🙌🏻🎷 "The festival, staged at the @royalbirmcons.bsky.social, drew large crowds of fans and proved tremendously inspiring for students on the Jazz Course" - John Watson @ UK Jazz News 🎷🙌🏻
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📸 John Watson/jazzcamera.co.uk
🥁 @royalbirmcons.bsky.social's Eastside Jazz Festival is delighted to be hosting the world-famous BBC Big Band as its finale concert to cap two whole days of back-to-back jazz! Featuring soloists Julie Claire and Poppy Baker (pictured)🥁
📍Fri 13 Feb, 8pm
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Last week, Birmingham Schools’ #JazzBand with their director Paul Douglas, were invited to perform at the @royalbirmcons.bsky.social Eastside Jazz Club as part of the Conservatoire Jazz Department’s Big Band Mondays concert series 🎺🎶
The band played superbly and received enthusiastic praise 🙌
Join us for a brand new season of @royalbirmcons.bsky.social research seminars, starting with Dr Naomi Barker of the Open University talking about 17th-century music as medicine www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoir...
🎶🎓 A warm welcome back to @royalbirmcons.bsky.social from the Principal, Stephen Maddock! 🎓🎶
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⏱️1 min read - we are back at St Benedict's Primary, see the blog from the learning team.
"It’s exciting to see how people in different countries celebrate through dance!”. Yr 5 pupil
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@royalbirmcons.bsky.social #sampadassociateschools
Owen Coggins presenting the BFE keynote lecture at the BFE/RMA Research Students' Conference at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Coggins is standing at a lectern on stage. Behind him is a slide that says 'Black metal's controversy engines: Rejectionism'.
Congratulations to @owencoggins.bsky.social for a great BFE keynote talk, 'Distortion, Ambiguity and Ideology in Underground Black Metal', at the 2026 BFE/RMA Research Students Conference at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. @royalmusical.bsky.social @royalbirmcons.bsky.social
What a great way to begin the working year - stimulating discussion with friends and colleagues at the BFE RMA Research students’ conference. And lovely to see the new @royalbirmcons.bsky.social building! @royalmusical.bsky.social
✨⭐️ 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! 🎄✨
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🗡️💔 Opened last night at @crescenttheatre.bsky.social - Electra by Frank McGuinness 💔🗡️
📸 Kirkpatrick Photography
📍 Fri 12 - Sat 13 Dec @ @crescenttheatre.bsky.social
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🎄🎶 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
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Poster for the Philip Jones International Brass Ensemble Competition, including an image of a brass instrument bell, and the timetable for the competition. All information included is available at: https://pjbe.org/
Poster for the Philip Jones International Brass Ensemble Competition, including images of the Jury, and details of the prizes - all information included is available at: https://pjbe.org/
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
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📸 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
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📸 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
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Poster for the Philip Jones International Brass Ensemble Competition, including an image of a brass instrument bell, and the timetable for the competition. All information included is available at: https://pjbe.org/
Poster for the Philip Jones International Brass Ensemble Competition, including images of the Jury, and details of the prizes - all information included is available at: https://pjbe.org/
Brass quintets aged 18-30 can apply to take part in the Philip Jones International Brass Ensemble Competition, 13-18 July 2026 at @royalbirmcons.bsky.social. With prizes of up to £6,000, find out more and apply by 1 March 2026 here: pjbe.org
🎼🎶 Shostakovich and his World @ RBC, Mon 10 - Fri 14 Nov 🎶🎼
50 years after his death, join us for a week-long exploration of the chamber music of Dmitri Shostakovich as well as composers who were influenced by his music.
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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
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✨⭐️ Hear from RBC's Principal Stephen Maddock about last Friday's concert! If you were there too, we'd love to know what you thought! ⭐️✨
"Congratulations to all 80+ members of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra for a thrilling concert with Michael Seal tonight!"
📸 Stephen Maddock
🎭⏳ Time and the Conways opens tonight! ⏳🎭 "There's a great devil in the universe, and we call it time." Do we have the power to change our destiny?
📍Thu 16 - Sat 18 Oct @ Crescent Theatre
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📸 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
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📸 Greg Milner Photography
💃 Opening tonight at The Crescent Theatre - The Art of Success! 💃 Set in 18th-century London, witness the events of 10 years in one riotous night, recounting the explosive rise of the artist William Hogarth.
📸 Kirkpatrick Photography
📍 Thu 9 - Sat 11 Oct
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🎷 Don't miss: FREE Thursday lunchtime jazz! 🎷
Featuring: Joe Noble piano, Macy Wright (pictured) bass, Freddie Dal drums
📍Thu 2 Oct, 1.05pm
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🎭 Our monthly alumni round-up is here! 🎶
Find out what our talented @royalbirmcons.bsky.social graduates have been up to this month! 👇
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
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📸 Kirkpatrick Photography
⭐️📚 Meet the @royalbirmcons.bsky.social leadership team - Head of Historical Performance, Senior Lecturer and Instrument Curator, Martin Perkins! 📚⭐️ www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoir...
