AN INSPIRING HOME FOR WORLD-CLASS MUSICIANS PROSPECTUS 2019– 2020

1 2 RCM Opera Studio’s production of The Cunning Little Vixen TEN REASONS TO STUDY AT THE

MAKE THE MOST OF PERFORMANCE 1OPPORTUNITIES You will have the opportunity to perform in venues across and further afield with world-leading conductors and artists, and our composers can hear their works brought to life by fellow musicians.

LEARN FROM EXCEPTIONAL 2 PROFESSORS Our dedicated and experienced professors are at the forefront of their fields, and many are principal players with London’s major orchestras.

PREPARE FOR 3 YOUR FUTURE For more than 130 years our students have gone on to enjoy successful international careers. Here at the RCM you can follow in the footsteps of the world’s leading composers, conductors, singers and instrumentalists.

BE INSPIRED BY 4 OUR LOCATION Situated in the heart of London, opposite the , our location is the envy of the musical world.

4 GAIN TEN REASONS TO STUDY AT PROFESSIONAL 5 EXPERIENCE Our Creative Careers Centre offers countless THE ROYAL COLLEGE opportunities to perform at prestigious events and OF MUSIC venues and take music into the wider community. ACCESS OUTSTANDING 6 FACILITIES Our excellent facilities will enhance and support your time here, from magnificent performance spaces to state-of-the-art accommodation. We are continually investing in our facilities to ensure our students have the very best opportunities.

BE IMMERSED IN OUR INTERNATIONAL 7 COMMUNITY The RCM is a truly global conservatoire, with students and staff from all over the world. We are a friendly, exciting and diverse hub of music-making, and you can learn from and build contacts with musicians from around the globe.

EXPERIENCE DIGITAL 8 INNOVATION With our new virtual learning environment and cutting-edge research and facilities, the RCM is a world-leader in the use of digital technologies to prepare our students for successful careers.

TAILOR YOUR 9 STUDIES We are the only conservatoire to devise and award our own degrees to doctoral level. At the RCM you can create a programme to suit your individual professional aspirations.

ENGAGE WITH WORLD-LEADING 10 RESEARCH The RCM is renowned for its thriving research, which informs our teaching and can help you develop fully as an artist.

5 8 37 LIFE AT THE RCM FACULTIES

8 Welcome to the RCM 38 Brass 10 Performance Opportunities 40 Composition 14 Learning & Discovery 42 16 Prepare for your Future 44 Historical Performance 18 RCM Alumni 46 Keyboard 22 Location 48 Percussion 24 Studying in London 50 Strings 26 Accommodation 52 Woodwind

CONTENTS 28 Student Support 54 Vocal & Opera 29 RCM Students’ Union 30 Our Campus & Facilities www.rcm.ac.uk/faculties 34 Global Opportunities 36 Scholarships

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6 57 65 ACADEMIC HOW TO APPLY

PROGRAMMES 66 How to Get in Touch 67 Visit Us Undergraduate Programmes 58 68 Applying & Auditions Masters Programmes 60 70 Fees & Funding 62 Artist Diplomas 64 Research Degrees www.rcm.ac.uk/apply www.rcm.ac.uk/courses

7 GOLD RATING FOR OUTSTANDING TEACHING AND LEARNING IN THE TEACHING EXCELLENCE FRAMEWORK (2017)

8 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 and Europe and second in the world (QS World University Rankings 2017), we welcome staff and students from all over the world bringing exceptional talent, creativity and inspiration.

The performance opportunities you We are also dedicated to preparing you for life after will discover here are unparalleled. We graduation. Our Creative Careers Centre gives you hold more than 500 events each year access to a wealth of job opportunities as well as support across our magnificent performance and advice on how to forge a successful career. spaces and at external venues, so In a recent Higher Education Statistics Agency survey, you are sure to find an outlet for your of the RCM alumni who graduated in 2016, 96% of particular musical interests. survey respondents had moved into employment or further study six months after graduating. This demonstrates Here at the RCM we support you as an artist. Our our continued commitment to supporting our musicians professors represent the best international talent and are in their career aspirations. committed to nurturing you through your studies. We are delighted to have achieved a gold rating for our We are proud of our heritage as a conservatoire which outstanding teaching and learning for undergraduates in has nurtured some of the most exceptional musical talent the first ever Teaching Excellence Framework (2017). of the last 130 years, but we also seek to push the As an RCM musician you will be encouraged to develop boundaries of music as leaders in digital innovation. by exploring the research behind music in practice, and The RCM’s exceptional facilities, teaching staff and will be well placed to do so as we were named the state-of-the-art technology will help you to become the London conservatoire with the highest percentage of musicians of the future. world-leading research in the latest Research Excellence Professor Colin Lawson, Director Framework (2014). CBE, MA (Oxon), MA, PhD, DMus, FRCM, FRNCM, FLCM, HonRAM

TOP INSTITUTION FOR PERFORMING ARTS IN THE UK AND EUROPE (QS World University Rankings 2017)

9 PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES

At the Royal College of Music you will have access to unmatched performance opportunities. Every year we present more than 500 events ranging from masterclasses and chamber recitals to orchestral concerts and fully staged operas, giving you as much performance experience as possible.

We have several large ensembles in addition to our RCM ENSEMBLES main orchestras, and composers can hear their works performed by fellow musicians too. Solo opportunities are The RCM Symphony Orchestra is frequently joined by numerous, with many concert slots available each week, some of the world’s greatest conductors and artists. and students are actively encouraged to form chamber Recent visitors have included , Vladimir groups to help broaden their repertoire further. Ashkenazy, Nicholas Collon, Håkan Hardenberger, Thomas Zehetmair and King’s College Choir. The orchestra also performs regularly at the Royal Festival CHAMBER MUSIC Hall, including as part of the Philharmonia Orchestra’s festivals, and in 2017 was joined by conductor John You can perform solo and chamber works in our chamber Wilson for a Royal Gala at Buckingham Palace, hosted music series, and all students are able to apply to take by HRH The Prince of Wales. part in these lunchtime and rush-hour concerts. There are also opportunities to play at venues across London, The RCM Philharmonic’s Orchestral Masterworks series including the Royal Albert Hall’s Elgar Room, Victoria ensures that students have opportunities to play the core and Albert Museum and churches including St James’s works of the orchestral repertoire. Our other ensembles Piccadilly and St Mary Abbots, Kensington. cover a wide range of genres: contemporary music with RCM New Perspectives, historical performance with the Visiting ensembles, including the Harlem Quartet RCM Baroque Orchestra, electronic music in our From and Sacconi Quartet, provide further opportunities the Soundhouse series, film music with the Students’ Film to play alongside professional performers. The RCM Orchestra and jazz and swing with the RCM Swing Chamber Ensemble and Chamber Choir recently gave a Band and RCM Big Band. RCM conductors also lead performance of Stravinsky’s Les noces with Vasily Petrenko rehearsals and concerts with our ensembles throughout as part of the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s Changing the year. Faces: Stravinsky’s Journey series.

Rehearsal with the Harlem Quartet

10 It was a great pleasure to work with RCM students. Their open-minded attitude made it possible to reach new heights in terms of musical expression and ensemble-playing.

Jasper de Waal Principal Horn, Chamber Orchestra of Europe

Vladimir Ashkenazy conducting the RCM Symphony Orchestra in the

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CONCERTOS AND OPERA PRODUCTIONS COMPETITIONS The Royal College of Music Opera Studio presents three The RCM runs a regular concerto competition and fully staged opera performances each year, along with the winners receive showcase performances with our opera scenes and special projects. Some of the world’s ensembles. Composers are also able to win the chance most acclaimed directors, designers and choreographers to have their works rehearsed and premiered by a join us for these productions, providing a professional full orchestra. Recently, pianist experience within a supportive environment. performed Mozart’s Piano Concerto no 24 under the Recent productions have included Janáček’s The Cunning baton of Bernard Haitink, and composer Bertram Wee’s Little Vixen directed by Daniel Slater, a double bill of new work Severed was premiered by Martyn Brabbins Poulenc and Chabrier directed by Stephen Unwin and and the RCM Philharmonic. Our faculties also run their Mozarts’s La finta giardiniera with director Harry Fehr. own competitions for a wide range of soloists and chamber ensembles.

The College has a very open approach to performance that allows each student to individually specialise in their own way. I always feel that I am working towards a project, never that I am just practising for an exam.

Jonathan Vaux Bachelor of Music

12 COLLABORATIONS FESTIVAL ATMOSPHERE There are many collaborative projects at the RCM each Every year we stage several festivals which provide year, both cross-faculty and with external institutions. A a platform for individual faculties to showcase their special project with the Centre de musique baroque de talents. Our Keyboard Festival features a live-streamed Versailles and the Académie de l’Opéra national de marathon of performances, Super String Sunday and the Paris saw the first-ever staged UK production of Rameau’s International Double Bass Festival explore sensational Les fêtes d’Hébé, as well as performances at the Opéra string music, and we celebrate historical performance Bastille in Paris. In addition, principal players from the with the International Festival of Viols. Chamber Orchestra of Europe visit regularly to work and Our Festival of Percussion provides an opportunity to perform with students. There have been further recent hear and perform with the greats of the industry. In 2017 collaborations with the Salzburg Mozarteum and the Benny Greb was our special guest and, in previous University of Music and Performing Arts . years, we have welcomed percussionists from the BBC RCM composers and musicians have created music to Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra and accompany exhibitions at the Royal Academy of Arts Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. and the National Gallery. Our Great Exhibitionists series offers you the chance to devise your own ground-breaking events with full support and mentorship. Students can FIND OUT MORE collaborate to create and present unique projects that www.rcm.ac.uk/performance redefine what means today.

Les fêtes d’Hébé at Opéra Bastille, Paris

13 LEARNING & DISCOVERY LEARNING & DISCOVERY Research is a key part of your development at the Royal College of Music. From the first day of your programme you will be engaged in a journey of self-discovery.

Professor Richard Wistreich, Director of Research

RESEARCH AT THE RCM RESOURCES AND FACILITIES Whether exploring technical challenges in the teaching The RCM is a vibrant place for research, rich in both studio, experimenting in the practice room, rehearsing practical and intellectual resources. Outstanding for your next performance or finding new repertoire in collections of priceless musical instruments, famous the magnificent RCM Library, research is a vital part of composers’ manuscripts and thousands of paintings and your learning. You will be mentored and supported by historical documents form the basis for a sweeping range professors and staff who are at the international cutting of research into music in practice. edge of research and innovation in their own disciplines. These are complemented by world-class facilities for audio and video recording, super-fast video conferencing, technology-enhanced composition and our magnificent performance spaces. And, of course, you will be part of the most important resource of all – a team of supremely talented musicians eager to participate in bringing to life a vast range of new and historical music.

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

14 RANKED TOP LONDON CONSERVATOIRE FOR WORLD-LEADING RESEARCH IN THE LATEST RESEARCH EXCELLENCE FRAMEWORK (2014)

Being a student at the RCM has helped me not only to learn from very experienced teaching staff, but also to develop valuable skills such as time management and research discipline. It is such a joy to share my passion for music with so many talented people.

Andres Villa Lobos Bachelor of Music

15 PREPARE FOR YOUR FUTURE PREPARE FOR YOUR FUTURE The Royal College of Music will help you to prepare for a successful future in the profession of your choice. We have a fantastic careers service and studying here can open doors for you.

