Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

🧙‍♀️🎭 Continues tonight at The Crescent Theatre - The Crucible by Arthur Miller 🎭🧙‍♀️

📍Fri 5 - Sat 6 Dec, Crescent Theatre

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⭐️🎶 Last week, Visiting Professor Richard Ayres worked closely with our Composition Department students and the Thallein New Music Ensemble. The week culminated with an amazing concert inspired by Ayres' 'Islands' 🎶⭐️

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🎶🎭 Last few tickets remain for @royalbirmcons.bsky.social Opera Scenes, opening tonight! 🎭🎶

Featuring scenes from operas by Monteverdi, Gluck, Dove, Mozart, Messager, Strauss, Berlioz, Sullivan and Zemlinsky.

📍 Thu 20 - Sat 22 Nov

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📸 Greg Milner

YouTube video by Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Juliet - Crafting a Legacy - FULL DOCUMENTARY

🎬⭐️ Juliet - Crafting a Legacy documentary is now live! ⭐️🎬

This documentary tells the story of the creation of the new ‘Juliet’ organ and the profound role it has in inspiring a new generation of musicians at the heart of the local community.

🎬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH3P...

🎶✨ Neel & Friends - Live at Bangla Month ✨🎶

Neel & Friends reimagine Bengali classics and share stunning originals that speak of migration, memory, and joy. Crafted for a room that wants to listen deeply, feel fully, and sing along.

📍 Sat 29 Nov, 6.30pm

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Poster for the Philip Jones International Brass Ensemble Competition, including an image of a brass instrument bell, and the timetable for the competition. All information included is available at: https://pjbe.org/

Poster for the Philip Jones International Brass Ensemble Competition, including images of the Jury, and details of the prizes - all information included is available at: https://pjbe.org/

Brass quintets aged 18-30 can apply to take part in the Philip Jones International Brass Ensemble Competition, 13-18 July 2026 at @royalbirmcons.bsky.social. With prizes of up to £6,000, find out more and apply by 1 March 2026 here: pjbe.org

🎼🎶 Shostakovich and his World @ RBC, Mon 10 - Fri 14 Nov 🎶🎼

50 years after his death, join us for a week-long exploration of the chamber music of Dmitri Shostakovich as well as composers who were influenced by his music.

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Doctoral Landscape Awards The AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award is a major new funding scheme from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). Its aim is to grow the UK’s capacity for doctoral research in the arts and humanit...

Folks, just letting you know about some new funded PhDs ops at @royalbirmcons.bsky.social @mybcu.bsky.social

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🎶🕺 @royalbirmcons.bsky.social Banda Brasileira @ Hockley Social Club this November! 🕺🎶

📍 Fri 14 Nov, 7pm @ Hockley Social Club

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✨⭐️ Hear from RBC's Principal Stephen Maddock about last Friday's concert! If you were there too, we'd love to know what you thought! ⭐️✨

"Congratulations to all 80+ members of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra for a thrilling concert with Michael Seal tonight!"

📸 Stephen Maddock

🎭⏳ Time and the Conways opens tonight! ⏳🎭 "There's a great devil in the universe, and we call it time." Do we have the power to change our destiny?

📍Thu 16 - Sat 18 Oct @ Crescent Theatre
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🏡🎭 Continuing today at the Crescent Theatre - Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris 🎭🏡

Examining race and ownership, Clybourne Park is a “troublingly funny” portrayal of conflict.

📍 Fri 10 - Sat 11 Oct, Crescent Theatre
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📸 Greg Milner Photography

💃 Opening tonight at The Crescent Theatre - The Art of Success! 💃 Set in 18th-century London, witness the events of 10 years in one riotous night, recounting the explosive rise of the artist William Hogarth.

