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THE RCM IS WHERE YOU WILL MAKE THE TRANSITION FROM STUDENT TO ARTIST. JP Jennings, Master of Performance

02 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 OF MUSIC 03 TOP 10 07 09 REASONS TO ACCESS OUTSTANDING FACILITIES TAILOR YOUR STUDIES From magnificent performance spaces to state-of-the-art We are the only conservatoire to award our own accommodation, a brand-new museum and outstanding degrees right up to doctoral level, meaning you can STUDY AT THE digital resources, our excellent facilities are at your disposal. create a bespoke course to suit your aspirations. We are continually investing in our campus and our More ROYAL COLLEGE Music Campaign has transformed and expanded our OF MUSIC facilities for our students. 08 10 GAIN PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE ENGAGE WITH WORLD-LEADING RESEARCH Our Creative Careers Centre offers a wealth of opportunities The RCM is renowned for its cutting-edge research, to develop your skills, perform at prestigious events and take which informs our teaching and can help you develop music into the wider community. fully as an artist.

01 04 PERFORM AND PERFECT EXPERIENCE DIGITAL INNOVATION RCM students are invited to perform in venues across Our virtual learning environment and innovative facilities and further afield with world-leading conductors make the RCM a world leader in the use of digital and artists, and composers can hear their works brought technologies, developing your technical skills to prepare to life by RCM musicians. you for a successful career.

02 05 LEARN WITH EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSORS JOIN OUR INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY Our dedicated and experienced professors are at the The RCM is a truly global conservatoire. Our students forefront of their fields, and many are principal players and staff come from every corner of the world to create a with London’s major orchestras and ensembles. friendly, exciting and diverse hub of music-making, allowing you to build contacts with musicians from around the globe.

03 06 PREPARE FOR YOUR FUTURE BE INSPIRED BY OUR LOCATION Follow in the footsteps of the world’s leading musicians – Situated in the heart of London and standing proudly our students have gone on to enjoy successful international opposite the , the RCM’s location is careers for more than 135 years. the envy of the musical world.

04 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 05 CONTENTS

LIFE AT THE RCM FACULTIES

08 Welcome to the RCM 40 Brass 10 Performance Opportunities 42 Composition 14 Learning & Development 44 16 Prepare for Your Future 46 Historical Performance 18 RCM Graduates 48 Keyboard 22 Our Location 50 Percussion 24 Studying in London 52 Strings 26 Accommodation 54 Woodwind 28 Student Support 56 Vocal & 29 RCM Students’ Union 58 RCM Opera Studio 30 Our Campus & Facilities 60 RCM Professors 34 Global Opportunities www.rcm.ac.uk/faculties 36 Scholarships

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PROGRAMMES HOW TO APPLY OF STUDY

70 Undergraduate Programmes 82 How to Get in Touch 72 Masters Programmes 83 Visit Us 76 Artist Diplomas 84 Applying & Auditions 78 Research Programmes 86 Fees & Funding

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06 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC 07 WELCOME TO THE RCM

The Royal College of Music is one of the world’s greatest conservatoires. Ranked the top institution for performing arts in the UK for six consecutive years (QS World University Rankings 2016–2021) and no.1 in Europe in 2020 and 2021, we welcome staff and students from all over the world bringing exceptional talent, creativity and inspiration.

The musical opportunities you will discover here are Your career aspirations are important to us and we will give breathtaking. We hold hundreds of events each year you the guidance you need to feel confident in navigating across our magnificent performance spaces and at external the professional landscape. In a recent Higher Education venues. Two new state-of-the-art performance spaces were Statistics Agency survey (2020), of the RCM alumni who completed at the RCM in 2020, as well as new facilities graduated in 2018, 94% of survey respondents had moved for learning and collaboration. Our rich digital learning into employment or further study 15 months after graduating. environment has expanded the experience of our students, who can access greater communication with their professors We are proud of our heritage as a conservatoire that and peers via learn.rcm, our virtual learning platform. has nurtured some of the most exceptional musical talent over more than 135 years, but we also seek to push the Here at the RCM we support you as an artist. Our boundaries of music as leaders in digital innovation. professors represent the best international talent and We know that the global partnerships that enrich life are committed to nurturing you through your studies. As at the RCM are integral to our progress as an institution. an RCM musician you will be encouraged to develop by Our students are the heart of what we do and we are exploring the research behind music in practice, and will committed to supporting you as you embark on your be well placed to do so, as we were named the London journey at the College and beyond. conservatoire with the highest percentage of world-leading research in the latest Research Excellence Framework (2014). Professor , Director CBE, MA (Oxon), MA, PhD, DMus, FRCM, FRNCM, We are also dedicated to preparing you for life after FLCM, HonRAM graduation. Our Creative Careers Centre gives you access to a wealth of job opportunities and can also offer training in the transferable skills and digital practices that will help you build a successful career – plus, you can access advice and support for up to five years after you graduate.

08 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC 09 We have several large ensembles in addition to our main CHAMBER MUSIC PERFORMANCE orchestras, and composers can hear their works performed You can perform solo and chamber works in our many by fellow musicians too. Solo opportunities are numerous, chamber music and song series, and all students are able to with many concert slots available each week, and students OPPORTUNITIES apply to take part in these lunchtime and rush-hour concerts. are actively encouraged and supported to form chamber There are also opportunities to play at venues across groups to help broaden their repertoire further. London and beyond, including , Cadogan Performance experience is at the heart of what we offer Hall, Southbank Centre, the Royal Albert Hall’s Elgar Room, RCM ENSEMBLES Victoria and Albert Museum and local churches including students at the Royal College of Music. Your studies will The RCM Symphony Orchestra is frequently joined by some St James’s Piccadilly and St Mary Abbots, . of the world’s greatest conductors and artists, with students be filled with opportunities to take part in our events on Visiting ensembles, including the Harlem Quartet and offered remote sessions as well as in-person performance Sacconi Quartet, provide further opportunities to play opportunities. Guest artists have included Martyn Brabbins, campus and beyond, including masterclasses, solo and alongside professional performers. , Sir Antonio Pappano, Rafael Payare, Jac chamber recitals to large orchestral concerts and fully van Steen, Holly Mathieson, Joana Carneiro and John Wilson. CONCERTOS AND COMPETITIONS staged . The RCM Philharmonic’s Orchestral Masterworks series The RCM runs a regular concerto competition and the provides students regular opportunities to play the core winners receive showcase performances with our ensembles. works of the orchestral repertoire. Our other ensembles Composers are also able to win the chance to have cover a wide range of genres: contemporary music with their works rehearsed and premiered by a full orchestra. RCM New Perspectives, historical performance with the In recent years pianist Viktor Maslov played Rachmaninov’s RCM Baroque Orchestra, electronic music in our From the Piano Concerto no 3 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall with the Soundhouse series, and jazz and swing with the RCM RCM Symphony Orchestra; while at the RCM Timothy Edlin Swing Band and RCM Big Band. RCM conductors also sang Mussorgsky’s Songs and Dances of Death, Maja have the opportunity to lead rehearsals and concerts Horvat played Szymanowski’s Violin Concerto no 1, and with our ensembles throughout the year, and we have Ashby Mayes performed Weber’s Bassoon Concerto. close relationships with all the London orchestras, with many offering side-by-side opportunities. Our students are often part of innovative and groundbreaking projects: in 2020 this included performances with the Chineke! Orchestra and being part of virtual events such

Image left as Andrea Bocelli’s Believe in Christmas concert. Our Students perform Elizabeth Maconchy’s String faculties also run competitions for a wide range of soloists Quartet no 5 for our online In Focus concert series and chamber ensembles.

Image below Sir performs Schoenberg’s A Survivor from Warsaw with the RCM Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Michael Rosewell

10 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC 11 OPERA PRODUCTIONS RCM composers and musicians have created music to accompany exhibitions at the Royal Academy of Arts, The Royal College of Music Opera Studio presents three the National Gallery and the Head On Festival, Sydney, fully staged opera performances each year, along with Australia. Our Great Exhibitionists series offers you the frequent opera scenes and special projects; in the last year, chance to devise your own experimental events with full our production of opera scenes was filmed on campus support and mentorship. Students can collaborate to create and streamed online. Some of the world’s most acclaimed and present unique projects that redefine what classical directors, designers and choreographers join us for these music means today. productions, providing a professional experience within a supportive environment. In addition, we present biannual fully staged productions of mini-operas written by RCM FESTIVAL ATMOSPHERE student composers. Every year we stage festivals that provide a platform for individual faculties to showcase their talents. Our Keyboard COLLABORATIONS Festival features a live-streamed marathon of performances, while Super String Sunday explores sensational string music. There are many collaborative projects at the RCM each year, Other festivals include the International Double Bass Festival, both cross-faculty and with external institutions. Principal International Guitar Day, which has included performances players from the Chamber Orchestra of Europe visit to work by and Xuefei Yang, Bassoon Day and more. and perform with students. In a groundbreaking project with Historical performance is celebrated with the two-day co-members of the Virtual Conservatoire in 2019, including International Festival of . We also host major composers actors and dancers from the London Academy of Music and in residence, with 2019/20 featuring Mark-Anthony Turnage Dramatic Art and the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, we in a series of concerts and classes. presented performances that linked performers in real time in Bristol and London in a unique rendition of the Orpheus Our Festival of Percussion provides an opportunity to myth. In 2019 students were involved in an exciting, hear and perform with the greats of the industry. Tommy connected performance between the BBC Radio Theatre Igoe was our most recent special guest and we regularly in London and Napier University, as part of the welcome percussionists from the BBC Symphony Orchestra, World Service’s Digital Planet series. London Philharmonic Orchestra and Orchestra of House.

The performance spaces available to students at the RCM are fantastic. The new Performance Hall is really impressive both aesthetically and acoustically. I have many fond memories of singing in the beautiful Britten Theatre. The production and stage teams create the most incredible sets. Image right Jessica Cale, Artist Diploma in Opera Jac van Steen conducts the RCM Symphony Orchestra

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12 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC 13 LEARNING & TEACHING AT THE RCM RESOURCES AND FACILITIES We offer an individualised approach, selecting the most The RCM is a vibrant place for learning and research, rich suitable projects and performance opportunities for each in both practical and intellectual resources. Outstanding DEVELOPMENT student’s needs. Flexible programmes allow you to shape collections of priceless musical instruments, famous your studies according to your strengths, interests and composers’ manuscripts and thousands of paintings and aspirations. Your learning will combine intensive one-to-one historical documents form the basis for a sweeping range Our priority is supporting you to reach your full potential tuition with faculty group classes, rehearsals, performances, of research into music in practice. The new Royal College seminars, tutorials, supervision and practical workshops, of Music Museum and the RCM Library offer exceptional as a musician, ensuring you have the resources you need and we are fully equipped for online delivery of select resources both on campus and for remote learning. modules and courses. We pride ourselves in providing to succeed in a healthy, fulfilling and sustainable career. a warm, inclusive and connected environment for learning. These resources are complemented by facilities for audio and video recording, super-fast video conferencing, Our students work in a dynamic environment that reflects technology-enhanced composition and our magnificent LEARNING THROUGH RESEARCH the breadth and vitality of the music profession. performance spaces. The Centre for Performance Science, At the RCM you will be part of a thriving research culture that a collaboration with , offers Dr Diana Salazar, Director of Programmes promotes artistic innovation, exploration and self-reflection, world-class research opportunities and expertise, as will with mentorship and support from professors and staff who the new Wolfson Centre in Music & Material Culture. are at the cutting edge of innovation in their own disciplines. Whether exploring technical challenges in the teaching MUSICAL COMMUNITY studio, experimenting in the practice room, discovering digital music-making, innovating in performance science and As a student you will become part of a strong musical education, rehearsing for your next performance or finding community where you will learn from world-leading experts, new repertoire in the magnificent RCM Library, research is engaging in dialogue and receiving feedback from visiting a vital part of your learning. professors, RCM staff and your peers. The opportunity to work together with other supremely talented musicians eager to participate in bringing to life a vast range of new and historical music will be at the heart of your experience at the RCM. Our community is invested in every student’s progress and our goal is to help you thrive during your studies and as you start your career.

What I learnt from being in such a highly collaborative environment is to treasure every opportunity, no matter how big or small, because any one of them may propel your career in the most unexpected way.

