What's on / Events & Festivals
Autumn season of events
Coming up this season
This season, we've more wonderful weekly performances to share with the RCM community, plus a new Chamber Essentials concert series and the return of our popular In Focus films! Browse our upcoming online events to see what's in store in the summer months.
Concerts
19 December 2025, 12:00pm
Pallant House Gallery, 8-9 North Pallant, Chichester PO19 1TJ
Enjoy a varied programme of chamber music from Royal College of Music musicians at this lunchtime concert at Pallant House Gallery in Chichester.
13 January 2026, 1:05pm
Performance Studio
Enjoy a varied programme of chamber music from RCM musicians at this lunchtime concert.
15 January 2026, 6:00pm
Performance Hall
Enjoy a varied programme of chamber music from RCM musicians at this rush-hour concert.
15 January 2026, 6:00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
The Royal College of Music’s emerging conductors showcase their skills in this early evening concert.
Online masterclasses
14 January 2026, 2:00pm
Britten Theatre
Join us for an invigorating masterclass with Canadian soprano Edith Wiens, an RCM Visiting Professor of Vocal Studies.
19 January 2026, 6:00pm
Performance Studio
Hear versatile musician Viola de Hoog share her breadth of expertise in a masterclass with musicians from the RCM Historical Performance Faculty.
20 January 2026, 6:00pm
Performance Hall
Join internationally acclaimed violinist Esther Yoo for an inspiring masterclass.
20 January 2026, 6:00pm
The Carne Room
Prince Consort Professor of Oboe Jacques Tys gives an engaging masterclass with musicians from the RCM Woodwind Faculty.
Online talks and seminars
15 December 2025, 9:00am
Performance Hall
This thought-provoking one-day conference explores practice-led research into 20th-century piano repertoire and performance.
21 January 2026, 5:15pm
Performance Hall
RCM professors and alumni William Mival and Andrew McCrea mark Anthony Milner's recent centenary.
28 January 2026, 5:15pm
Performance Hall
Celebrate 25 years of pioneering performance science research at the Royal College of Music.
01 February 2026, 11:00am
Various locations
Join us for the return of our riveting Conducting Festival, highlighting the RCM's dynamic conducting students, alumni and faculty.
Participatory events
13 January 2026, 9:30am
Recital Hall
RCM Sparks is pleased to be hosting a series of Gamelan workshops for groups of up to 30 people, with tailored sessions led by a Gamelan expert.
14 January 2026, 9:00am
Recital Hall
RCM Sparks is pleased to be hosting a series of Gamelan workshops for groups of up to 30 people, with tailored sessions led by a Gamelan expert.
21 January 2026, 12:00pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall
Get ready to groove under the disco ball! Join us for a high-energy concert packed with funky, feel-good arrangements of disco and soul classics.
01 February 2026, 11:00am
Various locations
Join us for the return of our riveting Conducting Festival, highlighting the RCM's dynamic conducting students, alumni and faculty.
14 February 2026 - 15 February 2026
From stunning woodwind quartets to vibrant percussion ensembles, head to the Royal College of Music for an inspiring weekend of chamber music performances!
23 March 2026 - 27 March 2026
Inspired by the 1851 Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, the RCM’s cutting-edge Great Exhibitionists series is curated entirely by students.
16 March 2026 - 21 March 2026
Composed when he was just 18 years old, Mozart’s La finta giardiniera (The Pretend Gardener) plants seven characters searching for love amongst tangled vines of identities, jealousies and vendettas.
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