post-Masters Programmes For students who have already attained Masters level, our range of post-Masters programmes offer the opportunity for in-depth study. Our Artist Diploma is for performers and composers who want to develop their art at the highest level, while our DMus and PhD programmes are for performers, composers and researchers who wish to engage in practice-based research within the RCM’s unique inspirational environment.

Artist Diploma These courses represent the highest level of taught postgraduate study.

Who are they for?

They are aimed at musicians wishing to hone their skills by working intensively on particular areas of their artistic development, and are offered to students who have already demonstrated a high level of ability at Masters level.

The Artist Diploma focuses on one-to-one provision and practical project work tailored to your particular career aspirations. The RCM offers Artist Diplomas in the following areas: • • • •

Opera Performance Chamber Music Composition

About the Programmes The Artist Diploma in Opera is designed for students with the potential to become professional operatic singers. The programme is rich in individual and class provision as well as performance opportunities in operatic scenes and fully-staged operatic productions. Most classbased postgraduate vocal study takes place within the RCM International Opera School.

In addition to two sets of opera scenes in the Spring and Summer Terms, three fully-staged productions are mounted annually.

Operatic repertoire is chosen to cater for the specific needs of singers studying on the Artist Diploma in Opera, although Masters students are frequently invited to audition for roles in the RCM’s critically acclaimed opera productions.

The Artist Diploma in Performance is designed for students who wish to work intensively on solo performance as a prelude to entering the music profession. It provides time for preparation of concerts, recitals and competitions under the guidance of the RCM’s staff and instrumental faculty specialists.

The Artist Diploma in Chamber Music offers the opportunity for a pre-formed chamber ensemble to engage in one year of concentrated study.

The programme encourages the development of ensemble skills and repertoire knowledge through a variety of different disciplines, both traditional and more exploratory, including focused repertoire study, improvisation, harmonic and structural awareness.

The Artist Diploma in Composition is designed for students wishing to work intensively on the technique and practice of composition as a prelude to professional activity as a composer.

It provides time for concentrated study with a Principal Study composition teacher or teachers, and enables sustained focus on one or more specific projects leading to final examination in the form of a portfolio submission of work.

Find out more about the Artist Diplomas at www.rcm.ac.uk/artistdiploma.

www.rcm.ac.uk/courses

Research Degrees The RCM research community currently includes approximately 50 doctoral research students working in all of its key areas. The RCM’s doctoral awards are specialist research degrees that particularly encourage research in the areas of performance, composition, musicology and performance science.

This programme can be taken over three to four years full-time, or five to six years part-time.

DMus or PhD The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) research degree focuses on musicological and scientific approaches to performance and composition. You will submit a written dissertation of between 80,000 and 100,000 words, which may include supporting practical work if appropriate to the topic.

The Doctor of Music (DMus) research degree is aimed at outstanding performers and composers who wish to explore research questions arising directly from their artistic practice. You will submit a substantial portfolio of practical work in performance or composition and write an extended commentary of between 20,000 and 50,000 words, contextualising your research. It is possible during the degree to move between PhD and DMus depending on how your individual research project evolves.

About the Programme As a doctoral student, you will work with at least two supervisors in addition to attending group tutorials and seminars relevant to your particular area of research. In addition, you will be expected to take an active role within the research life of the Royal College of Music.

To be admitted onto the programme, you will normally need to have a good Masters degree, the ability to demonstrate a close familiarity with existing theoretical and practical aspects of your topic area, a developed awareness of fundamental research skills, and some ability to design and define a viable project. There should also be a good match between your intended project and the expertise of staff at the RCM. If you are interested in pursuing your research interests at the RCM, please contact Dr Natasha Loges, who leads the doctoral degrees programme at researchdegrees@rcm.ac.uk.

For more information about research at the RCM, see page 59 or visit www.rcm.ac.uk/research.

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Research The RCM’s approach to preparing students for the future is based on the idea that successful musicians need to be more than just superb performers — they have to be knowledgeable and reflective as well, with a real sense of how their music fits into the wider world around them.

For this reason, ‘research’ – defined as ‘the process of enquiry leading to new knowledge, effectively shared’ – is embedded at every level of the educational programmes of the Royal College of Music.

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Research at the RCM The Royal College of Music is one of the world’s leading conservatoires, with a strong commitment to and bold vision for research and innovation across both theory and practice. Many of the teachers that students encounter are themselves internationally-recognised for their academic and artistic research and the RCM has an enviable reputation as a crucible for musical experimentation and innovation.

