Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama - Coleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru

Name: Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama - Coleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru
Address: Castle Grounds, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF103ER, GB
Telephone: +442920342854
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As Wales's national conservatoire, we train actors, musicians, designers, technicians & arts managers. We are here for the arts, Wales and the future.
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The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama nurtures and challenges the best creative talent from across the globe, empowering excellence, firing imagination and driving innovation. As Wales’ national conservatoire and a dynamic arts centre, we train more than 900 actors, musicians, designers, technicians and arts managers from over 40 countries, training them for a sustainable career in the arts as leaders of the next generation of artists. Based in the capital city Cardiff, our students are immersed in a live industry environment, working across drama, music and design from the moment they arrive. Our students push the boundaries of what the arts can do, collaborating and creating new work across a range of professional and community settings. As Wales’ largest producing house, the College attracts leading international artists, providing opportunities integral to students’ training and an opportunity to learn directly from some of the world's most renowned performers. The College’s events calendar encompasses over 500 public performances and exhibitions every year from classical to the contemporary, including orchestral concerts, drama, opera, puppetry and musical theatre. Our dedicated teachers have a wealth of professional and industry experience. The College collaborates with high-profile arts organisations, including BBC, Welsh National Opera and a wide range of visiting artists and directors, to ensure that the unique vocational nature of our training reflects current industry practice. Inspired by the possibilities of performance and creative diversity we champion collaboration and empower excellence in all its forms. Passion and craft entwine with experience and play to elevate, provoke, push and transform. www.rwcmd.ac.uk

30/10/2026

Come and join our team in the College! We are hiring:

⭐Schools and Colleges Liaison Officer - Closing date 05/11/2026

Read more here: https://www.rwcmd.ac.uk/careers

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Dewch i ymuno â'n tîm yn y Coleg! Rydym yn chwilio am:

⭐Swyddog Cyswllt Ysgolion a Cholegau - Y dyddiad cau yw 05/11/26

Rhagor o wybodaeth: https://www.rwcmd.ac.uk/cy/careers

29/10/2026

From India to Cardiff, Soumik Datta brings his fantastic new album 'Melodies in Slow Motion' to RWCMD for a powerful evening of music, sound design and storytelling.

Fri 6 Nov | 7.30pm

https://www.rwcmd.ac.uk/events/soumik-datta

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O India i Gaerdydd, mae Soumik Datta yn dod â’i albwm newydd gwych, Melodies in Slow Motion, i CBCDC ar gyfer noson bwerus o gerddoriaeth, dylunio sain ac adrodd straeon.

Gwe 6 Tach | 7.30pm

https://www.rwcmd.ac.uk/cy/events/soumik-datta

29/10/2026

From the Rhondda to New York City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿󠁿🗽

Our Brass Band in Residence, The Cory Band , are nearing the end of their tour of Canada and the USA, playing Herndon, Virginia tonight before the grand finale in NYC tomorrow.

Cory’s line-up includes lots of RWCMD graduates and current students, with a special mention for graduate .hughes.9809 , one of the tour’s featured soloists on flugelhorn 🎺👏

Llongyfarchiadau on an incredible tour so far! 🇨🇦 🇺🇸
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O’r Rhondda i Efrog Newydd 󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿󠁿🗽

Mae ein Band Pres preswyl, Band Cory, yn agosáu at ddiwedd eu taith yng Nghanada a’r UDA. Byddant yn perfformio yn Herndon, Virginia heno, cyn y cyngerdd olaf mawreddog yn Ninas Efrog Newydd yfory.

Mae aelodau Band Cory yn cynnwys nifer o raddedigion a myfyrwyr presennol CBCDC, ac mae un o’n graddedigion, Cerys Nicholson, wedi bod yn unawdydd amlwg ar y ‘flugelhorn’ yn ystod y daith

Llongyfarchiadau ar daith ryfeddol hyd yma! 🇨🇦 🇺🇸

28/10/2026

Exactly 300 years ago today, Jonathan Swifts' Gulliver's Travels was published. Three centuries on, the journey looks a little different...

This Saturday (31 Oct), we're welcoming Indigo Moon Theatre to RWCMD for Gaby Gulliver's Travels!

Brought to life through inventive shadow theatre and puppetry, this imaginative adventure follows eight year old Gaby across weird and wonderful worlds - exploring what it truly feels like to be big, small, and everything in-between.

A charming show for families this half term weekend!

https://www.rwcmd.ac.uk/events/gaby-gullivers-travels

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Union 300 mlynedd yn ôl i heddiw cyhoeddwyd Gulliver’s Travels gan Jonathan Swifts. Dair canrif yn ddiweddarach, mae’r daith ychydig yn wahanol...

Dydd Sadwrn (31 Hydref) rydym yn croesawu Theatr Indigo Moon i CBCDC ar gyfer Gaby Gulliver’s Travels!

Wedi’i chreu ar ffurf theatr gysgodol ddyfeisgar a phypedwaith, mae’r antur ddychmygus hon yn dilyn Gaby, sy’n wyth oed, ar draws bydoedd rhyfedd a rhyfeddol - gan archwilio sut beth yw bod yn fawr, yn fach, a phopeth rhwng y ddau.

