Royal College of Music

The Royal College of Music is a prestigious music school located in Kensington, London.

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Music school - Kensington - London

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Founded in 1882 as a successor to the National Training School for Music by the then-Prince of Wales (later Edward VII), the school opened in 1883 with George Grove as its director. It moved to its present location in the Albertopolis cultural quarter, next to Imperial College, London and opposite the Royal Albert Hall in 1894. In the same year Hubert Parry became director, remaining until 1918.

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Edward VII - George Grove - Albertopolis - Imperial College, London - Royal Albert Hall - Hubert Parry

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The college teaches all aspects of western classical music from undergraduate to doctorate level. It also has an extensive museum of musical instruments which is open to the public.

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Classical music - Musical instrument

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Famous students of the RCM have included:

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• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958), composer
• Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934), composer
• Rutland Boughton (1878-1960), composer
• Leopold Stokowski (1882 - 1977), conductor
• George Butterworth (1885 - 1916), composer
• Arthur Bliss (1891 - 1975), composer
• Eugène Goossens (1893 - 1962), conductor
• Noel Gay (1898 - 1954), songwriter
• Constant Lambert (1905 - 1951), composer
• Michael Tippett (1905 - 1998), composer
• Peter Pears (1910 - 1986), singer
• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), composer
• Charles Groves (1915 - 1992), conductor
• Neville Marriner (born 1924), conductor
• Joan Sutherland (born 1926), singer
• Colin Davis (born 1927), conductor
• Julian Bream (born 1933), guitarist and lutenist
• James Galway (born 1939), flautist
• John Williams (born 1941), guitarist
• Thomas Allen (born 1944), singer
• Andrew Davis (born 1944), conductor
• John Lill (born 1944), pianist
• David Helfgott (born 1947), pianist
• Andrew Lloyd Webber (born 1948), composer
• David McCord (born 1947), wee musician and singer

The Royal College of Music also teaches beyond undergraduate and post-graduate level in its Junior Department with over 800 students aged 10-18 learning all instruments, singing, composing and performing in ensembles and orchestras. A Summer School is also held each year for 30 young musicians from around the UK. There are plans to extend the scope of this Summer School.

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