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Bofan Ma @bofantheone.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

CoMA Manchester @comanewmusic.bsky.social is nominated for a @makingmusicuk.bsky.social Diverse Programming Award! Seriously can't be more proud. Very much excited to join all who champions the leisure-time music sector at the Awards Ceremony tonight 🤩🎼 🔗 www.makingmusic.org.uk/advocacy/awa...

CoMA Manchester ensemble performing Verbaaaaatim Renga at Ascension Church Hulme in March 2026, working with a creative captioner to translate sound and music to text for deaf and hard of hearing audience members/musicians in real time.

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RNCM Research @rncmresearch.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

📣 Artist Callout | Creative Incubator led by RNCM & English National Opera 📣 Calling all artists interested in experimenting with new approaches to opera, music theatre, and interdisciplinary performance. 📆 Application deadline: 5pm, 8 July 2026 More information 👇 🔗 www.rncm.ac.uk/news/applica...

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Applications open for ENO/RNCM Creative Incubator Programme - Royal Northern College of Music

English National Opera and the Royal Northern College of Music are looking for North West-based artists and collectives […]

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Bofan Ma @bofantheone.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Never a dull moment with @comanewmusic.bsky.social Awesome day celebrating Make Music Day 2026 + the new CoMA Immediate Pieces anthology with a lovely cohort yesterday, hosted at @rncmlive.bsky.social & led by the legendary @adamswayne.bsky.social 🥳🍺🎶🔥 Thanks all & look forward to next time 🧡🎹🎼

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Bofan Ma @bofantheone.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Brilliant week at MEC2026 @music-encoding.bsky.social last week in Tokyo 🎶🖥️ Proud to represent @rncmprism.bsky.social @rncmresearch.bsky.social & discuss how we've been studying piano sight-reading exercises through machine learning @hongshuo-fan.bsky.social @david.deroure.org @wiebket.bsky.social

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RNCM Research @rncmresearch.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Our Spring Term has just begun and we're kicking off 2026 with some exciting news! The RNCM has been authorised by the Office for Students (OfS) to grant Research awards, giving us Full Degree Awarding Powers up to and including Level 8. Read the full announcement: 🔗 www.rncm.ac.uk/news/rncm-se...

On the left is a picture of the RNCM building in the snow and under a clear blue sky. On the right is text announcement reading:

Full Research Degree Awarding Powers: The RNCM has been authorised by the Office for Students to grant Research awards, with Full Degree Awarding Powers up to and including Level 8. Read more: rncm.ac.uk/news

On the left is a picture of Professor Wiebke Thormählen, RNCM's Director of Research. On the right is Wiebke's comments following the announcement of this exciting news: "RNCM's vibrant research culture is central to the institution's ethos and learning environment. The authorisation of Full Degree Awarding Powers is a key piece in upholding and continually enhancing the music industry training that we provide for students across all levels of study".

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wiebket.bsky.social @wiebket.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Huge congratulations to Buff who has done it again - this time with his Tearjerker album, nominated for a 2026 Grammy! Fingers crossed! @rncmlive.bsky.social @rncmprism.bsky.social @rncmresearch.bsky.social

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RNCM Research @rncmresearch.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

On Mon 24 Nov at King's College London, Prof Emily Howard (Director PRiSM & Head of Artistic Research) will join speakers from mathematical, engineering, performance & composition backgrounds to explore how creativity connects music & maths in new & inspiring ways: 🎟️ marc.kcl.ac.uk/2025/11/seei...

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RNCM PRiSM @rncmprism.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Seeing the Unseeable | Public discussion w/Rachel Bearon, Emily Howard, Elaine Chew, Marcus du Sautoy & Lauren Redhead 📆 Mon 24 Nov 2025 🕖 7-8:30pm 📍Edmond J. Safra Lecture Theatre KCL 🔗 marc.kcl.ac.uk/2025/11/seei... @kingsnmes.bsky.social @marcusdusautoy.bsky.social @laurenredhead.bsky.social

Event poster with a collage of panelists' headshots in the background (Prof Marcus du Sautoy - top left, Prof Emily Howard - top right, Dr Lauren Redhead - bottom left, Elaine Chew - bottom right). On the foreground is event title and subtitle - Seeing the Unseeable: Exploring the creative process in music and maths.

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RNCM PRiSM @rncmprism.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Echoing @michelle-phillips.bsky.social - wonderful talk from Prof Ian Cross & Dr David Duncan (Uni of Cambridge) at the RNCM Research Forum yesterday, sharing important findings on the interplay of music notation & sightreading accuracy as part of their ongoing Score Design for Music Reading project

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RNCM Research @rncmresearch.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

At 4.15pm today, Professor Ian Cross, Dr David Duncan, and Katya Ness will share their Leverhulme-funded Score Design for Music Reading project with us at the RNCM (@rncmlive.bsky.social) in our Research Forum. You can join us for this too – details in the link below. www.rncm.ac.uk/performance/...

