WHAT'S ON AT THE RNCM, MANCHESTER
What's On at the RNCM, Manchester
RNCM – The Royal Northern College Of Music is a conservatoire of The Royal Schools Of Music based in Manchester. As well as an education establishment, it also houses two venues. With a history dating back to the 1800’s, its current home on Oxford Road Manchester opened in 1973, with a refurbishment of the concert hall completing in 2014.
RNCM Concert Hall (capacity 443 - 710) and the RNCM Theatre (capacity approx. 600) have hosted many professional artists and organisations including Adele, BC Big Band, English Youth Ballet, Hugh Laurie, Jarvis Cocker, Manchester Jazz Festival, Rob Brydon and even Question Time.
RNCM has music programmes and series, shows, events, festivals, productions, concerts, comedy and ballets to look forward to including regular Monday and Thursday lunchtime showcase, Tom Mcrae, Will Young, Hugh & Cry, Manchester Camarata, Chamber music, RNCM’s Christmas family day with Stick Man, and concerts featuring the music of Beethoven, Dvorak, Ravel, and Holst. See what's on at the RNCM below and book tickets online.
RNCM – The Royal Northern College Of Music is a conservatoire of The Royal Schools Of Music based in Manchester. As well as an education establishment, it also houses two venues. With a history dating back to the 1800’s, its current home on Oxford Road Manchester opened in 1973, with a refurbishment of the concert hall completing in 2014.
RNCM Concert Hall (capacity 443 - 710) and the RNCM Theatre (capacity approx. 600) have hosted many professional artists and organisations including Adele, BC Big Band, English Youth Ballet, Hugh Laurie, Jarvis Cocker, Manchester Jazz Festival, Rob Brydon and even Question Time.
RNCM has music programmes and series, shows, events, festivals, productions, concerts, comedy and ballets to look forward to including regular Monday and Thursday lunchtime showcase, Tom Mcrae, Will Young, Hugh & Cry, Manchester Camarata, Chamber music, RNCM’s Christmas family day with Stick Man, and concerts featuring the music of Beethoven, Dvorak, Ravel, and Holst. See what's on at the RNCM below and book tickets online.
Most Popular Shows and Events at RNCM, Manchester
What's On at the RNCM, Manchester
Thursday Lunchtimes: RNCM Wind Brass and Percussion Ensembles
RNCM, Manchester
Thursday 9 January 2025
ProgrammeRuth Gipps Seascape Op 53 +Emil Kuyumcuyan Youth *Anthony DiLorenzo Firedance ^Manuel de Falla arr Greig Ritual Fire DancePerformersRNCM Woodwind Students +Jason Wong marimba *Paramount Brass ^Murray Greig directorRNCM Symphonic Br...The Hallé & RNCM Students - Side-by-Side
RNCM Concert Hall
Saturday 11 January 2025
A remarkable opening to the RNCM Strings Festival sees RNCM students join The Halle in a side-by-side performance that blends time-honoured repertoire with the excitement of a shared musical journey. The Halle, then under Hans Richter, orig...Junior RNCM Chamber Groups
RNCM, Manchester
Saturday 11 January 2025
Part of RNCM Strings Festival. Junior RNCM is a vibrant community of gifted young musicians aged eight to 18 who come together to develop their talent within the Royal Northern College of Music. Chamber music plays a vital role in their edu...RNCM Young Strings
RNCM Various Venues
Sunday 12 January 2025
Young Strings is one of RNCM's Junior Programmes. String players aged 6 to 13 years attend weekly classes to develop their string playing, musicianship and creativity. Two of their ensembles are delighted to be showcasing some of their lear...NOMAD Interlude
RNCM, Manchester
Sunday 12 January 2025
Part of RNCM Strings Festival. NOMAD is a prize-winning, shape-shifting ensemble, formed by students at the RNCM in 2021. The group is committed to creating experimental and intimate multi-media performances for audiences and exploring a di...RNCM String Orchestra with Company Chameleon
RNCM, Manchester
Sunday 12 January 2025
ProgrammeIgor Stravinsky Concerto in D for string orchestra ?Basle? ^Benjamin Britten Lachrymae *Rodion Shchedrin after Georges Bizet Carmen Suite for strings and percussionPerformersChris Hoyle ^, Alec Frank-Gemmill *, Benjamin Huth conduc...Vivaldi to Sinatra with Company Chameleon
