This is a partial listing of alumni, teachers and Fellows of the Royal College of Music, London.

Alumni and faculty

*Further former students can be found at :Alumni of the Royal College of Music. *Further former and present teachers can be found at :Academics of the Royal College of Music. * Richard Addinsell (1904–1977), composer * Richard Adeney (1920–2010), flautist * Sir Thomas Allen (born 1944), singer * Julian Anderson (born 1967), composer * Richard Arnell (1917–2009), composer * Sir Malcolm Arnold (1921–2006), composer * Alexander Baillie (born 1956), cellist * Evelyn Barbirolli (1911–2008), oboist *

Peter Bassano Peter Bassano is an English conductor. Family His descent from Anthony Bassano the oldest brother of a family of six Venetian musicians brought to England by King Henry VIII is registered at the College of Arms. Three generations of the Ba ...

(born 1945), trombonist, conductor * John S. Beckett (1927–2007), composer, performer and conductor *

Luke Bedford Luke Bedford (born 25 April 1978) is a British composer. He studied composition with Edwin Roxburgh and Simon Bainbridge at the Royal College of Music, and won the Mendelssohn Scholarship in 2000. This was followed by post-graduate study with Sim ...

(born 1978), composer * Adrian Beers (1923–2004), double bass player * Derek Bell (1935–2002), composer, harpist, and pianist * James Bernard (1925–2001), composer * John Birch (born 1929), organist * Roger Birnstingl, bassoonist *

Robin Blaze Robin Blaze (born 1971 in Manchester) is an English countertenor. Early life The son of Peter Blaze, a professional golfer, and Christine, Blaze and his brother Mark grew up in Shadwell, near Leeds, and was educated at Leeds Grammar School, ...

(born 1970), countertenor * Sir Arthur Bliss (1891–1975), composer * Rutland Boughton (1878–1960), composer *

Julian Bream Julian Alexander Bream (15 July 193314 August 2020) was an English classical guitarist and lutenist. Regarded as one of the most distinguished classical guitarists of the 20th century, he played a significant role in improving the public per ...

(1933–2020), guitarist and lutenist * Frank Bridge (1879–1941), composer * Benjamin Britten (1913–1976), composer *

Sheila Bromberg Sheila Bromberg (1928–2021) was a British harpist who performed in both classical and popular settings. She is best known for playing on the Beatles’ song "She's Leaving Home" on their 1967 album '' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band''. ...

(1928-2021), harpist * Rachel Brown (living), flautist * Timothy Brown (living), hornist * Aylmer Buesst (1883–1970), conductor * Steve Burke (born 1974), video game composer and sound designer * George Butterworth (1885–1916), composer *

Amice Calverley Amice Calverley (9 April 1896 – 10 April 1959) was an English-born Canadian Egyptologist who was instrumental to the recording and publication of the decoration in the temple of King Sethos I at Abydos. During and after World War II she engage ...

(1896–1959), composer, Egyptologist * Clive Carey (1883–1968), baritone, opera producer, composer and folk-song collector * Ronald Cavaye (born 1951), pianist and writer *

Otie Chew Becker Otie Chew Becker (December 2, 1880 – January 22, 1953) was an English violinist and music educator based in Los Angeles, California. Early life Otie Chew was born in London, and lived in Auckland, New Zealand as a girl. Her original first nam ...

(1880–1953), violinist * Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912), composer * Sarah Connolly (born 1963), mezzo-soprano *

David Cordier David Cordier (born 1 May 1959) is an English countertenor. He made an international career based in Germany, and appeared both in concert and opera. While focused on roles by Handel such as Radamisto, he has also performed in contemporary oper ...

(born 1959), countertenor * Charles Daniels (born 1962), tenor * Thurston Dart (1921–1971), performer and musicologist * Ray Davies (1927–2017), trumpeter and bandleader * Sir Andrew Davis (born 1944), conductor * Sir Colin Davis (1927–2013) conductor * Alexandre Desplat (born 1961), film composer *

Margaret Douglas-Home Lady Alexandra Margaret Elizabeth Douglas-Home (née Spencer, 4 July 1906 – 26 May 1996) was an English musician, writer, and arts promoter. She founded the Burnham Market Festival and served as its director for almost two decades. Early year ...

