RNCM Research
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Research at the Royal Northern College of Music (Manchester, UK) asks fundamental questions regarding the nature of music and musicianship in the 21st century.
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We’re excited to announce the launch of the RNCM Research Portal — showcasing the groundbreaking work of our researchers, performers, and composers.
Explore the latest projects, publications, and creative outputs: research.rncm.ac.uk
Explore the latest projects, publications, and creative outputs: research.rncm.ac.uk
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Huge congratulations to our colleagues at the RNCM Library for winning #THEAwards (aka 'the Oscars of higher education') Outstanding Library Team 2025! 🎉🍾🌟
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November 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Huge congratulations to our colleagues at the RNCM Library for winning #THEAwards (aka 'the Oscars of higher education') Outstanding Library Team 2025! 🎉🍾🌟
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Royal Northern College of Music wins #THEAwards Outstanding Library Team 2025. The judges were impressed by RNCM library’s innovative and student-centric approach that placed collaboration, well-being and community engagement at its heart 🍾
November 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Royal Northern College of Music wins #THEAwards Outstanding Library Team 2025. The judges were impressed by RNCM library’s innovative and student-centric approach that placed collaboration, well-being and community engagement at its heart 🍾
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Congratulations to the RNCM's Library team for last night's win of the THE Awards 2025 "Outstanding Library Team of the Year" - wonderful to see all your great work honoured in this way! @rncmlive.bsky.social @rncmresearch.bsky.social @rncmprism.bsky.social @timeshighered.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Congratulations to the RNCM's Library team for last night's win of the THE Awards 2025 "Outstanding Library Team of the Year" - wonderful to see all your great work honoured in this way! @rncmlive.bsky.social @rncmresearch.bsky.social @rncmprism.bsky.social @timeshighered.bsky.social
🎉 Many congratulations to the @rncmlive.bsky.social's Library staff, who last night won the @timeshighered.bsky.social Award for 'Outstanding Library Team of the Year'! 🎉👏
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 AM
🎉 Many congratulations to the @rncmlive.bsky.social's Library staff, who last night won the @timeshighered.bsky.social Award for 'Outstanding Library Team of the Year'! 🎉👏
We’re excited to announce the launch of the RNCM Research Portal — showcasing the groundbreaking work of our researchers, performers, and composers.
Explore the latest projects, publications, and creative outputs: research.rncm.ac.uk
Explore the latest projects, publications, and creative outputs: research.rncm.ac.uk
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November 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
We’re excited to announce the launch of the RNCM Research Portal — showcasing the groundbreaking work of our researchers, performers, and composers.
Explore the latest projects, publications, and creative outputs: research.rncm.ac.uk
Explore the latest projects, publications, and creative outputs: research.rncm.ac.uk
Tearjerkers, a 3D music experience for spatial & headphones produced, recorded & mixed by RNCM doctoral researcher Hans-Martin Buff, is nominated for a 2026 GRAMMY Award Best Immersive Audio Album category.
Buff previously won a 2025 GRAMMY Award for producing Peter Gabriel's 'i/o (In-Side Mix)'.
Buff previously won a 2025 GRAMMY Award for producing Peter Gabriel's 'i/o (In-Side Mix)'.
Huge congratulations to Buff who has done it again - this time with his Tearjerker album, nominated for a 2026 Grammy! Fingers crossed! @rncmlive.bsky.social @rncmprism.bsky.social @rncmresearch.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Tearjerkers, a 3D music experience for spatial & headphones produced, recorded & mixed by RNCM doctoral researcher Hans-Martin Buff, is nominated for a 2026 GRAMMY Award Best Immersive Audio Album category.
Buff previously won a 2025 GRAMMY Award for producing Peter Gabriel's 'i/o (In-Side Mix)'.
Buff previously won a 2025 GRAMMY Award for producing Peter Gabriel's 'i/o (In-Side Mix)'.
On Mon 24 Nov at King's College London, Prof Emily Howard (Director PRiSM & Head of Artistic Research) will join speakers from mathematical, engineering, performance & composition backgrounds to explore how creativity connects music & maths in new & inspiring ways:
🎟️ marc.kcl.ac.uk/2025/11/seei...
🎟️ marc.kcl.ac.uk/2025/11/seei...
Seeing the Unseeable | Public discussion w/Rachel Bearon, Emily Howard, Elaine Chew, Marcus du Sautoy & Lauren Redhead
📆 Mon 24 Nov 2025
🕖 7-8:30pm
📍Edmond J. Safra Lecture Theatre KCL
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📆 Mon 24 Nov 2025
🕖 7-8:30pm
📍Edmond J. Safra Lecture Theatre KCL
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November 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
On Mon 24 Nov at King's College London, Prof Emily Howard (Director PRiSM & Head of Artistic Research) will join speakers from mathematical, engineering, performance & composition backgrounds to explore how creativity connects music & maths in new & inspiring ways:
🎟️ marc.kcl.ac.uk/2025/11/seei...
