The front facade of the Royal College of Music

The Royal College of Music (RCM), located in the South Kensington district of London, is one of the world's leading musical institutions. Since its founding, the RCM has been home to some of the most distinguished and influential figures in the history of British music. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 522 pixelsFull resolution (4748 × 3101 pixel, file size: 6. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 522 pixelsFull resolution (4748 × 3101 pixel, file size: 6. ... For other uses, see facade (disambiguation). ... The junction with Old Brompton Road and Pelham Street, outside South Kensington tube station. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

Background

The Royal College of Music from Prince Consort Road, London

The Royal College of Music's building, designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield, is situated on Prince Consort Road in the cultural district South Kensington, next to Imperial College, directly opposite the Royal Albert Hall, near the Royal College of Art and five minutes' walk from the Science, Natural History and Victoria and Albert Museums. Download high resolution version (800x1067, 130 KB)Royal College of Music, London. ... Download high resolution version (800x1067, 130 KB)Royal College of Music, London. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Sir Arthur William Blomfield (6 March 1829 _30 October 1899), English architect, son of Bishop C. J. Blomfield, was educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge. ... The junction with Old Brompton Road and Pelham Street, outside South Kensington tube station. ... Royal School of Mines Entrance Imperial College London is a college of the University of London which focuses on science and technology, and is located in South Kensington in London. ... Albert Hall redirects here. ... The Darwin Building at Kensington Gore The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a university in London, England. ... The Science Museum on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London is part of the National Museum of Science and Industry. ... For other similarly-named museums see Museum of Natural History. ... The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the worlds largest and finest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4. ...

Since its foundation in 1882 by the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, the College has been linked with the Royal family. Its patron is currently Her Majesty, The Queen. For 40 years, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother was President; in 1993 HRH The Prince of Wales became President, Her Majesty The Queen Mother becoming President Emerita. Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death on 6 May 1910. ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ... Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, later Queen Elizabeth (Elizabeth Angela Marguerite; 4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002), was the Queen Consort of King George VI of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions from 1936 until his death in 1952. ... “Prince Charles” redirects here. ...

The current director is the clarinettist and scholar Professor Colin Lawson.^[1][2].

The RCM is not to be confused with the Royal Academy of Music (RAM), another prestigious London establishment. The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) is a constituent college of the University of London, and is one of the worlds leading music institutions. ...

Curriculum

The college teaches all aspects of Western classical music from undergraduate to doctoral level. There is a Junior Department, where 300 children aged 8 to 18 are educated on Saturdays. It also has an extensive museum of musical instruments which is open to the public, see below. Classical music is a broad, somewhat imprecise term, referring to music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of, European art, ecclesiastical and concert music, encompassing a broad period from roughly 1000 to the present day. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making music. ...

Museum of Instruments

The College's Museum of Instruments, forming part of the Centre for Performance History, houses a collection of over 800 instruments and accessories from circa 1480 to the present. Paintings on display at the Museum include two portraits of Jan Ladislav Dussek and George Henschel.

Other collections

Due partly to the vision of its founders, particularly Sir George Grove, the RCM holds significant research collections of material dating from the fifteenth century onwards. These include autographs such as Haydn’s String Quartet Op. 64/1, Mozart’s Piano Concerto K491 and Elgar’s Cello Concerto. More extensive collections feature the music of Herbert Howells and Frank Bridge and film scores by Malcolm Arnold and Stanley Myers. Amongst over 300 original portraits are John Cawse’s 1826 painting of Weber (the last of the composer), Haydn by Thomas Hardy (1791) and Bartolommeo Nazari’s painting of Farinelli at the height of his fame. Sir George Grove (August 13, 1820 - May 28, 1900) was an English writer on music, immortalised in the title of Groves Dictionary of Music and Musicians. ... Haydn redirects here. ... “Mozart” redirects here. ... The Piano Concerto No. ... Sir Edward Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO (2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English Romantic composer. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Herbert Norman Howells CH (17 October 1892 – 23 February 1983) was an English composer, organist, and teacher. ... Frank Bridge (February 26, 1879 – January 10, 1941) was an English composer. ... Sir Malcolm Arnold Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold, CBE (21 October 1921 – 23 September 2006) was an English composer. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Carl Maria von Weber Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst, Freiherr von Weber (November 18, 1786 in Eutin, Holstein – June 5, 1826 in London, England) was a German composer, conductor, pianist and critic, one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school. ... Haydn redirects here. ... Farinelli, by Wagner after Amigoni 1735 Farinelli (January 24, 1705 – September 16, 1782), was the stage name of Carlo Broschi, one of the most famous Italian soprano castrato singers of the 18th century. ...