(1906–1996), pianist * Julius Drake (born 1959), pianist and accompanist *

Madeleine Dring Madeleine Winefride Isabelle Dring (7 September 1923 – 26 March 1977) was an English composer, pianist, singer and actress. Life Madeleine Dring spent the first four years of her life at Raleigh Road, Harringay, before the family moved to Stre ...

(1923–1977), 1945 ARCM (Piano), composer * George Dyson (1883–1964), composer *

Daniel Elms Daniel Elms (born 1985 in Kingston upon Hull) is a British composer of contemporary classical and electroacoustic music. Early life and education Elms was born in Kingston upon Hull and began composing as a teenager while studying the guitar. ...

(born 1985), composer * David Fanshawe (1942–2010), composer and ethnomusicologist *

Michael Finnissy Michael Peter Finnissy (born 17 March 1946) is an English composer, pianist, and pedagogue. An immensely prolific composer, his music is "notable for its dramatic urgency and expressive immediacy". Although he rejects the label, he is often r ...

(born 1946), composer *

Leonard N. Fowles Leonard Nowell Fowles (6 October 1870 – 18 January 1939) was an English organist and choirmaster, classical music composer, arranger, teacher, adjudicator and conductor, best remembered for his hymn tunes "Golders Green" and "Phoenix". Ear ...

(1870–1939), composer, organist and choirmaster * Sarah Fox (born 1973), soprano * Herbert Fryer (1877–1957), pianist *Megumi Fujita of the

Fujita Piano Trio The Fujita Piano Trio is a piano trio consisting of three Japanese sisters, (violinist), (cellist), and (pianist). Early years The sisters began playing chamber music together since early childhood. Arisa and Honoka studied at the Guildhall ...

* Sir James Galway (born 1939), flautist *

Bernard Garfield Bernard Garfield ''(né'' Bernard Howard Garfield; born May 27, 1924) is an American bassoonist, composer, teacher, and recording artist. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he is best known for his long tenure as the principal bassoonist of the Philadel ...

(born 1924), bassoonist and composer * Noel Gay (1898–1954), songwriter *

Helen Gilliland Helen Gilliland (31 January 1897 – 24 November 1942) was a Northern Irish actress and singer. She sang leading soprano roles in Gilbert and Sullivan operas for the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company between 1917 and 1922, and other musical comedy roles in ...

(1897-1942), actress and singer * Jane Glover (born 1949), conductor * Walter Glynne (1890-1945), operatic tenor * Robert John Godfrey (born 1947), composer and pianist * Malcolm Goldring oboist, conductor * Sir Eugene Goossens (1893–1962), conductor * Léon Goossens (1897–1988), oboist * Sir Charles Groves (1915–1992), conductor * Douglas Guest (1916–1996), organist and choirmaster * Richard Harvey (born 1953), composer and multi-instrumentalist * David Helfgott (born 1947), pianist * Naftali Hershtik (born 1960), cantor * Kenneth Hesketh (born 1968), composer * Georgette Heyer (1902–1974), historical novelist * Gustav Holst (1874–1934), composer * Nicholas Hooper (born 1952), film-composer * James Horner (1953–2015), film-composer *

Jeremy Dale Roberts Jeremy Dale Roberts (16 May 1934 – 11 July 2017) was an English composer and teacher. After early contact with Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gerald Finzi, Dale Roberts studied with William Alwyn and Priaulx Rainier at the Royal Academy of Music, L ...

(1934–2017), composer * Josef Horovitz (born 1926), composer * Herbert Howells (1892–1983), composer *

Owain Arwel Hughes Owain Arwel Hughes Order of the British Empire, CBE (born 21 March 1942) is a Welsh people, Welsh orchestral conductor. Hughes was born in Ton Pentre, Rhondda, the son of the composer Arwel Hughes. He studied at Howardian High School, Cardiff, ...

(born 1942), conductor * Walter Hyde (1875–1951), operatic tenor * William Hurlstone (1876–1906), composer * John Ireland (1879–1962), composer and pianist * Gordon Jacob (1895–1984), composer * Georges Jacobi (1840–1906), composer and conductor *

Olga Jegunova Olga Jegunova (born 25 May 1984) is a Latvian classical pianist, born in Šiauliai, Lithuania (then Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic), and now living in London. Career After studying music at Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, concl ...

(born 1984), pianist *

Dame Gwyneth Jones Dame Gwyneth Jones (born 7 November 1936) is a Welsh dramatic soprano, widely regarded as one of the greatest Wagnerian sopranos in the second half of the 20th century. Early life and career Jones was born in Pontnewynydd, Monmouthshire, Wa ...