RNCM, Manchester
Sunday 12 January 2025
ProgrammeAntonio Vivaldi Sinfonia No 3 in G majorCaroline Shaw arr Julian Azkoul and the swallowJesse Montgomery StarburstWorks for Double Bass ensembleB?la Bart?k Romanian Folk DancesAstor Piazzolla OblivionAstor Piazzolla arr Simon Parkin...RNCM Monday Lunchtime Showcase
RNCM Concert Hall
Monday 13 January - Monday 31 March 2025
With tickets from just £1.50, you can witness the next generation of musicians in this intimate lunchtime solo and chamber music series, as RNCM students select and perform pieces that showcase their unique artistic identity. Click on tic...Discussion: New Music and Movement In Focus
RNCM, Manchester
Thursday 16 January 2025
To include a performance of:Matthew Shlomowitz Letter Piece #1: Arsenal, Bahrain, Chihauhau, Darjeeling and EisenhowerPart of our New Music and Movement In Focus, staff and students engage in an in-depth discussion of how musicians? physica...RNCM Brand New Orchestra: New Music and Movement…
RNCM, Manchester
Thursday 16 January 2025
Programme to include:Matthew Shlomowitz Five Monuments for Our Time+ New works by RNCM StudentsPerformersConnor Lyster, Andre Chan, Rosina Flueckiger, Benjamin Huth conductorsRNCM Brand New OrchestraAboutOur innovative Brand New Orchestra l...Thursday Lunchtimes: New Music and Movement In Focus
RNCM, Manchester
Thursday 16 January 2025
Our Spring In Focus takes a deep dive into works by composers who are redefining the relationship between music and movement. Over the course of the day, staff and students will examine how sound influences the physicality of musicians, whi...A Kabuki Winterreise: Spring Snow
RNCM, Manchester
Friday 17 January 2025
ProgrammeFranz Schubert Winterreise Op 89 D 911Interspersed with short kabuki interludesPerformersFleur Barron mezzo-sopranoSuleiman Suleiman actor/dancerJulius Drake pianoSonoko Kamimura movement directorHibiki Ichikawa shamisenAboutPart o...Spotlight: Jean Françaix's Octet
RNCM, Manchester
Friday 17 January 2025
ProgrammeCaroline Shaw Entr?acteJean Fran?aix OctetPerformersElanor Leydecker, Ola Stanton, Archie Freeman violinsEmily O?Dell violaTom Ellison celloThomas Judge double bassCara Smith clarinetBarry Lo?French hornConnor Huss bassoonAboutBuil...RNCM Opera Scenes
RNCM Theatre
Wednesday 22 - Friday 31 January 2025
FREE EVENT. RNCM vocal and conducting students present excerpts from some of opera's greatest moments in this free series of staged scenes. A perfect way to feed your curiosity! Click on tickets link for the perfromers and excerpts presente...Thursday Lunchtimes: RNCM Wind Orchestra
RNCM, Manchester
Thursday 23 January 2025
ProgrammeMartin Ellerby Give Me the Splendid Silent SunMichael Daugherty Raise the Roof *Jennifer Jolley Protector of the East SeaPerformersMark Heron, Julius Akira Mauldin conductorsZhao Liu timpani *RNCM Wind OrchestraAboutDrop in during ...Foden's Band
RNCM Concert Hall
Friday 24 January 2025
The National Champion Band of Great Britain, the Sandbach brass band, who maintain a world class reputation for providing quality entertainment in the field of brass music with a traditional and unique style, perform as part of RNCM Brass B...Festival Prelude: A Saxhorn Renaissance
RNCM, Manchester
Friday 24 January 2025
Part of RNCM International Brass Band Festival.A triumphant opening to this year?s festival welcomes RNCM student Anabel Voigt alongside musicians from the UK?s leading brass bands, performing newly arranged works and a new composition for ...Black Dyke Band
RNCM Concert Hall
Saturday 25 January 2025
Performing part of The RNCM Brass Band Festival, the world famous Bradford band boast a heritage stretching back to 1855. William Byrd and John Bull arr Howarth Music from the Elizabethan Court i. The Earle of Oxford's Marche (William Byr...Tredegar Town Band
RNCM Concert Hall
Saturday 25 January 2025
One of most famous brass bands in the UK a seen on Britain's Got Talent, the BBC Proms and in the BAFTA winning film 'Pride', the 2019 Welsh Champions and Double British Open Champions, perform at the RNCM Brass Band. Benjamin Britten arr ...Junior RNCM Brass Band