MAKE INDUSTRY CONTACTS PARTNERSHIPS AND London is the centre of the UK’s classical music industry, SIT-IN SCHEMES and the RCM is at the heart of an extraordinary Orchestral musicians can benefit from sit-in schemes with professional network. You will find that agents, publishers major London orchestras, including the BBC Symphony, and bookers regularly visit and attend our events. English National Opera, Royal Philharmonic, London Symphony and Philharmonia orchestras. Our singers get to cover roles for English Touring Opera, with whom we enjoy a close relationship, and composers can participate The RCM has been in innovative collaborative projects and hear their works performed in some of London’s most prestigious venues. instrumental in my professional These schemes offer selected students the chance to sit in on professional rehearsals and gain invaluable experience development. There is an in professional environments. entire department dedicated to expanding our work and DEVELOP YOUR CAREER performance opportunities. The RCM is a world-leader in career development for musicians and is home to the RCM Creative Careers Alexander Oon Centre. We emphasise the need for students to be confident and versatile communicators, not just in their Master of Performance professional engagements but in everything they do. Our dedicated team will help you to develop professionally by advising and guiding you through a range of opportunities which mirror the professional world, encouraging you to use your initiative and ensuring that you make the most of the opportunities available to you. The Creative Careers Centre offers:

• Extensive performance opportunities in and around London. • Tailored one-to-one career sessions on preparing applications and essential publicity materials. • Resources 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 jobs e-bulletin. • Private teaching service, matching members of the public with RCM students able to teach. Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace You can use these services from day one of your course to develop an outstanding CV and wealth of experience which will help shape your future career, and the Creative Careers Centre provides advice and services to RCM alumni for five years after graduation.

FIND OUT MORE www.rcm.ac.uk/creativecareers 16 Royal Academy of Arts’ Summer Exhibition 2017

EDUCATION EXPERIENCE BUSINESS MODULES Our learning and participation programme, RCM Sparks, There are modules available in our undergraduate and provides exciting opportunities to: postgraduate programmes which help you to devise and implement projects within professional settings. You can • Take part in specially tailored music education training. learn how to prepare ideas and marketing materials, • Build experience for your CV. and gain essential entrepreneurial, business and • Make useful contacts in the industry by working networking skills. with music hubs, orchestras, venues, schools, charities and arts organisations as a teacher, mentor or workshop assistant. • Harness the expertise of a wide range of inspiring professionals such as renowned workshop leaders and composers. • Share ideas and passions with other musicians and 96% the wider community. OF SURVEY • Experiment, take risks and learn in a safe, friendly and non-assessed environment. RESPONDENTS IN EMPLOYMENT FIND OUT MORE www.rcm.ac.uk/sparks OR FURTHER STUDY SIX MONTHS AFTER GRADUATING

Higher Education Statistics Agency Survey (2016)

17 RCM ALUMNI RCM ALUMNI

For more than 130 years we have welcomed, trained and nurtured the musicians of the future. Our extraordinary graduates are leading successful careers throughout the world in a wide range of professions.

CHRISTIAN NICOLAS FLEURY BLOCK4 BARRACLOUGH Principal Horn of the Royal Recorder quartet formed of RCM Solo trumpeter and orchestral, Philharmonic Orchestra and Aurora graduates Emily Bannister, Lucy chamber and session musician Orchestra Carr, Katie Cowling and Rosie Land

The RCM gave me a My time at the RCM was Studying here opened a foundation from which I could wonderful, learning with world-class lot of doors for us as an ensemble. build a wide range of skills. I teachers and listening to amazing We were able to receive regular am now fortunate to be working orchestras in all the different venues coaching and a huge amount of with many of the UK’s orchestras, around London. Working with help from the Creative Careers contemporary groups, west-end international conductors in the RCM Centre, which gave us valuable shows and independent projects Symphony Orchestra pushed my performing experience. including recording sessions, light playing to the next level. music and solo engagements.

NATALIE CLEIN Cellist GUSTAV HOLST Composer DAME SARAH CONNOLLY Mezzo soprano JOHN WILLIAMS Guitarist MARK-ANTHONY TURNAGE Composer Natalie Clein

18 JONATHAN LEMALU Bass baritone GERALD FINLEY Baritone HOWARD SHELLEY Pianist and conductor THOMAS TROTTER Organist ALINA IBRAGIMOVA Violinist BENJAMIN BRITTEN Composer SIR Conductor Jonathan Lemalu

MIRIAM LEVENSON ANNA MEREDITH CATERINA GREWE Second Bassoon of the Composer, producer and performer Concert pianist and piano Sinfonietta Beer Sheva teacher at the Purcell School and Coming to the RCM was a really St Paul’s School I frequently look back and am important time for me, in starting to so thankful for the high-quality figure out what kind of composer I Choosing to study at the RCM preparation I received for the was (and wasn’t!), experimenting is without a doubt the best decision demands of professional life – with ideas and meeting a group of I have ever made. I met the most familiarity with basic repertoire, amazing fellow students who are incredible, inspiring and generous training in preparation for still the people I send my scores to people there, many of whom are rehearsals and forming the instincts when stuck. now the most important people in you need for ensemble work. my life.

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CHRISTOPHER TIN CLAIRE WICKES STEFAN BECKETT Grammy award-winning composer of Principal Flute of the English Freelance percussionist and concert and media music National Opera Orchestra Principal Percussion of Southbank Sinfonia 2018 and When you study at the RCM, you My ambition was to gain a the Britten-Pears Orchestra become part of the lineage of all the principal position in a London world-class composers who came orchestra. Studying at the RCM My time at the RCM was before you. You strive to live up to not only enabled me to achieve fantastically full on; I was able to their legacy, and in turn, you elevate this but also helped me to cultivate take part in an enormous range of your own artistry to a new level. and expand my musical interests, opportunities that have left me well without which I could not have had prepared for ‘life on the outside’. the career I now enjoy. My teachers were inspiring and thorough, always going the extra mile to give us a well-rounded and hands on education.

SOPHIE BEVAN Soprano AMY DICKSON Saxophonist Composer SIR THOMAS ALLEN Baritone JANE WATTS Organist BARRY DOUGLAS Pianist Sophie Bevan

20 RYAN LINHAM FATIMA LAHHAM ROBERT HODGE Freelance trumpeter and manager of Freelance recorder player, writer, Music Director of Stoneleigh Youth Kensington Brass teacher and member of Improviso Orchestra and City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra My education was I feel so privileged to have comprehensive, allowing for received the benefit of studying in The world-class teaching, numerous opportunities to get in the the Historical Performance Faculty, rigorous training and extensive RCM Studios for session practice where I was encouraged and podium time provided a sound and of course performances with inspired to develop as a thinking platform from which to launch the many orchestras and brass musician and most importantly, my conducting career. Meeting ensembles. Busy life at the RCM shown how to keep learning after and learning from visiting really mirrors the portfolio career leaving the RCM. conductors, including Bernard a young professional needs in Haitink, Lorin Maazel and Vladimir the industry. Ashkenazy, was a great privilege and inspiration.

SIR JAMES GALWAY Flautist JULIAN LLOYD WEBBER Cellist DAME JOAN SUTHERLAND Soprano JOHN LILL Pianist VASKO VASSILEV Violinist DAME GILLIAN WEIR Organist Sir James Galway

21 LOCATION LOCATION The Royal College of Music’s location is the envy of the musical world. We are situated directly opposite the Royal Albert Hall in one of London’s most attractive and vibrant areas – South Kensington.

The RCM sits within the heart of Exhibition Road Cultural • Hyde Park Quarter, London’s premier hub of cultural activity. Located One of the most attractive green spaces in London. just a ten-minute walk from South Kensington tube station Generations of RCM students have enjoyed the quiet of and with several bus routes passing close to the RCM, this renowned park. you can easily explore the sights and vibrant cultural life • Royal College of Art this area has to offer, such as: You can take advantage of amazing collaborations and performance opportunities with our artistic • Imperial College London neighbours. Our close association with our neighbours Imperial • Goethe-Institut, Austrian Cultural Forum, Institut College means you can be part of one of the largest Français and Ismaili Centre and most active student bodies in the capital. Explore a diverse range of cultural programmes with • Royal Albert Hall these nearby institutions. This world-famous venue is the home of the BBC Proms There are also great places to eat and socialise with and also hosts major film premieres. friends. For more details visit www.discoversouthken.com • Science Museum, Natural History Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum We enjoy close relationships with three of the UK’s FIND OUT MORE biggest museums, which offer inspiration and regular www.rcm.ac.uk/location performance opportunities.

There are so many things to do in London, whether it’s going for a quiet walk in a park, visiting a gallery or having a night out with friends. I don’t think I’ll ever tire of coming out of College and looking straight up at the Royal Albert Hall.

Emma Edwards Bachelor of Music

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Wigmore Hall Oxford Street Royal Opera House Trafalgar Victoria & Albert Square Barbican Museum Hyde Centre Park

Shakespeare’s Royal College of Music Globe

Royal Festival Hall

Buckingham Palace London Eye

Prince Consort Village Houses of Parliament

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Polly BartlettPolly Bachelor of Music In just one city there are great orchestras, orchestras, great are one city there In just world-class baroque orchestras, opera houses and opera orchestras, world-class baroque of which most many contemporarygroups, music every go to a concert you could offer student tickets; does a musician want! What more single day.

STUDYING IN LONDON STUDYING IN LONDON London needs no introduction. Studying at the Royal College of Music, in one of the world’s leading cultural capitals, will open up an amazing array of opportunities to you.

Our students perform at major venues across the city, In addition to hosting the finest international musicians including the Royal Festival Hall, the Royal Albert Hall’s and orchestras, London offers world-class theatre, dance, Elgar Room, Kings Place, St Martin-in-the-Fields and bars, restaurants and parks, as well as museums and art St James’s Piccadilly. There are also opportunities to play galleries, many of which are free to visit. As a student at churches, museums and galleries, such as the Royal you will be entitled to discounted tickets and travel, so Academy of Arts, the Victoria and Albert Museum and you can really make the most of your time in the capital. the Science Museum. ACCOMMODATION ACCOMMODATION The Royal College of Music’s hall of residence, Prince Consort Village, provides high-quality accommodation for more than 400 students.

Situated on Goldhawk Road in London, Prince Consort LOCATION Village opened in 2016 and comprises 183 studio apartments, 173 en-suite rooms and 59 standard rooms. Located in leafy south-west London, Prince Consort Village is within easy travelling distance of the RCM; you can get the London Underground from Ravenscourt Park to South FACILITIES Kensington and there are regular buses too. Prince Consort Village is specially designed for RCM This ideal location offers both the greenery of nearby students, with acoustically treated bedrooms allowing Ravenscourt Park as well as the convenience of the many you to practise at home. Amenities include: 23 local shops, cafes and amenities. dedicated practice rooms available 24/7, a film room, Within easy reach of Prince Consort Village is Westfield open mic space, high-speed Wi-Fi, laundry, reception, Shepherd’s Bush which is home to leading fashion, home gym, bicycle storage and indoor and outdoor and lifestyle brands as well as cinemas and a fantastic communal spaces. selection of eateries. A short bus ride away is Notting The accommodation is staffed 24 hours a day, and the Hill – famous for the Notting Hill Carnival and Portobello in-house team and residence manager are dedicated to Road Market. This part of London is arty and bohemian, the pastoral care and wellbeing of residents. with lots of restaurants, bars, shops and music venues.

