Event 05 Apr 2021
Royal Northern College of Music Popular Music programme
As the only UK conservatoire with a 4-year BMus Popular Music programme Royal Northern College of Music offers a unique opportunity for their students to create music across genres, not only with each other, but also with some of the most exciting and innovative industry professionals
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Royal Northern College of Music – Photo by Roscoe Rutter Ltd
This year RNCM launched International Tutor Weeks for their Popular Music students with experts from across the music industry, from world-class record producers to international recording artists. Those they worked with this year include Nile Rodgers; Merck Mercuriadis, the founder and CEO of Hipgnosis Songs Fund Ltd, currently disrupting the music business by spending over $1 billion on the publishing back catalogues of some of the biggest artists in the world; and Mark Furman, Senior Director at Virgin EMI Records. Read the blog to find out more.