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Welcome to Summer Season!

As nature springs to life, the Royal College of Music embraces a festival feel this season, showcasing the very finest talents from our students.

Joyful festivals

We see the return of our Festival of Percussion, this year headlined by legendary jazz drummer Gregory Hutchinson. The Eclectic Guitar Orchestra features in the RCM’s inaugural Strings Festival, while our Recorder Festival celebrates the instrument’s diverse repertoire.

Prestigious venues 

This season you can hear our talented musicians performing across the city and even further afield, with concerts at Wigmore Hall and Cadogan Hall, as well as the Aldeburgh Festival.

Guitar fame

One of the most famous acoustic guitars in rock history – Kurt Cobain’s Martin D-18E – goes on display in the RCM Museum, in a unique exhibition exploring Nirvana’s groundbreaking MTV Unplugged performance. 

Love, conflict, renaissance 

Established star of the great opera houses of the world Sir Thomas Allen directs a unique opera production pairing dramatic madrigals by Monteverdi and Strozzi, alongside Jonathan Dove’s meditative Seven Angels, joined by dancers from the Rambert School.

Pioneering sounds 

New music pervades the season, from our Composition for Screen concert to the multi-sensory sonic world of Electric Dreams, and much more.

 

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Classical Coffee Mornings at the Royal Albert Hall: Versa Winds

22 June 2025, 11:00am

Versa Winds is a vibrant and versatile multi-instrumental quartet. All trained in jazz and classical music, they explore a wide range of styles.

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RCM Strings Festival

22 June 2025, 11:00am

Delve into the soundworld of all things bowed, plucked and strummed in the RCM’s new festival showcasing the RCM Strings Faculty.

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Classical Coffee Mornings at the Royal Albert Hall: Versa Winds Relaxed Performance

22 June 2025, 2:00pm

Vibrant and versatile multi-instrumental quartet RCM Versa Winds perform a relaxed recital this afternoon.

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Junior Fellow Showcase: Calathea Quartet

23 June 2025, 6:00pm

In this ongoing series, the Calathea Quartet, Fellows from the Artist Diploma programme, curate and perform a unique concert.

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Love, Conflict, Renaissance

23 June 2025, 7:00pm

Sir Thomas Allen directs a captivating evening of opera by three composers exploring love, loss and longing.

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Rediscovering the RCM Clavicytherium

24 June 2025, 9:15am

Join our research event at the RCM Museum for an interdisciplinary conversation on the earliest surviving stringed keyboard instrument.

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Chamber Tuesdays

24 June 2025, 1:05pm

Enjoy a varied programme of chamber music from RCM musicians at this lunchtime concert.

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Flute Masterclass with Adam Walker

24 June 2025, 6:00pm

A passionate and devoted teacher, Adam is Visiting Professor of Flute at the RCM and today makes a return visit to the College to work with RCM musicians.

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RCM Chamber Music

25 June 2025, 1:05pm

Join us for a captivating lunchtime concert featuring George Enescu's Octet for Strings – a masterwork of intensity, complexity, and youthful energy.

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Chamber Spotlight: Peter and the Wolf

25 June 2025, 6:00pm

Prokofiev’s iconic Peter and the Wolf is brought to life by narrator Lucy Hollins in this intimate arrangement for chamber ensemble. 

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Love, Conflict, Renaissance

25 June 2025, 7:00pm

Sir Thomas Allen directs a captivating evening of opera by three composers exploring love, loss and longing.

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Lunchtime Concert for Schools: Peter and the Wolf

26 June 2025, 12:00pm

Join some of the RCM's top chamber musicians, together with presenter Lucy Hollins, to explore the characters, instruments and themes featured in Prokofiev's famous Peter and the Wolf.

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Music and Ideas: RCM Director James Williams with Jane Barker

26 June 2025, 5:15pm

Reflecting on his first year as Director, James Williams shares his vision and aspirations for the RCM in conversation with RCM Vice-President Jane Barker.

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Junior Fellow Showcase: Holding the Night

26 June 2025, 6:00pm

Curated by Irena Radić, Fellow from the Artist Diploma programme, RCM vocalists perform Madeleine Dring's evocative and emotional song cycles.

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RCM Symphony Orchestra: Kirill Karabits conducts Britten

26 June 2025, 7:30pm

Ukrainian conductor Kirill Karabits conducts the RCM Symphony Orchestra in a programme of vivid orchestral colour.