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

Ravenscourt Park

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Prince Consort Village

27 STUDENT SUPPORT STUDENT SUPPORT The Royal College of Music provides easy access to a whole range of services to support you during your time here, from financial advice to counselling and health and wellbeing.

Our experienced and supportive Student Services All the staff are incredibly team provides drop-in and appointment services and free information sheets and booklets on a wide variety caring and consider each of topics. As well as this, you can get advice on student on an individual basis. assessments, administrative matters and performance opportunities and speak to your faculty administrator in This makes the RCM a very the Exchange. nurturing environment, allowing STUDENT SERVICES every student to thrive, no Student Services offers a confidential and impartial advice matter their background. service to all students dealing with a range of issues, including financial concerns, private accommodation, Rebecca Koopmans musicians’ injuries, personal matters and more. Master of Performance

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

HEALTH AND WELLBEING If you experience any personal or emotional difficulties the RCM counsellor is available to all students; there is also a counselling service offered at the nearby Imperial College Health Centre. Designated members of RCM academic staff are able to advise you on any academic issues. Our Fit to Perform initiative also promotes a range of activities and resources to support student health and wellbeing, and there is a strong tradition INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS of Alexander Technique at the RCM which is popular with many students. Find out more at We understand that moving to a new country can be a www.rcm.ac.uk/alexandertechnique big step, and we will do everything we can to help you feel at home. The Imperial College Chaplaincy Centre welcomes all RCM students, and provides a place of resource, help, Our Registry and Student Services staff provide advice and information relating to faith and spirituality. advice and support for international students across a range of practical subjects including visas and immigration, opening bank accounts, accommodation, financial advice or just finding out how to make the most of your time here. For more details visit CONTACT STUDENT SERVICES www.rcm.ac.uk/international for a confidential discussion at

[email protected] FIND OUT MORE or 020 7591 4316 www.rcm.ac.uk/studentsupport

28 RCM STUDENTS’RCM UNION RCM STUDENTS’ UNION Living and studying in London offers an incredible cultural experience for any aspiring musician. You can also get involved in lots of social events at the Royal College of Music.

The RCM Students’ Union (SU) is a lively student body that Highlights of the SU social event calendar include includes every student enrolled at the RCM and represents Freshers’ Week, Raising and Giving (RAG) Week, the students’ voice at all levels. The SU provides regular International Week and the summer ball. You can also feedback to the RCM on every aspect of student life, take part in day trips and country walks, which offer a from courses to facilities, to make sure your time here is great way to relax and explore places outside London. as fulfilling as it can be. It also works closely with Student Services to ensure the wellbeing of students. FIND OUT MORE The newly reconfigured SU area is the social hub of the www.rcm.ac.uk/rcmsu RCM. Offering a canteen and bar with pool table, it is ideal for socialising with friends, getting to know other students and joining in SU events. The SU is also home to a diverse range of student-run societies, which includes SitSoc (See Interesting Things Society) which hosts museum hopping and gallery viewings, Jazz Soc, Football Soc and DJSoc, and encourages student-led musical projects, such as the Students’ Film Orchestra and semi-staged oratorio productions. It also has links with other institutions, most importantly with Imperial College London, which provides access to more than 300 clubs and societies.

29 OUR CAMPUS & FACILITIES OUR CAMPUS & FACILITIES 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.

MORE MUSIC A NEW BUILDING We are developing new state-of-the-art facilities within our We have purchased a new property, Markova House, main campus at Prince Consort Road. This £40 million which will provide two large orchestral and opera philanthropic investment will enhance our existing spaces rehearsal spaces and new facilities for our research and transform the way students and visitors experience the students. The building, currently the headquarters of RCM for generations to come. Find out more at English National Ballet, is next to the Royal Albert Hall www.rcm.ac.uk/moremusic only metres away from our iconic Blomfield Building.

WORLD-CLASS STAGES TEACHING AND PRACTICE The Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall is the primary The RCM has a number of sound-proofed Amadeus music rehearsal and concert venue for RCM orchestras and pods for private practice, with additional practice rooms large ensembles. Our Britten Theatre is one of London’s being created as part of the More Music development. best-loved opera stages – with orchestra pit and elegant We also have new dressing rooms for opera productions, tiered auditorium it not only hosts our regular opera in-house instrument surgeries including luthier services and productions but also a variety of instrumental and resident piano technicians, instrument storage and dual ensemble performances. purpose practice and teaching spaces with audio visual equipment. In addition we have a number of more intimate venues perfect for chamber and solo performances, including Students have access to our purpose-built the Parry Rooms which overlook the Royal Albert Hall, percussion suite, and our magnificent new Flentrop the Grove Room and Recital Hall. As part of the More organ in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall which was Music development we will have two new performance unveiled in January 2018. spaces for rehearsals, masterclasses, concerts, community During the More Music development students have workshops, exhibitions and collaborative music-making 24-hour access to practice rooms which can be booked of all kinds. through Asimut, the RCM’s online room booking and scheduling system.

Sir Thomas Allen masterclass in the Britten Theatre

30 Sound-proofed Amadeus music pods

This is the stage upon which some of the best young singers in the world prepare for stellar operatic careers.

The Spectator on the Britten Theatre

Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

The RCM organ is in recognition of James Zheng Huang HonRCM.

31 RCM STUDIOS DIGITAL SUPPORT Our audio, video and composition technology facilities Your learning is further supported by learn.rcm, the enable performers and composers to work in professional RCM’s online learning platform which can be accessed studio conditions. The RCM’s studio facilities are used from any online device, anywhere in the world. Through on a range of technology-based courses and modules, it you can find your course, faculty and assessment ranging from CD Production to Composition for Screen. information, submit your written assignments, upload Any student can book the studio, with a professional performance recordings and interact and collaborate engineer, for a small fee to make recordings and videos with RCM students and staff. We also host collaborative for audition submissions, self-promotion and other masterclasses, lectures and performances with partners purposes. We have recently updated our composition around the world using high-quality video conferencing. and production suites which feature high-spec workstations for tuition and individual project work with a wide range of professional software such as Pro Tools, RCM STREAM Logic, Cubase and extensive orchestral sample libraries. Many concerts are filmed or recorded, and you can watch back performances, recorded lessons and faculty IT SERVICES events via our online internal video player, RCM Stream. This valuable teaching aid lets you analyse and learn Our highly skilled technology team provides a range from your performances on any device. of IT support services and is constantly improving and In addition, we live stream many events on our website developing the technology available to support your at www.rcm.ac.uk/live. It’s a great way for family and studies. We provide a drop-in helpdesk, Wi-Fi, USB- friends outside London to experience your performances. charging points throughout the RCM, Office 365 licences for all members of the College, 24-hour access to computers in our buildings, large format colour printers and specialist music software including FIND OUT MORE Sibelius, Noteflight and Audacity. In addition, we www.rcm.ac.uk/facilities have recently updated hardware and software for visually impaired users.

LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Through the More Music project we are developing a permanent and accessible home for the Royal The RCM Library is run by a friendly and knowledgeable College of Music Museum. It will display the RCM’s team who are here to support you. Our collections cover internationally significant collection of instruments, a wealth of material including printed music and scores, artwork and manuscripts, which is one of the most books, music journals, recordings and online resources substantial resources relating to the history of music of such as Oxford Music Online and Naxos Music Library. any UK conservatoire and is regularly used for teaching. You can find out more atwww.rcm.ac.uk/library You can explore the RCM’s collections in our digital catalogue at museumcollections.rcm.ac.uk CONCERTS AND MASTERCLASSES WATCHED IN MORE THAN 175 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE VIA THE RCM’S YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Rehearsal in the Recital Hall GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES The Royal College of Music is a truly international community. Around half our students come from outside the UK, and we currently have musicians from more than 60 different countries studying here.

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

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMES ALUMNI WORLDWIDE We have a diverse alumni network in more than 85 Our degree programmes are recognised internationally. countries worldwide, and they tell us how fondly they We are the only conservatoire to devise and award remember their time at the Royal College of Music. our own degrees to doctoral level. At the RCM you We believe that you won’t find a more welcoming and can tailor your programme to develop your own inspiring place to study anywhere in the world. individual aspirations.

STUDENT SUPPORT EXCHANGES RCM students have the opportunity to study abroad Support is available for international students on a at several leading conservatoires in Europe, America, range of issues such as visa applications, accommodation Japan and Australia as part of their course. Both BMus and settling into life in a new country. Find out more at and Masters students can go on exchange for a term, www.rcm.ac.uk/international and undergraduate students also have the opportunity to spend their whole year in America or Australia. For further details visit www.rcm.ac.uk/exchanges

The international community of students and staff gives you the chance to learn from world-renowned artists, and the opportunity to create connections with future musicians from all over the globe.

Kristiana Ignatjeva Master of Performance

34 RCM WORLDWIDE

Half our students come from outside of the UK, and with teaching staff from every corner of the globe, our friendly and supportive atmosphere allows you to learn from and build friendships with musicians from around the world. We are proud to be an international conservatoire.

Images submitted by RCM students and alumni as part of the 2017 RCM Worldwide photo competition.

35 SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOLARSHIPS

The Royal College of Music is committed to accepting the best students from around the world. Currently more than 60% of our students receive some financial support thanks to the generosity of individuals, legacies, companies and charitable trusts.

Any student who auditions in person for a place on a performance or composition programme will automatically be considered for a scholarship or study award. Scholarships are offered purely on the merits of your performance at your audition or interview. Scholarship amounts vary from student to student, 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.

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

Studying in such a wonderful environment at an inspiring institution is a privilege. Without the financial assistance that has been so graciously given to me it is almost certain that I would not be able to continue my studies.

Stephen Mills Master of Performance

OVER 60% OF STUDENTS BENEFITTING FROM FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM AN ARRAY OF SCHOLARSHIPS

36 FACULTIES

38 BRASS 40 COMPOSITION 42 CONDUCTING 44 HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE 46 KEYBOARD 48 PERCUSSION 50 STRINGS 52 WOODWIND 54 VOCAL & OPERA

www.rcm.ac.uk/faculties

37 BRASS BRASS Our active community enables you to recognise your full ability as a performing musician, with particular emphasis on identifying and unlocking your individual 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 We have an outstanding team of professors, many Distinguished international musicians give masterclasses of whom hold principal positions in major orchestras each term, and recent visitors have included horn players including the London Symphony Orchestra, London Sarah Willis and Radovan Vlatković; trumpeter Håkan Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Hardenberger; tuba players Sérgio Carolino, Patrick Sinfonietta and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. In Harrild and Øystein Baadsvik; and trombonists Denis addition to your one-to-one lessons you will attend regular Wick, Håkan Björkman and Brandt Attema. classes and ensemble coaching. The faculty also benefits from world-renowned visiting RELATED STUDIES professors. Stefan Dohr, Berlin Philharmonic Principal Horn, and German trumpet virtuoso Matthias Höfs both Natural horn, natural trumpet, jazz trumpet and jazz visit regularly for masterclasses, one-to-one teaching and trombone are available as second or related study ensemble work. to promising students. Brass players also have the opportunity to join the RCM Swing Band and RCM Big Band, which perform regularly at the College, including PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES at our annual Festival of Percussion, and further afield. From chamber groups formed by students to the RCM Philharmonic and RCM Symphony Orchestra, there is no shortage of performance opportunities in a wide variety of ensembles. Our orchestras work with some of today’s greatest artists and international conductors. Recent visiting conductors have included Vladimir Ashkenazy, John Wilson, Sir and Bernard Haitink. In addition, the RCM Opera Orchestra provides music for regular RCM Opera Studio performances which boast world-renowned directors in our Britten Theatre.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE RCM brass players have joined the BBC Symphony The RCM has provided me Orchestra for BBC Proms rehearsals as part of the sit-in with incredible performance scheme for postgraduate students. Similar opportunities opportunities such as sit-in schemes are available with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Orchestra of English National Opera. and performing in a masterclass with Håkan Björkman. I feel I have improved so much as a musician due to inspiring guidance and learnt FIND OUT MORE so many transferable skills for www.rcm.ac.uk/brass entering the profession.