Darren Sng, Bachelor of Music (Hons)

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14 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC 15 PREPARE FOR MAKE INDUSTRY CONTACTS BUSINESS MODULES London is the centre of the UK’s classical music industry, There are modules available in our undergraduate and and the RCM is at the heart of an extraordinary professional postgraduate programmes that help you to devise and YOUR FUTURE network. You will find that there are lots of opportunities to implement projects within professional settings. You can make professional contacts in the industry. learn how to strategically develop creative ideas and marketing materials, and gain essential entrepreneurial, The Royal College of Music will help you to prepare for PARTNERSHIPS AND SIT-IN SCHEMES business and networking skills. a successful future in the profession of your choice: your Orchestral musicians can benefit from sit-in schemes with major London orchestras, including the BBC Symphony, studies here will allow you to follow a diverse array of English National Opera, Royal Philharmonic, London EDUCATION EXPERIENCE Symphony and Philharmonia orchestras. Composers can Our learning and participation programme, RCM Sparks, career paths. We have a fantastic careers service and our participate in innovative collaborative projects and hear provides exciting opportunities to: staff and professors can provide you with expert guidance. their works performed in some of London’s most prestigious venues. These schemes offer selected students the chance • Take part in specially tailored music education training. to sit in on professional rehearsals and gain invaluable experience in professional environments. • Work as a mentor or assistant in a range of educational 94% of survey respondents in settings, such as our local Music Hub, children’s centres, schools, charities and renowned arts or DEVELOP YOUR CAREER employment or further study heritage organisations. 15 months after graduating. The RCM is a world-leader in career development for musicians and is home to the RCM Creative Careers • Experience working with a wide range of ages including babies, children, families and adults. Higher Education Statistics Agency Survey (2020) Centre. We emphasise the need for students to be confident and versatile communicators, not just in their professional • Harness the expertise of a wide range of inspiring engagements, but in everything they do. Our dedicated professionals such as renowned workshop leaders team will help you to develop professionally by advising and composers. and guiding you through a range of opportunities that mirror the professional world, encouraging you to use • Experiment and learn with the support of the experienced your initiative and ensuring that you make the most of the RCM Sparks team. opportunities available to you. • Make useful contacts in the education sector to pave the way for future employment opportunities. THE CREATIVE CAREERS CENTRE OFFERS:

• Extensive professional opportunities in and around • Share ideas and passions with other musicians and the London, and beyond. wider community.

• Tailored one-to-one career sessions with members of the team and industry specialists.

• Resources, lectures and seminars on how to build a successful career.

• Guidance on self-management and self-employment, including finance.

• Careers workshops and special events.

• Popular weekly opportunities e-bulletins.

• The RCM Teaching Services, matching members of the public in London and across the globe with student-tutors — whose qualifications and visa-status enable them to teach. Image left We advise you to use these services from day one of RCM musician in a recording your course to develop your knowledge and skills, to session at Abbey Road Studios complement an outstanding CV and wealth of experience that will help shape your future career. The Creative Careers Centre provides advice and services to RCM alumni for five FIND OUT MORE years after graduation. www.rcm.ac.uk/creativecareers

16 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC 17 RCM LUKE WHITLOCK MMus in Composition, 2002 Composer, educator and producer for BBC Radio 3, GRADUATES including Lead Producer for the Diverse Composers Project & Forgotten Female Composers Project

Studying at the RCM equipped me with many of the skills For more than 135 years we have welcomed, trained I continue to use today as both composer and Lead Producer and nurtured the musicians of the future. Our extraordinary for BBC Radio 3. After graduating I worked for the RCM for three years, and I continue today to work with a great many graduates are leading successful careers throughout the of the musicians I encountered whilst I was both student and staff. I’d advise all RCM students to look beyond the confines world in a wide range of professions. of their degree, and experience everything the RCM has to offer. Get to know as many students and staff as possible, for you’re likely to meet them again throughout your career.

OUR ALUMNI COMMUNITY INCLUDES: RAQUEL GARCÍA-TOMÁS Sir Thomas Allen baritone MComp and DMus, 2018 Sophie Bevan soprano Freelance composer and teacher at Taller de Músics Music composer College, currently living in Barcelona cellist My studies at the RCM gave me the necessary skills to Dame mezzo soprano become a professional composer and radically changed Sir conductor my relationship to composition – as I began to feel more Amy Dickson saxophonist connected to what I was creating – and it boosted my pianist professional career. A few months ago, I received the baritone National Music Award 2020 from the Government of Sir flautist Spain. The RCM is an institution that values singularity and uniqueness. If you’re considering applying, don’t be shy composer to show what makes you different from the rest. violinist Jonathan Lemalu bass baritone pianist pianist and conductor IMOGEN ROYCE Dame soprano BMus(Hons), 2019 organist Freelance flautist, London Symphony, London Philharmonic Mark-Anthony Turnage composer and English National Opera orchestras Vasko Vassilev violinist Going to study at the RCM really shaped me into the person Jane Watts organist and musician I am now. While I was there, I took part in cellist some unforgettable orchestral projects led by really inspiring Dame organist conductors such as Nicholas Collon and , John Williams guitarist and my flute teachers became incredibly important people composer to me.

The Woodwind Faculty was hugely supportive, and I met some of my best friends at the RCM. Since graduating, I have been freelancing with orchestras such as the London Philharmonic Orchestra, English National Opera Orchestra and the London Symphony Orchestra.

18 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC 19 JAN WILLEM DE WITH MANU BRAZO MComp in Composition for Screen, 2019 MPerf, 2018 Film composer and lecturer in film music at London South Saxophonist, selected for the Britten-Pears Young Artist Bank University Programme in 2018 and opened for Sir Cliff Richard at Greenwich Music Time Festival in 2019 The RCM not only extended my musical horizon but also helped me develop and improve the tools needed to be Studying at the RCM was a life-changing experience. able to work in the mentally and creatively demanding I don’t think I could have found a better place to give me world of film scoring. The RCM connected me with industry the professional and personal tools and environment to professionals from all over the world, meaning I could get develop myself. And I was surrounded by the best possible a very detailed insight into the business and the ‘real world’ colleagues and teachers. There is no better way to find your as a composer. While studying I received a nomination for own path than to share your journey with people you admire the 2018 Peer Raben Award, and a nomination for Best in every sense. That is what makes the RCM so special. Music in Short Film at the 2018 International Sound and Film Music Festival.

EMILY SUN DANI HOWARD JONATHAN HOLLICK JULIEN VAN MELLAERTS ArtDip in Performance, 2018 BMus(Hons), 2015 MPerf, 2017 ArtDip in Opera, 2017 Violinist, winner of the 2016 Royal Over-Seas League Composer and orchestrator, winner of the Royal Sub-Principal Trombone in the BBC Scottish Baritone, 2017 Award Winner, 2017 Music Competition UK, assistant professor at the RCM Philharmonic Society Composition Prize; her piece Symphony Orchestra Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation International Song Argentum was performed at the Royal Albert Hall in 2018 Competition Winner, 2019 BBC Cardiff Singer of the There are fantastic opportunities to perform at the RCM in all The RCM Brass Faculty is full of incredible teachers that go World finalist capacities – as a soloist, and in chamber groups, ensembles The RCM shaped me musically, personally and out of their way to give you the best possible opportunity to and symphony orchestras. All of these experiences professionally in every way – an incredible springboard succeed. The standard of tuition and guidance is second to I had the most incredible time at the RCM and learned helped build my confidence to continue performing as a into professional life as a composer. I have gone on to none and that’s what pushed me to become the best player so much. I was allowed to develop at my own pace, in professional musician. write for major orchestras including the London Symphony that I could possibly be. my own way, and to work with the world’s best singers, Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra and Royal Liverpool pianists, conductors and teachers. To have the chance Philharmonic, which would not have been possible without to work on operas with Sir Thomas Allen, song projects the education and opportunities I received at the RCM. with Simon Lepper and Roger Vignoles, and countless performance opportunities, was an education that set me up so well for the profession. The RCM is an outstanding institution, and I couldn’t recommend it more highly to anyone hoping to pursue a career as a singer!

20 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC 21 The RCM sits within the heart of Exhibition Road Cultural WORLD-LEADING MUSEUMS OUR Quarter, London’s premier hub of cultural activity. The We enjoy close relationships with three of the UK’s College is just a ten-minute walk from biggest museums, the Natural History Museum, Science tube station with several bus routes passing close by, LOCATION Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum, which offer making it easy to explore all of London. The RCM’s inspiration and regular performance opportunities. location means you can also easily reach some of the city’s most exciting attractions on foot, such as: The Royal College of Music’s location is the envy of the musical world. We are situated directly opposite the Royal IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON Students can take advantage of amazing collaborations and performance opportunities with our artistic neighbours. Albert Hall in one of London’s most attractive and vibrant Our close association with neighbouring Imperial College means you can be part of one of the largest and most active areas – South Kensington. student bodies in the capital. CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS You will be able to explore a diverse range of cultural ROYAL ALBERT HALL programmes with nearby institutions, including the Goethe-Institut, Austrian Cultural Forum, Institut français This world-famous venue is the home of the BBC Proms and Ismaili Centre. and also hosts major film premieres. There are also great places to eat and socialise with friends. HYDE PARK For more details visit www.discoversouthken.com Generations of RCM students have enjoyed the quiet of this

renowned park, which is one of the most attractive green FIND OUT MORE spaces in London. www.rcm.ac.uk/location

Regent’s Park

Wigmore Hall Oxford Street

Royal Opera House

Leicester Square

Hyde Park Trafalgar Square Shakespeare’s Globe Kensington Palace Royal Albert Hall

London Eye Royal College of Music Buckingham Palace

Houses of Parliament

22 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC 23 London really is one of the most vibrant and diverse cities The RCM has links with many of the major venues across STUDYING the city, including the Royal Festival Hall, the Royal in the world, and the RCM is Albert Hall’s Elgar Room, Kings Place, Queen Elizabeth IN LONDON placed perfectly at its centre. Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields and St James’s Piccadilly. South Kensington is such an Students also have the opportunity to play at churches, museums and galleries, such as the Royal Academy of inspirational neighbourhood. Arts, Victoria and Albert Museum and Science Museum. London needs no introduction. Studying at the Royal Looking out of the window In addition to hosting the finest international musicians College of Music, in one of the world’s leading cultural whilst practising and seeing the and orchestras, London offers world-class theatre, dance, capitals, offers an amazing array of opportunities. Royal Albert Hall over the road is film and television. It has world-famous green spaces and a constant source of inspiration. a host of museums and art galleries, many of which are free to visit. As a student you will be entitled to discounted Michael Durrant, doctoral student tickets and travel, so you can really make the most of your time in the capital.

24 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC 25 ACCOMMODATION FACILITIES LOCATION Prince Consort Village is specially designed for RCM Located in leafy south-west London, Prince Consort Village students, with acoustically treated bedrooms allowing is within easy travelling distance of the RCM; you can cycle you to practise at home. Amenities include: 23 dedicated or get the London Underground from Ravenscourt Park The Royal College of Music’s hall of residence, Prince practice rooms available 24/7, a film room, open mic to South Kensington, and there are regular buses too. space, high-speed Wi-Fi, laundry, reception, gym, bicycle Consort Village, provides high-quality accommodation storage and indoor and outdoor communal spaces. This ideal location offers both the greenery of nearby Ravenscourt Park as well as the convenience of the many for more than 400 students. Situated on Goldhawk The accommodation is staffed 24 hours a day, and the local shops, cafes and amenities. Road in London, Prince Consort Village opened in 2016 in-house team and residence manager are dedicated to the pastoral care and wellbeing of residents. Westfield London, Shepherd’s Bush is also within easy reach and comprises studio apartments, en-suite rooms and of Prince Consort Village and is home to leading fashion, home and lifestyle brands, as well as cinemas and a fantastic standard rooms. selection of eateries. A short bus ride away is Notting Hill – famous for the Notting Hill Carnival and Portobello Road Market. This part of London is arty and dynamic, with plenty of places to eat, shop and see live music.

Living at PCV has been one of the best decisions I’ve made. In first year I made lifelong friends and met fellow students that I may not have crossed paths with otherwise. I feel like I am living in a safe and stimulating environment with practice rooms open WATCH 24/7. Social events and sharing a kitchen with my www.rcm.ac.uk/watchpcv friends where we cook meals and socialise means PCV really feels like home. FIND OUT MORE Olivia Carstairs, Bachelor of Music (Hons) www.rcm.ac.uk/accommodation

26 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC 27 STUDENT RCM STUDENTS’ SUPPORT UNION

The Royal College of Music provides easy access Living and studying in London offers an incredible to a whole range of services to support you during cultural experience for any aspiring musician. The RCM your time here, from financial advice to counselling Students’ Union (SU) will represent and support you as and health and wellbeing. you discover all the opportunities the Royal College of Music has to offer.