The RCM has a dynamic and mixed community of researchers engaged in both pure and applied research, as well as aspects of professional practice. This diversity of work is grouped under three general thematic banners: “Our research community is a crucible for innovation and enquiry offering unparalleled resources for trying out ideas in practice, and where no aspect of musical creation or its impact on others is off-limits for asking probing questions.”

Richard Wistreich Director of Research Find out more at www.rcm.ac.uk/ research Get in touch at researchdegrees@ rcm.ac.uk

• Contemporary Musics – including performance and composition • Performance, Practices and Sources – including musicology, editions and performance practice • Performance Science – including music psychology, music and health, and education These priorities bring together theory and practice to encourage innovation and creativity, and generate a stimulating environment for all staff and students.

The RCM is fortunate to have on its staff many internationally excellent researchers in the fields of composition, performance, musicology and music science, who publish and perform their work internationally; they also constitute a rich pool of supervisory support for the RCM’s thriving doctoral research programme. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework exercise, 73% of the RCM’s research was judged to be either world-leading or internationally excellent – a higher percentage than any other London conservatoire.

A recent RCM research project involved the re-enactment of a 1913 recording of Beethoven’s Symphony no 5. Find out more at www.rcm.ac.uk/beethovenproject.

Contemporary Musics Professors and doctoral students of the RCM’s Composition Faculty work together with performers from across the RCM. Drawing on its state-of-the-art studio facilities, the RCM is an incubator for new artistic work, developed within an environment that values enquiry and practical experiment. Our composers work across a very wide range of genres and media, from acoustic formats (both large and small) to soundtracks for film and television, orchestral to electronica, opera to installation art.

Composer-performer Collaborations RCM performers are well known for their work in contemporary music of all kinds, including collaborative practice with composers from all over the world. In turn, RCM composers with significant track records in rethinking, transforming and recasting the genres of Western Art music work in direct collaboration and interaction with performers and ensembles at the highest artistic level.

Interaction with New Media and Technological Innovation The RCM Studios have encouraged extensive research into the creative potential of new music technologies, and in particular how new tools can facilitate innovative creative uses. The RCM is renowned for its pioneering engagement with the processes of electro-acoustic music from artistic, technical and aesthetic perspectives and continues to help develop new work, including in the fields of video and online applications.

www.rcm.ac.uk/research

Performance, Practices and Sources Many researchers at the RCM are concerned with the ways in which historical and theoretical aspects of musical scholarship can both inform and be elucidated by music-making. From the recovery of historical instruments and technique, and the cultural and social contexts of music-making, to the reconstruction of musical sources for contemporary performances, RCM musicologists embed their work in musical practice.

The RCM’s own magnificent collections of important manuscripts, printed music, historic instruments, concert programmes, photographs and paintings, complement the unrivalled wealth of materials available to scholars in other collections in London that enable and inspire research.

RCM researchers work in a variety of specialised fields, including:

Historical Performance Practice The RCM has a strong reputation for reinterpreting the past for the present through high-level practical exploration, whether in concerts or recordings.

Many RCM professors are performer-researchers working from historical sources including instruments, manuscripts and early printed editions, treatises, or historical accounts in order to invigorate and illuminate practice.

Music-making: Past, Present and Future As a complement to our outstanding collections, RCM researchers interrogate the business of instrument building, music publishing and editing, listeners’ experiences of music, and of concert programming and recording. This burgeoning area of research into current trends in the music profession links directly with the RCM’s Woodhouse Professional Development Centre.

Performance Science The Centre for Performance Science is the engine for empirical research at the RCM, equipped with a state-of-the-art performance laboratory. It delivers research projects that intersect directly with issues relevant to performing musicians, as demonstrated by its close links with the institution’s undergraduate and postgraduate programmes (including the MSc in Performance Science). Ongoing activities fall into the following areas: Psychological and physiological sciences of music, focusing on ways in which musicians engage, and come to engage more effectively, and the vast array of physical and mental skills required during practice and performance.

Developmental and educational sciences of music, encompassing the study of music perception and production throughout the life span, and providing a deeper understanding of processes that underpin music learning, teaching, listening, creating and performing.

