YolanDa Brown Awarded Fellowship of the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM)

We are thrilled to announce that the RNCM will be honouring exceptional individuals with the College’s most prestigious awards at our graduation ceremony on Thursday 14 December 2023. The awards of Fellow (FRNCM), Honorary Member (HonRNCM) will be presented to influential figures for their outstanding achievements in the fields of music, education, industry leadership and advocacy. Fellowships will be conferred upon saxophonist and broadcaster YolanDa Brown OBE DL (above, right); soprano Susan Bullock CBE (below, left); singer and songwriter Tim Burgess (above, left); conductor Alpesh Chauhan OBE (below right), and pianist and Head of School of Keyboard Studies Graham Scott. Professor Linda Merrick CBE, Principal, said: ‘Each year the RNCM awards Fellowships and Honorary Memberships to world-renowned musicians, conductors, composers, educators and advocates, and 2023 is no exception. This year’s honorands provide a wealth of experience, support and inspiration to the College, and I look forward to welcoming them to our Congregation of Awards in December.’ We look forward to celebrating the achievements of our Honorands and graduands at this special ceremony in December.