✨⭐️ What a year we've had at @royalbirmcons.bsky.social! ⭐️✨ Let us know what you've enjoyed most this year at RBC - and what you're most looking forward to seeing in 2026! @stephenmaddock.bsky.social

✨🎄 Hear from @royalbirmcons.bsky.social's Principal, Stephen Maddock, as he wishes everyone a Happy Christmas and a joyful 2026! 🎄✨ 🔗 www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoir...

🗡️💔 Opened last night at @crescenttheatre.bsky.social - Electra by Frank McGuinness 💔🗡️ 📸 Kirkpatrick Photography 📍 Fri 12 - Sat 13 Dec @ @crescenttheatre.bsky.social 🎟️ www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoir...

🎄🎶 Don't miss: @royalbirmcons.bsky.social Chamber Choir at Compton Verney on Sat 13 Dec! 🎶🎄 Including traditional Christmas Carols for audience participation, guaranteed to get you in the festive spirit! 📍 Sat 13 Dec, 1pm-2pm & 3pm - 4.10pm @ Compton Verney 🎟️ www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoir...

The Philip Jones International Brass Ensemble Competition showcases excellence and enterprise in brass chamber music performance. Quintets aged 18-30 can apply to take part in the 2026 competition, 13-18 July at @royalbirmcons.bsky.social. You can find out more and apply by 1 March here: pjbe.org

🧙‍♀️🎭 Continues tonight at The Crescent Theatre - The Crucible by Arthur Miller 🎭🧙‍♀️ 📍Fri 5 - Sat 6 Dec, Crescent Theatre 🎟️ www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoir... 📸 Kirkpatrick Photography

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

🎶🎭 Last few tickets remain for @royalbirmcons.bsky.social Opera Scenes, opening tonight! 🎭🎶 Featuring scenes from operas by Monteverdi, Gluck, Dove, Mozart, Messager, Strauss, Berlioz, Sullivan and Zemlinsky. 📍 Thu 20 - Sat 22 Nov 🎟️ www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoir... 📸 Greg Milner

🎬⭐️ Juliet - Crafting a Legacy documentary is now live! ⭐️🎬 This documentary tells the story of the creation of the new ‘Juliet’ organ and the profound role it has in inspiring a new generation of musicians at the heart of the local community. 🎬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH3P...

🎶✨ Neel & Friends - Live at Bangla Month ✨🎶 Neel & Friends reimagine Bengali classics and share stunning originals that speak of migration, memory, and joy. Crafted for a room that wants to listen deeply, feel fully, and sing along. 📍 Sat 29 Nov, 6.30pm 🎟️ www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoir...

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

🎼🎶 Shostakovich and his World @ RBC, Mon 10 - Fri 14 Nov 🎶🎼 50 years after his death, join us for a week-long exploration of the chamber music of Dmitri Shostakovich as well as composers who were influenced by his music. 🎟️ www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoir...

Folks, just letting you know about some new funded PhDs ops at @royalbirmcons.bsky.social @mybcu.bsky.social www.bcu.ac.uk/research/doc...

🎶🕺 @royalbirmcons.bsky.social Banda Brasileira @ Hockley Social Club this November! 🕺🎶 📍 Fri 14 Nov, 7pm @ Hockley Social Club 🎟️ www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoir...

✨⭐️ Hear from RBC's Principal Stephen Maddock about last Friday's concert! If you were there too, we'd love to know what you thought! ⭐️✨ "Congratulations to all 80+ members of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra for a thrilling concert with Michael Seal tonight!" 📸 Stephen Maddock

🎭⏳ Time and the Conways opens tonight! ⏳🎭 "There's a great devil in the universe, and we call it time." Do we have the power to change our destiny? 📍Thu 16 - Sat 18 Oct @ Crescent Theatre 🎟️ www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoir... 📸 Kirkpatrick Photography

🏡🎭 Continuing today at the Crescent Theatre - Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris 🎭🏡 Examining race and ownership, Clybourne Park is a “troublingly funny” portrayal of conflict. 📍 Fri 10 - Sat 11 Oct, Crescent Theatre 🎟️ www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoir... 📸 Greg Milner Photography

💃 Opening tonight at The Crescent Theatre - The Art of Success! 💃 Set in 18th-century London, witness the events of 10 years in one riotous night, recounting the explosive rise of the artist William Hogarth. 📸 Kirkpatrick Photography 📍 Thu 9 - Sat 11 Oct 🎟️ www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoir...

🎷 Don't miss: FREE Thursday lunchtime jazz! 🎷 Featuring: Joe Noble piano, Macy Wright (pictured) bass, Freddie Dal drums 📍Thu 2 Oct, 1.05pm 🎟️ www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoir...

🎭 Our monthly alumni round-up is here! 🎶 Find out what our talented @royalbirmcons.bsky.social graduates have been up to this month! 👇 www.bcu.ac.uk/alumni/commu...

⭐️🎭 RBC Acting's autumn season is on sale now! 🎭⭐️ 🏠 Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris 🍷 The Art of Success by Nick Dear Thu 9 - Sat 11 Oct, Crescent Theatre ⏳ Time and the Conways by JB Priestley Thu 16 - Sat 18 Oct, Crescent Theatre 🎟️ www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoir... 📸 Kirkpatrick Photography

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

🎶🩰 @royalbirmcons.bsky.social alumnus, Ed Hilton, has been appointed Principal Bass Trombone at The Royal Ballet Sinfonia, the orchestra of Birmingham Royal Ballet! 🩰🎶 🔗 Read more: www.brb.org.uk/profile/edwa...

