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RNCM set to host Royal Philharmonic Awards

The focus of the UK classical music world will be on the the RNCM in Manchester in March as the college and alumni look to shine at RPS Awards.

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  The college will host the event on March 5th

There is yet more success for the Royal Northern College of Music to enjoy following a highly successful International Brass Band Festival held last weekend in Manchester.

Several of its alumni have been shortlisted for a prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society Award, including renowned conductor Alpesh Chauhan OBE and vocalist/composer Alice Zawadzki.

Jo Yee Cheung's Olympias Music Foundation is also shortlisted in the Impact category for the organisation's work championing diversity in music, whilst the LGBTQ+ choir The Sunday Boys, a singing group founded by RNCM composition graduate Michael Betteridge, is listed in the Inspiration Award category (alongside Derwent Brass Band) decided by public vote.

Graduate nominations

RNCM graduates also feature in every Ensemble category including Riot Ensemble whose founding Co Artistic Director Adam Swayne is Deputy Head of Keyboard Studies at the College.

The Manchester Classical Festival, a collaboration between The Hallé, BBC Philharmonic, Manchester Camerata, and RNCM alumni Manchester Collective, is shortlisted in the Series and Events category.

RNCM Innovate Fellow Jasdeep Singh Degun has also been shortlisted in the Instrumentalist category and for his Large-Scale Composition, 'Orpheus'.

The RNCM will also host the awards event on Tuesday 5th March with RPS Chief Executive James Murphy stating that 'classical music pulses through the city's veins' 4BR

Music in the veins

The RNCM will also host the awards event on Tuesday 5th March with RPS Chief Executive James Murphy stating that 'classical music pulses through the city's veins' after the decision was made to bring the event up to Manchester after 34 years in London.

'The biggest night in UK classical music' will be co-presented by BBC3's Elizabeth Alker and Linton Stephens — also an RNCM graduate.

Tickets:

Tickets are available from the RNCM website now, starting at £10 (plus booking fee).

https://www.quaytickets.com/rncm/en-GB/events/royal%20philharmonic%20society%20awards%202024/2024-3-5_19.00/rncm%20concert%20hall?hallmap

The event will also be available to watch on the RPS website from Tuesday 12th March, and a BBC Radio 3 special broadcast featuring the music of the winners and nominees will broadcast on Wednesday 6th March (7.30pm).

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