Social and cultural sciences of music: engaging with the fundamentally social nature of music creation, education and reception, as well as the social, cultural and economic role of performing in society.

If you are interested in undertaking a research degree at the RCM, please see page 55 for more information.

“I’m particularly interested in research pertaining to music performance anxiety (MPA), in particular the applied psychophysiology of MPA, which is the main focus of my PhD. I can say that the biggest pleasure I derive from my research is working with music students who are incredibly passionate and curious.”

Lisa Aufegger doctoral student in performance science

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Watch a short video of performer-researcher Randall Scotting as he sources, edits and performs from rare manuscripts from the RCM collections. w ww.rcm.ac.uk/ randall

Research Environment

Resources

The RCM’s research environment is internationally distinctive due to its longstanding connections with the music profession, the many leading musicians on its staff and its long tradition of high-level scholarly enquiry.

RCM researchers are supported with an outstanding infrastructure of support staff and resources. The RCM’s internationally significant special collections are housed chiefly in the RCM Library and Museum of Music. These materials form the most wide-ranging and substantial research resource relating to the history of music held by a UK conservatoire.

Life at the RCM is permeated with activity in performance and composition that represents professional practice at the highest level. The presence of a large, talented community of practitioners provides one of our most valued research assets.

Research at the RCM is multifaceted and multidisciplinary, embedded within an environment in which ideas are tested across the boundaries of arts and science, theory and practice. Moreover, the research context is wholly collegiate: staff, students and visiting practitioners and scholars discuss and debate research with fervour, often leading to collaborative projects and outputs.

The RCM Studios are equipped with the latest audio, video and composition technologies.

Additionally, portable video-conferencing equipment is frequently used to facilitate research collaborations and events with partners around the world.

The RCM Centre for Performance Science runs a performance laboratory, which includes its distinctive Performance Simulator and is complete with hardware and software for conducting a wide range of empirical research.

More information For information on the research degree programmes on offer, see page 55 or visit www.rcm.ac.uk/research to find out more.

www.rcm.ac.uk/apply

How to Apply This section takes you through what you need to think about when applying to the RCM. Full information on entry criteria, audition requirements, deadlines, fees and the online application procedure is available at www.rcm.ac.uk/apply.

If you can’t find the answer to your question here or online please contact us on 020 7591 4362 or at admissions@rcm.ac.uk and we’ll be very pleased to hear from you.

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Open Days and Tours

Can’t wait for Open Day? Visit our YouTube channel for a taste of some of the musical activities taking place both onstage and behind the scenes at the RCM every day. www.youtube.com/ rcmlondon

Our prospectus and website will tell you everything you need to know about studying at the RCM, but the best way to discover what life is truly like here is to visit us.

Join us each spring for our free annual Open Day, designed to give prospective students, parents and teachers the chance to ‘access all areas’ and experience all kinds of live music, introductions to the faculties, and a wide range of open lessons and rehearsals. The day starts at 11.00am and we encourage you to come from the start.

Our 2015 Open Day is on Wednesday 29 April.

For more information on Open Day, see www.rcm.ac.uk/openday.

If you can’t come to Open Day, you may like to consider a personal tour.

Tours are held throughout term time except in examination weeks, and must be booked in advance. They usually last an hour and precede or follow one of our regular lunchtime concerts.

The tour telephone booking number is +44 (0)20 7591 4867/4310. There is no charge for tours, but places are subject to availability.

Regular tour days are: • Tuesdays 2.00pm – 3.00pm: You can also attend the regular Tuesday lunchtime chamber concert at 1.05pm before a tour.

• Thursdays 12.00pm – 1.00pm: You can also attend the regular Thursday lunchtime chamber concert at 1.05pm after a tour.

www.rcm.ac.uk/apply

Applying to the RCM

In most cases applications to study at the RCM at undergraduate and postgraduate level should be made online through UCAS Conservatoires at www.ucas.com/conservatoires.

Applying through UCAS Conservatoires UCAS Conservatoires (formerly known as CUKAS) is an online application system that allows you to apply simultaneously to all of the conservatoires that are members of Conservatoires UK. You can track your application, find out when your audition is and get the results of your audition all on UCAS Conservatoires. You can also pay your application and audition fees, and confirm your decisions online.

You can submit your application for entry in 2016 to UCAS Conservatoires from July 2015. The closing date for auditions varies, please visit www.rcm.ac.uk/apply/howtoapply for up-to-date details.

