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Performers from across the music department present an afternoon of Welsh music to mark the national day of our Patron Saint.

Based on Jane Austen’s incomplete novel, this sparklingly witty play looks under the bonnet of Jane Austen and explores the evolution of characters and their endless literary possibilities.

In this hilarious and extraordinary courtroom drama, history's most infamous betrayal is dissected by the forces of good and evil. 

In his 90th birthday year, Steve Reich’s beautiful quartet for piano and percussion is featured alongside two exciting British contemporary composers, Dani Howard and Ayana Witter Johnson.

Members of vocal ensemble ‘I Fagiolini’, described by the Spectator as ‘musical shapeshifters’, come together with the college’s Chamber choir in a programme with the sheer richness of sound at its heart. Benevoli’s four-choir masses, which throw sounds around the building and uses an outrageous contemporary technique known as 'holding the mule', is followed by Monteverdi, whose visceral emotions seem to contain the whole world in a few bars, and Carissimi with sounds that seize the listener centuries later. And to finish? Two widely acknowledged modern masterpieces from Joanna Marsh.

Talented singers from across the UK came to the College to take part in The Sir Bryn Terfel Song Prize. A residency of masterclasses and workshops led to the big prize final, celebrating the power of storytelling and culture through song.

The piano sonatas of Beethoven are a vast and varied compendium of human experience, and a colossal technical and musical challenge to any pianist. Students of the RWCMD are put through their paces as they tackle these immense sonatas head on, competing for the coveted annual Eric Hodges Prize.

From the celebratory orchestral firework, Shostakovich’s Festive Overture, to one of his greatest symphonies, Symphony No. 10, BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama musicians come together to present two musical masterpieces. 

With a sparkling score featuring the famous cancan, sharp humour and fast-paced dialogue. Join us for a joyful journey to the underworld where laughter, mayhem, and Offenbach’s irresistible music reign supreme!

An opportunity to see the musical theatre class of ‘26 show off their talent.