Young Cheshire musicians to perform world premiere at RNCM Day of Percussion on Sunday 7 February 2016. The Love Music Trust’s Percussion Ensemble which features some of the region’s most talented...
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The Halle in February
The Halle is set to hold a number of concerts in February, including a Valentine’s Day Special and a programme of Rachmaninov, Mahler and Shostakovich. We take a look at what’s coming up over the...
RNCM awarded major Leverhulme Trust grant
The Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) has been awarded over £400,000 to support exceptional young musicians from the Leverhulme Trust’s Arts Scholarship programme. The grant, totalling...
Previewed: New Music North West Festival
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Previewed: Andre Rieu at Manchester Arena
The King of the Waltz returns to the UK André Rieu is unlike anything else in the entertainment world. Along with his Johann Strauss Orchestra, Rieu has created a global revival in waltz music with...
RNCM wins excellence and innovation award
Manchester's Royal Northern College of Music has won the Excellence and Innovation in the Arts Award at the Times Higher Education Awards for it's off-site project After The Silence: Music in the...
In Review: Romeo and Juliet by the English National Ballet at the Palace Theatre
There’s a calm and quiet which falls upon the audience as the wonderful orchestra, conducted superbly by Gavin Sutherland, start to play the opening bars. The lengthy introduction is magnificent,...
Previewed: Celtic Woman at the Bridgewater Hall
Having sold over 8 million copies of their first nine CDs in the ten years since they formed, the all-Irish four-piece Celtic Woman have cemented their place as one of the world’s most popular World...
Hallé concert listings at The Bridgewater Hall – November 2015
Thursday 5 November, 7.30pm Verdi Overture: The Force of Destiny Bloch Schelomo Tchaikovsky Manfred Symphony Nikolaj Znaider conductor Jian Wang cello The fate theme running through this season...
RNCM to host tributes to Billy Strayhorn and Frank Sinatra
Saxophonist Mike Hall is set to direct the Royal Northern College of Music Big Band in two concerts dedicated to Billy Strayhorn and Frank Sinatra. On Saturday 31 October, to mark the centenary of...
Halle to perform half-term family concerts
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New jazz bar La Gitane opens in Manchester
The brand new Manchester jazz club, La Gitane, launched last night to an exclusive guest-list crowd for a preview of what’s to come. The first jazz club to be opened in Manchester since 1999, La...
Royal Northern College of Music nominated for two Times Higher Education Awards
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In Review: Shama Rahman Band at Manchester Jazz Festival 2015
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