Sioe hyfryd i deuluoedd y penwythnos hanner tymor hwn!

https://www.rwcmd.ac.uk/cy/events/gaby-gullivers-travels

28/10/2026

It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of our friend, the artist and theatre designer Pamela Howard.

As a long-term supporter of the College and its International Chair of Design, Pamela inspired generations of students and staff. Her generosity, vision, boundless enthusiasm and commitment to scenography and design education helped shape not only our work at RWCMD, but also the global community of theatre designers and educators.
‘Pamela was possibly the most influential designer educator in the country. From first meeting her at the Linbury Prize in 1999, she has been a significant inspiration for students and staff,' said Director of Design, Sean Crowley.

'The success of her engagement with our students has been tangible in our incredible success as a part of the prestigious Linbury Prize for Stage Design. Her warmth, care, talent and uniquely colourful personality will be greatly missed by all of us at RWCMD, and by the wider international community of scenographers and design educators. Her influence will continue to be felt through the many artists, teachers and students, and the wider international community of scenographers and design educators, whose lives she touched throughout her remarkable career.'

Our thoughts are with her family, friends, colleagues and all those around the world who had the privilege of knowing and working with her.

https://www.rwcmd.ac.uk/our-stories/in-memory-of-pamela-howard-obe

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Gyda thristwch mawr y clywsom am farwolaeth ein cyfaill, yr artist a’r cynllunydd theatr Pamela Howard.

Fel cefnogwr i’r Coleg ers tro byd ac Athro Cadair Rhyngwladol mewn Cynllunio, ysbrydolodd Pamela genedlaethau o fyfyrwyr a staff. Gwnaeth ei haelioni, ei gweledigaeth, ei brwdfrydedd di-ben-draw a’i hymrwymiad i senograffi ac addysg cynllunio helpu i siapio nid yn unig ein gwaith ni yn CBCDC, ond hefyd y gymuned fyd-eang o gynllunwyr theatr ac addysgwyr.

‘Mae’n bosibl mai Pamela oedd yr addysgwr cynllunio mwyaf dylanwadol yn y wlad. Ers i mi ei chyfarfod am y tro cyntaf yng Ngwobr Linbury ym 1999, mae hi wedi bod yn ysbrydoliaeth sylweddol i fyfyrwyr a staff,’ meddai’r Cyfarwyddwr Cynllunio, Sean Crowley.

‘Mae llwyddiant ei gwaith gyda’n myfyrwyr wedi bod yn amlwg yn ein llwyddiant rhyfeddol ni yng Ngwobr Linbury ar gyfer Cynllunio Llwyfan. Byddwn yn gweld eisiau ei chynhesrwydd, ei gofal, ei thalent a’i phersonoliaeth unigryw a lliwgar yn CBCDC, ac yn y gymuned ryngwladol ehangach o senograffwyr ac addysgwyr cynllunio. Bydd ei dylanwad yn parhau i gael ei deimlo trwy’r nifer o artistiaid, athrawon a myfyrwyr, a’r gymuned ryngwladol ehangach o senograffwyr ac addysgwyr cynllunio, y cyffyrddodd hi â’u bywydau trwy gydol ei gyrfa ryfeddol.’

Mae ein meddyliau gyda’i theulu, ei ffrindiau, ei chydweithwyr a phawb ledled y byd a gafodd y fraint o’i hadnabod a gweithio gyda hi.

https://www.rwcmd.ac.uk/cy/our-stories/in-memory-of-pamela-howard-obe

28/10/2026

On Saturday, we welcomed young harpists aged 9–18 to the College for a day of music-making with world-renowned harpist Catrin Finch and our Head of Harp, Kathryn Rees. 🪉

Across the day, they took part in a series of ensemble workshops, before finishing in our Dora Stoutzker Hall with a playback session to share what they’d learnt.

Diolch o galon to all our young harpists, you were brilliant 👏

Missed out this time? There are more free instrument days coming up, with brass, percussion, woodwind and guitar still to come.

Find out more here:

https://www.rwcmd.ac.uk/open-rwcmd/children-and-young-people
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Ddydd Sadwrn gwnaethom groesawu telynorion ifanc rhwng 9 ac 18 oed i’r Coleg ar gyfer diwrnod o greu cerddoriaeth gyda’r delynores o fri rhyngwladol, Catrin Finch, a’n Pennaeth Telyn, Kathryn Rees. 🪉

Trwy gydol y dydd gwnaethant gymryd rhan mewn cyfres o weithdai ensemble, cyn gorffen yn ein Neuadd Dora Stoutzker gyda sesiwn i rannu’r hyn roeddent wedi’i ddysgu.

Diolch o galon i’n holl delynorion ifanc – roeddech chi’n wych!👏

Wedi methu’r diwrnod? Mae mwy o ddiwrnodau offerynnau am ddim i ddod, gan gynnwys offerynnau pres, offerynnau taro, chwythbrennau a gitâr.

