Royal College of Music

The Royal College of Music is a conservatory in London where young people can study music. Many musicians who became famous studied at the College.

The College was founded by Royal charter in 1882 The first president was the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) and later presidents have also been members of the royal family. The first director was Sir George Grove and he was followed by Sir Hubert Parry.

The first building was opposite the west side to the Royal Albert Hall, but in 1894 the RCM moved to a larger building south of the Royal Albert Hall on Prince Consort Road. The College is still there, but there have been many extensions and improvements to the building.

Today there are about 600 students at the RCM from some 50 countries. About 170 of these are post-graduate students. The college can award degrees and diplomas in music and current composers and performing musicians can study there. The current director of the Royal College is Dr Colin Lawson. The college has a large museum of musical instruments. Next to the main building is a 400-seater opera house, the Britten Theatre, opened in 1986.

Some famous people who studied at the Royal College of Music

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