🎟️ marc.kcl.ac.uk/2025/11/seei...
Our Director of Research @wiebkethormahlen.bsky.social and Head of Research Management @glatthorn.bsky.social presented about making research systems work for arts institutions at the @elsevierconnect.bsky.social impact conference.
At the first of my two remaining conferences of 2025. This one is in lovely Cascais, Portugal (the final one will be in Munich in December). It’s my first time in Cascais, and I’m really enjoying it so far.
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Our Director of Research @wiebkethormahlen.bsky.social and Head of Research Management @glatthorn.bsky.social presented about making research systems work for arts institutions at the @elsevierconnect.bsky.social impact conference.
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Fully funded #PhD at RNCM alert!
RNCM + partners in the the Crafting Care Doctoral Focal College are offering 30 AHRC studentships exploring care, creativity & community💡
💰 £20,780 stipend + fees covered
📅 EOI: 1 Dec 2025
👉 rncm.ac.uk/news
#DoctoralFunding #MusicResearch
RNCM + partners in the the Crafting Care Doctoral Focal College are offering 30 AHRC studentships exploring care, creativity & community💡
💰 £20,780 stipend + fees covered
📅 EOI: 1 Dec 2025
👉 rncm.ac.uk/news
#DoctoralFunding #MusicResearch
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November 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Come study with us!
Fully funded #PhD at RNCM alert!
RNCM + partners in the the Crafting Care Doctoral Focal College are offering 30 AHRC studentships exploring care, creativity & community💡
💰 £20,780 stipend + fees covered
📅 EOI: 1 Dec 2025
👉 rncm.ac.uk/news
#DoctoralFunding #MusicResearch
RNCM + partners in the the Crafting Care Doctoral Focal College are offering 30 AHRC studentships exploring care, creativity & community💡
💰 £20,780 stipend + fees covered
📅 EOI: 1 Dec 2025
👉 rncm.ac.uk/news
#DoctoralFunding #MusicResearch
News - Royal Northern College of Music
Keep up to date with the latest news and announcements from the Royal Northern College of Music.
rncm.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Fully funded #PhD at RNCM alert!
RNCM + partners in the the Crafting Care Doctoral Focal College are offering 30 AHRC studentships exploring care, creativity & community💡
💰 £20,780 stipend + fees covered
📅 EOI: 1 Dec 2025
👉 rncm.ac.uk/news
#DoctoralFunding #MusicResearch
RNCM + partners in the the Crafting Care Doctoral Focal College are offering 30 AHRC studentships exploring care, creativity & community💡
💰 £20,780 stipend + fees covered
📅 EOI: 1 Dec 2025
👉 rncm.ac.uk/news
#DoctoralFunding #MusicResearch
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Great to deliver this KTP50 talk today! Thanks Sinead (MMU), Clare (Uni of Manc Innovation Factory) & Paul (Uni of Salford)
It’s been fab to work on our CCF RED TTO project funded by Research England on IP, commercialisation &
consultancy
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#KTP2025
It’s been fab to work on our CCF RED TTO project funded by Research England on IP, commercialisation &
consultancy
@rncmlive.bsky.social
@rncmresearch.bsky.social
#KTP2025
October 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Great to deliver this KTP50 talk today! Thanks Sinead (MMU), Clare (Uni of Manc Innovation Factory) & Paul (Uni of Salford)
It’s been fab to work on our CCF RED TTO project funded by Research England on IP, commercialisation &
consultancy
@rncmlive.bsky.social
@rncmresearch.bsky.social
#KTP2025
It’s been fab to work on our CCF RED TTO project funded by Research England on IP, commercialisation &
consultancy
@rncmlive.bsky.social
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#KTP2025
Our Sir John Manduell Research Forum series is free and open to all. An opportunity to engage with academics, performers and composers in the exchange of ideas, sessions are just over an hour and are followed by chats in the bar. See👇for this term's remaining fora: www.rncm.ac.uk/series/resea...
The Sir John Manduell Research Forum Series
The audience has the opportunity to hear presentations from academics, performers and composers, and to engage in the exchange of ideas that follows...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Our Sir John Manduell Research Forum series is free and open to all. An opportunity to engage with academics, performers and composers in the exchange of ideas, sessions are just over an hour and are followed by chats in the bar. See👇for this term's remaining fora: www.rncm.ac.uk/series/resea...