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RNCM Research Forum: Professor Ian Cross, Dr David Duncan and Katya Ness - Royal Northern College of Music

The RNCM is a leading international conservatoire and live music venue in the heart of Manchester

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RNCM Research @rncmresearch.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Hello! @rncmresearch.bsky.social might be new to Bluesky, but we've been researching #music in the heart of Manchester @oxrdmcr.bsky.social for over fifty years. We look forward to being part of the Bluesky community. You can find out more about us here: www.rncm.ac.uk/research/

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Research - Royal Northern College of Music

A unique environment for music research, the RNCM offers Postgraduate Research Degrees and a diverse range of research events.

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Check out the @ox.ac.uk news piece to find out more about our world premiere of Dangerous Matter @rncmlive.bsky.social last week! 🔗https://www.immunology.ox.ac.uk/news/world-premiere-of-dangerous-matter-opera-inspired-by-vaccine-science-and-history-as-part-of-thanks-for-the-memories-project

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

The opera is the result of a 3 year collaboration between Zakiya Leeming at @rncmprism.bsky.social and Prof. Paul Klenerman @ox.ac.uk supported by @wellcometrust.bsky.social - with a huge range of support and participation from scientists and musicians across Oxford and @manchester.ac.uk 🥳

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

What a night! A HUGE congratulations to everyone involved in bringing Dangerous Matter to life @rncmlive.bsky.social last night - we're still buzzing from the brilliant performance!

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Thanks for the Memories @t4tm.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Today's the day! Here's a sneak peek of the world premiere of Dangerous Matter, showing tonight at the RNCM at 7pm - grab your ticket now! www.rncm.ac.uk/performance/...

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RNCM PRiSM @rncmprism.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

🎤 OPERA PREMIERE | 7pm, 24 June, RNCM Theatre ⏱️ Dangerous Matter - a powerful reflection on the role of memory in medicine & human progress, after Lady Mary Montagu Wortley. Zakiya Leeming (composer / libretto) @sredway.bsky.social (director / libretto) 🎟️ www.rncm.ac.uk/performance/...

Poster showing "Dangerous Matter - A New Opera | World Premiere, 7pm 24 June | Royal Northern College of Music | Book: www.rncm.ac.uk" against an abstract background image depicting a network of viruses floating in the universe.

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RNCM PRiSM @rncmprism.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

🎵Coming up tomorrow 🎼 "Sound Sculptures: A Concert Merging Installation and Live Performance" feat. music by Simon Knighton, Gemma Bass, Emmy Lambert, Sidney Patrick, and Gloria Xia. 📍 @anthonyburgess.bsky.social, M1 5BY, Manchester ⏱️ 8pm, 11 June 2025 🔗 www.ticketsource.co.uk/simonknighton

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Sea Us Rise @seausrise.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

"I wanted to make a piece which said “I am really confused. ... I am trying to do what I can but not to prove something, simply because *doing* feels better/more useful to me than talking. I want to collect and connect. I’m terrified but I want a happy home and wow, isn’t the world beautiful.”

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RNCM PRiSM @rncmprism.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

📢 New PRiSM Blog | 'Climate Music' Innovative pianist-composer Sarah Nicolls discusses how her musical activist works responding to climate change has connected deeply with her being an artist, a parent, and recently becoming a farmer in rural Gloucestershire 👇 🔗 www.rncm.ac.uk/research/res...

Pianist-composer Sarah Nicolls making holes for tree planting in her local wood in Stroud.

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RNCM PRiSM @rncmprism.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

PRiSM Summer 2025 News & Upcoming Events 👇 ▶️ Sound Sculptures with Simon Knighton & the House of Bedlam | 11 June ▶️ Dangerous Matter: New Opera by ZakiyaLeeming | 24 June ▶️ 'A Possibility' at #MIF25 feat. new music by Emily Howard | 17-20 July Details 🔗 www.rncm.ac.uk/research/res...

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RNCM PRiSM | Upcoming Events in Summer 2025 - Royal Northern College of Music

Upcoming events and performances in Summer 2025, featuring new works by PRiSM researchers.

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Bofan Ma @bofantheone.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Awesome week at #AEConservatoires #EPARM2025 in Tallinn, sharing #ComingUpForAirInLocation - a new art-research initiative led by Kathryn Williams & myself on critical effects & impact of indoor air quality, and raising public awareness through music #IAQ #ArtisticResearch @rncmprism.bsky.social

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RNCM PRiSM @rncmprism.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

👋 Hello BlueSky! 👋 Our February 2025 News is here 👇 ▶️ RNCM appoints two Honorary Researchers in Association with PRiSM ▶️ 'The Anvil' nominated for 2025 BBC Music Magazine Awards | Public voting is open ▶️ PRiSM Researchers at EPARM | April 2025 | Tallinn, Estonia 🔗 www.rncm.ac.uk/research/res...

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RNCM PRiSM | February News 2025 - Royal Northern College of Music

Recent RNCM honorary appointments in association with PRiSM, award nominations, and upcoming international conference featuring PRiSM researchers.

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