Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
Classic FM’s partner in music education, the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama is Wales’ National Conservatoire – a centre of excellence for the performing arts and an institution of national significance.
RWCMD contributes to the cultural identity of Cardiff and Wales as a whole, and attracts some of the most gifted students from around the world. RWCMD encourages applications from talented people of all backgrounds and strives to maintain a diverse, inclusive community. Students work in a down-to-earth, friendly environment and receive excellent levels of support and encouragement from a wide network of individuals, giving them the skills, knowledge and confidence to explore their talents to the full.
The aim is to develop the students as fully-rounded musicians and this is achieved through one-to-one lessons, group classes, contextual studies and a variety of performance opportunities. Courses are demanding but highly flexible, allowing students to choose from a range of activities according to their particular interests and career goals. Assessment can also include special-interest projects, work placements and study abroad.
RWCMD also has a Junior Music and Access Studies Department, run on Saturdays, which is dedicated to bringing specialist training on a flexible, part-time basis to children, young people and adults. There are currently almost one hundred young people enrolled on the Junior Course.
Highlights for 2010
Tianhong Yang and the RWCMD Orchestra
Pianist Tianhong Yang, a first-year International Student at Royal Welsh College, will make her debut at St David’s Hall on 22 June, playing with the RWCMD Symphony Orchestra.
Tianhong, from Wuhan, China, became the College’s first Steinway Scholar this year and is joint winner of the RWCMD Concerto Trials.
‘Tianhong is one of our most gifted students,’ says Richard McMahon, Head of Department for Keyboard. ‘Her achievement in winning the prestigious concerto prize in her very first term in college is quite without precedent!’
He goes on, ‘The Beethoven concerto is a wonderful, dramatic piece and a perfect opportunity for her to display her formidable technique and expressive playing. ‘
This final symphonic concert of the academic year presents three accessible and popular masterpieces: Tchaikovsky’s Overture to Romeo and Juliette, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.3 and Stravinsky’s Petrushka.
Tuesday 22 June
St David’s Hall
7.30 pm
Tickets £10, £8
Box office: 029 2087 8444
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