Gallwch gael rhagor o wybodaeth yma:

https://www.rwcmd.ac.uk/cy/open-rwcmd/children-and-young-people

📸 Meirion Lewis

26/10/2026

Calling all young musicians 📢

Our free Youth Instrument Days bring young musicians together with world-class artists, tutors and RWCMD students to create music and find their artistic voice, in a collaborative, hands-on workshop environment.

Coming up in the new year:
🎺Brass with Onyx Brass, 23 January
🥁 Big Bash Percussion, 13 February
🎷 Woodwind with Lumas Winds, 20 February
🎸 Guitar Day, 27 February

Find out more and book your free place:
https://www.rwcmd.ac.uk/open-rwcmd/children-and-young-people
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Galwad i bob cerddor ifanc 📢

Mae ein Diwrnodau Offerynnau i Ieuenctid am ddim yn dod â cherddorion ifanc ag artistiaid o’r radd flaenaf, tiwtoriaid a myfyrwyr CBCDC ynghyd. Gyda’i gilydd, byddant yn creu cerddoriaeth ac yn darganfod eu llais artistig mewn amgylchedd gweithdy ymarferol sy’n annog cydweithio.

I ddod yn y flwyddyn newydd:

🎺 Offerynnau Pres gydag Onyx Brass, 23 Ionawr

🥁 ‘Big Bash’ Offerynnau Taro, 13 Chwefror

🎷 Chwythbrennau gyda Lumas Winds, 20 Chwefror

🎸 Diwrnod Gitâr, 27 Chwefror

Dysgwch fwy ac archebwch eich lle am ddim:
https://www.rwcmd.ac.uk/cy/open-rwcmd/children-and-young-people

25/10/2026

Happy World Opera Day! 🎭 🌍

From Stockholm to Vienna, Glyndebourne to WNO, here are just some of the things our opera grads and students have been up to.

Swipe to see some recent highlights of who’s where →

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Diwrnod Opera’r Byd Hapus!🎭 🌍

O Stockholm i Fienna, ac o Glyndebourne i WNO, dyma gipolwg ar rai o’r pethau y mae ein graddedigion a’n myfyrwyr opera wedi bod yn eu gwneud.

Sweipiwch i weld uchafbwyntiau diweddar o bwy sydd ymhle →

23/10/2026

The 2026/27 Steinway International Piano Series begins this weekend at RWCMD!

Join us in the Dora Stoutzker Hall this autumn for two extraordinary performances from international virtuosos Alexander Gavrylyuk and Samson Tsoy.

Experience world-class piano artistry up close in our intimate acoustic hall.

https://www.rwcmd.ac.uk/whats-on/our-events/steinway-international-piano-series-2026-27
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Mae Cyfres Piano Ryngwladol Steinway 2026/27 yn cychwyn y penwythnos hwn yn CBCDC!

Ymunwch â ni yn Neuadd Dora Stoutzker yr hydref hwn ar gyfer dau berfformiad eithriadol gan y pianyddion meistrolgar rhyngwladol Alexander Gavrylyuk a Samson Tsoy.

Dewch i brofi pianyddion o’r radd flaenaf drosoch eich hun, yn ein neuadd gartrefol â’i hacwsteg ragorol.

https://www.rwcmd.ac.uk/cy/whats-on/our-events/steinway-international-piano-series-2026-27

23/10/2026

On Wednesday, RWCMD students took over Cardiff Museum for a student-led concert celebrating Black History Month, featuring music written entirely by Black composers.

A special mention to student Svetlana Nanda, who organised the event and brought it all together. ⭐

And a big thank you to all the students who performed and everyone who helped bring it to life:
Emma Hamilton, Harry Linegar, Alvaro Hurtado Perez Carrillo, Megan Viega, Malachi Rusbridge, Svetlana Nanda, Rebekah Tate, Eiriana Jones-Campell, Ellen Wilkinson, Carys Williams, Alice Haig, Ezra Rutere, Jocelyn Churchill, Zoe Smith.

Llongyfarchiadau on a brilliant concert 👏
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Ddydd Mercher, roedd myfyrwyr CBCDC yn Amgueddfa Caerdydd ar gyfer cyngerdd a drefnwyd gan fyfyrwyr i ddathlu Mis Hanes Pobl Ddu. Roedd y rhaglen yn cynnwys cerddoriaeth a gyfansoddwyd yn gan gyfansoddwyr Du.

Diolch arbennig i myfyrwyr Svetlana Nanda, a drefnodd y digwyddiad a dod â phopeth ynghyd. ⭐

A diolch yn fawr i’r holl fyfyrwyr a berfformiodd, ac i bawb a helpodd i roi bywyd i’r digwyddiad:

Emma Hamilton, Harry Linegar, Alvaro Hurtado Perez Carrillo, Megan Viega, Malachi Rusbridge, Svetlana Nanda, Rebekah Tate, Eiriana Jones-Campell, Ellen Wilkinson, Carys Williams, Alice Haig, Ezra Rutere, Jocelyn Churchill, Zoe Smith.

Llongyfarchiadau am gyngerdd gwych!👏

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Castle Grounds, Cathays Park
Cardiff
CF103ER

Telephone

+442920342854

Website

http://www.rwcmd.ac.uk/

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