📸 Kirkpatrick Photography
📍 Thu 9 - Sat 11 Oct
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🎷 Don't miss: FREE Thursday lunchtime jazz! 🎷

Featuring: Joe Noble piano, Macy Wright (pictured) bass, Freddie Dal drums

📍Thu 2 Oct, 1.05pm

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🎭 Our monthly alumni round-up is here! 🎶

Find out what our talented @royalbirmcons.bsky.social graduates have been up to this month! 👇

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⭐️🎭 RBC Acting's autumn season is on sale now! 🎭⭐️

🏠 Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris
🍷 The Art of Success by Nick Dear
Thu 9 - Sat 11 Oct, Crescent Theatre

⏳ Time and the Conways by JB Priestley
Thu 16 - Sat 18 Oct, Crescent Theatre

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📸 Kirkpatrick Photography

⭐️📚 Meet the @royalbirmcons.bsky.social leadership team - Head of Historical Performance, Senior Lecturer and Instrument Curator, Martin Perkins! 📚⭐️ www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoir...

🎶🩰 @royalbirmcons.bsky.social alumnus, Ed Hilton, has been appointed Principal Bass Trombone at The Royal Ballet Sinfonia, the orchestra of Birmingham Royal Ballet! 🩰🎶

🔗 Read more: www.brb.org.uk/profile/edwa...

‘Sonic heritage and environmental change on England’s East Coast, 1718-present', also involves the
@ox.ac.uk, @manmetuni.bsky.social and @nationaltrust.org.uk

The study will cover three key sites: the Aldeburgh coast, the Northumberland coast, and Seaton Delaval.

BCU and @royalbirmcons.bsky.social has been awarded £1.4 million to help preserve the sounds of England’s East Coast! 🏖️

Lecturer in Music, Dr Joanna Bullivant, has been succesful in UKRI's Future Leader Fellowship scheme.

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🎶🏆 Congratulations to recent @royalbirmcons.bsky.social graduates, Archie McVicar (tuba, 2024) and Ollie Plant (trombone, 2023), who have won places on the @lporchestra.bsky.social Foyle Future Firsts programme for 25-26! 🏆🎶 lpo.org.uk/project/foyl...

⭐️ Hear from @stephenmaddock.bsky.social at the start of the new academic year! Featuring: @royalbirmcons.bsky.social's new students, National Student Survey results, an uplift in ticket sales, and a big thanks RBC's loyal audiences for supporting our students ⭐️

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🎭 Our monthly alumni round-up is here! 🎶

Find out what our talented @royalbirmcons.bsky.social graduates have been up to this month! 👇

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We're thrilled to back in Birmingham's wonderful @royalbirmcons.bsky.social on Sat 31st Jan!

Tickets: www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoir...

How glorious to see & hear Judith Weir’s gorgeous 2000 song cycle woman.life.song transformed into a chamber opera by Birmingham Opera. Great staging, singing, playing & conducting (Alpesh Chauhan), with lots of past & present musicians from @royalbirmcons.bsky.social & @thecbso.bsky.social involved

✨😆 A Laugh Supreme with Daman Bamrah and Katie Norris 😆✨ Hosted by Alex Milner, this show sees comedians Daman Bamrah and Katie Norris join top-ranking jazz musicians from RBC.

📍 Fri 19 Sep, 7pm
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🎶 Shining a spotlight on Birmingham's artists 🎶

Brothers Olly and BMus (Hons) Jazz alumnus Elliot Sansom launch Spotlight on Birmingham, amplifying Birmingham's emerging voices, with the opportunity to apply for free workshops & interviews recorded at Sansom Studios: www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoir...

🎭 Our monthly alumni round-up is here! 🎶

Find out what our talented @royalbirmcons.bsky.social graduates have been up to this month! 👇

www.bcu.ac.uk/alumni/commu...

YouTube video by Birmingham City University Richard Tandy Production Suite and Scholarship named in his memory

See the Richard Tandy Production Suite at @royalbirmcons.bsky.social suite here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPH_...

(L-R) Martin Smith, Dave Scott-Morgan, Stephen Maddock

Richard Tandy Production Suite

Richard Tandy Production Suite

(L-R) Martin Smith, Dave Scott-Morgan, Matt O'Malley

The memory of Electric Light Orchestra’s (ELO) keyboardist is being honoured with the opening of a new production suite at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.

Richard Tandy, who died at the age of 76 in April 2024, also has a scholarship established in his name.

Read more 👉 shorturl.at/MnbPn