Royal College of Music, London

The Royal College of Music (RCM) is a British conservatoire, established in 1882 and located in South Kensington, London. The school offers programs from the undergraduate to the doctoral level in performing arts, composition, conducting, music theory and history, as well as runs research in performance practice and science. RCM is one of the four conservatories of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music in the UK. The college is located on Prince Consort Road, next to Imperial College and right across from the Royal Albert Hall.

Directors of the RCM
(Since 2024) James Williams — RPO's managing director
(2005—2024) Colin Lawson
(1993—2005) Janet Ritterman
(1985—1993) Michael-Gough Matthews
(1974—1985) David Willcocks
(1960—1974) Keith Falkner
(1953—1960) Sir Ernest Bullock
(1938—1960) Sir George Dyson
(1918—1938) Hugh Allen (5)
(1895—1918) Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
(1882—1894) George Grove (3)