Birmingham musicians honoured in classical awards
CBSO’s Kazuki Yamada winds Royal Philharmonic Society Conductor of the Year Award.
A Laugh Supreme opens at Eastside
Stand-up meets jazz in new Eastside Jazz Club series.
Bravo Juliet
Free festival welcomes Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s new Juliet organ.
Plans announced for ground-breaking theatrical partnership
West Midlands announce intention to be National Centre for Musical Theatre.
Autumn season at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Guest stars, a brand new organ, Shakespearean classics and music of every kind.
Mostly Jazz links with city music projects
Future music business talent initiative launches at major city festival.
Ambitious production for Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Ethnically-led production of Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman by Persona Arts at Bradshaw Hall.
Rough Girls tackle the Conservatoire
Derry Girls star’s debut play kicks off autumn theatre season.
Conservatoire Folk Ensemble launch new album
Power folk recording marks twenty-fifth anniversary.
Rising in harmony
Talking to cellist, educator and broadcaster Julian Lloyd Webber.
University aiming to increase diversity in music employment
Midlands survey launched to help make music careers available to everyone.
Proms comes to Birmingham
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire alumna returns to Bradshaw Hall.
International Women’s Day focus for Conservatoire
Spring season announced for Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
Indian classical music superstars visit Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Artists meet students, business leaders, politicians and dignitaries.
Birmingham students release Christmas single
CORE Education Trust and Royal Birmingham Conservatoire record track for Shelter.
New free concert series at Symphony Hall announced
See the best young Conservatoire musicians at lunchtime.
Jazz and other four letter words
Jazz trumpeter and sometime pugilist Byron Wallen talks to Dave Woodhall.
Working for the lockdown
UK’s biggest folk band counts down to June 21st.
Birmingham actor returns to give student masterclass
“Line of Duty and Peaky Blinders put Birmingham back on the map” – Nigel Boyle.
Lunchtime concerts hitting right note with online audiences
More dates added to free Conservatoire series.
New appointment for Conservatoire
Dr Shirley Thompson appointed Interim Principal of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
Julian Lloyd Webber to step down from Conservatoire
Prestigious university status awarded in recognition of successful tenure.
Birmingham research shines new light on early civilisations
Pioneering European project to give Viking and Irish languages new life through music.
Teenage South African stars win UK music scholarships
Birmingham music teachers provide distance learning.
University to encourage next generation of opera singers
Opera Nation, a free new training programme for young people, launches.
Gentle Flame reaches Birmingham
New music featuring words of Greta Thunberg to receive world premiere in the city.
Young Birmingham musicians to perform in Brussels
Sixty young musicians to demonstrate music’s power to unite with performance at European Parliament.
Laura Mvula to receive honorary doctorate
Acclaimed singer honoured by Birmingham City University.
Birmingham, UK – a new global centre of contemporary jazz
Conservatoire announces acclaimed musician to join faculty as visiting tutor.
Youth orchestra to play at Conservatoire
National Orchestra for All brings WordPlay to Birmingham.