Direct Applications For the BSc in Physics and Musical Performance you must apply to Imperial College London through the main UCAS system (www.ucas.com).

Auditions are held in late November/December and February and the programme is only available to instrumentalists and composers. Please visit the Imperial College website at www.imperial.ac.uk for more information.

For Doctoral Studies you must apply directly to the RCM. The application deadline is 31 January for admission the following September. Please visit www.rcm.ac.uk/doctoral for full guidance on the recruitment procedure.

For the Artist Diploma in Chamber Music you must apply directly to the RCM. The application deadline is 5 January for admission the following September. Please visit www.rcm.ac.uk/ applychambermusic for full guidance on the recruitment procedure.

Application and Audition Fees The following application and audition fees must be paid when making your online application. The fee covers the cost of administering your audition/ interview and is non-returnable: • Auditions in London or by recording: £100 for single study with or without a second study; £160 for joint principal study or alternative study • Auditions in the USA: £150 • Auditions in Asia: £100 (except Japan: £190) • Applications for Doctoral studies: £100 • Applications for MSc studies: £50 • Applications for Composition and Composition for Screen: £115 Please note: applications via UCAS Conservatoires incur an additional £16 administration fee. Late applications are subject to an additional fee of £10. Fees are correct at the time of going to print. Please see our website for the most up-to-date fees information.

Minimum Entry Requirements Visit www.rcm.ac.uk/entryrequirements for full details of our entry requirements for Undergraduate and Postgraduate Programmes.

If your first language is not English, you must achieve a satisfactory standard in an approved test in English. Full details are available online.

Useful contact details UCAS Conservatoires applicant helpline: 0371 468 0470 +44 (0)330 333 0232 (from overseas) RCM admissions: +44 (0)20 7591 4362 admissions@rcm.ac.uk

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Auditions

Useful links www.rcm.ac.uk/ auditionpieces International Applicants Please visit the following webpages for up-to-date details of audition dates and venues overseas: www.rcm.ac.uk/japan www.rcm.ac.uk/southkorea www.rcm.ac.uk/china www.rcm.ac.uk/hongkong www.rcm.ac.uk/usa

The RCM holds auditions in London, the USA (New York) and Asia (including Seoul, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing and Singapore). Please check the website for the latest details.

London auditions will be held in late November/ December, although a small number of auditions may be held in February if places are still available.

Auditions/interviews last approximately 15–20 minutes. For some instruments and for voice you may be asked to perform at a second audition on the same day.

The RCM issues a list of prescribed audition pieces. Performers may also be asked to undertake a short sight-reading exercise, and in some cases asked to play scales, arpeggios or other technical exercises.

For full details of audition pieces, please visit www.rcm.ac.uk/auditionpieces. In this section you will also find details of special requirements for specific instruments, artists and for applicants applying for Masters programmes, Composition and Composition for Screen, and Conducting.

Composers are considered for entry primarily on the basis of their portfolio of compositions. Only shortlisted applicants are invited for interview.

Auditions by Recording for International Applicants The RCM prefers you to audition in person, but international applicants from outside the European Union may submit a recording of their performance in lieu of a live audition, unless they are conductors, repetiteurs, opera singers, organists, percussionists or lute applicants. Applicants who are auditioned by recording cannot normally be considered for RCM scholarships.

If you wish to be auditioned by recording, please complete the online application through UCAS Conservatoires by 1 October 2015.

Once you have submitted your online application please see www.rcm.ac.uk/apply/auditions/ recording for full details of how to submit your recording. Recordings must be submitted by 31 October 2015.

What Happens Next?

Offers are made to successful applicants via UCAS Conservatoires, which shows details of the programme offered with any conditions. The RCM aims to inform applicants of the outcome of the audition as soon after the audition period as possible. Applicants being offered scholarships will receive notification directly from the RCM. To ensure we can reach you by mail, email or telephone (including over the Christmas period), it is important that you keep your contact details up-to-date on UCAS Conservatoires. Successful applicants who have accepted offers of places will then be contacted during the summer about Registration and Induction Week.

Consultation Lessons If you are offered a place by the RCM and would welcome guidance about your choice of professor, please contact the relevant head of faculty at the RCM who will be happy to advise (see pages 30–48 for faculty information).

There is normally a charge of £70 for a consultation lesson (but this may vary), which is conducted in the professor’s own time. This charge is payable directly to the professor.