GET IN TOUCH Judith Richmond [email protected] Bachelor of Music

38 Brass Ensemble rehearsal with Stefan Dohr

Head of Brass Horn Nigel Black FRCM Nigel Black FRCM Jeffrey Bryant FRAM, FCSM Prince Consort Professor Phillip Eastop ARAM Håkan Hardenberger Timothy Jones Simon Rayner ARCM Ensemble in Residence John Ryan BMus(Hons), GSMD London Brass Trumpet Brass Band in Residence Nicholas Betts Zone One Brass Mark Calder DRSAMD Jason Evans BMus(Hons), LRSM, DipABRSM, AMusTCL Visiting Professor of Horn Alistair Mackie BMus(Hons), ARCM, FRCM Stefan Dohr Alan Thomas BMus(Hons), PGDip (Perf)

Visiting Professor of Trumpet Jazz Trumpet (second or related study only) Matthias Höfs Martin Shaw GRSM, LRAM

Lead Trumpet (second or related study only) Mike Lovatt HonARAM, GTCL, LTCL

Tenor Trombone Byron Fulcher GGSM Roger Harvey MA (Oxon) Graham Lee AGSM Amos Miller Lindsay Shilling ARCM

Bass Trombone David Stewart GGSM

Jazz and Lead Trombone (second or related study only) Richard Edwards

Tuba Owen Slade Peter Smith Eleftherios Tsarmaklis

For information on natural horn and natural trumpet see page 45 or visit www.rcm.ac.uk/hp

39 COMPOSITION COMPOSITION Being a composer today is about having the confidence and strength to be yourself. In the Composition Faculty we focus on both the creative and professional aspects of being a composer, helping you to build and sustain your craft, realise your ideas and create your own individual music.

William Mival, Head of Composition

HEAR YOUR WORKS PERFORMED At the RCM you’re following in the footsteps of some of the At the Royal College of Music you will have access to a wholly exceptional performance environment, with world’s greatest musicians. It’s the opportunity to hear your compositions played incredibly inspiring to walk by resident and visiting musicians, RCM orchestras, ensembles and fellow students of the highest musical around and work in a building ability. You are also able to make use of the RCM with so much history to it. Studios with its electro-acoustic composition and technical support. Richard Miller Master of Composition There are regular collaborations with a range of artistic organisations in London and beyond. Recent projects have included RCM composers working with opera company Tête à Tête and director Bill Bankes-Jones, writing music for the Taylor Wessing Photographic VISITING COMPOSERS Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery and the World-leading composers for both concert and film Royal Academy of Arts’ Summer Exhibition, as well as regularly visit the RCM to give talks and classes so collaboration with the London Film School. you can learn from the best in the field. Recent visitors have included Chaya Czernowin, David Lang, Helmut EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSORS Lachenmann, Hans Zimmer, Steve Reich, Eric Whitacre, Brett Dean, Gary Yershon, Rachel Portman, Gabriel Yared, Individual lessons and visits from established composers Michael Giacchino, Howard Shore, Jeff Atmajian, Mel of concert and film music, including electro-acoustic and Wesson and Debbie Wiseman. studio-based work, provide an unrivalled opportunity for you to nurture and develop your creative and technical skills as well as your own compositional voice. Our PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS professors are some of the biggest names in their fields RCM composers are enjoying competitive and and include leading British composers Mark-Anthony professional success in the UK and internationally. Recent Turnage and George Fenton, as well as Gilbert Nouno achievements have included prizes at the Primetime and Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize Emmy Awards, Grammy Awards, ‘Music and Cinema’ winners Jonathan Cole and Dai Fujikura. Lavagnino Competition, ASCAP Foundation Michelle and Dean Kay Award, Oticons Faculty Film Music Competition, BMI Student Composer Awards, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s Christopher Brooks Composition Prize and British Composer Awards. RCM composers have enjoyed positions on young composers’ schemes at the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra and London Symphony Orchestra. Recent graduates have also achieved prestigious composer in residence positions at FIND OUT MORE Glyndebourne, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group www.rcm.ac.uk/composition and the Handel House Museum. GET IN TOUCH [email protected]

40 RCM composer Piyawat Louilarpprasert receives a world premiere

Head of Composition COMPOSITION FOR SCREEN William Mival MMus, FHEA, FRCM Our postgraduate offering in Composition for Screen will help you to develop professionally in this rewarding yet RCM Research Fellow in Composition competitive field. London is one of the busiest production Mark-Anthony Turnage FRCM centres in the world for the film, television and advertising Area Leader in Masters Programmes in Composition industries, and studying at the RCM, with its extensive Jonathan Cole PhD collaborative links with film schools and filmmakers will see you at the heart of this fertile creative environment. Composition Dai Fujikura PhD Composition for Screen alumni are working worldwide Kenneth Hesketh DipRCM, ARCM throughout the industry, from Hollywood to Asia and Simon Holt FRNCM Europe, holding numerous accolades including BAFTA, Alison Kay BA, ARCM, MMus, DPhil Grammy, Golden Globe and for work Haris Kittos BA, MMus, DMus in film, television and gaming. Errollyn Wallen CBE

Explore works by current students at Area Leader in Masters Programmes in Composition for Screen www.rcm.ac.uk/compforscreen Vasco Hexel BM, MMus, PhD, SFHEA

Visiting Professor in Composition for Screen George Fenton

Composition for Screen As an aspiring film composer, Howard Davidson ARCM Enrica Sciandrone MMus I love being surrounded by Francis Shaw BMus, GLCM, ALCM musicians and orchestras. The RCM Maurizio Malagnini provides each student with fantastic Electro-Acoustic Composition opportunities – there is no negative Gilbert Nouno MA, PhD Michael Oliva BA, MA, DMus competition and students find Area Leader in Electro-Acoustic Music themselves eager to support each other.

Hayat Selim Master of Composition (Composition for Screen)

41 CONDUCTING CONDUCTING From clear technique to inspired communication, our conductors are taught to develop their own individuality. Our two-year postgraduate course in orchestral conducting is designed to support you as you hone your own style, and you will be involved in all aspects of musical life at the Royal College of Music.

Peter Stark and Howard Williams, Postgraduate Professors of Conducting

CREATIVE LEARNING VISITING CONDUCTORS The RCM’s conducting course is run by two conducting The RCM regularly welcomes exceptional international professors, each able to bring different but compatible conductors to work with our orchestras and ensembles, approaches to teaching. From them, you will gain an enabling you to learn from some of the world’s finest all-round understanding of the artistic and practical issues musicians. Conducting students can lead orchestral involved in conducting. This, coupled with a detailed and sectional preparations for visiting international programme of repertoire study, will enable you to develop conductors; recent visitors include John Wilson, Vladimir as a free-thinking individual equipped with the practical Ashkenazy, Sir Roger Norrington, Bernard Haitink and and theoretical skills necessary to progress in this complex Vladimir Jurowski. and demanding discipline. SECOND STUDY PODIUM TIME Conducting is also available as a second study to We encourage you to experience everything available promising undergraduates and postgraduates. Second to you. Enthusiastic and proactive conductors can find study students can enjoy a mixture of individual and class themselves inundated with conducting opportunities. lessons focusing on the skills and knowledge necessary to develop in this field. In addition to podium time with the RCM Philharmonic, RCM Symphony Orchestra and various new music ensembles, you will be able to organise your own concerts and work with ensembles from across the Royal College of Music.

Vladimir Ashkenazy

FIND OUT MORE www.rcm.ac.uk/conducting GET IN TOUCH [email protected]

42 Postgraduate Professors of Conducting It is the high-calibre playing and Peter Stark HonDMus, HonFTCL, HonARAM, GRSM, ARCM Howard Williams BMus, MA, HonARAM boundless curiosity of RCM musicians, alongside unrivalled amounts of Undergraduate Professor of Conducting Natalia Luis-Bassa BMus, PGDip, MMus podium time, that I enjoy the most.

Visiting Professor of Conducting Chris McMullen-Laird Martyn Brabbins BMus, MMus, HonDMus (Bristol), LGSM Master of Music in Performance (Conducting)

Recent Visiting Conductors Vladimir Ashkenazy Nicholas Collon Andrew Gourlay Bernard Haitink Vladimir Jurowski Diego Masson Sir Roger Norrington Vasily Petrenko Jac van Steen John Wilson

43 HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE The Historical Performance Faculty provides intensive training in all aspects of historically informed interpretation. We encourage students to engage with our resources and collaborate with our outstanding professors, so they can present the music effectively and make a meaningful contribution to the profession.

Professor Ashley Solomon, Chair & Head of Historical Performance

THEORY AND PRACTICE INTERNATIONAL TOURS Individual lessons on the complete range of historical The Historical Performance Faculty regularly offers instruments are offered by a faculty of exceptional international tours, giving you the opportunity to further professors, many of whom are principal players in major enhance your study by performing in world-renowned period instrument orchestras, soloists and members of venues and experiencing global music. Tours have well-known ensembles. There are outstanding research included Italy, Paris, Bolivia, Salzburg, New York and and study opportunities to support your training, including Washington, DC. an extensive collection of manuscripts and early printed editions housed in the RCM Library, and our collections contain a wide array of historical instruments. VISTING ARTISTS We hold masterclasses with distinguished visiting PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES international musicians, allowing you to learn from some of today’s greatest exponents of historical The RCM has its own dedicated Baroque Orchestra performance. Recent visitors have included Christophe which performs each term, and singers can collaborate Coin, Walter van Hauwe, Wilbert Hazelzet, Ton in performances of Bach cantatas. Recently the orchestra Koopman, Rachel Podger, Jordi Savall, Vittorio Ghielmi, performed Rameau’s Les fêtes d’Hébé in a collaboration Enrico Gatti and Melvyn Tan. with the Académie de l’Opéra national de Paris and the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles at Opéra Bastille in Paris. CHAMBER MUSIC Further performance opportunities are extensive and You are encouraged to form your own chamber groups include appearances at major festivals such as the London and expand your repertoire. All RCM chamber groups Handel Festival and London Festival of Baroque Music, can benefit from unlimited coaching. You can also access as well as at heritage venues including Hatchlands Park, 18th-century chamber music coaching from Florilegium, the Victoria and Albert Museum and Windsor Castle. In our Ensemble in Association. addition there are regular chamber performances in the The RCM’s annual International Festival of Viols, which was Queen’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace, as well as in launched in 2007, features concerts, masterclasses and the permanent medieval and renaissance galleries at the lectures. Recent visiting artists have included Jordi Savall, Victoria and Albert Museum. Christophe Coin, Vittorio Ghielmi, Hille Perl and Fretwork.

From performance classes, rush-hour concerts and trying out new repertoire and ensembles, to engagements and platforms that put you right into the professional world, the RCM enables FIND OUT MORE you to follow the opportunities that www.rcm.ac.uk/hp best suit your ambitions.

