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Frequently
Asked
Your Principal Study
Questions
DeputyPrincipal
Mark Racz BA, MFA
(picturedright)
DirectorofProgrammes
Timothy Jones MA, DPhil, LTCL
(picturedleft)
‘we’ve had plenty of opportunities
to be dazzled this past month…
from student performers of the
RoyalAcademy of Music…
Jonathan Harvey’s Song Offerings
was performed with tremendous
finesse by young musicians of the
RoyalAcademy of Music.’
DailyTelegraph,February2008
TheAmerican-bornpianist,teacherand Who gets into theAcademy? What has theAcademy done recently?
musiceducatorMarkRaczstudiedat Anyone—whereverthey’refrom— solong Thelast10yearshaveseenthemost
RutgersUniversityandtheManhattan aswethinktheyhavethetalentandpotential momentousperiodofchangeinthe
SchoolofMusic,andwithNadiaBoulanger tosucceedasprofessionalmusicians. Academy’s185-yearhistory.Wehave:
attheFontainebleauSchoolofMusic.He
haslivedintheUKsince1980andhas How do you cater for so many different >almostdoubledthesizeoftheAcademy’s
performedwidelyasasoloist,accompanist student backgrounds and cultures? spacewithnewandrefurbishedfacilities
andchambermusician,with Weofferauniquelydiverserangeof
aparticularinterestinearly-20th-century disciplinesandprogrammesunderpinned >becometheonlyconservatoiretobemade
music.Hehasgivennumerous byateamofacademicand‘pastoral’tutors, amemberoftherenownedUniversity
masterclassesattheconservatoiresin counsellors,mentorsandaspecialofficer ofLondon,whichawardsourdegrees
Weimar,Bucharest,Krakow,Beijingand forinternationalstudents.Weensurethat
Shanghai.HewasVice-Principalof ourstudents—fromover50countries— >ledthewayinEuropewithourchallenging
BirminghamConservatoirebeforemoving gettheverybestguidanceandsupport BMus,MA,MMusandPhDprogrammes
totheAcademyin2008. accordingtoindividualneeds. —degreeswhichhavehelpedtoredefine
thefieldofperformancestudiesandresearch
TimothyJonesstudiedasanundergraduate Does theAcademy prepare students
andpostgraduateatChristChurch,Oxford. for the real world? >introducedanddevelopedMediaMusic,
AspecialistinVienneseclassicalmusic, RecentHigherEducationStatisticsAgency MusicalTheatre,JazzandOperacourses
andtherelationshipsbetweenanalysis, resultsshowthatwellover90%ofrecent
interpretationandperformance,hehas alumnisuccessfullyworkinmusic.We >created‘OpenAcademy’,expandingaccess
previouslyheldacademicappointments prideourselvesincreatingstimulating withnewprogrammesandinitiativesinto
atUniversitiesofOxfordandExeterand studyprogrammesforanever-broadening thewidestcommunity
attheRoyalNorthernCollegeofMusic. andfast-changingmusicalenvironment.
Asakeyboardplayerhehasperformed Wealsopreparestudentstopresent >releasedoutstandingandinnovativeCDs
widelyinseventeenth-andeighteenth- performancesinawiderangeofcontexts,
centurymusicandhasgivenpremièresof fromschools,clubsandfestivalstoall >investedinstate-of-the-arttechnologyto
manycontemporaryworks.Heisparticularly kindsofconcertvenues. enablecreativecollaborations.
interestedintheroleofimprovisationwithin
composedmusicalstructures. What’s special about theAcademy? What else is important?
Quitesimply,wehaveaninternational Thatyoufindlifelongfriendsandcolleagues
teachingandcoachingstaffsecond-to-none andmakethemostofthisuniquetimein
—andthecalibreofstudentstomatchthem. yourlife,throughcollaboration,exploration,
Thefriendlyatmosphereisarenownedand reflection—anddiscoveringyourown
exceptionalfeatureofAcademylife. identityasamusician.
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