Nearly ten years to the day since the release of his debut double platinum selling album Hand Built By Robots, Newton Faulkner’s latest Hit The Ground Running is due out. The release of Hit The Ground Running on 1 September comes ahead of Newton Faulkner performing at Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music. The Manchester…
Lucy Rose has announced a return to Manchester with a gig at the Royal Northern College of Music following the release of her third album Something’s Changing. The 20-date headline run follows her current Worldwide Cinema Tour and sees the British folk artist performing dates throughout the UK and Ireland in November 2017. Something’s Changing…
Saint Etienne come to Manchester’s RNCM next week in support of their new album Home Counties which is released today. Home Counties comprises sixteen new songs Saint Etienne have written about a day in the life of a Home Counties resident. Moving from the life of a teenage girl, through to what would have happened…
Kip Moore, Drake White and Marty Stuart have announced Manchester gigs at the O2 Ritz and Royal Northern College of Music. The announcement sees Kip Moore returning to Manchester following his incredibly receive gig at Manchester Academy. Over the last few years, Kip Moore has spent most of his time on the road, building one…
Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music has appointed Manus Carey as Director of Performance. The role at the RNCM commences in September 2017. Manus Carey is currently Executive Producer at the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, having held this position since 2013. He has been responsible for the RSNO’s artistic strategy and programme, as well as…
Vocal ensemble The Swingles are set to celebrated the 55th year of the group’s existence by releasing their new album Folklore, which is due for release on 24 March. For more than half a century, The Swingles have pushed the boundaries of vocal music. The seven young singers that make up today’s London-based group are…
The Royal Northern College of Music Chamber Festival brings three days of Hungarian music to Manchester next month. BudaFest: The Music of Hungary and the Spirit of the Csárdás takes place at the RNCM from Friday 10 until Sunday 12 March, showcasing the depth and variety of Hungarian chamber music, taking in over 200 years…
RNCM staging first oratorio Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music is to stage an oratorio for the first time as RNCM Opera presents Handel’s Theodora. Theodora is widely recognised as one of Handel’s masterpieces. The story, in English, recounts the tender love and eventual martyrdom of Theodora, a young Christian woman, and her Roman lover,…
RNCM Opera to present Offenbach’s work The glitz and glamour of Paris comes to Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music in the run up to Christmas as the RNCM Opera presents Offenbach’s La Vie Parisienne featuring students from the School of Vocal Studies and Opera. The production is directed by Stuart Barker, Director of Training…
Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music has won the title for Outstanding International Student Strategy at the 12th Times Higher Education Awards for its Read with the World Project. Read with the World is designed to help international students at the RNCM develop their language skills and cross-cultural competencies by using a buddy scheme and…
