Professor Colin Lawson, the tenth director of the Royal Faculty of Music (RCM), has introduced his resolution to face down from the function on August 31, 2024.
Professor Lawson has led the Royal Faculty of Music by way of nearly twenty years of sustained progress. Certainly, beneath his tenure, the RCM is now ranked the worldwide high establishment for performing arts in line with the 2022 QS World College Rankings.
Throughout Lawson’s time as director, the RCM has additionally delivered a £40 million campus redevelopment. Its bodily footprint has doubled since 2017, with new efficiency areas that replicate the skilled surroundings, plus a new interactive museum open to the general public. He has additionally been a devoted supporter of entry and excellence for all, and over 50% of RCM college students now obtain scholarship help.
Elsewhere, Lawson’s worldwide outlook has introduced new important partnerships such because the ground-breaking International Conservatoire which connects college students and cultures, sharing information on-screen internationally. He has additionally constructed up the Faculty’s digital presence: the RCM now broadcasts many extra concert events, together with masterclasses with among the world’s biggest musicians, reaching over 1,000,000 YouTube views in 95 nations.
Lord Man Black, RCM chairman, feedback: ‘Professor Lawson is a distinguished director, eminent musician and revered tutorial, and the RCM is enormously blessed to have had the good thing about his management for practically 20 years. Throughout this time, he has seen a unprecedented transformation within the RCM, each bodily and culturally.
‘His management all through the pandemic has been important to steering the Royal Faculty of Music by way of the largest disaster of our instances and he introduced the establishment by way of it stronger than ever earlier than. I’m immensely grateful for his persevering with dedication and dedication.’
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