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RCM at St Mary Abbots Church

27 June 2025, 1:05pm

Enjoy a varied programme of chamber music from Royal College of Music musicians at this lunchtime concert at St Mary Abbots Church in Kensington.

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Love, Conflict, Renaissance

27 June 2025, 7:00pm

Sir Thomas Allen directs a captivating evening of opera by three composers exploring love, loss and longing.

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Aldeburgh Aloud: Kirill Karabits conducts Britten

27 June 2025, 7:00pm

Ukrainian conductor Kirill Karabits conducts the RCM Symphony Orchestra in a programme of vivid orchestral colour.

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RCM Wind Ensemble: Mozart Unwrapped

27 June 2025, 7:30pm

Two serenades by Mozart are performed by the RCM Wind Ensemble in a programme that explores the composer through his own music, lively arrangements and new compositions.

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RCMJD Summer Ensembles Concert

28 June 2025, 5:30pm

The Sinfonietta, Jazz Ensemble, Saxophone Ensemble and Brass Ensemble of the RCM Junior Department perform in their annual summer celebration.

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Love, Conflict, Renaissance

28 June 2025, 7:00pm

Sir Thomas Allen directs a captivating evening of opera by three composers exploring love, loss and longing.

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RCM at Wigmore Hall: Strings Showcase – Introduction and Allegro

28 June 2025, 7:30pm

Musicians from the Royal College of Music perform a stunning selection of pieces from solos and duos to Mendelssohn’s Octet and Ravel’s sumptuous Introduction and Allegro.

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Around Britten in Brass

29 June 2025, 11:00am

The RCM's Aldeburgh residency continues as Onyx Brass joins forces with RCM brass musicians to perform music by RCM alumni including Imogen Holst, Malcolm Arnold, Joseph Horovitz and Britten.

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RCMJD Symphony and Chamber Orchestras Concert: Elgar 2

29 June 2025, 6:30pm

The RCM Junior Department Chamber and Symphony orchestras perform Elgar’s striking last complete symphony at Cadogan Hall.

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Junior Fellow Showcase

30 June 2025, 6:00pm

In this ongoing series, Maria Filippova, Fellow from the Artist Diploma programme, curates and performs a unique concert.

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RCM Saxophone Ensemble: Over the Rainbow

30 June 2025, 7:30pm

Kyle Horch directs the RCM Saxophone Ensemble in an exciting concert exploring the saxophone’s full capabilities.

Ilayda Oguz performs the piano

Junior Fellow Showcase

01 July 2025, 1:05pm

In this ongoing series, Ilayda Oguz, Fellow from the Artist Diploma programme, curates and performs a unique concert dedicated to Hugh Davies.

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Echoes of Elegance: Music of the English Renaissance and Baroque

01 July 2025, 6:00pm

Musicians from the Historical Performance Faculty present chamber music spanning 200 years for recorder consort, strings, keyboard and voice.

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Percussion Showcase

01 July 2025, 7:30pm

Immerse yourself in an evening of invigorating percussion works, with performances on a dazzling selection of instruments.

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Museum Guided Tour

02 July 2025, 12:30pm

Enjoy a tour of the RCM Museum led by our knowledgeable team.

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Harpsichord Masterclass with Laurence Cummings

02 July 2025, 5:30pm

Laurence Cummings, one of Britain's leading exponents of historical performance, shares his rich performance experience with early keyboard players at the Royal College of Music.

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RCM Brass Ensemble: Fanfares and Meditations

02 July 2025, 6:00pm

Takemitsu’s Signals from Heaven frame this RCM Brass Ensemble concert, with instruments split into two antiphonal fanfares.

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Music and Ideas: Remembering Joan Dickson

03 July 2025, 5:15pm

RCM professor Richard Harwood celebrates the legacy and impact of the teaching of Joan Dickson (1921–1994), an influential and highly respected cello professor at the RCM.

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RCMJD Summer Orchestra Concert

05 July 2025, 5:30pm

Musicians from the RCM Junior Department present a summer celebration featuring performances from the Sinfonia, String Orchestra and Symphonic Wind Orchestra.

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RCMJD at Wigmore Hall: Young Artists Concert

06 July 2025, 3:00pm

Winners of the RCMJD Chamber Music Prize and soloists from across the Junior Department perform in this varied and lively concert.

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