The College takes pride in being an inclusive place to study HEALTH AND WELLBEING The SU is a lively student body that includes every student The SU is also home to a diverse range of student-run and we support equality and diversity within our community. enrolled at the RCM and advocates for the student voice societies, which includes the SitSociety (See Interesting The RCM Counselling service offers confidential counselling We promote a range of teaching, activities and resources at all levels. The SU also provides regular feedback to the Things Society), which hosts museum-hopping and gallery to students, and we are also partnered with togetherall, to support student health and wellbeing during their studies. College on every aspect of student life, from courses to viewings; Jazz Society; Football Society; Netball Society; which runs a 24/7 online service providing advice and Students can get advice on assessments, administrative facilities, ensuring your time here is as fulfilling as it can be. LGBTQ Society; Christian Union; and New Music Society, support for those dealing with depression, anxiety and matters and performance opportunities and speak to their which holds regular listening sessions and concert trips. other mental health issues. In addition, the Imperial College faculty administrator in person on campus and virtually. Mental and physical wellbeing is a priority to the SU, It encourages student-led musical projects, including the Health Centre provides primary care medical services and which works closely with Student Services to try to ensure Students’ Orchestra. The SU also has links with other also has their own counselling service. There is also a strong tradition of Alexander Technique the correct support is there for every student throughout institutions, including Imperial College London, which at the RCM, which is popular with many students. Find out their studies. The Imperial College Chaplaincy Centre welcomes all provides access to more than 300 clubs and societies. more at www.rcm.ac.uk/alexandertechnique RCM students, and provides a place of resource, help, The SU area is the social hub of the RCM. With a bar and Highlights of the SU social event calendar include Freshers’ advice and information relating to faith and spirituality. pool table, it is ideal for socialising with friends, getting to STUDENT SERVICES Week, Green Week, Raising and Giving (RAG) Week, know other students and joining in SU events. It also offers Health and Wellbeing Week and the Summer Ball. Our experienced and supportive Student Services Team INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS online events and support, allowing you to keep connected You can also take part in day trips and country walks – offers a confidential and impartial advice service to all with your student community wherever you are. We proudly welcome international students from all over the a great way to relax and explore places outside London. students, dealing with a range of issues including financial world and understand that moving to a new country can be concerns, private accommodation, musicians’ injuries, a big step. Our Registry and Student Services staff provide personal matters and more, in person and online. They can advice and support for international students across a also provide a range of print and online resources on a range of practical subjects including visas and immigration, wide variety of topics. opening bank accounts, accommodation, financial advice or just finding out how to make the most of your time here. 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. To find out more visit www.rcm.ac.uk/disabilities

The staff at the RCM are very kind and supportive, and create a friendly, CONTACT warm environment for the students. STUDENT SERVICES FOR A CONFIDENTIAL DISCUSSION Ida Li, Master of Performance [email protected] FIND OUT MORE 020 7591 4316 www.rcm.ac.uk/rcmsu

28 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC 29 Image right OUR CAMPUS Martyn Brabbins rehearses with the RCM Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in the Amaryllis Fleming & FACILITIES Concert Hall

The Royal College of Music’s resources are internationally renowned, and we are continually investing in our facilities to enhance and support your learning throughout your time here.

Our campus is located in South Kensington, a key Our performance spaces are used for rehearsals, cultural quarter of central London. Our main building, the masterclasses, concerts, recordings, community workshops, Blomfield Building, sits on opposite exhibitions and collaborative music-making of all kinds. the Royal Albert Hall, and is home to performance spaces, classrooms, rehearsal and practice facilities and the RCM In 2020 we expanded into an additional property, RCM Students’ Union. Jay Mews, which provides two large orchestra and opera rehearsal spaces and further practice rooms. The building Our new state of the art facilities, including two new is next to the Royal Albert Hall, and only metres away from performance venues and new social spaces, were our iconic Blomfield Building. completed in 2020, and we look forward to making full use of them for years to come. The new Royal College of TEACHING AND PRACTICE Music Museum and Wolfson Centre in Music & Material Culture will provide even more opportunity for object-based The RCM has a number of sound-proofed Amadeus music learning to support your studies. pods for private practice, and our new Blüthner Practice Suite holds ten Blüthner Model A upright pianos. We also have dressing rooms for opera productions, instrument WORLD-CLASS STAGES surgeries including luthier services and resident piano We have three major performance spaces. The Amaryllis technicians, instrument storage, and dual-purpose practice Fleming Concert Hall is the primary rehearsal and concert and teaching spaces with audio visual equipment. Students venue for RCM orchestras and large ensembles. have access to our purpose-built percussion suite, and our magnificent Flentrop Orgelbouw organ in the Amaryllis Our Britten Theatre is one of London’s best-loved opera Fleming Concert Hall. stages – with an orchestra pit and elegant tiered auditorium, it not only hosts our regular opera productions but also RCM STUDIOS a variety of instrumental and ensemble performances. Our audio, video and composition technology facilities The new Performance Hall offers an alternative space for enable performers and composers to work in professional chamber ensemble performances and orchestral rehearsals, studio conditions. The RCM’s studio facilities are used on and boasts a retractable stage, comprehensive technical a range of technology-based courses and modules and the infrastructure, variable acoustics and is home to a new Fazioli video production suite allows for broadcasts and recordings grand piano, providing versatility for the range of events of RCM concerts. Any student can book the studio, with staged by the College. a professional engineer, for a small fee to make recordings and videos for audition submissions, self-promotion and In addition, we have a number of more intimate venues other purposes. Our composition and production suites perfect for chamber and solo performances, including feature high-spec workstations for tuition and individual the new Performance Studio, the Parry Rooms – which project work with a wide range of professional software overlook the Royal Albert Hall – and the Recital Hall. such as Pro Tools, Logic, Cubase and extensive orchestral sample libraries.

30 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC 31 TECHNOLOGY SERVICES DIGITAL SUPPORT LIBRARY AND RESOURCES MUSEUM AND COLLECTIONS Our highly skilled technology team provides a range Our digital resources can be accessed from any online The RCM Library is run by a friendly and knowledgeable We are readying the new Royal College of Music of IT support services and is constantly improving and device, anywhere in the world. Your studies will be team who are here to support your studies. Our physical Museum to open to students and the public in 2021. developing the technology available to support your supported by learn.rcm, the RCM’s virtual learning collections cover a wealth of material including printed Our museum maintains one of the richest and most relevant studies. We provide a drop-in and online helpdesk, Wi-Fi, environment: through it you can find your course, music and scores, books, music journals and recordings. collections of music-related objects in the UK and Europe, USB-charging points throughout the RCM, Office 365 faculty and assessment information, submit your written and its substantial resources are regularly used for teaching. licences for all members of the College, 24-hour access to assignments, upload and share audio and video The library also gives students access to a wide range You can also explore the RCM’s collections in our digital computers in our buildings, large format colour printers and recordings, and collaborate with RCM students and staff. of online resources. These include e-books and e-journals, catalogue at museumcollections.rcm.ac.uk specialist music software including Sibelius, Noteflight and Oxford Music Online, Naxos Music Library and the Audacity. In addition, we have recently updated hardware We also host collaborative masterclasses, lectures and Philharmonic Digital Concert Hall via learn.rcm. We are and software for visually impaired users. performances with partners around the world using high- the first institution to have formed a partnership with nkoda, quality video conferencing and lecture capture platforms, the digital sheet music library, and musicians can also use including Microsoft Teams and Panopto, which are also Henle Library, giving our students access to thousands Some of my happiest memories are used to support day-to-day learning and teaching. of scores online. from rehearsals in the Parry Rooms, Many concerts are filmed or recorded, and you can watch The RCM Library’s collections can be accessed concerts in the Amaryllis Fleming back performances and faculty events via our online internal via its online catalogues, and you can find Concert Hall and quiet study in the video player, RCM Stream. This valuable teaching aid out more at www.rcm.ac.uk/library lets you analyse and learn from your performances on any Donaldson Room – it’s a wonderful device. In addition, we live stream events on our website campus to be studying on! at www.rcm.ac.uk/live, so your family and friends outside London can experience your performances. Roelof Temmingh, Master of Music in Performance

Image left Image above rehearsing in Student studying in the the Performance Hall Donaldson Room of the RCM Library

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32 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC 33 GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES

The Royal College of Music is a truly international community. We are proud that over half of our students come from outside the UK, and we currently have musicians from more than 55 different countries studying here.

International students are a key part of all aspects of life at GLOBAL PARTNERS the RCM, and you will have the chance to work and perform In addition to welcoming talented musicians from around with musicians from all over the world. Our professors, too, the world to our home in South Kensington, the RCM works come from across the globe, bringing with them a wealth of in collaboration with institutions such as the Nanyang experience and expertise. This is part of what makes the RCM Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore, Princeton University such a friendly, exciting and diverse hub of music-making. and Boston University to offer joint programmes of study.

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMES ALUMNI WORLDWIDE Our degree programmes are recognised internationally. We have a diverse alumni network in more than 85 We are the only UK conservatoire to award our own countries worldwide, and they tell us how fondly they degrees to doctoral level. At the RCM you can tailor your remember their time at the Royal College of Music. programme to develop your own individual aspirations. We believe that you won’t find a more welcoming and inspiring place to study anywhere in the world. STUDENT SUPPORT Support is available for international students on a EXCHANGES range of issues such as visa applications, accommodation We have a range of exchanges available with leading and settling into life in a new country. Find out more at European, American, Asian and Australian music www.rcm.ac.uk/international conservatories and universities. These exchanges provide an excellent opportunity to study abroad at other leading institutions as part of your RCM studies. For further details visit www.rcm.ac.uk/exchanges

While studying abroad I attended live concerts in the city, explored the country’s culture and met so many new people. I learnt to be more independent and confident and would really recommend studying Image right Violist Helena Bartlett at the Sibelius abroad to anyone considering it. I’ll always be so Monument in Helsinki, Finland glad I spent those months in Helsinki.

Helena Bartlett, Bachelor of Music (Hons) WATCH Studied at Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, August–December 2020 www.rcm.ac.uk/watchinternational

34 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC 35 SCHOLARSHIPS

The Royal College of Music is committed to accepting the best students from around the world. Currently more than 50% of full-time students receive some financial support, thanks to the generosity of individuals, legators, companies and charitable trusts.

Any student who auditions in person or by video for a place on a performance or composition programme beginning in September 2022 will automatically be considered for a scholarship or study award. Scholarships are offered on the merits of your performance at your audition or interview. Scholarship amounts vary from student to student, ranging from a contribution towards your tuition fees right up to full fees. If you are offered a scholarship or study award you will receive a confirmation letter following your offer of a place.

My dream of studying at the Royal College of Music couldn’t have been realised without an RCM scholarship, which has enabled me to learn and progress under world-leading practitioners. At the RCM I am given the opportunity to be challenged and to challenge; feeding my creativity as a musician every day.

Samuel Loveless, Master of Composition South Square Trust Award Holder

Image right Cellist Jobine Siekman plays Bach Suite no 6 on a piccolo cello for a streamed performance

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36 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC 37 40 BRASS 42 COMPOSITION 44 CONDUCTING 46 HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE 48 KEYBOARD 50 PERCUSSION 52 STRINGS 54 WOODWIND 56 VOCAL & OPERA 58 RCM OPERA STUDIO 60 RCM PROFESSORS

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FACULTIES I have had the opportunity to take part in BRASS a range of performance activities. Termly orchestral projects with visiting conductors such as Jac van Steen and Martyn Brabbins Our active community enables you to recognise your have allowed me to explore orchestral full ability as a performing musician, with particular repertoire with top conductors. emphasis on identifying and unlocking your individual Callum Robb, Bachelor of Music (Hons) potential. Studying in the Brass Faculty will equip you with the skills necessary to succeed professionally in the ever-changing musical world.

Nigel Black, Head of Brass

OUTSTANDING PROFESSORS VISITING ARTISTS The Brass Faculty has an outstanding team of professors, Distinguished international musicians give masterclasses many of whom hold principal positions in major orchestras each term, and visitors have included Brandt Attema, including the London Symphony Orchestra, London Øystein Baadsvik, Håkan Björkman, Dudley Bright, Philip Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia, Cobb, Laurence Davies, Alberto Menéndez Escribano, and Orchestra of the . In addition Patrick Harrild, Oren Marshall, Gareth Small, Sarah Willis to your one-to-one lessons, you will attend regular classes and Katy Woolley. and ensemble coaching. RELATED STUDIES We also benefit from world-renowned visiting professors. Stefan Dohr, Principal Horn of the , and Natural horn, natural trumpet, jazz trumpet, jazz trombone trumpet virtuoso Gustav Melander both visit regularly for and sackbut are available as second or related study to masterclasses, one-to-one teaching and ensemble work. promising students. Brass players also have the opportunity to join the RCM Swing Band and RCM Big Band, which PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES perform regularly at the College, including at our annual Festival of Percussion, and further afield. From chamber groups formed by students to the RCM Philharmonic and RCM Symphony Orchestra, a wide variety For a full list of professors in the Brass Faculty, please see of ensembles offer an array of performance opportunities. page 61. Our orchestras work with some of today’s greatest artists and international conductors. Visiting conductors have For information on natural horn and natural trumpet see included , Bernard Haitink, Vladimir page 46 or visit www.rcm.ac.uk/hp Jurowski, Sir , Rafael Payare, John Wilson and Thomas Zehetmair. In addition, the RCM Opera Orchestra provides music for regular RCM Opera Studio performances, which are produced by acclaimed directors in our Britten Theatre.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE RCM brass players have joined the BBC Symphony Orchestra for BBC Proms rehearsals as part of the sit-in scheme for postgraduate students. Similar opportunities WATCH GET IN TOUCH are available with the Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic www.rcm.ac.uk/ [email protected] watchbrass Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe and the English FIND OUT MORE National Opera Orchestra. www.rcm.ac.uk/brass

40 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC 41 The RCM offers me the highest quality COMPOSITION of guidance and a wide range of PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS practical opportunities, strengthening RCM composers are enjoying competitive and professional success in the UK and internationally. Notable my own voice as a composer in achievements have included prizes at the Primetime Emmy Being a composer today is about having the confidence today’s world. Awards, Grammy Awards, Oticons Faculty International Film Music Competition, BMI Student Composer Awards and strength to be yourself. In the Composition Faculty Terrence Wong, Master of Music in Composition and the Ivors Academy Composer awards, as well as the we focus on both the creative and professional aspects ASCAP Foundation Michelle and Dean Kay Award and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s Christopher Brooks of being a composer, helping you to build and sustain Composition Prize.

your craft, realise your ideas, and create your own RCM composers have enjoyed positions on young individual music. composers’ schemes at the London Philharmonic HEAR YOUR WORKS PERFORMED Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra and London Symphony Orchestra. Graduates have also achieved William Mival, Head of Composition At the Royal College of Music you will have access prestigious composer-in-residence positions at to a wholly exceptional performance environment, Contemporary Music Group, Glyndebourne Opera, the with the opportunity to hear your compositions played Handel House Museum and the Australian Festival of by resident and visiting musicians, RCM orchestras, Chamber Music. ensembles and fellow students of the highest musical ability. You are also able to make use of the RCM Studios, with its facilities for electro-acoustic and screen COMPOSITION FOR SCREEN composition, and we use platforms including Panopto Our highly regarded postgraduate offering in Composition for video conferencing and virtual performance. for Screen will help you to develop professionally in this competitive and rewarding field. London is one of the The Composition Faculty regularly collaborates with busiest production centres in the world for the film, television a range of artistic organisations in London and beyond. and advertising industries and studying at the RCM, with RCM composers have worked with the Tête à Tête opera its extensive professional and collaborative links with film company and Bill Bankes-Jones, the Royal Academy of schools, studios and filmmakers, will see you at the heart Arts and in collaborations with the London Film School, of this creative environment. Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, the Royal College of Art, Central Saint Martins, University of Music and Performing Composition for Screen alumni are working worldwide Arts and the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. throughout the industry, from Hollywood to Europe and Asia, holding numerous accolades including BAFTA, EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSORS Grammy, Golden Globe and for work in film, television and gaming. Individual lessons and visits from established composers of concert, film and television music, including electro-acoustic Explore works by current students at and studio-based work, provide an unrivalled opportunity www.rcm.ac.uk/compforscreen for you to nurture and develop your creative and technical skills as well as your own compositional voice. Our For a full list of professors in the Composition Faculty, professors and visiting professors are some of the biggest please see page 61. names in their fields and include leading British composers George Fenton, Mark-Anthony Turnage and Errollyn Wallen, as well as Gilbert Nouno and Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize winners Jonathan Cole and .