GET IN TOUCH Jonatan Bougt [email protected] Master of Performance

44 Chair & Head of Historical Performance Visiting Professor of da Gamba Professor Ashley Solomon FRAM, HonRCM Vittorio Ghielmi

Prince Consort Professor of Historical Performance Strings Sir Roger Norrington CBE, FRCM Richard Boothby BMus viola da gamba Adrian Butterfield MA, ARCM historical violin Chair of Historical Performance Bojan Čičič historical violin Professor Colin Lawson CBE, MA (Oxon), MA, PhD, DMus, Pablo de Pedro Cano historical viola FRCM, FRNCM, FLCM, HonRAM William Hunt MA violone Reiko Ichise viola da gamba Ensemble in Association Annette Isserlis ARCM, DipEd historical viola Florilegium Frances Kelly historical harp Jakob Lindberg ARCM, FRCM lute, archlute, theorbo and Chair of Historical Keyboard Instruments historical guitar Professor Terence Charlston MA, MMus, FRCO, ARAM Pippa Macmillan MMus, LRSM, LRAM historical bass harpsichord, clavichord, continuo organ Catherine Martin BA(Hons) (Oxon), LGSM historical violin, viola d’amore Visiting Professor of Harpsichord and Organ Catherine Rimer MMus, GRNCM, LRAM historical Ton Koopman Lucy Russell MA historical violin Sam Stadlen PhD viol consort Keyboard Richard Tunnicliffe historical cello, cello continuo Jane Chapman BA, HonRCM, ARCM harpsichord Professor Terence Charlston MA, MMus, FRCO, ARAM Visiting Professor of Historical Flute harpsichord, clavichord, continuo organ Wilbert Hazelzet Robert Woolley GRSM, ARCM harpsichord, clavichord, continuo organ Visiting Professor of Recorder Walter van Hauwe Fortepiano Geoffrey Govier MFA, MMus, DMA, GRSM, ARCM, LTCL Woodwind Lisa Beznosiuk GGSM, HonRCM historical flute Brass Rachel Brown BMus, PPRNCM, GRNCM historical flute Susan Addison ARCM sackbuts Julien Feltrin MMus contemporary recorder and recorder consort Peter Harvey ARCM sackbuts Nancy Hadden BMus, MA historical flute Roger Montgomery BA(Hons), GSMD natural horn Gail Hennessy historical oboe Paul Sharp BMus(Hons) natural trumpet Professor Colin Lawson CBE, MA (Oxon), MA, PhD, DMus, David Staff cornett and natural trumpet FRCM, FRNCM, FLCM, HonRAM historical clarinet Richard Thomas BMus, MA, LRAM, ARAM natural trumpet María Martínez Ayerza MMus, MA recorder and renaissance recorder consort Barnaby Robson AGSM historical clarinet Professor Ashley Solomon FRAM, HonRCM recorder Wouter Verschuren MMus historical bassoon

45 KEYBOARD KEYBOARD We pride ourselves on being a nurturing faculty, encouraging you to achieve your personal goals and develop the skills to be successful in today’s music profession. Our programmes will help you to fulfil your potential as a musician and enable you to specialise in a variety of areas.

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

SPECIALISED TEACHING VISITING ARTISTS We provide tuition in a range of subjects including We welcome renowned international pianists for piano, collaborative piano and organ as well as masterclasses, giving you the chance to play for and fortepiano and harpsichord. learn from today’s most accomplished performers. Recent visitors include Sir András Schiff, Alfred Brendel, Lang As a pianist you will have the opportunity to perform Lang, Angela Hewitt, , Howard Shelley, and have lessons on Steinway and Fazioli grand pianos. Emanuel Ax, Murray Perahia, Craig Sheppard, Mitsuko Organists have access to our selection of instruments, Uchida and Peter Donohoe. including our magnificent new Flentrop organ in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall, as well as opportunities to play and have lessons on external organs, including PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS at the Royal Albert Hall. RCM pianists regularly win prizes at major international Our distinguished and experienced professors are drawn competitions. Recent examples include prizes at the from around the globe and are dedicated to helping Honens, Franz Liszt, Leeds and Hong Kong you to develop as a professional musician. Many have International Piano Competitions, BBC Young Musician successful performing careers and our organ professors and Jaques Samuel and Beethoven Intercollegiate hold positions in important churches, including St Sulpice Piano Competitions. in Paris. Our pianists have also enjoyed positions as BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists and in City Music Foundation PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES and Young Classical Artist Trust young artist programmes. Many students hold organ scholarships while studying, for Soloists have the opportunity to perform concertos example at Westminster Abbey or St Martin-in-the-Fields. with RCM orchestras, which are regularly joined by world-renowned conductors. Recent concerto performances at the Royal Festival Hall have included Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto no 1, conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy, and Stravinsky’s Capriccio under the baton of Diego Masson. You are encouraged to form your own chamber groups. RCM chamber groups can benefit from unlimited coaching. You can also receive invaluable preparation for international competitions.

I have been astounded by the quality and dedication of the professors, and have always left FIND OUT MORE classes feeling totally inspired, www.rcm.ac.uk/keyboard motivated and encouraged.

GET IN TOUCH Martin James Bartlett [email protected] Bachelor of Music

46 Head of Keyboard & Chair of International Keyboard Studies Prince Consort Professor of Collaborative Piano Associate Director for Partnerships in China Roger Vignoles BA, MusB, FRCM, HonRAM Professor Vanessa Latarche FRCM, HonARAM, FTCL, LRAM, ARCM Collaborative Piano Simon Lepper MA, LRAM, DipRAM, ARAM Deputy Head of Keyboard Collaborative Piano Co-ordinator Ian Jones FRCM, BMus, ARCM, DipRCM Andrew Ball BA, FRCM John Blakely BA, HonRCM, ARAM, ARCO Visiting Professors of Piano Elizabeth Burley ARCM orchestral piano specialist Barry Douglas OBE, FRCM Nigel Clayton BMus, ARCM, FRCM John Lill CBE, HonDMus, HonDSc, FRCM, FTCL, FLCM Julian Jacobson MA, GRSM, ARCM Kathron Sturrock ARCM Piano Professor Dimitri Alexeev FRCM, Postgraduate Dip (Moscow Jazz Piano (second or related study only) Conservatoire) Chair of Advanced Piano Michael Moran GRSM, ARCM Andrew Ball BA, FRCM John Blakely BA (Oxon), HonRCM, ARAM, ARCO Contemporary Piano (Masters only) John Byrne Dip (Moscow Conservatoire), ARCM, ARAM, Andrew Zolinsky DipRCM (perf), DipRCM (teaching) DipRAM, GRNCM, PPRNCM Contemporary Piano Co-ordinator Nigel Clayton BMus, ARCM, FRCM Andrew Ball BA, FRCM Danny Driver MA (Cantab), PG Dip(RCM) Danny Driver MA (Cantab), PG Dip(RCM) Gordon Fergus-Thompson FRCM Antoine Francoise contemporary piano supporting studies Norma Fisher FRNCM Sofya Gulyak MPerfRCM, ArtDipRCM Organ Niel Immelman FRCM David Graham FRCM, BMus, ARCM, ARCO Peter Jablonski Professor in Charge of Organ Julian Jacobson MA, GRSM, ARCM Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin Deux Premier Prix in Emily Jeffrey BA(Hons), ARCM, DipRCM, ASCM interpretation, improvisation, harmony, counterpoint Ian Jones FRCM, BMus, ARCM, DipRCM (CNSMDP) improvisation specialist Jianing Kong (assistant professor) BMus, MMus, ArtDip (RCM) Andrew Dewar (assistant professor of organ) Professor Vanessa Latarche FRCM, HonARAM, FTCL, Margaret Phillips FRCO, GRSM, ARCM LRAM, ARCM Leon McCawley BMus (Curtis Institute), ARCM Hons Organ Supporting Studies Dina Parakhina Masters Diploma, Postgraduate Diploma Andrew McCrea BMus, MMus, ARCM, ARCO (Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire) Edna Stern Solisten Dip () Piano Workshop: Kathron Sturrock ARCM Head of Keyboard Technical Services Ashley Wass BMus, PGDip, ARAM Chris Moulton HonRCM Andrew Zolinsky DipRCM (perf), DipRCM (teaching) Contemporary Piano Co-ordinator For information on historical keyboard studies see page 45 or visit www.rcm.ac.uk/hp Find out about postgraduate collaborative piano at www.rcm.ac.uk/collaborativepiano

47 PERCUSSION PERCUSSION The Percussion Faculty currently boasts more than 40 former students in the UK’s leading orchestras. Although the backbone of our teaching still has a clear orchestral focus, 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 VISITING ARTISTS At the Royal College of Music you will benefit from our You will have the chance to participate in repertoire purpose-built percussion suite, opened by Dame Evelyn classes with players from the London Symphony Orchestra Glennie in 2015. In addition to practice rooms, there and BBC Symphony Orchestra as well as masterclasses are spaces dedicated to specific instruments: timpani, with distinguished international musicians. Recent visitors vibraphone, marimba and orchestral, as well as a have included Peter Erskine, She-e Wu, Colin Currie, Pius multi-percussion room for recital and ensemble practice, Cheung, David Friedman, Eric Sammut, O Duo and 19 a large main space for masterclasses and sectional times World Drum Corps champion Jim Kilpatrick. rehearsals and a bespoke studio room for recording. Both Our annual Festival of Percussion has attracted such the main room and studio feature recording equipment, artists as Dave Weckl, Jojo Mayer, 4-MALITY, and the studio also contains drum kit, Latin instruments, Benny Greb, Pete Lockett and John Riley, as well as vibraphone and keyboards ready for recording sessions. representatives from leading percussion ensembles and major London orchestras. TEACHING PROVISION Many of the Percussion Faculty staff hold principal PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES positions in major orchestras including the BBC Symphony Opportunities to perform are extensive and include Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, London termly percussion showcases as well as regular faculty Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of the Royal Opera performance classes. In addition to the RCM’s major House, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestra ensembles and orchestras, we also have our very own of the Age of Enlightenment. American drumline, the Redhocks, and percussion At undergraduate level you will receive timpani and quartet PERC’M. percussion lessons as well as regular lessons on solo RCM percussionists enjoy performing in a variety of marimba, jazz vibraphone, Latin percussion and drum external venues both in the UK and overseas, and have kit. At postgraduate level we offer solo marimba as a toured with Serge Vuille, She-e Wu and David Hockings. principal study on our Masters in Performance course.

I chose to study at the RCM due to the sheer versatility of the course. Percussion can be very diverse and FIND OUT MORE being a well-rounded player was my www.rcm.ac.uk/percussion most important aim.

GET IN TOUCH Jess Wood [email protected] Bachelor of Music

48 Head of Percussion David Hockings FRCM, ARCM

Timpani Adrian Bending ARAM Matt Perry MA, DipRCM Andrew Smith LRAM, ARCM

Opera Timpani Chris Ridley BMus, LRAM, ARAM

Opera Percussion Andy Barclay DipRCM, HonARAM

Percussion Owen Gunnell BMus(Hons) Alex Neal GRSM(Hons), DipRCM Serge Vuille Sam Walton BMus(Hons), LRAM, ARAM

Jazz Vibraphone Anthony Kerr

Drum Kit Ralph Salmins AGSM

Latin Percussion Hugh Wilkinson BMus(Hons)

Marimba Daniella Ganeva LGSM

49 STRINGS STRINGS The Strings Faculty is a creative community of talented individual artists excited by the study and practice of music. We allow you the space to be yourself and to broaden your horizons, and will support you in performing at the highest international level.