(born 1936), Wagnerian soprano *

Bryan Kelly Bryan George Kelly (born January 3, 1934) is an English composer, conductor, and pianist from Oxford. He was a choir boy at Worcester College and attended Southfield Grammar School. After lessons with Harold Spicer, the long-serving organist and ...

(born 1934), composer *

Hannah Kendall Hannah Kendall (born 1984 in London) is a British composer currently based in New York. Background and career Kendall grew up in Wembley, where her mother is the head teacher in a primary school. One of two children, her parents are originally ...

(born 1985), composer * Dame Thea King (1925–2007), clarinetist * Constant Lambert (1905–1951), composer and critic * Gabrielle Lambrick (1913–1968), educator and historian * George-Emmanuel Lazaridis (born 1978), pianist * Rowland Lee (born 1960), composer, pianist and music arranger * John Lill (born 1944), pianist * Roger Lord (1924–2014), oboist with London Symphony Orchestra *

Natalia Luis-Bassa Natalia Luis-Bassa (born 13 July 1966, Caracas, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan conductor who lives and works in England, where she is Professor of Conducting at the Royal College of Music and Principal Guest Conductor of Oxford University Orchestra. ...

(born 1966), conductor *

David Lyn David Lyn Jenkins (30 April 1927 – 4 August 2012), known professionally as David Lyn, was a Welsh television, film Sir Neville Marriner Sir Neville Marriner, (15 April 1924 – 2 October 2016) was an English violinist and "one of the world's greatest conducting, conductors". Gramophone (magazine), Gramophone lists Marriner as one of the 50 greatest conductors and another com ...

(1924-2016), conductor * Colin Mawby (1936–2019), organist, choral conductor and composer * Sir William McKie (1901–1984), organist and choir director * Andrew March (born 1973), composer *

Susan Milan Susan Milan ( ; born 3 September 1947) is an English professor of flute of the Royal College of Music, classical performer, recording artiste, composer, author and entrepreneur. Biography Susan Milan was born in London, the daughter of civil s ...

(born 1940), flautist *

Carlos Miranda Luis Carlos Miranda Cordal (born Santiago, Chile, 17 July 1945), also known as Carlos Miranda is a Spanish composer, pianist, conductor and actor. Life and career He was born in Chile, where he studied at the composition with Gustavo B ...

(born 1945), composer * Johannes Möller (born 1981), guitarist and composer * Francis Monkman (born 1949), rock, classical and film-composer * Philip Moore (born 1943), organist and composer *

Ludovic Morlot Ludovic Morlot (born 11 December 1973) is a French conductor. Early years Morlot was born in Lyon on 11 December 1973. As a youth, he trained as a violinist. He later attended the Royal Academy of Music, and began his studies in conducting in L ...

(born 1974), conductor *

David Moule-Evans David Moule-Evans (21 November 1905 – 18 May 1988) was an English composer, conductor and academic. Moule-Evans was born in Ashford, Kent, and was educated at the Judd School in Tonbridge before studying at the Royal College of Music in London ...

(1905–1988), composer * Tokio Myers (born 1984), pianist * Stuart Nicholson (born 1975), organist * Steve Nieve (born 1958), keyboardist * Aydin Önaç (born c. 1950), pianist, teacher, headteacher * Sir Hubert Parry (1848–1918), composer * Ian Partridge (born 1938), tenor * Peter Pears (1910–1986), singer * Kevin Penkin (born 1992), anime, film and video game composer * "Mika" Michael Penniman (born 1983), popular singer-songwriter * Trevor Pinnock (born 1946), harpsichordist and conductor * Clement Power (born 1980), conductor * Julie Price (born 1963), bassoonist *

Surendran Reddy Surendran Reddy (9 March 1962 – 22 January 2010) was a South African composer and pianist. After his studies at the Royal College of Music and King's College in London he had a highly successful international career as a classical and jazz p ...

(1962–2010), composer and pianist * Achille Rivarde (1865–1940), violinist and teacher *

Clara Rodríguez Clara Rodríguez, ARCM, DipRCM (Perf), (Born 1970) is a Venezuelan pianist and Professor at the Royal College of Music in London. Early life and education Rodríguez studied at the in Caracas and a scholarship from the Venezuelan Ministry of Cult ...