VISITING COMPOSERS World-leading composers for concert and film regularly WATCH give talks and classes to our students, so you can learn www.rcm.ac.uk/watchcomposition from the best in the field. Recent visitors have included Chaya Czernowin, Brett Dean, , Harry Gregson-Williams, Hanspeter Kyburz, Helmut Lachenmann, David Lang, , Anna Meredith, Nico Muhly, GET IN TOUCH Rachel Portman, Steve Reich, Heather Roche, Howard [email protected]

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42 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC 43 CONDUCTING CREATIVE LEARNING VISITING CONDUCTORS Supported by three of the world’s leading conducting The RCM regularly welcomes exceptional international professors, coupled with a detailed programme of conductors to work with our orchestras and ensembles, repertoire study, you will be enabled to develop as whenever possible also including a conducting masterclass Our two-year postgraduate course nurtures the complete a free-thinking individual equipped with the practical and opportunity for the students to act as their assistant and theoretical skills necessary to progress in this complex conductor, as well as leading orchestral and sectional conductor for the present day, offering exceptional and demanding discipline. preparations. Students regularly enjoy the opportunity opportunities, inspiration and mentorship. Learning both to learn from British conductor Martyn Brabbins, our Prince PODIUM TIME Consort Professor of Conducting. Other recent visitors have strong technique and communication skills, you will be included Vladimir Ashkenazy, Bernard Haitink, Vladimir Alongside scheduled ensemble and orchestral time in class, Jurowski, Holly Mathieson, Sir Roger Norrington, Sir Antonio supported as you hone your own individuality and style, we encourage you to experience everything on offer to you. Pappano, Rafael Payare, Vassily Petrenko, Jac van Steen, and will be involved in all aspects of musical life at the Enthusiastic and proactive conductors can find themselves John Wilson and Thomas Zehetmair. inundated with conducting opportunities, including Royal College of Music. ensemble, orchestral and operatic repertoire. In addition SECOND STUDY to podium time with the RCM Philharmonic, RCM Symphony Toby Purser, Head of Conducting Orchestra and various new music ensembles, you will be Conducting is also available to undergraduates and able to organise your own concerts, including a termly postgraduates as an elective module class without audition. Conductors Podium concert, and work with ensembles from This involves conducting your classmates in set repertoire and across the Royal College of Music. focusing on the skills and knowledge necessary to develop in this field. For postgraduates who already have conducting experience or have completed a module, individual second study lessons are available to promising students.

For a full list of professors in Conducting, please see page 62.

Image right Holly Mathieson conducts the RCM Philharmonic Orchestra

The Conducting staff are incredibly engaging and invested in your career development. Our teachers not only provide insights into the profession of conducting, but also offer care, support and personal advice.

Nicolò Umberto Foron, Master of Performance

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44 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC 45 THEORY AND PRACTICE In addition, there are regular chamber performances HISTORICAL in the Queen’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace, as well Individual lessons on the complete range of historical as in the permanent medieval and renaissance galleries instruments are offered by a faculty of exceptional at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Further afield, our PERFORMANCE professors, many of whom are principal players in major students have performed in the Thomaskirche Leipzig and period instrument orchestras, soloists and members of the Orangery Palace in the Sanssouci Park of Potsdam. well-known ensembles. There are outstanding research There have been video conference masterclasses with the and study opportunities to support your training, including The Historical Performance Faculty provides intensive Eastman School of Music New York, Sydney Conservatorium an extensive collection of manuscripts and early printed of Music, Royal Danish Academy of Music and Hong Kong training in all aspects of historically informed editions housed in the RCM Library. The Royal College of Academy for Performing Arts. Music Museum, which occupies a new, specially designed interpretation. We encourage students to engage with space in the Blomfield Building, holds approximately 1,000 our resources and collaborate with our outstanding historical instruments dating as far back as the 15th century. INTERNATIONAL TOURS The Historical Performance Faculty regularly offers professors, so they can present music effectively and PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES international tours, giving you the opportunity to further enhance your study by performing in world-renowned make a meaningful contribution to the profession. The RCM has its own dedicated Baroque Orchestra, venues and to experience global music. Tours have included which performs regularly and collaborates with the festivals throughout Italy, as well as performances in Paris, Professor Ashley , Chair & Head of Historical Performance Vocal & Opera Faculty in performances of Bach cantatas. , , Potsdam, Washington, DC and New It also collaborates with other conservatoires, including York. In addition, Historical Performance students have the the Salzburg Mozarteum and Bremen Hochschule, opportunity to participate in the biannual Festival Misiones and has performed Rameau’s Les fêtes d’Hébé with the de Chiquitos, which takes place in Bolivia. Académie de l’Opéra national de Paris and the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles at Opéra Bastille in Paris. Further performance opportunities are extensive and VISITING ARTISTS include appearances at major festivals such as the Bath We hold masterclasses with distinguished visiting International Music Festival and the London Handel Festival, international musicians, allowing you to learn from some as well as at heritage venues including Hatchlands Park of today’s greatest exponents of historical performance. and Windsor Castle, where RCM musicians performed Recent visitors have included Christophe Coin, Enrico Gatti, for BBC Radio 3’s Early Music Show. Walter van Hauwe, Wilbert Hazelzet, , , Paolo Pandolfo, Rachel Podger, Jean Rondeau and David Watkin. Professors in my faculty are renowned

musicians and inspirational tutors. CHAMBER MUSIC They not only teach us how to play You are encouraged to form your own chamber groups our instruments but also how to and expand your repertoire. All RCM chamber groups understand music, collaborate with can benefit from unlimited coaching. You can also access others and express ourselves. 18th-century chamber music coaching from Florilegium, our Ensemble in Association, and in 2020 we acquired the Kennedy-Mietke Harpsichord, a double-manual Dominika Maszczynska, Master of Performance harpsichord inspired by Mietke, made by Bruce Kennedy.

The RCM’s annual International Festival of Viols, which launched in 2007, features concerts, masterclasses and lectures. Recent visiting artists have included Christophe Coin, Fretwork, Vittorio Ghielmi, Hille Perl and .

For a full list of professors in the Historical Performance Faculty, please see pages 62–63.

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46 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC 47 The teachers I work with at the RCM KEYBOARD are leaders in their fields worldwide, PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS and I feel very lucky to be instructed RCM pianists regularly win prizes at major international competitions. Recent examples include prizes at the and inspired by them. , Leeds, Van Cliburn and Hong Kong International We pride ourselves on being a nurturing faculty, Piano Competitions, the online Piano Cleveland Roelof Temmingh, Master of Music in Performance Virtu(al)oso Competition and at the BBC Young Musician encouraging you to achieve your personal goals and of the Year, Jaques Samuel and Beethoven Intercollegiate develop the skills to be successful in today’s music Piano Competitions. RCM collaborative pianists regularly win accompanist prizes, including in the Kathleen Ferrier Awards. profession. Our programmes will help you to fulfil your Our pianists have also enjoyed positions as BBC Radio 3 potential as a musician and enable you to specialise New Generation Artists and in City Music Foundation, in a variety of areas. and the Young Concert Artists and Young Classical Artist WATCH Trust young artist programmes. Many students hold organ www.rcm.ac.uk/watchkeyboard scholarships while studying, for example at Westminster Professor Vanessa Latarche, Chair of International Keyboard Abbey or St Martin-in-the-Fields. Studies and Associate Director for Partnerships in China For a full list of professors in the Keyboard Faculty, please GET IN TOUCH see pages 63–64. [email protected]

FIND OUT MORE Find out about postgraduate collaborative piano at www.rcm.ac.uk/keyboard www.rcm.ac.uk/collaborativepiano

SPECIALISED TEACHING PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES We provide tuition in a range of subjects including piano, Soloists have the opportunity to perform concertos with contemporary piano, collaborative piano and organ, RCM orchestras, which are regularly joined by world- as well as fortepiano and harpsichord. renowned conductors. Concerto performances have included Stravinsky’s Capriccio under the baton of Diego As a pianist you will have the opportunity to perform and Masson; Chopin’s Concerto no 2 and Ravel’s Piano have lessons on Steinway, Fazioli and Bechstein grand Concerto for Left Hand, conducted by John Wilson; pianos, and our recently opened Blüthner Practice Suite Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto no 3, conducted by holds ten Blüthner pianos available for practice. Organists Andrew Gourlay at the Royal Festival Hall; and Hummel’s have access to our selection of instruments, including our Piano Concerto no 2 in A minor op 85 conducted magnificent Flentrop organ in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert by Martin André. Hall, as well as opportunities to play and have lessons on external organs, such as at the Royal Albert Hall. You are encouraged to form your own RCM chamber groups, which benefit from unlimited coaching. You can also Collaborative piano is available at undergraduate level on receive invaluable preparation for international competitions. a modular basis, and for those at postgraduate level, you In addition, we hold an annual Keyboard Festival, offering can focus specifically on this art form. Our professors in the whole faculty an opportunity to perform. collaborative piano are all successful pianists who can offer singular expertise and insight into this competitive VISITING ARTISTS field. You will also have opportunities to work with students studying in other faculties. We welcome renowned international pianists for masterclasses, giving you the chance to play for and learn Our distinguished and experienced professors are drawn from today’s most accomplished performers. Recent visitors from around the globe and are dedicated to helping you include Emanuel Ax, Dmitri Bashkirov, Olivier Cazal, develop as a professional musician. Many have successful Adolf Pla, Yury Shadrin, Sir András Schiff, , performing careers and our organ professors hold positions Mikhail Voskresensky and Dina Yoffe. in prestigious churches, including St Sulpice in Paris.

48 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC 49 The RCM has an outstanding Percussion PERCUSSION Faculty. Thanks to the coaching and openness of our outstanding teachers I’ve developed the insight and skills I’d need The Percussion Faculty currently boasts more than to work in the profession.

40 former students in the UK’s leading orchestras. Dan Floyd, Bachelor of Music (Hons) The backbone of our teaching still has a clear orchestral focus, but today’s training covers all aspects of percussion activity and equips you with the essential skills needed for the profession.

David Hockings, Head of Percussion

PERCUSSION SUITE PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES At the Royal College of Music you will benefit from our Opportunities to perform are extensive and include termly purpose-built percussion suite, opened by Dame Evelyn percussion showcases as well as regular faculty performance Glennie in 2015. In addition to practice rooms, there classes. In addition to the RCM’s major ensembles and are spaces dedicated to specific instruments: timpani, orchestras, we also have our very own American drumline, vibraphone, marimba and orchestral, as well as a multi- the Redhocks, and our percussion quartet, PERC’M. percussion room for recital and ensemble practice, a large main space for masterclasses and sectional rehearsals, RCM percussionists enjoy performing in a variety of external and a bespoke studio room for recording. Both the main venues both in the UK and overseas, and have toured with room and studio feature recording equipment and the Serge Vuille, She-e Wu and David Hockings. studio also contains two drum kits, Latin instruments, vibraphone and keyboards ready for recording sessions. VISITING ARTISTS You will have the chance to participate in repertoire classes TEACHING PROVISION with players from the London Symphony Orchestra and Many of the Percussion Faculty staff members hold BBC Symphony Orchestra as well as masterclasses with principal positions in major orchestras including the BBC distinguished international musicians. Visitors have included Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, London Colin Currie, O Duo, Peter Erskine, David Friedman, Eric Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of the Royal Opera Sammut, She-e Wu and Raphael Haeger, the principal House, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Orchestra of percussionist with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. the Age of Enlightenment. Our annual Festival of Percussion has attracted percussion At undergraduate level you will receive timpani and ensembles such as Amadinda, O Duo and 4-MALITY; artists percussion lessons as well as regular lessons on solo such as John Chimes, Benny Greb, Mark Guiliana, Pete marimba, jazz vibraphone, Latin percussion and drum kit. Lockett, Jojo Mayer, John Riley, Ralph Salmins and Dave At postgraduate level we offer solo marimba as a principal Weckl; as well as representatives from leading percussion study on our Master of Performance course. ensembles and major London orchestras. For a full list of professors in the Percussion Faculty, please see page 64.