‘Sonic heritage and environmental change on England’s East Coast, 1718-present', also involves the @ox.ac.uk, @manmetuni.bsky.social and @nationaltrust.org.uk The study will cover three key sites: the Aldeburgh coast, the Northumberland coast, and Seaton Delaval.

BCU and @royalbirmcons.bsky.social has been awarded £1.4 million to help preserve the sounds of England’s East Coast! 🏖️ Lecturer in Music, Dr Joanna Bullivant, has been succesful in UKRI's Future Leader Fellowship scheme. www.bcu.ac.uk/news-events/...

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

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

🎭 Our monthly alumni round-up is here! 🎶 Find out what our talented @royalbirmcons.bsky.social graduates have been up to this month! 👇 www.bcu.ac.uk/alumni/commu...

We're thrilled to back in Birmingham's wonderful @royalbirmcons.bsky.social on Sat 31st Jan! Tickets: www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoir...

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

✨😆 A Laugh Supreme with Daman Bamrah and Katie Norris 😆✨ Hosted by Alex Milner, this show sees comedians Daman Bamrah and Katie Norris join top-ranking jazz musicians from RBC. 📍 Fri 19 Sep, 7pm 🎟️ www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoir...

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

🎭 Our monthly alumni round-up is here! 🎶 Find out what our talented @royalbirmcons.bsky.social graduates have been up to this month! 👇 www.bcu.ac.uk/alumni/commu...

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

The memory of Electric Light Orchestra’s (ELO) keyboardist is being honoured with the opening of a new production suite at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Richard Tandy, who died at the age of 76 in April 2024, also has a scholarship established in his name. Read more 👉 shorturl.at/MnbPn

🎵🎶 London Schools Symphony Orchestra 🎶🎵 With conductors Matthew Coorey and Ammal Bhatia*, featuring Sibelius Finlandia, Lyadov The Enchanted Lake*, Sculthorpe Kakadu, and Shostakovich Symphony No.5. 📍 Sat 2 Aug, 3.30pm 🎟️ www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoir... 📸 David Monteith-Hodge - Photographise

🎶⭐️ We're delighted to host the 2025 iteration of the International Conference on Baroque Music, from Wed 16 to Sun 20 Jul at @royalbirmcons.bsky.social! ⭐️🎶 🎟️ Find out more here: www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoir...

✨🎬 RBC Alumni on Stage and Screen in June 2025! 🎬✨ Here are some clues... 🦖 🕵🏻‍♂️ 🏥 💔 🔗 Find out what our talented Alumni are up to this month: www.bcu.ac.uk/alumni/commu...

🎾👟 Tickets now on sale for Fairlight, a brand new electropop musical about queer invisibility in tennis. Join us at the oldest lawn tennis club in the world for the world premiere of this powerful and playful show! 👟🎾 🎬 vimeo.com/1006119816 🎟️ www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoir...

🎭 Our monthly alumni round-up is here! 🎶 Find out what our talented @royalbirmcons.bsky.social graduates have been up to this month! 👇 www.bcu.ac.uk/alumni/commu...

🎭🌙 Continuing tonight: The Seagull by Anton Chekhov at @royalbirmcons.bsky.social! 🌙🎭 📍 Thu 26 - Sat 28 Jun, The Lab @royalbirmcons.bsky.social 🎟️ www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoir... 📸 Kirkpatrick Photography

☀️🎶 @royalbirmcons.bsky.social Principal, @stephenmaddock.bsky.social, reflects on the last term and his highlights from the past season - follow the link below to read his entire message from last Friday! 🎶☀️ 📖 www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoir...

🎶✨ RBC Symphony Orchestra - TONIGHT at Symphony Hall! ✨🎶 Kazuki Yamada is now going to conduct the Takemitsu in the concert, and Daniele Rosina will conduct the Mussorgsky. 📍 Wed 18 Jun, 6.15pm, Symphony Hall 🎟️ Free entry: www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoir...

The beautiful organ by Drake in the organ studio @royalbirmcons.bsky.social played along with the Flentrop in an excellent concert by Piotr Maziarz yesterday lunchtime, preceded by RBCA social/refreshments.

✨🎉 Just in: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review for Our Summer Opera double-bill, continuing tonight! 🎉✨ 🔗 www.whatsonlive.co.uk/birmingham/n... 📍 Thu 12 - Sat 14 Jun, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 🎟️ www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoir...

✨🎉 Our Summer Opera double-bill opens TONIGHT! 🎉✨ 📍 Thu 12 - Sat 14 Jun, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 🎟️ www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoir... 📸 Junction10 Photography

⭐️🤩 The Charity Auction for Jeff Lynne’s ELO, benefitting @royalbirmcons.bsky.social Scholarships, closes at 9pm tonight! (12 Jun) 🤩⭐️ Find out more here: www.bcu.ac.uk/news-events/... @mybcu.bsky.social

🎶☀️ Have you booked for our vibrant Summer Opera double-bill yet? ☀️🎶 Directed by Daisy Brown and conducted by Harry Sever, hear Purcell's timeless masterpiece, Dido and Aeneas, alongside a lesser-known work, Fête Galante, by Ethyl Smyth. 📍 Thu 12 - Sat 14 Jun 🎟 www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoir...

I'm thrilled to share that I will be starting a Music Composition PhD at the @royalbirmcons.bsky.social this fall! It is an online, distance PhD, so we will still be living in Syracuse, but I will be traveling to the UK throughout my studies.

🤩🎵 Coda Festival is back for 2025! 🎵🤩 Starting tomorrow (10.06), join us for our FREE annual new music and experimental performance festival, brought to you by RBC Composition. Scroll through to see the line-up for Tuesday and Wednesday at @royalbirmcons.bsky.social! 📍 Tue 10 & Wed 11 Jun, RBC