(born 1970), student and teaching professor. * Bernard Rose (1916–1996), academic, Organist and Master of the Choristers,

Magdalen College, Oxford Magdalen College (, ) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. It was founded in 1458 by William of Waynflete. Today, it is the fourth wealthiest college, with a financial endowment of £332.1 million as of 2019 and one of the s ...

Gilbert Rowland Gilbert Rowland (born 1946 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish harpsichordist. His father was second in command to the Viceroy of India during the days of the British Raj. He studied at the Royal College of Music, under Millicent Silver, and ...

(born 1946), harpsichordist * Isyana Sarasvati (born 1993), singer and songwriter * Malcolm Sargent (1895–1967), conductor * Paul Schwartz (born 1956), producer, composer, conductor and pianist * Howard Shelley (born 1950), pianist * Cyril Smith (1909–1974), pianist *

Laura Snowden Laura Snowden (born May 18, 1989) is a British-French classical guitarist and composer. She is widely regarded as one of the leading classical guitarists of her generation since being handpicked by Julian Bream to continue his legacy of performing ...

(born 1989), guitarist and composer * Philip Sparke (born 1951), composer and conductor *

Edna Stern Edna Stern ( he, עדנה שטרן; born March 6, 1977, in Brussels) is a Belgian-Israeli pianist.
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(born 1977), pianist * Maxim Vengerov (born 1974), Russian-born Israeli violinist, violist, and conductor * Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924), composer *

Sophie Viney Sophie Viney (born 1974) is an English composer and arranger. Her compositions have been performed at significant venues such as the Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall and St. Martin-in-the-Fields and her music has featured in the Spitalfields ...

(born 1974), composer, arranger and pianist * Albert Visetti (1846–1928), composer, conductor and teacher * Leopold Stokowski (1882–1977), conductor *

Joan Sutherland Dame Joan Alston Sutherland, (7 November 1926 – 10 October 2010) was an Australian dramatic coloratura soprano known for her contribution to the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire from the late 1950s through to the 1980s. She possessed ...

(1926–2010), singer * Christopher Tin (born 1976), composer * Michael Tippett (1905–1998), composer * Mark-Anthony Turnage (born 1960), composer *

Nick van Bloss Nick van Bloss (born 1967) is an English classical pianist and author who has Tourette syndrome. He studied at the Royal College of Music in London. Early life Van Bloss was born and grew up in London and, at the age of seven, suddenly develo ...

(born 1967), pianist and author * Vanessa-Mae (born 1978), violinist *

Rick Wakeman Richard Christopher Wakeman (born 18 May 1949) is an English keyboardist best known as a former member of the progressive rock band Yes across five tenures between 1971 and 2004, and for his solo albums released in the 1970s. Born and raised ...

(born 1949), keyboardist *

Bernard Walton Bernard Walton (24 March 1917 – 3 June 1972) was a British classical clarinettist. Biography Walton was born into a musical family. His grandfather was a cellist with the Hallé Orchestra under the eponymous founder Charles Hallé, an ...

(1917–1972), clarinetist * William Waterhouse (1931–2007), bassoonist and musicologist *

Fanny Waterman Dame Fanny Waterman (22 March 192020 December 2020) was a British pianist and academic piano teacher, who is particularly known as the founder, chair and artistic director of the Leeds International Piano Competition. She was also president of ...

(1920–2020), founding director of the

Leeds International Pianoforte Competition The Leeds International Piano Competition, informally known as The Leeds and formerly the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition, takes place every three years in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1961 by Marion, Countess ...

* Darryl Way (born 1948), rock and classical musician *

Andrew Lloyd Webber Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948), is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 21 musicals, ...

(born 1948), composer * Julian Lloyd Webber (born 1951), cellist * William Lloyd Webber (1914–1982), organist and composer * Gillian Weir (born 1941), organist * Grace Williams (1906–1977), composer *

John Williams John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932)Nylund, Rob (15 November 2022)Classic Connection review ''WBOI'' ("For the second time this year, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic honored American composer, conductor, and arranger John Williams, who wa ...

(born 1941), guitarist * Nardus Williams, soprano singer *

Ralph Vaughan Williams Ralph Vaughan Williams, (; 12 October 1872– 26 August 1958) was an English composer. His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces and orchestral compositions including nine symphonies, written over ...

(1872–1958), composer * Laura Wright (born 1990), singer * Martin Yates (born 1958), conductor

Fellows

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