Research
RNCM wins AHRC Doctoral Focal Award to support creative research for a healthy planet, people, and place
4 July 2025
The Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) has received funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) […]
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RNCM to Co-Host International Conference at UNESCO World Heritage Site in Czechia
14 May 2025
Dr Austin Glatthorn partners with international scholars to recontextualise the history of German opera in the long eighteenth […]
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RNCM appoints two Honorary Researchers in Association with PRiSM
13 February 2025
We are excited to continue working with Dr Hongshuo Fan as RNCM Honorary Research Fellow and Professor David […]
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Professor Pamela Heaton appointed RNCM Honorary Research Fellow (Professor)
28 January 2025
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Pamela Heaton as Honorary Research Fellow (Professor). Pamela Heaton […]
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The Northern Network for Empirical Music Research (NEMuR)
23 January 2025
The NEMuR group is an informal network of scholars across the North of England engaging in empirical research […]
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RNCM involved in new project to boost regional innovation in Greater Manchester
25 September 2024
A collaborative project aimed at strengthening the commercialisation of research in Manchester and Salford has been awarded funding […]
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Julia Perry in Focus – the pioneering female composer still fighting to be heard
23 February 2024
By RNCM Professor of Singing and Researcher, Michael Harper Julia Perry was an exceptional and talented mid-twentieth century […]
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RNCM consolidates position as a leading conservatoire for research activity
12 May 2022
The results of the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF) have been released this week, consolidating the Royal Northern […]
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Online launch for newly published textbook aimed at aspiring music researchers
1 March 2021
Professor Jane Ginsborg, RNCM Associate Director of Research, has co-authored a textbook aimed at musicians wishing to conduct […]
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New textbook for aspiring research students to be published in March
2 February 2021
Professor Jane Ginsborg, RNCM Associate Director of Research, has co-authored a textbook, Performing Music Research: Methods in Music […]
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New Research Examines Wellbeing of Professional Musicians
24 February 2020
A new RNCM research project will use a series of interviews to explore the experiences of seasoned professional […]
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Unique PhD collaboration between poet and composer to create full-length opera
12 September 2019
A creative academic collaboration between a poet and composer will culminate in the production of a brand-new opera. […]
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