10,000 prints and photographs comprise the most substantial archive of images of musicians in the UK. The RCM’s 600,000 concert programmes document concert life from 1730 to the present day.

Famous alumni

Famous students of the RCM have included:

• Thomas Allen (born 1944), singer
• Julian Anderson (born 1967), composer
• Malcolm Arnold (1921 - 2006), composer
• Evelyn Barbirolli (1911-2008), oboist
• John S. Beckett (1927 - 2007), composer, performer and conductor
• Luke Bedford (born 1978), composer
• Clifford Benson (1946 - 2007), pianist
• John Birch (born 1929), organist
• Robin Blaze - countertenor
• Arthur Bliss (1891 - 1975), composer
• Rutland Boughton (1878 - 1960), composer
• Julian Bream (born 1933), guitarist and lutenist
• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), composer
• George Butterworth (1885 - 1916), composer
• Ronald Cavaye (born 1951), pianist and writer.
• Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875 - 1912), composer
• Charles Daniels singer
• Thurston Dart (1921 - 1971), performer and musicologist
• Andrew Davis (born 1944), conductor
• Colin Davis (born 1927), conductor
• David Fanshawe (born 1942), composer and ethnomusicologist
• Alan Fleming-Baird (born 1972), composer
• James Galway (born 1939), flautist
• Noel Gay (1898 - 1954), songwriter
• Daniel Giorgetti, composer
• Robert John Godfrey (born 1947), composer & pianist
• Eugène Goossens (1893 - 1962), conductor
• Léon Goossens (1897-1988), oboist
• Charles Groves (1915 - 1992), conductor
• Richard Harvey (born 1953), composer and multi-instrumentalist
• David Helfgott (born 1947), pianist
• Kenneth Hesketh (born 1968), composer
• Peter Hill, pianist
• Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934), composer
• James Horner (born 1953), composer
• Herbert Howells (1892-1983), composer
• Owain Arwel Hughes, conductor - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• John Ireland (1879 - 1962), composer and pianist
• Dame Gwyneth Jones (born 1936), Wagnerian soprano
• Dame Thea King (1925-2007), clarinettist
• Constant Lambert (1905 - 1951), composer and critic
• John Lill (born 1944), pianist
• Neville Marriner (born 1924), conductor
• William Neil McKie (1901-1984), organist and choir director
• Francis Monkman (born 1949), rock, classical and film score composer
• Steve Nieve (born 1958), keyboardist
• Peter Pears (1910 - 1986), singer
• Mica Penniman (aka Mika) (born 1983), pop rock musician and songwriter
• Trevor Pinnock (born 1946), harpsichordist and conductor
• Gilbert Rowland (born 1946), harpsichordist
• Stephen Savage, pianist
• Paul Schwartz, music producer, composer, arranger, conductor and pianist.
• Oda Slobodskaya (188? - 1969), singer
• Cyril Smith (1909 - 1974), pianist
• Leopold Stokowski (1882 - 1977), conductor
• Joan Sutherland (born 1926), singer
• Michael Tippett (1905 - 1998), composer
• Nancy Tsuchiachi (born 1960), pianist and pedagogue
• Mark-Anthony Turnage (born 1960), composer
• Nick van Bloss (born 1967), pianist, author
• Rick Wakeman (born 1949), keyboardist
• Bernard Walton (1917-1972), clarinetist
• William Waterhouse (1931-2007), bassoonist and organologist
• Dame Fanny Waterman (born 1920), founder, chairman and artistic director of the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition
• Darryl Way (born 1948), rock and classical musician
• Andrew Lloyd Webber (born 1948), composer
• Julian Lloyd Webber (born 1951), cellist
• William Lloyd Webber (1914 - 1982), composer
• Gillian Weir (born 1941), internationally-renowned organist
• John Williams (born 1941), guitarist
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958), composer

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