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50 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC 51 The Strings Faculty offers world-class STRINGS teaching with amazing professors. INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT The opportunities that it provides have At the RCM your particular ambitions are recognised and encouraged, and a unique programme of study is tailored already made me feel that I am in the to you. Violinists, violists and cellists will work with The Strings Faculty is a creative community of talented right place. professional accompanists to help develop duo skills. There are also specific classes and ensemble opportunities individual artists excited by the study and practice Daniil Margulis, Bachelor of Music (Hons) with expert practitioners for double bass, harp and guitar of music. We allow you the space to be yourself and students. In addition, students have the opportunity to perform in a public masterclass led by internationally to broaden your horizons, and will support you in renowned violinist , the RCM Polonsky performing at the highest international level. Visiting Professor of Violin. For a full list of professors in the Strings Faculty, please see Mark Messenger, Head of Strings pages 64 – 65.

For information on historical strings studies see page 46 or visit www.rcm.ac.uk/hp

INTERNATIONAL PROFESSORS ORCHESTRAL AND CONCERTO PERFORMANCE One-to-one lessons with world-class professors are at the Students are offered unparalleled orchestral experiences heart of your RCM education. Dedicated teaching staff will with our vibrant ensembles, which have regularly performed offer you invaluable support, and those who have studied in under the baton of renowned conductors such as Vladimir the department have a proven record of professional acclaim Ashkenazy, Bernard Haitink and Vladimir Jurowski. There and competition success. Our visiting professors include some are also opportunities to perform as a soloist in concertos; of today’s greatest musicians, such as , Paul recent student performances have included Brahms’ Double Ellison, Alina Ibragimova, Maxim Rysanov, Torleif Thedéen, Concerto, Bottesini’s Double Bass Concerto, Debussy’s Maxim Vengerov, RCM Polonsky Visiting Professor of Violin, Danse sacrée et danse profane, Dutilleux’s Sur le même and guitarist John Williams. accord, Elgar’s Cello Concerto, Korngold’s Violin Concerto, Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto no 2, Szymanowski’s Violin CHAMBER COACHING Concerto and On Opened Ground by Mark-Anthony Turnage, the RCM Research Fellow for Composition. Chamber music is a key part of your musical experience and RCM groups can receive unlimited chamber coaching from our professors. There are numerous opportunities for chamber ensembles to perform at internal and external venues and in festivals, collaborations and competitions. You can also benefit from the expertise of our Ensemble in Association, the Sacconi Quartet, and our Quartet in Residence, the Harlem Quartet.

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52 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC 53 WOODWIND PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS Our woodwind graduates are enjoying unrivalled success WATCH in a range of professional settings. Students from the RCM www.rcm.ac.uk/watchwoodwind Woodwind Faculty have won the Royal Over-Seas League Our professors combine careers as eminent performers Gold Medal on the last three occasions it was awarded to a woodwind player, between 2016 and 2020. RCM GET IN TOUCH with a passion and dedication for teaching. By providing musicians have been awarded principal woodwind positions [email protected] with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony a supportive and challenging environment and offering FIND OUT MORE Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, www.rcm.ac.uk/woodwind extensive performance opportunities, I want to encourage KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra, Great Falls Symphony Orchestra (Montana), RTÉ Concert Orchestra, you to find your own voice on your instrument. Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia, English National Opera Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra Simon Channing, Head of Woodwind and Orchestra of Scottish Opera.

For a full list of professors in the Woodwind Faculty, please see page 66.

For information on historical woodwind studies see page 46 or visit www.rcm.ac.uk/hp

LEARNING ENVIRONMENT VISITING ARTISTS The Woodwind Faculty and the wider RCM community You will be able to attend regular faculty masterclasses with foster a culture of nurturing all students in a supportive distinguished international musicians. Recent visitors have environment. You are encouraged to grow into a confident included the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet and the Royal and imaginative performer, taking advantage of all the Orchestra Wind Quintet, as well as Petri opportunities available to you. Alanko, Juliette Bausor, Arno Bornkamp, Samuel Coles, Ole Kristian Dahl, Sir James Galway, Paolo De Gaspari, Romain At the heart of your experience are one-to-one lessons with Guyot, Melanie Henry, Giorgio Mandolesi, Maximiliano world-class professors, many of whom are principal players Martín, Gerard McChrystal, Gustavo Núñez, Miriam Pastor in major orchestras. We are always looking to develop and Burgos, Naomi Sullivan, Jacques Tys, Anna Marie Wytko progress as a faculty, and some of our latest professorial and Nikita Zimin. appointments have included five principals of major London orchestras; Juliana Koch (Principal Oboe), Adam Walker PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES (Principal Flute) and Olivier Stankiewicz (Principal Oboe) from the London Symphony Orchestra; Emily Hultmark (Principal The RCM provides unparalleled orchestral opportunities from Bassoon) from the Philharmonia; and Roberto Giaccaglia your first year here. The RCM Philharmonic and Symphony (Principal Bassoon) from the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestras regularly work with some of the best conductors in the world and recent visitors have included Bernard Haitink, Vladimir Jurowski, Sir Antonio Pappano, John Wilson and Thomas Zehetmair.

Concerts and performance classes There is also a vibrant chamber music culture and you are provide opportunities to learn as a encouraged to form ensembles. All RCM chamber groups musician and to thrive. From day one can benefit from unlimited coaching and there are numerous opportunities for you to perform chamber repertoire. I have felt so inspired by the positive and supportive atmosphere.

Rianna Henriques, Bachelor of Music (Hons)

54 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC 55 VOCAL BESPOKE TRAINING PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS As a student-centric institution, we keep the individual’s needs Singers at the RCM enjoy both professional and at the heart of our teaching. You will work on developing a competitive success around the globe. Recent international & OPERA secure and flexible vocal technique with the help of our team competition recognitions include the Kathleen Ferrier of internationally acclaimed vocal professors and repertoire Awards, Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation International and operatic coaches. Our comprehensive range of classes Song Competition, International Competition of Belcanto In Vocal & Opera we welcome imaginative, curious and will enhance all aspects of your craft and enable you to Vincenzo Bellini, BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, Grange present yourself with confidence, authority and autonomy in Festival International Singing Competition and the Cesti and self-motivated individuals with a desire to communicate a professional context. Göttingen competitions.

their love of singing to an audience. You will become There are numerous performance opportunities to explore RCM singers have frequently performed on the world’s modern and period works in regular collaborations with greatest operatic and concert hall stages, including the part of a faculty with an exceptional record that develops the Composition and Historical Performance faculties. Royal Opera House, Glyndebourne, Théâtre des Champs- its students to reach their full potential. We initiate cross-faculty song, chamber music and thematic- Élysées, Theater an der Wien, Metropolitan Opera New based projects working with distinguished artists both within York, Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Carnegie Hall Nicholas Sears, Head of Vocal & Opera and outside of the RCM. and the Royal Albert Hall. Our graduates regularly progress onto internationally renowned young artist programmes VISITING ARTISTS such as the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Programme, Houston Grand Opera Studio, We welcome some of the finest international artists for our , Bayerische Staatsoper Studio, regular masterclass series. Recent visitors have included Frankfurt Ensemble, l’Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra national Sir Thomas Allen, Sophie Bevan, Dame Sarah Connolly, de Paris, ENO Harewood Young Artists, Zurich Opera Gerald Finley, Dame Gwyneth Jones, Dame Kiri Te Young Artists Programme and the Jette Parker Young Artist Kanawa, , Ann Murray, Brindley Sherratt, Programme at the Royal Opera House. Roger Vignoles, Edith Wiens and Roderick Williams. For a full list of professors in the Vocal & Opera Faculty, please see pages 66–67.

I feel extremely lucky to be studying in a place that has access to so many contacts in the profession and opportunities to explore the expansive music scene in London and beyond.

Laurence Kilsby, Bachelor of Music (Hons)

WATCH GET IN TOUCH www.rcm.ac.uk/watchvocal [email protected]

FIND OUT MORE www.rcm.ac.uk/vocal

56 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC 57 Image right RCM OPERA Student from the RCM Opera Studio performs in a production of Bernstein’s STUDIO Trouble in Tahiti

GET IN TOUCH The Royal College of Music Opera Studio (RCMOS) [email protected]

offers one of the leading advanced training courses in FIND OUT MORE the world. Our aim is to provide a nurturing environment, www.rcm.ac.uk/operastudio building on the skills, artistry and confidence of our young singers, so that they leave fully prepared to meet the demands of the profession.

Michael Rosewell, Director of Opera

As part of an elite and carefully constituted group of PROFESSIONAL MENTORSHIP exceptionally talented young singers, you will benefit In addition to receiving regular core training, you will gain from rigorous training, sensitive to your individual needs unique artistic and professional insights through mentorship and responsive to the demands of the profession. You by internationally renowned artists including Sir Thomas will work regularly with a team of coaches, musicians Allen, Alessandro Corbelli, Dame and and theatre professionals drawn from the senior ranks of David Pountney. Career development and support is an the country’s leading opera companies and perform in integral part of your studies, and we have recently held acclaimed productions in the first-class Britten Theatre. a series of virtual mentorship sessions with the eminent baritone Gerald Finley, Sophie Joyce of l’Opéra national PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES de Paris and Richard Hetherington of the Royal Opera Replicating professional conditions is the hallmark of the House, as well as with leading classical music agents. The RCM’s approach to operatic training, in order to ensure RCM’s Centre for Performance Science will also assist you a transition into the world of work. We have traditionally in gathering the information and skills necessary for the launched a number of RCMOS opera productions each development of your future professional career. year as well as sets of fully staged opera scenes in the For a full list of professors in the RCM Opera Studio, please Britten Theatre. You will have the benefit of rehearsing and see page 67. performing with highly experienced, influential industry professionals, who occupy key posts at the great opera houses of Europe and beyond. The standard of teaching and coaching in the RCM Vocal & Opera Faculty is incredible. I have learned so much from the internationally acclaimed vocal coaches that teach at the RCM and owe so much of my development as an artist to them.

Jessica Cale, Artist Diploma in Opera

58 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC 59 RCM BRASS COMPOSITION HEAD OF BRASS JAZZ TRUMPET HEAD OF COMPOSITION PROFESSORS Nigel Black FRCM (second or related study only) William Mival MMus, FHEA, FRCM GRSM, LRAM PRINCE CONSORT PROFESSOR PRINCE CONSORT PROFESSOR Håkan Hardenberger LEAD TRUMPET Colin Matthews FRCM (second or related study only)

VISITING PROFESSOR OF HORN Mike Lovatt HonARAM, GTCL, LTCL RCM RESEARCH FELLOW IN COMPOSITION Stefan Dohr TENOR TROMBONE Mark-Anthony Turnage FRCM

VISITING PROFESSOR GGSM OF TRUMPET AREA LEADER IN MASTERS Robert Holliday GRNCM, PPRNCM PROGRAMMES IN COMPOSITION Gustav Melander Matthew Knight BA(Hons), Jonathan Cole MMus, PhD, FRCM MA(Cantab), DipRAM, ARAM HORN Lindsay Shilling ARCM, FRCM COMPOSITION Nigel Black FRCM Becky Smith BMus(Hons) Dai Fujikura PhD Jeffrey Bryant FRAM, FCSM Kenneth Hesketh MMus, DipRCM, Kira Doherty ARAM, DipRAM BASS TROMBONE ARCM Timothy Jones James Buckle BMus(Hons), ARAM, Simon Holt FRNCM Simon Rayner ARCM, FRCM LRAM Alison Kay BA, ARCM, MMus, DPhil John Ryan BMus(Hons), GSMD Paul Milner PPRNCM Haris Kittos BA, MMus, DMus John Thurgood GRSM, ARCM David Stewart GGSM Errollyn Wallen CBE

TRUMPET JAZZ AND LEAD TROMBONE AREA LEADER IN MASTERS (second or related study only) PROGRAMMES IN COMPOSITION Nicholas Betts AGSM Richard Edwards FOR SCREEN Mark Calder DRSAMD Dimitri Scarlato DMus David Elton BMus(Hons), MMus TUBA Jason Evans BMus(Hons), VISITING PROFESSOR IN Owen Slade LRSM, DipABRSM, AMusTCL COMPOSITION FOR SCREEN Peter Smith BMus(Hons), ARAM, LRAM James Fountain BMus, GSMD George Fenton FRCM Eleftherios Tsarmaklis Niall Keatley BMus(Hons) COMPOSITION FOR SCREEN Kate Moore GGSM Mike Ladouceur (assistant professor) Daniel Newell BMus, GSMD Maurizio Malagnini MMus Alan Thomas BMus(Hons), PGDip (Perf) Enrica Sciandrone MMus Francis Shaw BMus, GLCM, ALCM

ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC COMPOSITION Gilbert Nouno MA, PhD Michael Oliva BA, MA, DMus (Area Leader in Electro-Acoustic Music)

For more information on the For more information on the Brass Faculty please see page 40. Composition Faculty please see page 42. For information on natural horn and natural trumpet see page 46 or visit www.rcm.ac.uk/hp

60 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC 61 CONDUCTING HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE KEYBOARD

HEAD OF CONDUCTING CHAIR & HEAD OF HISTORICAL BRASS VISITING PROFESSOR CHAIR OF INTERNATIONAL Dorian Leljak BMus (summa cum Toby Purser MA, DipPerf RAM, ARAM PERFORMANCE Susan Addison ARCM sackbut OF HISTORICAL FLUTE KEYBOARD STUDIES, HEAD OF laude), MA, MMus, MMA, DMA Professor Ashley Solomon FRAM, Wilbert Hazelzet FRCM KEYBOARD & ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR () Roger Montgomery BA(Hons), FOR PARTNERSHIPS IN CHINA POSTGRADUATE PROFESSORS FRCM, HonRCM Leon McCawley BMus (Curtis Institute), GSMD natural horn Professor Vanessa Latarche FRCM, OF CONDUCTING VISITING PROFESSOR ARCM Hons Paul Sharp BMus(Hons) HonARAM, FTCL, LRAM, ARCM HonDMus, HonFTCL, PRINCE CONSORT PROFESSOR OF RECORDER natural trumpet Mengyang Pan MMus, ArtDip HonARAM, GRSM, ARCM OF HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE Walter van Hauwe Dina Parakhina MADip, PGDip, Sir Roger Norrington CBE, FRCM Richard Thomas BMus, MA, LRAM, DEPUTY HEAD OF KEYBOARD Howard Williams BMus, MA, Postgraduate Diploma (Moscow ARAM cornett, natural trumpet WOODWIND Ian Jones BMus, ARCM, DipRCM, HonARAM Conservatory), FRCM CHAIR OF HISTORICAL GGSM, HonRCM FRCM Alexander Romanovsky PERFORMANCE VISITING PROFESSOR historical flute PGDip, ArtDiP UNDERGRADUATE PROFESSOR OF VIOLA DA GAMBA VISITING PROFESSORS OF CONDUCTING Professor Colin Lawson CBE, Rachel Brown BMus, PPRNCM, Solisten Dip (Basel) MA (Oxon), MA, PhD, DMus, FRCM, Vittorio Ghielmi OF PIANO Natalia Luis-Bassa BMus, PGDip, GRNCM historical flute Kathron Sturrock ARCM FRNCM, FLCM, HonRAM Barry Douglas CBE, FRCM MMus Julien Feltrin MMus contemporary Richard Uttley MA (Cantab), MPerf, STRINGS recorder and recorder consort John Lill CBE, HonDMus, HonDSc, ArtDip ENSEMBLE IN ASSOCIATION Richard Boothby BMus FRCM, FTCL, FLCM PRINCE CONSORT PROFESSOR Nancy Hadden BMus, MA BMus, PGDip, ARAM OF CONDUCTING Florilegium viola da gamba renaissance flute Andrew Zolinsky DipRCM Martyn Brabbins BMus, MMus, Adrian Butterfield MA, ARCM PIANO Gail Hennessy historical oboe HonDMus (Bristol), LGSM, FRCM CHAIR OF HISTORICAL KEYBOARD historical violin Professor PGDip INSTRUMENTS Professor Colin Lawson CBE, PRINCE CONSORT PROFESSOR Bojan Čičić historical violin (), FRCM OF COLLABORATIVE PIANO Professor Terence Charlston MA, MA (Oxon), MA, PhD, DMus, RECENT VISITING CONDUCTORS Carina Cosgrave historical bass (Chair of Advanced Piano) MMus, FRCO, ARAM, FRCM FRCM, FRNCM, FLCM, HonRAM Roger Vignoles BA, MusB, FRCM, Vladimir Ashkenazy Andrew Ball BA, FRCM harpsichord, clavichord, William Hunt MA violone historical clarinet HonRAM Nicholas Collon John Byrne Dip (Moscow continuo organ Reiko Ichise viola da gamba María Martínez Ayerza MMus, Conservatory), ARCM, ARAM, Andrew Gourlay Frances Kelly historical harp MA recorder and renaissance COLLABORATIVE PIANO DipRAM, GRNCM, PPRNCM Bernard Haitink VISITING PROFESSOR OF ARCM, FRCM , recorder consort Elizabeth Burley ARCM, FRCM HARPSICHORD AND ORGAN Nigel Clayton BMus, ARCM, FRCM Vladimir Jurowski archlute, and historical guitar Barnaby Robson AGSM (orchestral piano specialist) Ton Koopman Danny Driver MA (Cantab), Holly Mathieson Catherine Martin BA(Hons) (Oxon), historical clarinet Nigel Clayton BMus, ARCM, FRCM PGDip (RCM) Sir Roger Norrington LGSM historical violin, viola d’amore Professor Ashley Solomon FRAM, Julian Jacobson MA, GRSM, ARCM KEYBOARD FRCM, HonRCM recorder Gordon Fergus-Thompson FRCM Rafael Payare Sarah McMahon historical cello Simon Lepper MA, LRAM, Jane Chapman BA, HonRCM, FRNCM Pablo de Pedro Cano historical viola Wouter Verschuren MMus DipRAM, ARAM Jac van Steen ARCM harpsichord historical bassoon Caterina Grewe BMus, MMus, ArtDip, (Collaborative Piano Co-ordinator John Wilson Catherine Rimer MMus, GRNCM, Professor Terence Charlston MA, Konzertexamen and vocal repertoire coach) LRAM historical cello MMus, FRCO, ARAM, FRCM Sofya Gulyak MPerf RCM, ArtDipRCM Kathron Sturrock ARCM harpsichord, clavichord, Jane Rogers historical viola Niel Immelman FRCM continuo organ Lucy Russell MA historical violin Julian Jacobson MA, GRSM, ARCM JAZZ PIANO Robert Woolley GRSM, ARCM Samuel Stadlen PhD consort (second or related study only) Ian Jones BMus, ARCM, DipRCM, harpsichord, clavichord, Richard Tunnicliffe historical cello, FRCM Michael Moran GRSM, ARCM continuo organ cello continuo Dinara Klinton (assistant professor) CONTEMPORARY PIANO Dip (Moscow Conservatory), MPerf, FORTEPIANO (Masters only) ArtDip (RCM) Geoffrey Govier MFA, MMus, Danny Driver MA (Cantab), Ilya Kondratiev MPerf, ArtDip DMA, GRSM, ARCM, LTCL PG Dip (RCM) Jianing Kong BMus, MMus, ArtDip (RCM) Richard Uttley MA (Cantab), MPerf, Professor Vanessa Latarche FRCM, ArtDip HonARAM, FTCL, LRAM, ARCM Andrew Zolinsky DipRCM (Contemporary Piano Co-ordinator)

For more information on Conducting For more information on the please see page 44. Historical Performance Faculty please see page 46.

62 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC 63 PERCUSSION STRINGS

ORGAN HEAD OF PERCUSSION HEAD OF STRINGS VIOLIN JAZZ VIOLIN AND VIOLA VISITING PROFESSOR Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin David Hockings ARCM, FRCM Mark Messenger LRAM, ARAM, Felix Andrievsky Dip and Dip Solo (second or related study only) OF DOUBLE BASS Deux Premier Prix (CNSMDP) FRCM Performance (Gnessin Musical Christian Garrick Paul Ellison (improvisation specialist) TIMPANI Institute), FRCM DOUBLE BASS Andrew Dewar Grahame King ASSISTANT HEAD OF STRINGS Radu Blidar LMD INTERNATIONAL ARTIST IN RESIDENCE (VIOLA) Peter Buckoke ARCM, HonRCM David Graham BMus, ARCM, ARCO, Matt Perry MA, DipRCM Gary Ryan GRSMHons, LRAM, Natalia Boyarsky Dip and Dip LGSMHons, HonARAM, FRCM Maxim Rysanov Caroline Emery GTCL, LTCL, FRCM (professor in charge of organ) Chris Ridley Solo Performance (Gnessin BMus, LRAM, ARAM CertEd, HonRCM Margaret Phillips FRCO, GRSM, ARCM Musical Institute) ASSISTANT HEAD OF STRINGS VISITING PROFESSOR Anthony Hougham LTCL, GTCL BAROQUE TIMPANI Jiafeng Chen (ORCHESTRAL STRINGS) OF VIOLA Gabriele Ragghianti ORGAN SUPPORTING STUDIES Michal Cwizewicz Adrian Bending ARAM Gabrielle Lester DipRCM Sheng Li (Shanghai Conservatory) Enno Senft Andrew McCrea BMus, MMus, Detlef Hahn DipMus (Cologne/Vienna) ARCM, ARCO PERCUSSION Neil Tarlton LUTHIER SERVICES Lutsia Ibragimova VIOLA Andy Barclay DipRCM, HonARAM Florian Leonhard Fine Violins Leonid Kerbel Jonathan Barritt PIANO WORKSHOP: VISITING PROFESSORS OF HARP Owen Gunnell BMus(Hons) HEAD OF KEYBOARD Gabrielle Lester Nathan Braude Stephen Fitzpatrick (orchestral training) TECHNICAL SERVICES Alex Neal GRSM(Hons), DipRCM ENSEMBLE IN ASSOCIATION Adrian Levine Ida Bryhn ARAM, FRSA Marisa Robles Chris Moulton HonRCM Sam Walton BMus(Hons), LRAM, Sacconi Quartet Natalia Lomeiko BMus Antonello Farulli ARAM Susie Mészáros QUARTET IN RESIDENCE Mark Messenger LRAM, ARAM, FRCM HARP Simon Rowland-Jones JAZZ VIBRAPHONE Harlem Quartet Susie Mészáros Daphne Boden ARCM, FRCM, HonARAM, Premier Prix (Conservatoire Anthony Kerr Madeleine Mitchell MMus (Eastman Andriy Viytovych Concert Artists POLONSKY VISITING USA), GRSM, ARCM (Perf Hons), Diploma Royal de Bruxelles), FRSA DRUM KIT PROFESSOR OF VIOLIN ARCM (Teacher’s Hons) FRSA, FISM Yuri Zhislin DipHons, ARCM Jana Boušková Ralph Salmins AGSM, FHEA Maxim Vengerov Maciej Rakowski MA, Dip Solo Ieuan Jones ARCM, DipRCM, FRCM Performance VISITING PROFESSOR OF CELLO LATIN PERCUSSION INTERNATIONAL ARTIST IN Itzhak Rashkovsky BMus, MMus, Torleif Thedéen VISITING PROFESSOR RESIDENCE (VIOLIN) OF GUITAR Hugh Wilkinson BMus(Hons) FRCM, HonRCM Alina Ibragimova MBE, FRCM CELLO John Williams Jan Repko Alastair Blayden DipRCM (perf), MARIMBA Daniel Rowland VISITING PROFESSORS DipRCM (teaching) GUITAR Daniella Ganeva LGSM OF VIOLIN Sasha Rozhdestvensky Alexander Boyarsky Dip and Dip HonRCM Alexander Gilman Ani Schnarch ARCM, Artist DipHons Solo Performance (Gnessin Musical Charles Ramirez ARCM Peter Herresthal (Buchmann-Mehta School of Music), Institute), HonRCM Gary Ryan GRSMHons, LRAM, FRCM Lewis Kaplan BS, MS Thomas Carroll LGSMHons, HonARAM, FRCM (The Juilliard School) Emily Sun (assistant professor) Alexander Chaushian Chris Stell DipRAM, LRAM, ARAM Vasko Vassilev Yuri Zhislin DipHons, ARCM Natalie Clein Yossi Zivoni FRCM, FRNCM JAZZ GUITAR Hélène Dautry (second or related study only) Jakob Kullberg Milton Mermikides Richard Lester Melissa Phelps ARCM, FRCM Amanda Truelove ARCM, DipRCM (perf), Konzertexamen Diplom (Dusseldorf) Raphael Wallfisch

For more information on the For more information on the For more information on the Keyboard Faculty please see page 48. Percussion Faculty please see Strings Faculty please see page 52. page 50. For information on historical For information on historical keyboard studies see page 46 strings studies please see page 46 or visit www.rcm.ac.uk/hp or visit www.rcm.ac.uk/hp

64 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC 65 WOODWIND VOCAL & OPERA