Mark Messenger, Head of Strings

INTERNATIONAL PROFESSORS INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT One-to-one lessons with world-class professors are at At the RCM your particular ambitions are recognised the heart of your RCM learning. They dedicate their and encouraged, and a unique programme of study is lives to teaching and their students have a proven tailored to you. Violinists, violists and cellists will work record of professional acclaim and competition success. with professional accompanists to help develop duo Additionally, our visiting professors include some of skills. There are also specific classes and ensemble today’s greatest artists, such as Maxim Vengerov opportunities with expert practitioners for double bass, (Polonsky Visiting Professor of Violin), Pinchas Zukerman, harp and guitar students. , Alina Ibragimova, Maxim Rysanov, Torleif Thedéen, Paul Ellison, Marisa Robles and guitarist John Williams. Head of Strings CHAMBER COACHING Mark Messenger FRCM, LRAM, ARAM Assistant Head of Strings Chamber music is a key part of your musical experience Gary Ryan GRSMHons, LRAM, LGSMHons, HonARAM, FRCM and RCM groups can receive unlimited chamber coaching from any professor. There are numerous Luthier Services opportunities for chamber ensembles to perform at internal Florian Leonhard Fine Violins and external venues and in festivals, collaborations and competitions. You can also benefit from the expertise of Quartet in Association our Ensemble in Association, the Sacconi Quartet, and Sacconi Quartet our Quartet in Residence, the Harlem Quartet. Quartet in Residence Harlem Quartet

ORCHESTRAL AND Polonsky Visiting Professor of Violin CONCERTO PERFORMANCE Maxim Vengerov

Students are offered unparalleled orchestral experiences International Artist in Residence (Violin) with our vibrant ensembles, which regularly perform Alina Ibragimova under the baton of renowned conductors such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Bernard Haitink and Vladimir Jurowski. There are also opportunities to perform as a soloist in concertos – recent student performances have included Bottesini’s Double Bass Concerto no 2, Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto and Dvořák’s Cello Concerto.

The RCM has helped me reach many of my goals by FIND OUT MORE providing a lens on the different www.rcm.ac.uk/strings corners of the musical world.

GET IN TOUCH Philip Nelson [email protected] Bachelor of Music

50 Maxim Vengerov (Polonsky Visiting Professor of Violin) masterclass

Visiting Professors of Violin International Artist in Residence (Cello) Peter Herresthal Johannes Goritzki BS, MS (The ) Vasko Vassilev Cello Alastair Blayden DipRCM (perf), DipRCM (teaching) Violin Alexander Boyarsky Dip and Dip Solo Performance (Gnessin Felix Andrievsky FRCM, Dip and Dip Solo Performance (Gnessin Musical Institute), HonRCM Musical Institute) Thomas Carroll Radu Blidar LMD Alexander Chaushian Natalia Boyarsky Dip and Dip Solo Performance (Gnessin Natalie Clein Musical Institute) Hélène Dautry Jiafeng Chen Jakob Kullberg Michal Cwizewicz DipRCM (assistant professor to Itzhak Richard Lester Rashkovsky) Melissa Phelps ARCM Detlef Hahn Amanda Truelove ARCM, DipRCM (perf), Konzertexamen Lutsia Ibragimova Diplom (Dusseldorf) Leonid Kerbel Rubin Academy () Raphael Wallfisch Berent Korfker Gabrielle Lester Visiting Professor of Double Bass Natalia Lomeiko BMus Paul Ellison Mark Messenger FRCM, LRAM, ARAM Susie Mészáros Double Bass Madeleine Mitchell MMus (Eastman USA), GRSM, ARCM, FRSA Peter Buckoke HonRCM, ARCM Maciej Rakowski MA, Dip Solo Performance Caroline Emery GTCL, LTCL, CertEd, HonRCM Itzhak Rashkovsky BMus, MMus, FRCM Anthony Hougham LTCL, GTCL Jan Repko Gabriele Ragghianti Daniel Rowland Enno Senft DipMus (Cologne/Vienna) Sasha Rozhdestvensky Neil Tarlton Ani Schnarch ARCM, Artist DipHons (Tel Aviv Music Academy) Yuri Zhislin DipHons, ARCM Visiting Professors of Harp Yossi Zivoni FRCM, FRNCM Stephen Fitzpatrick orchestral training Marisa Robles Jazz Violin and Viola (second or related study only) Christian Garrick Harp Daphne Boden ARCM, FRCM, HonARAM, Premier Prix International Artist in Residence (Viola) (Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles), FRSA Maxim Rysanov Ieuan Jones DipRCM

International Chair of Viola Visiting Professor of Guitar Jennifer Stumm John Williams

Viola Guitar Jonathan Barritt HonRCM Nathan Braude Charles Ramirez ARCM Ida Bryhn Gary Ryan GRSMHons, LRAM, LGSMHons, HonARAM, FRCM Antonello Farulli Chris Stell Ian Jewel ARCM, HonARAM Susie Mészáros Jazz Guitar (second or related study only) Simon Rowland-Jones Milton Mermikides Andriy Viytovych Concert Artists Diploma Yuri Zhislin DipHons, ARCM For information on historical strings studies see page 45 or visit www.rcm.ac.uk/hp

51 WOODWIND WOODWIND Our professors combine careers as eminent performers with a passion and dedication for teaching. By providing a supportive and challenging environment and offering extensive performance opportunities, I want to encourage you to find your own voice on your instrument.

Simon Channing, Head of Woodwind

LEARNING ENVIRONMENT PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES The Woodwind Faculty and the wider RCM community The RCM provides unparalleled orchestral opportunities foster a culture of nurturing all students in a supportive from your first year here. The RCM Philharmonic and environment. You are encouraged to grow into a Symphony Orchestra regularly work with some of the best confident and imaginative performer, taking advantage of conductors in the world and recent visitors have included all the opportunities available to you. John Wilson, Vladimir Jurowski, Bernard Haitink, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Thomas Zehetmair. At the heart of your experience are one-to-one lessons with world-class professors, many of whom are principal There is also a vibrant chamber music culture and players in major orchestras. We are always looking to you are encouraged to form ensembles. All RCM develop and progress, and some of our latest professorial chamber groups can benefit from unlimited coaching appointments have included Adam Walker, Principal Flute and there are numerous opportunities for you to perform of the London Symphony Orchestra, Olivier Stankiewicz, chamber repertoire. Principal Oboe of the London Symphony Orchestra, Emer McDonough, Principal Flute of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and flute professor Gitte Marcusson. PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS Our woodwind graduates are enjoying unrivalled success in a range of professional settings. Since September VISITING ARTISTS 2014, RCM musicians have been awarded principal You will be able to attend regular faculty masterclasses woodwind positions with the Sydney Symphony with distinguished international musicians. Recent visitors Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, have included the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet, KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra, Great Falls Sir James Galway, Petri Alanko, Jean-Michel Tanguy, Symphony Orchestra (Montana), RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Jurij Likin, Jacques Tys, Maximiliano Martín, Paolo Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia De Gaspari, Arno Bornkamp, Gerard McChrystal, Orchestra, Orchestra of English National Opera and Melanie Henry, Nikita Zimin, Ole Kristian Dahl, Giorgio Orchestra of Scottish Opera. Mandolesi and Stefano Canuti.

The professors clearly have a genuine interest in students’ playing, putting in huge amounts of work to ensure we can progress as efficiently as possible. There are also numerous chamber groups and activities to make the most of, including regular FIND OUT MORE masterclasses with some of the best www.rcm.ac.uk/woodwind musicians in the field.

GET IN TOUCH Amy Thompson [email protected] Bachelor of Music

52 Head of Woodwind Clarinet Simon Channing BA (Cantab), ARCM, HonRCM Michael Collins FRCM, HonRAM Peter Davis BA, LRAM, ARCM Flute Robert Hill ARCM, ARAM Katie Bedford BMus, PGDip (RCM) Janet Hilton FRCM, ARMCM Simon Channing BA (Cantab), ARCM, HonRCM Richard Hosford ARCM, DipRCM (perf) Gitte Marcusson Timothy Lines ARCM, FRCM, DipRCM Emer McDonough Barnaby Robson AGSM Susan Milan FRCM Sue Thomas DipRAM, BMus, PPRNCM, GRNCM E Flat Clarinet (second or related study only) Adam Walker Peter Davis BA, ARCM, LRAM Timothy Lines ARCM, FRCM, DipRCM Jazz Flute (second or related study only) Andy Panayi Bass Clarinet (second or related study only) Michael Harris ARCM, FRCM Piccolo (second or related study only) Paul Richards GRSM Stewart McIlwham Kathleen Stevenson Saxophone Kyle Horch BMus, MMus, HonRCM Prince Consort Professor of Oboe Martin Robertson ARCM, DipRCM Jacques Tys Visiting Professor of Bassoon Oboe Ole Kristan Dahl John Anderson ARCM, FRCM Gareth Hulse MA, ARCM Bassoon Rosie Jenkins BMus, LRAM, PGDip oboe reed-making consultant Joost Bosdijk BMus (Royal Conservatoire, The Hague) Olivier Stankiewicz Sarah Burnett MA, DipRAM, LRAM David Theodore FRAM, FGSM Andrea di Flammineis Fabien Thouand MMus Martin Gatt HonFGSM, ARCM, FRCM Robin Kennard ARCM, AGSM Cor Anglais (second or related study only) Julie Price GRNCM, PPRNCM Jane Marshall AGSM Stuart Russell BMus, LRAM, PGDip bassoon reed-making Christine Pendrill consultant

Contrabassoon (second or related study only) Martin Field ARAM

For information on historical woodwind studies see page 45 or visit www.rcm.ac.uk/hp

53 VOCAL& OPERA VOCAL & OPERA In Vocal and Opera we foster a supportive environment which encourages individual excellence and artistic self-expression. Our reputation for producing outstanding international vocalists is unsurpassed and you will receive training specifically designed to prepare you for a successful performing career.

Nicholas Sears, Head of Vocal and Opera

BESPOKE TRAINING PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS As a student-centric institution we aim to keep the Singers at the RCM enjoy both professional and individual’s needs at the core of our teaching. You will competitive success around the globe. Recent international work on developing a secure and flexible vocal technique competition wins include the Kathleen Ferrier Awards, with the help of our team of internationally acclaimed Royal Over-Seas League Competition, Wigmore Hall/ vocal professors, repertoire and operatic coaches. Kohn Foundation International Song Competition, Our comprehensive range of classes will enhance all International Competition of Belcanto Vincenzo Bellini, aspects of your craft and enable you to present Grange Festival International Singing Competition and the yourself with confidence, authority and autonomy in Cesti, Göttingen and Viñes competitions. a professional context. RCM singers frequently perform on the world’s greatest In addition, there are numerous performance opportunities operatic and concert hall stages including the Royal to explore modern and period works in regular Opera House, Glyndebourne, Théâtre des Champs- collaborations with the Composition and Historical Élysées, Theater an der Wien, Metropolitan Opera, Performance faculties. We initiate cross-faculty song, New York, Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Carnegie chamber music and thematic-based projects working with Hall and the Royal Albert Hall. Our graduates regularly distinguished artists both within and outside of the RCM. progress onto internationally renowned young artist programmes such as the Houston Grand Opera Studio, Bayerische Staatsoper Studio, Frankfurt Ensemble, ENO VISITING ARTISTS Harewood Young Artists, Zurich Opera Young Artists and the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme at the We welcome some of the finest international artists for our Royal Opera House. regular masterclass series. Recent visitors have included Sir Thomas Allen, Dame , Dame Sarah Connolly, Gerald Finley, Dame Gwyneth Jones, Simon Keenlyside, Roger Vignoles, Michael Fabiano, Ann Murray, Sir John Tomlinson and Roderick Williams.

