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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

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RCMJD Summer Ensembles Concert

28 June 2025, 5:30pm
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall

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
Britten Theatre

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
Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP

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
Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape, Suffolk IP17 1SP

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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Online masterclasses

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Harpsichord Masterclass with Laurence Cummings

02 July 2025, 5:30pm
Performance Studio

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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Online talks and seminars

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Music and Ideas: Remembering Joan Dickson

03 July 2025, 5:15pm
Performance Hall

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.

Participatory events

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Launch Pad: ages 6-9

28 July 2025, 10:30am
Recital Hall

Join RCM Sparks for a junior version of our friendly and creative Springboard Composition Course.

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Launch Pad: ages 10-13

28 July 2025, 10:30am
Recital Hall

Join RCM Sparks for a junior version of our friendly and creative Springboard Composition Course.

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Springboard Young Composers Course: Music Creators!

27 August 2025, 10:30am
Recital Hall

Calling all instrumentalists, singers, composers or song-writers from any musical background!

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RCM Opera: Love, Conflict, Renaissance

23 June 2025 - 28 June 2025

Come to the Britten Theatre for a resplendent evening of opera by three composers exploring all aspects of human and spiritual love, embracing the full range of the human condition: love, loss and longing.

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