Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Learning and Participation

22/05/2026

Celebrating our amazing LEAP Ensemble https://www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoire/music/departments/learning-and-participation/rbc-leap-ensemble 10th Anniversary year, we commissioned the amazing from Beat Goes On, and to write a fantastic new song called '10 years'. We cannot wait to share the learning resources with children and perform the song together later in the year. A sneak preview of the song will feature in our Leicestershire Music children's concert in June at De Montfort Hall! Filmed by the brilliant jam-av media production

08/05/2026

Last week over 450 young people from the new multi academy trust in Bristol took to the stage of alongside over 25 RBC students and staff led by RBC L&P to perform a world premiere of ‘CONNECT’, a five movement orchestral and vocal score highlighting the power of music to bring people together. The concert and event showcased the amazing talent within the trust and provided an inspirational and unforgettable experience for young people from diverse backgrounds across Bristol, building on our shared philosophy of using music to reach out to ALL young people as a basic right of education. We cannot wait to work with more schools across the trust in future years and plans are already being discussed.

24/03/2026

A brilliant first rehearsal in Bristol with RBC LEAP Ensemble students and amazing young musicians and singers from across Bristol cathedrals schools trust! One of our world premieres of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire LEAP Ensembles 10 new commissions called ‘Connect’ for their 10th anniversary year. All about the power of music to bring people together.

23/03/2026

Yesterday our RBC Young Singers met for a workshop on Improvisation with the wonderful Wendy Nieper. By the end of the day every single Young Singer had done a solo improvisation.

Thank you to the Linbury Trust and Sir Keith Bradshaw for continuing to support these amazing sessions with Young People.

Swipe to the end to hear part of a 15 minute open vocal improvisation!

17/03/2026

RBC Young Singers!

It’s not too late to join us this Sunday 22nd March at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire for a session with the wonderful Wendy Nieper on improvisation. Joining Wendy we also have the brilliant Susie Webb and Matt Pandya.

The best part? It’s completely free.

If you are, or know someone who is aged 11-18 and loves to sing then get in touch about signing them up to RBC Young Singers by emailing [email protected].

16/03/2026

16/03/2026

Cannot wait to hear the amazing young musicians SoundLab-BRUM Easter sharing this evening! With personalised T-shirts and new shades!!

6pm Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Thanks to our supporters over 55 young musicians will be sharing their own music tonight! Signatur - Insamlingsstiftelse för musikfrämjande Services For Education

12/03/2026

Can opera be enjoyed by everyone?! 🤔
We certainly think so! That's why we've spent the last two months visiting six primary schools to deliver our 'Introduction to Opera' workshops. 1,250 children got to experience live opera in their school assembly and learn all about opera! They also took part in smaller group workshops where they sang and acted out opera stories. 🎭
It's not just about performing, though - the children learned about all the behind-the-scenes roles that make an opera production happen. 🎨
Here's what the schools thought:

"Learning the song from Hansel and Gretel was a particular highlight. Pupils were fully engaged and sang with growing confidence”

"It is great that these sessions exist, as introducing the children to this art form is incredibly meaningful, opening doors and giving these young people access to something inspiring that they may not otherwise have had the opportunity to discover.”

We're really grateful to The Linbury Trust and Dr Keith Bradshaw OBE for supporting our opera outreach work.

12/03/2026

It was great to be part of this day supporting local secondary and primary teachers to deliver high quality music education. Children from our RBC St Benedict’s Primary School of Music delivered a CPD session with us for primary music leads around practical musicianship in the classroom which was very well received!

13/02/2026

Over the past 10 Years the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire LEAP Ensemble has worked alongside over 46,000 incredible young musicians and in over 25 areas of the UK. In our LEAP10 Celebratory year, we aim to inspire and engage loads more! We are commissioning 10 diverse and exciting participatory new pieces of music. We continue to support all our valued and dedicated music education partners and look forward to ‘celebrating the power of music to bring people together’.

Here’s how we have started the year! Thanks to our first LEAP10 New Commission Composer – Max Gittings for Siobhan’s Tune and Jeremy Clay for his orchestration! Thanks to Northamptonshire Music and Performing Arts Trust - NMPAT (NMPAT) and Sutton Music Trust. Thanks also to Peter Smalley who will be leading us through the year of celebration!