HEAD OF WOODWIND Robert Hill ARCM, ARAM HEAD OF VOCAL AND OPERA REPERTOIRE CLASSES VOCAL REPERTOIRE COACHING OPERATIC REPERTOIRE COACHES Simon Channing BA (Cantab), Janet Hilton FRCM, ARMCM Nicholas Sears MA (Cantab), FRCM Sally Burgess ARCM, FRCM Nancy Cooley Caroline Dowdle ARCM, HonRCM, FRCM Richard Hosford ARCM, DipRCM performance class Caroline Dowdle Joyce Fieldsend DEPUTY HEAD OF VOCAL (perf), FRCM Patrizia Dina BA Italian song Bryan Evans Anthony Legge FLUTE AND OPERA Audrey Hyland BA, HonARAM Timothy Lines ARCM, FRCM, DipRCM Audrey Hyland BA, HonARAM Simon Lepper MA, LRAM, Michael Lloyd Katie Bedford BMus, PGDip (RCM) Barnaby Robson AGSM French mélodie and Lieder DipRAM, ARAM Simon Channing BA (Cantab), ARCM, ARTIST IN RESIDENCE Richard Jackson MA Lieder Gary Matthewman BMus(Hons), SONG COACHES HonRCM, FRCM and French mélodie E FLAT CLARINET Sir Thomas Allen PGDip (RCM) Iain Burnside Gitte Marcusson (second or related study only) Jonathan Peter Kenny historical Joseph Ramadan Audrey Hyland BA, HonARAM Emer McDonough Peter Davis BA, ARCM, LRAM CHAIR OF VOCAL PERFORMANCE performance classes Andrew Robinson DipRCM Simon Lepper MA, LRAM, DipRAM, ARCM (Hons), FRCM, Timothy Lines ARCM, DipRCM, FRCM Norbert Meyn FHEA, LGSM, Janis Kelly FRCM, DRSAMD Stephen Varcoe MA, PhD ARAM PGDipGSMD Diplom Gesang Solo (HfM) Lieder Roger Vignoles BA, MusB, ARCM, Sue Thomas DipRAM, BMus, BASS CLARINET VISITING PROFESSOR Stephen Roberts GRSM, ARCM ART SONG FRCM, HonRCM PPRNCM, GRNCM (second or related study only) OF VOCAL AND OPERA oratorio and English song Iain Burnside Adam Walker Michael Harris ARCM, FRCM Brindley Sherratt Andrew Robinson DipRCM, Lieder Audrey Hyland BA, HonARAM MUSIC STAFF Paul Richards GRSM and French mélodie PROFESSORS Nicholas Sears MA (Cantab), FRCM Nicholas Bosworth JAZZ FLUTE Patricia Rozario OBE, BA, AGSM, Nicholas Cleobury (second or related study only) SAXOPHONE Patricia Bardon FRCM English song and oratorio Roger Vignoles BA, MusB, ARCM, Andy Panayi FRCM, HonRCM John Constable Kyle Horch BMus, MMus, HonRCM Graeme Broadbent DipRCM, Nicholas Sears MA (Cantab), Martin Robertson ARCM, DipRCM Diplomé, DipPG (Moscow FRCM French mélodie Alec Crowe PICCOLO MOVEMENT Conservatory) Bryan Evans MBE (second or related study only) Stephen Varcoe MA, PhD English song Sally Burgess ARCM, FRCM Desirée Kongerød VISITING PROFESSOR Roger Vignoles BA, MusB, ARCM, Martin Fitzpatrick Stewart McIlwham OF BASSOON Roderick Earle MA FRCM, HonRCM song repertoire Lionel Friend Kathleen Stevenson Ole Kristian Dahl STAGECRAFT AND ACTING Tim Evans-Jones ARAM, FRCM and duos David Gowland Olivia Fuchs PRINCE CONSORT Dinah Harris ARAM, FRCM Richard Hetherington BASSOON SPEECH AND Saffron van Zwanenburg PROFESSOR OF OBOE Ben Johnson Joost Bosdijk BMus (Royal LANGUAGE CLASSES Anthony Kraus Jacques Tys Conservatoire, The Hague) Justin Lavender AGSM Maria Cleva Italian Natalie Murray Beale Sarah Burnett MA, DipRAM, LRAM Rosa Mannion BA Florence Daguerre de Hureaux Michael Pollock MA (Oxon), OBOE French RCM OPERA STUDIO Andrea de Flammineis David Montague Rendall FRAM, Gerhard Gall German MMus (London), ARCM, HonRAM, John Anderson ARCM, FRCM ARAM Martin Gatt HonFGSM, ARCM, FRWCMD Gareth Hulse MA, ARCM Daniele Guerra ARCM Italian DIRECTOR OF OPERA Stephen Roberts GRSM, ARCM Carmen Santoro FRCM Michael Rosewell Rosie Jenkins BMus, LRAM, PGDip Christine Legge speech FRCM Roberto Giaccaglia FRNCM, FUCLAN, Peter Selwyn Johanna Mayr MagPhil, DipTrans, (oboe reed-making consultant) HonDA, GRNCM, PGRNCM Emily Hultmark MCIL German VISITING PROFESSOR Stuart Wild Juliana Koch Patricia Rozario OBE, BA, AGSM, Stuart Russell BMus, LRAM, PGDip Norbert Meyn German Dame Kiri Te Kanawa DBE, Olivier Stankiewicz FRCM (bassoon reed-making consultant) HonDMus Sonja Nerdrum HonRCM French Fabien Thouand MMus Peter Savidge MA Paola Quaglia Italian CONTRABASSOON Russell Smythe FRCM, AGSM COR ANGLAIS Hildburg Williams German (second or related study only) Jeffrey Stewart AGSM (second or related study only) Martin Field ARAM Mark Tucker MA, DipGSM Jane Marshall AGSM Sarah Tynan Christine Pendrill Veronica Veysey Campbell FTCL, LTCL, Cert of Advanced Studies (GSMD) CLARINET For more information on the Alison Wells For more information on the Vocal & Michael Collins FRCM, HonRAM BA, ARCM, FHEA Woodwind Faculty please Opera Faculty please see page 56. Peter Davis BA, LRAM, ARCM see page 54. For more information on the RCM For information on historical Opera Studio please see page 58. woodwind studies see page 46 or visit www.rcm.ac.uk/hp

66 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC 67 70 UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES 72 MASTERS PROGRAMMES 76 ARTIST DIPLOMAS 78 RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

www.rcm.ac.uk/courses

PROGRAMMES OF STUDY UNDERGRADUATE BACHELOR OF MUSIC – BMUS(HONS) PERFORMANCE ACTIVITIES The BMus(Hons) programme is a flexible and varied In addition to public performance opportunities, our four-year degree that combines focus on principal study faculty-based activities include regular performance PROGRAMMES with faculty activities and a mix of core and optional classes, orchestral training, chamber music and duo courses. This programme has been designed so you are coaching, language classes (singers), music technology able to shape your degree to your aspirations as your (composers) and improvisation (organists). Regular Our flagship undergraduate programme is the Bachelor practice and strengths develop, bringing in a range of masterclasses and workshops with world-class visiting modules and opportunities. artists are another highlight. of Music – BMus(Hons) – for performers and composers. As an undergraduate you will undertake a rigorous METHODS OF TEACHING The course blends tradition, creativity and innovation, curriculum that covers key areas in musicianship, music leadership (including education), entrepreneurship, Teaching takes place in a number of ways – individual and is designed to prepare you for a multitude of innovation, health and wellbeing and digital skills. principal study tuition, small group tutorials, customised careers. The BMus(Hons) is driven by our passion for Historical, stylistic and analytical studies are underpinned supervision sessions with academic professors and group by research-led teaching and student-driven projects. and collaborative work with peers. Innovative digital music and our unique knowledge of the industry our Throughout your studies you will not only have the technology supports our teaching and your learning in students will enter on graduation. opportunity to develop your skills further in performance all areas. These different forms of engagement enable or composition, but also to focus on other areas that interest you to build meaningful and lasting relationships with you. You can find a full list of modules available on the your colleagues and professors. Dr Christina Guillaumier, Head of Undergraduate Programmes BMus(Hons) programme at www.rcm.ac.uk/courses BENEFITS OF THE BMUS(HONS) PRINCIPAL STUDY The RCM makes it a priority to provide an undergraduate You will have weekly individual lessons with your principal experience that is fulfilling and varied, with your health study faculty professor. Second study tuition in a different and wellbeing paramount. When you start your degree principal study area is offered to suitable applicants programme you immediately become part of a vibrant (auditions are held when you begin your studies). Students performing and intellectual community of world-class with an exceptionally high level of ability in two areas may practitioners and educators. The contacts you create here follow joint principal studies. We also offer opportunities and the training and knowledge you will receive across to study instruments related to your principal study (eg jazz all areas of your programme will be of lasting value to you trumpet for trumpeters, baroque flute for flautists). throughout your career.

Supporting and enhancing your principal study training is Many of our graduates move into a career as a professional a core syllabus of rigorous academic, practical and performer, decide on further study or move into arts and research-based work. Much of this is selected on an cultural management, teaching and other related careers. options basis by you, according to your needs and aims. The possibilities are endless – the choice is yours.

The RCM is an institution that values its students and encourages musicians to become the best they can. FIND OUT MORE Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, Bachelor of Music (Hons) www.rcm.ac.uk/undergraduate

70 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC 71 MASTERS WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMMES: COMPOSITION MASTERS • Master of Performance: MPerf • Master of Composition: MComp • Master of Composition: MComp • Master of Music in Composition: MMus (Comp) PROGRAMMES • Master of Music in Performance: MMus (Perf) • Master of Music in Composition: MMus (Comp) Composition-based Masters courses aim to help you • Master of Education: MEd develop your composition craft for a wide range of • Master of Performance Science: MSc contexts. This qualification develops your composition Masters programmes at the Royal College of Music skills through a range of intensive training and varied are designed to prepare you for your future career by performance opportunities, and your studies will be PERFORMANCE-BASED MASTERS complemented by options that reflect current vocational and offering vocational training, professional opportunities • Master of Performance: MPerf professional needs. Such skills are particularly relevant for • Master of Music in Performance: MMus (Perf) those who aim to enter the profession as practitioners at the and exposure to research at the highest level. highest level and who need to meet the current demands of The RCM’s performance-based Masters courses offer bespoke the music industry. Professor Natasha Loges, Head of Postgraduate Programmes programmes of study that will give you the support, training and knowledge needed for the working world of music. Composition at the RCM fosters partnerships with the College’s numerous gifted instrumentalists. Composers Your education is delivered by our distinguished and will hear performances of their own works in a variety of experienced team of professors. Alongside numerous contexts and have the opportunity to benefit from a range internal performance activities such as masterclasses, of collaborations, which we host regularly with artistic orchestral projects and workshops, you will have organisations in London and beyond. opportunities to experience the world of professional music and research, including side-by-side sit-in schemes COMPOSITION FOR SCREEN with London-based orchestras, commissions, external concerts and tours. You will also be able to participate Our specialist Composition for Screen pathway enables in faculty-based classes and activities. students to develop advanced skills in composition for screen, including film, TV and online games. Underpinned Your programme will be complemented by a wide range of by current industry practices, students develop their options that include chamber music, orchestral performance, technical expertise, compositional versatility and teaching skills, music administration, historical performance, professional connections. For further details, visit conducting, composition, orchestration and arrangement, www.rcm.ac.uk/compforscreen musicians’ health and wellbeing, women in music and the psychology of performance. WHICH MASTERS PROGRAMME IS FOR ME? The MPerf and MComp programmes provide concentrated training to advanced musicians preparing to enter the profession. The MMus programme develops your critical and research skills alongside your training as a performer or composer. This programme is ideal preparation for those who are interested in doctoral research or high-level teaching within the music profession.

All our masters programmes are flexibly delivered to suit your needs and requirements.

I am fascinated by the variety of original and replica instruments available to students, including the RCM Museum’s fantastic keyboard collection. The quality of teaching, especially one-to-one lessons, is exceptional and has really allowed me to develop as a musician. FIND OUT MORE Gergely Tóth-Vajna, Master of Music www.rcm.ac.uk/postgraduate

72 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC 73 MSC IN PERFORMANCE SCIENCE The MSc programme is taught by the Centre for Performance Science, a partnership of the RCM and Imperial College London. It provides the opportunity to undertake research in the art and science of performance in a real-world educational and professional context. This research-based course delivers a scientific understanding of how music is performed, taught, created and perceived.

The MSc can prepare you for a future career, including doctoral research and/or teaching, in performance science, arts-in-health, music psychology or musicians’ wellbeing, or in any area in which knowledge of psychology and social scientific methods would be an advantage. For more details visit www.rcm.ac.uk/msc

MASTER OF EDUCATION The MEd is an advanced taught degree programme with research elements, designed for teaching musicians who want to examine the social, cultural and educational impact of their professional practice, such as music workshop leaders/facilitators, teachers, ensemble/choir directors and coaches, and professional performers such as animateurs and orchestral players whose work includes educational activities.

The MEd learning environment is dynamic and interactive, with a combination of modules that will stimulate discussion and analysis of your own practice. The programme will support you in developing your knowledge and understanding of a range of concepts and ideas related to music education. This will culminate in a research project on an area of your choice.

The programme is available full-time for a year, or part-time over a period of two to four years, with flexibility around individual circumstances. It is designed to fit around a professional musician’s portfolio of other commitments. For more details visit www.rcm.ac.uk/med

OTHER AWARDS The Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) can be awarded to students who have completed 120 credits of a Masters programme.

The Graduate Diploma in Vocal Performance is available to vocal students as a bridge to postgraduate study.

FLEXIBILITY Allowing you to study in a way that suits you is important to us. Most Masters programmes are also available part-time Image above Group work on our Master of and selected programmes are available in a 12-month, Education programme fast-track format, subject to approval. International students should note that full-time study is required on a Student Visa.