FIND OUT MORE www.rcm.ac.uk/vocal GET IN TOUCH [email protected]

54 RCM Opera Studio’s production of The Cunning Little Vixen

ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC OPERA STUDIO

The Royal College of Music Opera Studio (RCMOS) is PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES one of the leading advanced training courses in the world. Our aim is to offer a nurturing environment, building on the Replicating professional conditions is the hallmark of specific skills, experience and artistic requirements of our the RCM’s approach to operatic training, in order to young singers, so that they leave fully prepared to meet the ensure a seamless transition into the world of work. demands of the profession. There are three RCMOS opera productions each year and two sets of fully staged opera scenes in the Britten Michael Rosewell, Director of Opera Theatre. You will have the benefit of rehearsing and performing with highly experienced, influential industry professionals, who occupy key posts at the great opera As part of an elite and carefully constituted group of houses of Europe and beyond. exceptionally talented young singers, you will benefit from rigorous training, sensitive to your individual needs and responsive to the demands of the profession. You MENTORSHIP will work regularly with a team of coaches, musicians In addition to receiving regular core training you will and theatre professionals drawn from the senior ranks of gain unique artistic and professional insights through the country’s leading opera companies, and perform in mentorship by internationally renowned artists including acclaimed productions in the first-class Britten Theatre. Sir Thomas Allen, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, David Pountney and Alessandro Corbelli. You will work with performance psychologists, key industry leaders and the Centre for Performance Science to assist you in Performing entire roles in a taking full responsibility for the development of your professional career. variety of operas, working with well- known conductors and directors, and being taught by top-class coaches has given me an incredible amount of understanding of what it takes to FIND OUT MORE be an opera singer. www.rcm.ac.uk/operastudio

Ida Ränzlöv GET IN TOUCH Artist Diploma in Opera [email protected]

55 VOCAL& OPERA Vocal Repertoire Coaching VOCAL & OPERA John Blakely BA, HonRCM, ARAM, ARCO Head of Vocal and Opera Nancy Cooley Nicholas Sears MA (Cantab), FRCM Caroline Dowdle Simon Lepper MA, LRAM, DipRAM, ARAM Deputy Head of Vocal and Opera Gary Matthewman BMus(Hons), PGDip (RCM) Audrey Hyland BA, HonARAM Joseph Ramadan Andrew Robinson DipRCM Artist in Residence Stephen Varcoe MA, PhD Sir Thomas Allen Movement Chair of Vocal Performance Kate Flatt RBC, TTCDip movement co-ordinator Janis Kelly FRCM, DRSAMD Desirée Kongerød

Visiting Professor of Vocal and Opera Stagecraft and Acting Brindley Sherratt Garth Bardsley James Bonas Professors John Copley CBE Patricia Bardon Lucy Schaufer BMusEd, MMus Graeme Broadbent DipRCM, Diplomé, DipPG (Moscow Conservatoire) Sally Burgess ARCM, FRCM RCM OPERA STUDIO Roderick Earle MA Director of Opera Tim Evans-Jones Michael Rosewell FRCM Dinah Harris ARCM Ben Johnson Visiting Professor Justin Lavender AGSM Dame Kiri Te Kanawa DBE, HonDMus Rosa Mannion BA David Montague Rendall FRAM, ARAM Music Staff Stephen Roberts GRSM, ARCM John Constable Amanda Roocroft FRNCM, FUCLAN, HonDA, Alec Crowe GRNCM, PGRNCM Caroline Dowdle Patricia Rozario OBE, BA, AGSM, FRCM Lionel Friend Peter Savidge MA David Gowland Russell Smythe FRCM, AGSM Richard Hetherington Jeffrey Stewart AGSM Jonathan Peter Kenny Mark Tucker MA, DipGSM Anthony Legge Veronica Veysey Campbell FTCL, LTCL, Michael Lloyd Cert of Advanced Studies (GSMD) Natalie Murray Alison Wells BA, ARCM, FHEA Martin Pacey Michael Pollock Repertoire Classes Carmen Santoro Sally Burgess FRCM, ARCM performance class Peter Selwyn Patrizia Dina BA Italian song David Syrus Richard Jackson MA Lieder and French mélodie Roger Vignoles Jonathan Peter Kenny historical performance classes Norbert Meyn FHEA, LGSM, Diplom Gesang Solo (HfM) Lieder Isabella Radcliffe Italian song Stephen Roberts GRSM, ARCM oratorio and English song Andrew Robinson Lieder and French mélodie Patricia Rozario OBE, BA, AGSM, FRCM English song and oratorio Nicholas Sears MA (Cantab), FRCM French mélodie Stephen Varcoe MA, PhD English song Roger Vignoles BA, MusB, FRCM, HonRCM, ARCM song repertoire and duos

Speech and Language Classes Maria Cleva Italian Gerhard Gall German Daniele Guerra ARCM Italian Christine Legge Speech Johanna Mayr MagPhil, DipTrans, MCIL German Norbert Meyn German Sonja Nerdrum HonRCM French Paola Quaglia Italian Isabella Radcliffe Italian Michel Vallat French Hildburg Williams German

56 ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES

58 UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES 60 MASTERS PROGRAMMES 62 ARTIST DIPLOMAS 64 RESEARCH DEGREES

www.rcm.ac.uk/courses

57 UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES At the heart of our undergraduate programmes is the Bachelor of Music (BMus). It blends tradition, creativity and innovation, and is designed to prepare you for a career as a professional musician. The BMus is driven by our passion for music and our unique knowledge of the industry our graduates will enter.

Dr Christina Guillaumier, Head of Undergraduate Programmes

BACHELOR OF MUSIC: PRINCIPAL STUDY BMUS (HONS) You will have weekly individual lessons with your The BMus programme is a flexible four-year degree with principal study faculty professor. Second study tuition a focus on principal study, alongside faculty activities and in a different principal study area is offered to suitable a mix of core and optional courses. A unique feature of applicants (auditions are held when you begin your the BMus (Hons) is that, as you progress through your four studies). Students with an exceptionally high level of years at the RCM, discovering strengths about yourself ability in two areas may follow joint principal studies. We and your practice, the flexibility of our programme also offer opportunities to study instruments related to your allows you to shape your degree to suit your aspirations. principal study (eg jazz trumpet for trumpeters, baroque Throughout your studies you will not only have the flute for flautists). opportunity to develop your skills further in performance Supporting and enhancing your principal study training or composition, but also to focus on other areas that is a core syllabus of rigorous academic, practical and interest you. research-based work. Much of this is selected on an You can find a full list of modules available on the BMus ‘options’ basis by you, according to your needs programme at www.rcm.ac.uk/courses and aims.

58 PERFORMANCE ACTIVITIES BENEFITS OF THE BMUS In addition to a wide range of public performance When you start your degree programme you immediately opportunities, our faculty-based activities include regular become part of a vibrant performing and intellectual performance classes, orchestral training, chamber music community of world-class practitioners. The contacts you and duo coaching, language classes (singers), music create here and the training you will receive across all technology (composers) and improvisation (organists). areas of your programme will be of incomparable value Masterclasses and workshops with world-class visiting to you throughout your career. artists are another highlight. Many of our graduates move immediately into a career as a professional performer, decide on further study or MODES OF TEACHING move into arts management, teaching and other related careers. The possibilities are endless – the choice is yours. Teaching takes place in a number of ways – individual principal study tuition, small group tutorials, customised supervision sessions with academic professors and group and collaborative work with peers. These different forms PHYSICS AND MUSIC of engagement enable you to build meaningful and The four-year BSc in Physics and Musical lasting relationships with your colleagues and professors. Performance provides an opportunity to achieve a degree level education in both physics and music performance, delivered jointly by the Royal College of Music and Imperial College The best thing about the BMus London. For more information visit course is how varied it can be. www.rcm.ac.uk/physicsmusic We can tailor our studies to our interests, which is helpful as we learn more about the musicians we FIND OUT MORE want to become. www.rcm.ac.uk/undergraduate

Melissa Youngs Bachelor of Music

59 MASTERS PROGRAMMES MASTERS PROGRAMMES Masters programmes at the Royal College of Music are designed to prepare you for your future career by offering vocational training, professional opportunities and research at the highest level.

Dr Natasha Loges, Head of Postgraduate Programmes

We offer the following programmes: WHICH MASTERS • Master of Performance: MPerf PROGRAMME IS FOR ME? • Master of Composition: MComp • Master of Music in Performance: MMus(Perf) The MPerf and MComp programmes provide • Master of Music in Composition: MMus(Comp) concentrated training to advanced musicians preparing to • Master of Education: MEd enter the profession. • Master of Performance Science: MSc The MMus programme develops your critical and Your tuition is delivered by our distinguished and research skills alongside your training as a performer or experienced team of professors. Alongside numerous composer. This programme is ideal preparation for those internal performance activities such as masterclasses, who are interested in doctoral research or high-level orchestral projects and workshops, you will have many teaching within the music profession. For further details, chances to experience the world of professional music, see www.rcm.ac.uk/masters including side-by-side sit-in schemes with London-based orchestras, commissions, external concerts and tours. You will also be able to participate in faculty-based classes and activities.

Your programme is complemented by a wide range of options that include chamber music, orchestral performance, teaching skills, music administration, historical performance, conducting, composition and composition for screen, orchestration and arrangement, workshop skills, musicians’ health and wellbeing, and the psychology of performance.

60 Chamber rehearsal with Nicola Benedetti

MSC IN PERFORMANCE SCIENCE OTHER AWARDS The MSc programme is based in the Centre for The Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) can be awarded Performance Science, a partnership of the RCM and to students who have completed 120 credits of a Imperial College London. The programme gives you Masters programme. a scientific understanding of how music is performed, taught, created and perceived. It can prepare you for a The Graduate Diploma in Vocal Performance is available future career or doctoral research in performance science, to vocal students as a bridge to postgraduate study. music psychology or musicians’ health, or in any area in which knowledge of psychology and social scientific methods and techniques would be an advantage. For FLEXIBILITY more details visit www.rcm.ac.uk/msc Masters programmes are also available part-time. Students on a Tier 4 visa are required to study full-time. MASTER OF EDUCATION The MMus(Perf) and MMus(Comp) are available in a 12-month, fast-track format, subject to approval from your The MEd is an advanced taught degree with research head of faculty and head of programme. elements that develops your vocational skills by building on your music educational experience in the profession, and is aimed at musicians currently engaged in education work. The programme is available full-time for a year, I am still amazed at the number or part-time over a period of two to four years, and is of top-level masterclasses and designed to fit around a professional musician’s portfolio of other commitments. Full information can be found at concerts you can attend without www.rcm.ac.uk/med leaving the RCM, which makes you feel that you never stop learning

FIND OUT MORE about music and performance. Now www.rcm.ac.uk/postgraduate I feel much more prepared to go into the professional musical world.

Manu Brazo Master of Performance

61 ARTIST DIPLOMAS ARTIST DIPLOMAS The Artist Diploma is aimed at those who can demonstrate advanced ability at Masters level and would like to work intensively on further artistic development. The focus is on one-to-one provision and practical project work which you tailor to your individual career aspirations.