New book release | Navigating Landscapes of Dalcroze Practice: Histories of Music and Movement
Prof John Habron-James (RNCM Head of Music, Health & Wellbeing) co-edits the first collection of Dalcroze histories to focus on the diverse practices of music & movement:
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Prof John Habron-James (RNCM Head of Music, Health & Wellbeing) co-edits the first collection of Dalcroze histories to focus on the diverse practices of music & movement:
🔗 www.rncm.ac.uk/news/profess...
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
New book release | Navigating Landscapes of Dalcroze Practice: Histories of Music and Movement
Prof John Habron-James (RNCM Head of Music, Health & Wellbeing) co-edits the first collection of Dalcroze histories to focus on the diverse practices of music & movement:
🔗 www.rncm.ac.uk/news/profess...
Prof John Habron-James (RNCM Head of Music, Health & Wellbeing) co-edits the first collection of Dalcroze histories to focus on the diverse practices of music & movement:
🔗 www.rncm.ac.uk/news/profess...
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Echoing @michelle-phillips.bsky.social - wonderful talk from Prof Ian Cross & Dr David Duncan (Uni of Cambridge) at the RNCM Research Forum yesterday, sharing important findings on the interplay of music notation & sightreading accuracy as part of their ongoing Score Design for Music Reading project
What a wonderful talk this was - utterly stimulating, & so relevant & important to everything we do at @rncmlive.bsky.social. And a brill evening in great company, thanks Ian and David (you were with us in spirit, Katya!). Fab to round off with whiskey with Ian & Jason @canadianjason.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Echoing @michelle-phillips.bsky.social - wonderful talk from Prof Ian Cross & Dr David Duncan (Uni of Cambridge) at the RNCM Research Forum yesterday, sharing important findings on the interplay of music notation & sightreading accuracy as part of their ongoing Score Design for Music Reading project
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What a wonderful talk this was - utterly stimulating, & so relevant & important to everything we do at @rncmlive.bsky.social. And a brill evening in great company, thanks Ian and David (you were with us in spirit, Katya!). Fab to round off with whiskey with Ian & Jason @canadianjason.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
What a wonderful talk this was - utterly stimulating, & so relevant & important to everything we do at @rncmlive.bsky.social. And a brill evening in great company, thanks Ian and David (you were with us in spirit, Katya!). Fab to round off with whiskey with Ian & Jason @canadianjason.bsky.social
Dr Michelle Phillips, RNCM Head of Enterprise & Senior Lecturer in Music Psychology, spoke on Times Radio yesterday about her research on music & Parkinson's, responding to the story of Denise Bacon, who played her clarinet during a 4-hour deep brain stimulation surgery to ease Parkinson's symptoms.
🧠 🎵 Great to talk to John Pienaar on Times Radio today about this amazing story of Denise, who played her clarinet while undergoing deep brain stimulation surgery to help with her Parkinson’s symptoms: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 🎵 🧠 @rncmlive.bsky.social @rncmresearch.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Dr Michelle Phillips, RNCM Head of Enterprise & Senior Lecturer in Music Psychology, spoke on Times Radio yesterday about her research on music & Parkinson's, responding to the story of Denise Bacon, who played her clarinet during a 4-hour deep brain stimulation surgery to ease Parkinson's symptoms.
At 4.15pm today, Professor Ian Cross, Dr David Duncan, and Katya Ness will share their Leverhulme-funded Score Design for Music Reading project with us at the RNCM (@rncmlive.bsky.social) in our Research Forum. You can join us for this too – details in the link below.
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RNCM Research Forum: Professor Ian Cross, Dr David Duncan and Katya Ness - Royal Northern College of Music
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October 22, 2025 at 10:24 AM
At 4.15pm today, Professor Ian Cross, Dr David Duncan, and Katya Ness will share their Leverhulme-funded Score Design for Music Reading project with us at the RNCM (@rncmlive.bsky.social) in our Research Forum. You can join us for this too – details in the link below.
www.rncm.ac.uk/performance/...
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Hello! @rncmresearch.bsky.social might be new to Bluesky, but we've been researching #music in the heart of Manchester @oxrdmcr.bsky.social for over fifty years. We look forward to being part of the Bluesky community. You can find out more about us here: www.rncm.ac.uk/research/
Research - Royal Northern College of Music
A unique environment for music research, the RNCM offers Postgraduate Research Degrees and a diverse range of research events.
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October 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Hello! @rncmresearch.bsky.social might be new to Bluesky, but we've been researching #music in the heart of Manchester @oxrdmcr.bsky.social for over fifty years. We look forward to being part of the Bluesky community. You can find out more about us here: www.rncm.ac.uk/research/