Masters Programme in Composition for Screen The RCM offers online consultation lessons for prospective applicants for this course, and to those who are reapplying. Further details are available from Vasco Hexel, Area Leader in Postgraduate Composition for Screen, at vasco.hexel@rcm.ac.uk.

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Money Matters

Funding your Studies

Scholarships

Study at a world-class conservatoire can be expensive, but the RCM can offer you a wealth of support to enable you to finance your studies.

The RCM is able to support some students with scholarships thanks to the generosity of charitable trusts, companies, businesses, individual members of the public and legacies.

The most talented students have all their fees covered by scholarships and almost half of students receive some financial support from the RCM. A small number of grants are also available to help with unexpected study costs throughout the year.

Once at the RCM, all students also have access to the RCM Woodhouse Professional Development Centre, whose dedicated team offers a wide range of free services, from help with filling in application forms to finding paid employment.

As for London itself, there is plenty to be enjoyed on a budget. Much of the city’s vibrant cultural scene is free or inexpensive, including the many beautiful open spaces, art galleries and world famous museums. Many lunchtime concerts and theatre matinees are free or sold at a reduced price. Students can also take advantage of special discounts offered by many of the capital’s shops and restaurants, including the local independent music retailer, Kensington Chimes.

Visit www.rcm.ac.uk/moneymatters for further advice about funding your studies.

Tuition Fees Tuition fees are revised annually so please check the website at www.rcm.ac.uk/moneymatters for the latest information. An up-to-date full list of fees for all programmes can be found there.

As a guide, key fees for 2015/16 were:

BMus

£9,000

£20,850

MPerf/MMus/MComp

£9,700

£21,400

MMus (fast-track)

UK/EU

Non EU

£12,500

£26,800

MSc

£6,100

£15,000

ArtDip in Performance

£9,700

£21,400

DMus/PhD

£6,100

£14,350

£10,280

£21,900

£11,800

£22,900

Graduate Diploma/ Masters Programme in Vocal Performance ArtDip in Opera

Any student who auditions in person for a place at the RCM will automatically be considered for a scholarship or study award. You do not need to complete a separate application to be considered for this. Scholarships are offered purely on the merits of your performance at your audition. If you are offered a scholarship or study award you will receive a letter confirming this following your offer of a place.

US Federal Loans The RCM is designated as an eligible institution for American students to apply for US Federal Student Loans or for deferment of payment on an existing US Student Loan. For more detailed information visit www.rcm.ac.uk/usloans.

Non-EU Students If you are an overseas student, it is essential that you have the means to pay your fees and living expenses for the duration of your course before leaving your own country. Minimum living expenses are estimated at more than £9,000 – most students spend approximately £11,000 per year on living costs. There may be some grants and awards available in your home country for study abroad. Consult your local British Council representative for details.

Other Sources of Financial Assistance You can find a comprehensive guide to funding and scholarships at the RCM at www.rcm.ac.uk/ moneymatters including advice for UK/EU and international students, a list of key external funding organisations and helpful tips on how to approach them.

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Application Checklist Decided the Royal College of Music is the place for you?

Make sure your application runs smoothly by following our simple checklist below.

Have you...

Been to an Open Day or tour, or visited the RCM website, www.rcm.ac.uk, and found out all you need to know about your faculty and programme of study?

Checked that you meet the entry requirements?

Visit www.rcm.ac.uk/entryrequirements for details.

Submitted your application? Remembered to check whether you need to apply via UCAS Conservatoires or another method – see page 63 for details.

If you have any other queries about the application process please visit www.rcm.ac.uk/apply or contact the RCM on +44 (0)20 7591 4362 or via admissions@rcm.ac.uk.

Good luck with your application!

We hope to see you in September 2016.

Paid your application and audition fees online?

See page 63 for details.

Made a note of your audition date and time (available on UCAS Conservatoires) and checked www.rcm.ac.uk/auditionpieces for details of your audition pieces?

Impressed us with a great audition?

International students may submit a recording if you can’t attend in person – see page 64 for details.

Checked our website www.rcm.ac.uk/ moneymatters for up-to-date information on our tuition fees and secured the necessary funding? Help and advice on financial matters can also be found online.

Accepted your offer via UCAS Conservatoires?

You may also wish to book a consultation lesson to discuss your choice of professor – see page 64 for details.

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