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The Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) is one of the world’s most forward-thinking conservatoires.
Located in the heart of Manchester, UK, it’s dedicated to providing an outstanding education that propels its students into careers as inspiring and versatile musicians, fully-equipped for exciting futures both on and off stage.
Housing three major performance spaces, the RNCM is also a vibrant live music venue offering unparalleled opportunities for students to perform to public audiences and to work alongside professional musicians and visiting artists.
In 2017 the RNCM was rated Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework and is the UK’s leading music college for research. It’s also the recipient of three Times Higher Education Awards (Excellence and Innovation in the Arts (2015), Outstanding International Student Strategy (2016) and Widening Participation and Outreach Initiative of the Year (2020)) and a Global Teaching Excellence Spotlight Award (2018).
RNCM School of Composition
RNCM School of Strings
RNCM School of Keyboard Studies
RNCM Annual Appeal: Forging industry-ready musicians
RNCM School of Wind, Brass and Percussion
Study at the RNCM - Defining the Future of Music
How to Use Acceptd – 2026 Entry
How to Apply – 2026 Entry
RNCM Chamber Choir and Clod Ensemble at Victoria Baths
RNCM Sessions: Grete Eitmantyte | SKINNY BONES
Research at the RNCM
Piano Fleet Campaign
RNCM Sessions: Big Enough Umbrella | The Good One
Music Education at the RNCM
Nature’s Music at Manchester Museum
RNCM Creative Innovators Award
RNCM Community Opera - Silverwood
Manx Dances by Martin Ellerby - Recorded Live by the RNCM Wind Orchestra
Nature's Music at Manchester Museum (Preview)
RNCM Sessions: Lili Holland-Fricke | Ceiling
RNCM Sessions: Lili Holland-Frecke | Don't Want
RNCM Sessions: Daisy Cameron | Her
RNCM Sessions: Daisy Cameron | Knots
RNCM Sessions: Daisy Cameron | Escaping
RNCM Sessions: Sister Grace | You and I
RNCM Sessions: Sister Grace | Condemned to Freedom
RNCM Harp Ensemble: Time Spinner
RNCM Harp Ensemble: Studying at the RNCM