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A celebrated multi-genre contemporary music festival returns to Birmingham next month. Centred on improvisation and new music, Emulsion will be hosted at mac Birmingham for its seventh edition on Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd November.
Birmingham City University has strengthened its position as a leading provider of creative arts education by appointing Professor Alison Honour as Pro-Vice Chancellor and Executive Dean of its Faculty of Arts, Design and Media. A National Teaching Fellow and Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Professor Honour originally trained as a fine artist before taking on…
Four Malaysian graduates from Birmingham City University’s Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in the UK are starring in an operatic version of the Brothers Grimm’s 1893 fairy tale ‘Hansel and Gretel’, which will be staged in Kuala Lumpur this summer. Written by 19th century German composer Engelbert Humperdinck and staged by Kuala Lumpur City Opera (KLCO), the…
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (BCMG) and Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, part of Birmingham City University, are launching the UK’s first year-long study programme to train and prepare musicians to perform and promote contemporary classical music. Open to post-graduate musicians currently enrolled in a course of study, or to professional musicians wanting to improve their knowledge and skills in…
Rail commuters and shoppers stopped in their tracks this morning as a musical extravaganza was laid on by the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s Folk Ensemble at Birmingham New Street station. The Conservatoire Folk Ensemble of a stage-challenging 65 members all performed under the interchange’s main departure boards within the station’s domed atrium throughout the day, entertaining with a unique series of free…