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74 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC 75 The Artist Diploma in Performance at the ARTIST RCM is so well designed for students – there is enough freedom and flexibility within the DIPLOMAS course to shape it according to our goals, but there is also sufficient guidance and expertise when we need it throughout our journey. The Artist Diploma is aimed at those who can demonstrate advanced ability at Masters level Tolga Atalay Un, Artist Diploma in Performance and would like to work intensively on further artistic development. The focus is on one-to-one provision and practical project work that you tailor to your individual career aspirations.

The RCM offers Artist Diplomas in Opera, Composition and ARTIST DIPLOMA IN COMPOSITION Performance, including a Répétiteur strand. The Artist Diploma in Composition is designed for students who want to work intensively on the technique and practice ARTIST DIPLOMA IN OPERA of composition. It provides time for concentrated study The Artist Diploma in Opera is based in the RCM Opera with a principal study composition teacher or teachers and Studio. It is designed for students who have the potential enables sustained focus on one or more specific projects to become professional operatic singers. The programme leading to a final portfolio submission. provides you with extensive individual and class provision, as well as performance opportunities in operatic scenes and fully staged productions.

ARTIST DIPLOMA IN PERFORMANCE The Artist Diploma in Performance is for students who wish to work intensively on solo performance as a prelude to entering the music profession. It allows time for preparation of concerts, recitals and competitions.

The Artist Diploma in Performance (Répétiteur) offers pianists hands-on experience in the preparation of performances at the RCM and provides working sessions with senior staff from Image right A student playing our the Royal Opera House, . This programme new Kennedy-Mietker will be offered from 2022/23. For more information please harpsichord for a visit www.rcm.ac.uk/repetiteur streamed concert

FIND OUT MORE www.rcm.ac.uk/artdip

76 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC 77 My experience as a doctoral RESEARCH student at College has been wonderful. My supervisors PROGRAMMES support me in every aspect of my research. It’s been great to be in this atmosphere Research degrees are for those wishing to of growth, development undertake advanced research in the areas and professionalism.

of performance, composition, musicology, Gigi Chi Ying Lam, doctoral student music education or performance science.

You will devise and undertake a unique research project, supported by a team of experienced academics with practical supervision designed with flexibility to suit your needs. Your independent work is supplemented with ongoing research training and preparation for your future career.

DOCTOR OF MUSIC (DMUS) The Doctor of Music (DMus) research degree is for 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, supplemented by an extended commentary.

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PHD) The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) research degree focuses on musicological and scientific approaches to questions arising out of performance and composition. You will submit a written dissertation, which may include supporting practical work.

It is possible during the degree to move between PhD and DMus depending on how your individual research project evolves.

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If you would like to talk to someone about applying to the Our prospectus and website will tell you everything you Royal College of Music, feel free to contact our friendly need to know about studying at the RCM, but the best Admissions team who will be happy to advise you. way to discover what life is truly like here is to visit us.

APPLICANTS WITH DISABILITIES SOCIAL MEDIA OPEN DAYS TOURS The RCM welcomes applications from students with You can find out more about life at the RCM, our students, Our Open Days take place each spring and are designed If you can’t come to our Open Day, you may like to consider disabilities. If you would like to discuss your particular needs alumni and events by following us on social media: to give prospective students, parents and teachers the a tour of our building and facilities. in confidence, you are welcome to contact our Student chance to explore what the College has to offer. With Tours are led by an RCM student or a member of staff. Services team at [email protected] /royalcollegeofmusic performances, faculty introductions and informative sessions, it’s a great way to discover life at the RCM. Our tour leaders are friendly and welcoming, and will happily answer any questions you may have. Places are @RCMLondon For more information see www.rcm.ac.uk/openday INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS subject to availability. To book please visit our website at International students interested in applying to study www.rcm.ac.uk/studenttours /RCMLondon EVENTS at the Royal College of Music can find out more at www.rcm.ac.uk/international Our events feature the world-class talents of our students You can also watch our campus tour video at @RCMLondon and staff as well as regular visits from internationally www.rcm.ac.uk/watchcampustour We also have dedicated webpages for the renowned artists. Tickets for many events are free and following countries: RCMLondon others start from as little as £5. Find out more at EXPLORE ONLINE www.rcm.ac.uk/events www.rcm.ac.uk/china Weibo.com/RCMLondon If visiting is not possible before making an application, our www.rcm.ac.uk/hongkong website contains full application information and course www.rcm.ac.uk/japan breakdowns, and our YouTube channel is home to videos www.rcm.ac.uk/singapore from all our faculties and our performance archive. You can www.rcm.ac.uk/southkorea RCM ADMISSIONS FIND OUT MORE WATCH [email protected] www.rcm.ac.uk/visit www.youtube.com/ also explore our series of interactive digital exhibitions from www.rcm.ac.uk/usa +44 (0)20 7591 4362 RCMLondon the RCM’s historic collections at www.rcm.ac.uk/exhibitions

82 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC 83 PREPARE FOR YOUR AUDITIONS BY APPLYING & 06 AUDITION* 08 RECORDING The Royal College of Music holds auditions in London Whilst it is preferable to audition live where possible, if you AUDITIONS and several overseas venues. You can find out more are unable to attend an audition venue in person, the option at www.rcm.ac.uk/auditionlocations of auditioning by video recording will be available to all applicants for all principal studies for 2022 entry, other than London auditions take place in late November/December, for the second round of conducting auditions. This section takes you through what you need to think although a small number of auditions may be held in February if places are still available. Any student who auditions in person or by video for a place about when applying to the Royal College of Music. on a performance or composition programme beginning in Full information is available at www.rcm.ac.uk/apply Applicants who are unable to attend auditions in person September 2022 will automatically be considered for can submit a video audition. a scholarship or study award.

The RCM issues a list of prescribed audition pieces, which If you wish to be auditioned by recording you must submit can be found under the relevant faculty on our website both your application and recording by the deadline. at www.rcm.ac.uk/faculties. Performers may also be For more details see www.rcm.ac.uk/auditionsbyrecording asked to undertake a short sight-reading exercise, and in some cases asked to play scales, arpeggios or other technical exercises. Composers are considered for entry primarily on the basis of their portfolio of compositions, RESPOND TO YOUR OFFER and only shortlisted applicants are invited for interview. 09 Offers are made to successful applicants through UCAS *Audition dates and venues correct at time of publication but may be subject to change. See www.rcm.ac.uk/auditions for latest information. Conservatoires, along with details of any conditions that must be met. The RCM aims to inform applicants of their result as soon after the audition period as possible. Successful applicants who have accepted offers of places ATTEND YOUR will receive further details about consultation lessons, 07 AUDITION choosing a professor, registration and orientation. EXPERIENCE AN APPLY OPEN DAY 04 Most auditions and interviews last approximately 15–20 01 minutes. All those auditioning will be given 15–20 minutes Find out what RCM life is like during our annual Open Day. In most cases applications to study at the Royal to warm up, and there is no theory test. If you audition For more information see www.rcm.ac.uk/openday College of Music should be made online through the in London, for some instruments and for voice you may UCAS Conservatoires application service at be asked to perform at a second audition on the same www..com/conservatoires. For Doctoral studies you day. An accompanist will be provided for candidates must apply directly to the Royal College of Music. For full auditioning in London, unless you wish to bring your own. CHECK THE APPLICATION details visit www.rcm.ac.uk/doctoral 02 DEADLINES The conservatoire recruitment cycle is different to universities, so you will need to apply much earlier; The teachers I work with at applications for entry in September 2022 will open in PAY YOUR APPLICATION AND AUDITION FEES the RCM are leaders in their July 2021. The closing date for auditions in London for 05 performance and composition courses is 1 October 2021. Application and assessment fees must be paid when fields worldwide, and I feel The closing date for our overseas audition venues and making your online application. These cover the cost very lucky to be instructed some postgraduate courses vary. For up-to-date details of administering your audition, portfolio assessment or and inspired by them. visit www.rcm.ac.uk/auditionlocations interview and are non-refundable. Assessment fees range from £100–£115 depending on your audition location/ Ruby Orlowska, Master of Music in Performance method and degree programme; the application fee for joint principal study is £160. Applications made via UCAS USEFUL CONTACT DETAILS CHECK THE ENTRY Conservatoires incur an additional £26.50 application UCAS Conservatoires applicant helpline REQUIREMENTS 03 fee. Late applications are subject to a further fee of £10. 0371 468 0470 Full details of our entry requirements are available online Fees are correct at the time of going to print. The most +44 (0)330 333 0232 (overseas) on our individual course pages at www.rcm.ac.uk/courses. up-to-date information on assessment fees can be found If your first language is not English, you must also be able to on our website at www.rcm.ac.uk/auditionlocations RCM Admissions ( ) achieve a satisfactory standard in an approved English test. +44 0 20 7591 4362 Audition fee waivers are available for UK applicants to [email protected] the BMus course from low income backgrounds. For more WATCH www.rcm.ac.uk/auditions information visit www.rcm.ac.uk/bmus www.rcm.ac.uk/watchaudition

84 PROSPECTUS 2022–2023 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC 85 Every effort has been made to ensure NON-UK STUDENTS that the information here is fair and FEES & accurate at the time of publication. It is essential that you have the means to pay your fees Information on programmes, fees and services contained within this and living expenses for the duration of your course before publication are subject to occasional FUNDING leaving your own country. Most students need to budget changes, and no guarantee can be given that these will not be made at least £12,500 per year for living costs. If you require following publication. a Student Visa to study in the UK, you will need to For the most up-to-date information demonstrate that you have at least £12,006** to cover on our programmes visit www.rcm.ac.uk The Royal College of Music can offer you a range of living expenses for the first year of your course. Any complaints concerning the fairness support to help you to finance your studies at our world- **Information correct at time of publication or accuracy of this publication should class conservatoire. be addressed to [email protected]

© Royal College of Music 2021 TUITION FEES AND FEE STATUS SCHOLARSHIPS AND BURSARIES Photo credits Whether students pay the Home or Overseas tuition RCM scholarships are available to students on our fee depends on a number of factors, including nationality performance and composition courses, with more than 50% Chris Barrett: 21 and country of residence. Find out more about the fee of full-time students receiving some financial support. A small number of grants are also available to help with unexpected regulations for at www.rcm.ac.uk/feestatus Chris Christodoulou: study costs throughout the year. Cover image and pages 2–3, 9, 11, 13, 16, 20, 21, 38, 44, 46, 52, 55, Tuition fees are revised annually so please check 59, 68, 80 www.rcm.ac.uk/fees for the latest information and Bursaries are offered to assist with the cost of doctoral studies, and details of how to apply will be sent to successful Daniel Dettwiler: an up-to-date full list of fees for all programmes. As a Page 20 guide, annual fees for 2021/22 were: applicants. At present there are no scholarships available for the MSc and MEd programmes. For more details see Adam Ferguson: www.rcm.ac.uk/scholarships Pages 10, 37, 40, 56, 70, 77 Home Overseas Clara Garde: Page 19 BMus(Hons) £9,250 £25,300 LOANS AND GRANTS Alexander Kustov: Graduate Diploma in Vocal £12,50 0 £26,400 Student loans are available to England-domiciled UK students Pages 24–25 Performance on the BMus(Hons), Masters and Doctoral programmes. PRS for Music: MPerf/MMus/MComp £12,10 0 £26,400 For further details visit www.gov.uk/student-finance. Separate Page 20 (£11,750 for students arrangements apply to students from Wales, Scotland and progressing to Year 2) Lluc Queralt: Northern Ireland. Page 18 MPerf/MMus in Vocal £12,50 0 £26,400 Performance The RCM is designated as an eligible institution for American Natalie Roe: students to apply for US Federal Student Loans or for Page 35 MMus (fast-track) £15,40 0 £32,500 deferment of payment on an existing US student loan. Phil Rowley: M E d */ M S c * £ 7, 3 0 0 £17, 6 0 0 For more detailed information visit www.rcm.ac.uk/usloans Pages 5, 6, 14, 23, 26, 27, 29, 31, 32, 33, 42, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 57, ArtDip in Composition/ £11,9 0 0 £26,400 60, 72, 74–75, 78–79, 82, 83 Performance (including There may be access to grants and awards in your home Charlotte Smallwood: répétiteur strand) country for study abroad. Consult your local British Council Page 19 representative for details. ArtDip in Opera £14,10 0 £26,900 Emily Turkanik: Page 21 DMus/PhD £ 7, 3 0 0 £17, 6 0 0 OTHER SOURCES OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE Design by studioparallel.co.uk *charged pro-rata, based on credits You can find guidance on funding and scholarships at the RCM at www.rcm.ac.uk/funding including advice for EU STUDENTS UK and overseas students, a list of key external funding The RCM has a long tradition of welcoming students organisations and helpful tips on how to approach them. from all over the world, in particular from our European neighbours. EU students play an essential role in College PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS life and this has not changed following the UK’s departure Once at the RCM you will have access to our Creative from the EU. We welcome applications from EU students Careers Centre, where a dedicated team offers a wide for 2022 entry and beyond. Students who have Settled range of free services, from help with filling in application or Pre-Settled Status under the EU Withdrawal Agreement forms to finding paid employment. may qualify to pay Home fees and access tuition fee loans, provided they meet the residency requirements. Depending on the length of residence in the UK, they may also qualify

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