RNCM, Manchester
Saturday 25 January 2025
A free concert from the Junior RNCM Brass Band as part of the RNCM Brass Band Festival. Junior RNCM is a vibrant community of gifted young musicians aged 8 to 18 who come together to develop their talent at the Royal Northern College of Mus...Athena Brass Band
RNCM, Manchester
Saturday 25 January 2025
ProgrammeNaomi Styles Pandora?s BoxAndrea Hobson Silver-Backed Fox *Lucy Pankhurst Ghosts of Industry (world premi?re)Kelly Marie Murphy O Frabjous Day, Alice Slays!Lucy Pankhurst Abrazo ^Louis Prima arr Gail Robertson Jump, Jive, and WailE...The 4barsrest Interview: David Bremner
RNCM, Manchester
Saturday 25 January 2025
Part of RNCM International Brass Band Festival. Iwan Fox of 4barsrest interviews trombonist and festival soloist David Bremner about his life and work. David Bremner has been Principal Trombone of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra since 20...Cory Band
RNCM Concert Hall
Sunday 26 January 2025
2022 European and Welsh National Champions, the famous brass band from the Rhondda Valley in South Wales perform as part of the RNCM Brass Band Festival. Dean Goffin Rhapsodic Variations - My Strength, My TowerJ Wilfred Heaton Air Varie -...RNCM Brass Band
RNCM Concert Hall
Sunday 26 January 2025
Established during the 1990s by brass innovator Howard Snell, the RNCM Brass Band has always been a flagship ensemble of the institution. Geographically the RNCM is ideally placed in Manchester for brass band students and it boasts a teachi...Brass Bands England Discussion
RNCM, Manchester
Sunday 26 January 2025
Part of RNCM International Brass Band Festival. Brass Bands England supports and promotes brass bands by fostering community engagement, sharing resources, and increasing public understanding of their value. They provide access to funding, ...Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band
RNCM, Manchester
Sunday 26 January 2025
ProgrammeDani Howard Warp and WeftDenis Wright Cornet Concerto *Liz Lane Silver RoseEdward Gregson Rococo VariationsJohn Psathas SaxonPaul Terrancini Gegensatze (world premi?re of band version)Estella Wallace trans David Bremner Ka mate te ...Macclesfield Youth Brass Band
RNCM, Manchester
Sunday 26 January 2025
Programme to include:Helena Zyskowska New workPerformersLouise Renshaw conductorMacclesfield Youth Brass BandAboutPart of RNCM International Brass Band Festival. Macclesfield Youth Brass Band has over 120 members, welcoming complete beginne...Music for Parkinson's (Relaxed Performance)
RNCM, Manchester
Thursday 30 January 2025
Programme to include:New miniature works by Megan Steinberg, Adam Gorb, Ella Laughton and Simon KnightonWith over 150,000 people in the UK affected by Parkinson?s and being cited as the ?the fastest growing neurological condition in the wor...Thursday Lunchtimes: RNCM Brass Ensemble (Relaxed Performance)
RNCM, Manchester
Thursday 30 January 2025
ProgrammeSuite of Renaissance Dances by Claude Gervaise, Pierre Attaingnant, John Bull, Anthony Holborne, Peter Warlock and Michael PraetoriusEdward Gregson Three Dance EpisodesThree Romantic Dances by Johannes Brahms, Edvard Grieg and Anto...Identity: Who Do You Think You Are
RNCM, Manchester
Friday 31 January 2025
ProgrammePhilip Glass Piano Quintet ?Annunciation?Ethan David Loch Piano QuintetB?la Bart?k Divertimento for StringsPerformersCaroline Pether directorEthan David Loch pianoManchester Camerata with RNCM StudentsAboutManchester Camerata join ...John Wilson Piano Spectacular
RNCM Concert Hall
Saturday 1 February 2025
Internationally renowned pianists, including esteemed RNCM alumni, unite on stage with no fewer than eight grand pianos in the Concert Hall to raise funds for the John Wilson Fellowship in Accompaniment. This special evening features RNCM l...Nobuyuki Tsujii (piano)
RNCM, Manchester
Monday 3 February 2025
ProgrammeLudwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No 21 in C major Op 53 ?Waldstein?Franz Liszt En r?ve (Nocturne) S 207 / R 87Franz Liszt Mephisto Waltz No 1Fr?d?ric Chopin Nocturne No 7 in C sharp minor Op 27 No 1Fr?d?ric Chopin Nocturne No 8 in...Spotlight: RNCM Songsters - Come Sing and Dance
RNCM, Manchester
Monday 3 February 2025
A recital of movement through melody, exploring song infused with the spirit of dance. Tickets:Free admission, no ticket requiredPromoted by RNCM. This event will end at approximately 7pm. ...Susanna Braun (piano)
RNCM, Manchester
Wednesday 5 February 2025
ProgrammeHeinz Holliger Partita (first movement)J S Bach Prelude and Fugue in E flat minor BWV 853Robert Schumann Theme and Variations on the name Abegg Op 1Franz Liszt Ann?es de p?lerinage, 1st year, Switzerland S 160 No 9 ?Les cloches de ...RNCM Children's Opera: Treasure Island
RNCM, Manchester
Thursday 6 February 2025
PerformersKate Pearson composer/musical directorAboutOur annual Children?s Opera is an RNCM flagship project and sees 150 children from our four local schools performing alongside over 100 RNCM students in a fully-staged new production writ...Thursday Lunchtimes: RNCM Baroque Ensemble
RNCM, Manchester
Thursday 6 February 2025
ProgrammeJean-F?ry Rebel Les caract?res de la danseGeorge Frideric Handel Il delirio amoroso HWV 99PerformersRoger Hamilton directorRNCM Baroque EnsembleAboutDrop in during your lunch break and discover a wide range of performances for free...Manchester Collective - Hidden Mechanisms
RNCM Concert Hall
Friday 7 February 2025
Intimate, personal and intricate: chamber music has always invited a close-knit chemistry, in which you can hear every bow and breath. If chamber performances originally took place in homes, then the perfect setting for The Big House woul...Spotlight: Paramount Brass - From Flamenco to Funk
RNCM, Manchester
Friday 7 February 2025
ProgrammeAnthony DiLorenzo Fire DanceLeonard Bernstein Dance SuiteLeonard Bernstein arr Jack Gales West Side StoryGwilym Simcock StomperPerformersLewis Barton, Honor Farley trumpetsToby Johnson-Jones French hornNathan Joseph tromboneBen Rus...RNCM Day of Percussion (Full Day Ticket)
RNCM, Manchester
Sunday 9 February 2025
AboutNow in its 32nd year, the RNCM Day of Percussion continues its mission to engage, educate, and entertain all who have an interest in the wonderful world of percussion.??Led by artistic director Simone Rebello, our internationally renow...RNCM Day of Percussion (Single Session Ticket)
RNCM, Manchester
Sunday 9 February 2025
AboutNow in its 32nd year, the RNCM Day of Percussion continues its mission to engage, educate, and entertain all who have an interest in the wonderful world of percussion.??Led by artistic director Simone Rebello, our internationally renow...RNCM Day of Percussion (Young Learners Ticket)
RNCM, Manchester
Sunday 9 February 2025
AboutNow in its 32nd year, the RNCM Day of Percussion continues its mission to engage, educate, and entertain all who have an interest in the wonderful world of percussion. Our Young Learners Ticket is specially designed to offer young lear...The Central Band of the Royal Air Force:…
RNCM, Manchester
Sunday 9 February 2025
The Central Band of the Royal Air Force, founded in 1920 and based at RAF Northolt, was the first ensemble outside the United States to receive the prestigious John Philip Sousa Citation for Musical Excellence, highlighting its reputation f...The Hallé Chamber Series - Philip Glass's Glassworks
RNCM Concert Hall
Friday 14 February 2025
In collaboration with the RNCM, the Halle brings you a festival celebrating the best-loved works of American composer and pianist Philip Glass. Following the success of his larger-scale orchestral and stage creations, Philip Glass wanted to...The Hallé Presents Philip Glass: Glassworks
RNCM, Manchester
Friday 14 February 2025
This event has transferred from Hall? St Peter?s to the RNCM Concert Hall. Original tickets for Hall? St Peter?s are valid for the RNCM Concert Hall. In collaboration with the RNCM, the Hall? brings you a festival celebrating his best-loved...Nerina Pallot
RNCM Theatre
Saturday 15 February 2025