The RCM offers Artist Diplomas in Opera, Performance The Artist Diploma in Composition is designed for and Composition. students wishing to work intensively on the technique and practice of composition. It provides time for concentrated The Artist Diploma in Opera is based in the RCM study with a principal study composition teacher or Opera Studio. It is designed for students who have the teachers and enables sustained focus on one or more potential to become professional operatic singers. The specific projects leading to final examination in the form programme provides you with extensive individual and of a portfolio submission of work. class provision, as well as performance opportunities in operatic scenes and fully staged productions. The Artist Diploma in Performance is for students who FIND OUT MORE wish to work intensively on solo performance as a www.rcm.ac.uk/artdip prelude to entering the music profession. It allows time for preparation of concerts, recitals and competitions.

The Artist Diploma programme is the perfect bridge into the professional music world: ample performance opportunities, masterclasses and lessons allowed me to take leaps and bounds towards my dream career as a performer and teacher.

Bryony Gibson-Cornish Artist Diploma in Performance

62 63 RESEARCH DEGREES RESEARCH DEGREES Research degrees are for students wishing to undertake advanced research in the areas of performance, composition, musicology, music education or performance science.

You will devise and undertake a unique research DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPY (PHD) project, supported by a team of experienced academic and practical supervisors. Your independent work is The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) research degree supplemented with ongoing research training and focuses on musicological and scientific approaches preparation for your future career. Doctoral students to performance and composition. You will submit a are integrated into the wider research life of the Royal written dissertation, which may include supporting College of Music. practical work. It is possible during the degree to move between PhD DOCTOR OF MUSIC (DMUS) and DMus depending on how your individual research project evolves. The Doctor of Music (DMus) research degree is for outstanding performers and composers who wish to explore research questions arising directly from their FIND OUT MORE artistic practice. You will submit a substantial portfolio www.rcm.ac.uk/researchdegrees of practical work in performance or composition, supplemented by an extended commentary.

64 HOW TO APPLY

66 HOW TO GET IN TOUCH 67 VISIT US 68 APPLYING & AUDITIONS 70 FEES & FUNDING

www.rcm.ac.uk/apply

65 HOWIN TOUCH TOGET HOW TO GET IN TOUCH If you would like to talk to someone about applying to the Royal College of Music, feel free to contact our friendly Admissions team who will be happy to advise you.

RCM Admissions SOCIAL MEDIA +44 (0)20 7591 4362 You can find out more about life at the RCM, our students, [email protected] alumni and events by following us on social media:

/royalcollegeofmusic The RCM welcomes applications from students with disabilities. If you would like to discuss your particular needs in confidence, you are welcome to contact our @RCMLondon Student Services team at [email protected] /RCMLondon

INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS @RCMLondon International students interested in applying to study at the Royal College of Music can find out more at RCMLondon www.rcm.ac.uk/international We also have dedicated webpages for the following countries: www.rcm.ac.uk/china www.rcm.ac.uk/hongkong www.rcm.ac.uk/japan www.rcm.ac.uk/singapore www.rcm.ac.uk/southkorea

66 VISIT US VISIT US

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

OPEN DAYS Our annual Open Day takes place each spring and is designed to give prospective students, parents and teachers the chance to explore the College. With live performances, faculty introductions and a wide range of open lessons and opportunities to meet current students, it’s a great way to experience life at the RCM. For more information see www.rcm.ac.uk/openday

EVENTS We host more than 500 events each year, featuring the world-class talents of our students and staff as well as regular visits from internationally renowned artists. Tickets for many events are free and others start from as little as £5. Find out more at www.rcm.ac.uk/events

TOURS If you can’t come to our Open Day, you may like to consider a tour of our building and facilities. Tours are held throughout term time and last approximately one hour. Each tour is led by an RCM student or a member of the Registry team. Our tour leaders are friendly and welcoming, and will happily answer any questions you may have. Places are subject to availability. To book please visit our website at www.rcm.ac.uk/studenttours

EXPLORE ONLINE If you are unable to visit before making an application, you can explore our series of interactive digital exhibitions from the RCM’s historic collections at www.rcm.ac.uk/exhibitions We also live stream selected events each term. To find out when our next live broadcast will be, visit www.rcm.ac.uk/live

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

APPLYING & AUDITIONS APPLYING & AUDITIONS

This section takes you through what you need to think about when applying to the Royal College of Music. Full information is available at www.rcm.ac.uk/apply

ATTEND OUR CHECK THE ENTRY 1OPEN DAY 3 REQUIREMENTS Experience what RCM life is like at our annual Open Full details of our entry requirements are Day. For more information see www.rcm.ac.uk/openday available online on our individual course pages at www.rcm.ac.uk/courses. If your first language is not English, you must also achieve a satisfactory standard in an approved test in English. CHECK THE APPLICATION DEADLINES 2 APPLY The conservatoire recruitment cycle is different to 4 universities, so you will need to apply much earlier; In most cases applications to study at the applications for entry in September 2019 will open Royal College of Music should be made online through in July 2018. The closing date for auditions in the UCAS Conservatoires application service at London for performance and composition courses www.ucas.com/conservatoires is 1 October 2018. The closing date for our overseas audition venues and some postgraduate courses varies. For up-to-date details visit DIRECT APPLICATIONS www.rcm.ac.uk/auditionlocations For the BSc in Physics and Musical Performance you must apply to Imperial College London through the UCAS undergraduate application service. Auditions are held in late November/early December and February. For more information visit www.imperial.ac.uk/courses For Doctoral studies you must apply directly to the Royal College of Music. For full details visit www.rcm.ac.uk/doctoral

PAY YOUR APPLICATION AND 5 AUDITION FEES Application and audition fees must be paid when making your online application. These cover the cost of administering your audition or interview and are non-refundable. Audition fees range from £100–£160 depending on your audition location and degree programme. Applications made via UCAS Conservatoires incur an additional £25 administration fee. Late applications are subject to a further fee of £10. Fees are correct at the time of going to print. The most up-to-date information on audition fees can be found on our website at www.rcm.ac.uk/auditionlocations

68 PREPARE FOR AND ATTEND 6 YOUR AUDITION The Royal College of Music holds auditions in London, the USA and venues across Asia. You can find out more at www.rcm.ac.uk/auditions London auditions take place in late November/ December, although a small number of auditions may be held in February if places are still available. The RCM issues a list of prescribed audition pieces, which can be found under the relevant faculty on our RESPOND TO website at www.rcm.ac.uk/faculties. Performers may also YOUR OFFER be asked to undertake a short sight-reading exercise, and 8 Offers are made to successful applicants through in some cases asked to play scales, arpeggios or other UCAS Conservatoires, along with details of any technical exercises. Composers are considered for entry conditions that must be met. The RCM aims to inform primarily on the basis of their portfolio of compositions, applicants of their result as soon after the audition and only shortlisted applicants are invited for interview. period as possible. Successful applicants who have accepted offers of places will receive further details about consultation lessons, choosing a professor, registration and induction week. ATTEND YOUR 7 AUDITION Most auditions and interviews last approximately 15–20 minutes. For some instruments and for voice USEFUL CONTACT you may be asked to perform at a second audition on the same day. All those auditioning will be DETAILS given 15–20 minutes to warm up, and there is no UCAS Conservatoires applicant helpline theory test. An accompanist will be provided for 0371 468 0470 candidates auditioning in London, unless you wish +44 (0)330 333 0232 (overseas) to bring your own. RCM Admissions +44 (0)20 7591 4362 AUDITIONS BY RECORDING [email protected] The RCM prefers you to audition in person, www.rcm.ac.uk/auditions but international applicants resident outside the European Union may submit a recording of their performance in lieu of a live audition, unless they are conductors, répétiteurs, organists, percussionists, lutists or applicants for the Artist Diploma in Opera. Applicants who are auditioned by recording cannot normally be considered for RCM scholarships. If you wish to be auditioned by recording you must submit both your application and recording by the deadline. For more details see www.rcm.ac.uk/auditionsbyrecording

69 FEES & FUNDING FEES & FUNDING

The Royal College of Music can offer you a range of SCHOLARSHIPS AND BURSARIES support to help you to finance your studies at our world- class conservatoire. RCM scholarships are available to students on our performance and composition courses, with more than 60% of students receiving some financial support. TUITION FEES A small number of grants are also available to help Tuition fees are revised annually so please check with unexpected study costs throughout the year. www.rcm.ac.uk/fees for the latest information and Bursaries are offered to assist with the cost of doctoral an up-to-date full list of fees for all programmes. studies, and details of how to apply will be sent to successful applicants. At present there are no scholarships As a guide, key fees for 2018–19 were: available for the MSc and MEd programmes. UK/EU Non-EU BMus £9,250 £23,000 LOANS AND GRANTS MPerf/MMus/MComp £10,550 £23,750 Student loans are available to English-domiciled UK (two-year, excluding students on the BMus or Masters programmes. For further Vocal Performance) details visit www.gov.uk/student-finance. Separate MMus (fast-track) £13,900 £29,600 arrangements apply to students from Wales, Scotland MSc/MEd* £6,675 £16,400 and Northern Ireland. ArtDip in Performance/ £10,550 £23,750 The RCM is designated as an eligible institution for Composition American students to apply for US Federal Student DMus/PhD £6,675 £15,750 Loans or for deferment of payment on an existing US Graduate Diploma in £11,250 £24,200 student loan. For more detailed information visit Vocal Performance www.rcm.ac.uk/usloans MPerf/MMus in £11,250 £24,200 There may be access to grants and awards in your Vocal Performance home country for study abroad. Consult your local British ArtDip in Opera £12,850 £24,800 Council representative for details. *charged pro-rata, based on credits OTHER SOURCES OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE EU STUDENTS You can find guidance on funding and scholarships at The RCM has a long tradition of welcoming students the RCM at www.rcm.ac.uk/funding including advice from all over the world, in particular from our European for UK/EU and international students, a list of key neighbours. EU students play an essential role in College external funding organisations and helpful tips on how to life and this will not change during negotiations over the approach them. UK’s departure from the EU or after that departure has taken place. We welcome applications from EU students for 2019 entry and beyond. For the latest information on WORKING WHILE YOU STUDY EU matters, including tuition fees, visit www.rcm.ac.uk/eu Once at the RCM you will have access to our Creative Careers Centre, whose dedicated team offers a wide NON-EU STUDENTS range of free services, from help with filling in application forms to finding paid employment. If you are an overseas student, it is essential that you have the means to pay your fees and living expenses for the duration of your course before leaving your own country. LONDON ON A BUDGET Most students spend approximately £12,000 per year on As for London itself, there is plenty to be enjoyed on a living costs. If you require a Tier 4 (General) Student visa budget. Much of the city’s vibrant cultural scene is free or to study in the UK, you will need to demonstrate that you inexpensive, including the many beautiful open spaces, have at least £11,385 to cover living expenses for the art galleries and world-famous museums. Lots of lunchtime first year of your course. concerts and theatre matinees are free or sold at a reduced price. Visit www.rcm.ac.uk/funding for further advice about funding your studies.

70 Every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this publication is fair and accurate at the time of going to print. Information on programmes, fees and services contained within this publication are subject to occasional changes, and no guarantee can be given that these will not be made following publication. For the most up-to-date information on our programmes visit www.rcm.ac.uk Any complaints concerning the fairness or accuracy of this publication should be addressed to [email protected]

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