Having been nominated for an Ivor Novello and Brit Award, Jersey-raised pop rock star Nerina Pallot has had an exciting music career, writing and performing her own pieces alongside working with artists like Kylie Minogue. She scored UK Top...Nai Barghouti
RNCM Theatre
Sunday 16 February 2025
Award-winning singer, composer and flautist, Nai Barghouti is one of the most distinguished vocalists of a new generation of Palestinian and Arab artists. With a layered ornamental technique, in which she uses her voice as a musical instrum...Soul & Qawwali UK Tour ft. Chand Ali…
RNCM, Manchester
Saturday 22 February 2025
Qawwali World presents: The Soul & Qawwali UK Tour 2025 ? uniting the powerful voice of Chand Ali Khan, the UK?s leading Qawwali Artist, with the instrumental brilliance of the Leo Twins ? musical duo as featured in Coke Studio, Nescafe Bas...The Frederic Cox Award for Singing
RNCM Concert Hall
Tuesday 25 February 2025
Discover the world of classical singing with the Royal Northern College of Music's talented vocal students. This annual competition first began in 1986 as a memorial to one of the leading figures in the founding of the College, Frederic...Spotlight: Piazzolla for Eight Cellos
RNCM, Manchester
Tuesday 25 February 2025
Programme to include:Astor Piazzolla arr James Barralet Las cuatro estaciones portenas (The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires)Chloe Chen, Ed Chua, Elena Edwards, Tom Ellison, R?is?n Fleming, Cillian Hennessy, Maisie Mcloughlin, Rhys Nicholson ce...Gabriel Bianco (guitar)
RNCM, Manchester
Wednesday 26 February 2025
Gabriel Bianco, widely regarded as one of the finest classical guitarists of his generation, has performed in more than 50 countries, with appearances at Paris International Guitar Festival, Herbst Theatre (San Francisco), Yamaha Hall (Toky...Thursday Lunchtimes: RNCM Percussion Ensembles
RNCM, Manchester
Thursday 27 February 2025
ProgrammeLucian Amette Crosby New work *Oriol Cruixent Suite Inici?ticaPerformersKai Strobel director, percussionFelicity Cliffe conductor *RNCM Percussion EnsemblesAboutDrop in during your lunch break and discover a wide range of performan...How to get to the RNCM, Manchester
RNCM Frequently Asked Questions
124 Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9RD
The two closest public car parks to the RNCM are Booth Street West and Booth Street East.
Visitor parking is available in the RNCM underground carpark weekdays and Saturdays 5pm - 11.30pm and Sundays 6am - 11.30pm.
Please note that general traffic along Oxford Road is no longer permitted to use the route between 6am and 9pm, 7 days a week.
The nearest train station to the RNCM is Manchester Oxford Road and is approximately a 13 minute walk (0.5 miles).
Manchester Piccadilly is 0.8 miles/20 minute walk. Deansgate is 0.9 miles/21 minute walk and Manchester Victoria is 1.5 miles/33 minute walk.
The nearest tram stop to the RNCM is St Peter’s Square and is approximately a 15 minute walk (0.8 miles).
The RNCM Concert Hall has a seating capacity of between 443 - 710 depending on the layout.
The RNCM Theatre has a seating capacity of 600.
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Please contact The RNCM directly. For further information on ticketing, please visit their how to book page.
If you would like to buy a ticket in person from RNCM Box Office, they open one hour prior to the event starting, and can only facilitate in person bookings for the performance showing on the day.
Alternatively, you can see what's on and book online here.
When we know of a duration of a show, we add it to the description of the show on our event pages. For example, on our Wicked event page, after the description of the show we have added the duration of the show in large capital letters. If the time isn't listed, we do not have the information yet. We update our pages daily so it maybe a case of knowing closer to the performance itself, so keep checking.
The RNCM curfew is 11pm. More precise timings are often confirmed close to the performance date.
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Most Popular Shows and Events at RNCM, Manchester
