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The Junior Academy, for pupils under the age of 18, takes place every Saturday.

== Library and archives ==

The Academy's library contains over 160,000 items, including significant collections of early printed and manuscript materials and audio facilities. The library also houses archives dedicated to [[Arthur Sullivan|Sir Arthur Sullivan]] and [[Henry Wood|Sir Henry Wood]].^ref Among the Library's most valuable possessions are the manuscripts of [[Henry Purcell|Purcell's]] [[The Fairy-Queen]], Sullivan's [[The Mikado]], [[Ralph Vaughan Williams|Vaughan Williams]]' [[Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis]] and [[Serenade to Music]], and the newly discovered [[George Frideric Handel|Handel]] [[Gloria (Handel)|]].^ref A grant from the [[National Heritage Memorial Fund]] has assisted in the purchase of the  Collection — a set of Early English Song and Lute music, as well as a fine collection of [[lute]]s and [[guitar]]s. The Academy's museum displays many of these items. The Orchestral Library has approximately 4,500 sets of orchestral parts. Other collections include the libraries of Sir Henry Wood and [[Otto Klemperer]].^ref 

[[Harriet Cohen]] bequeathed a large collection of paintings, some photographs and her gold bracelet to the Academy, with a request that the room in which the paintings were to be housed was named the "[[Arnold Bax]] Room". Noted for her performances of Bach and modern English music, she was a friend and advocate of Arnold Bax and also premièred Vaughan Williams' Piano Concerto - a work dedicated to her - in 1933. In 1886, Franz Liszt performed at the Academy to celebrate the creation of the Franz Liszt Scholarship^ref and in 1843 Mendelssohn was made an honorary member of the Academy.^ref

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{{Distinguish2|the [[Royal College of Music]] or [[Handel's Royal Academy of Music]]}}

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|chancellor      = [[Anne, Princess Royal|HRH The Princess Royal]] ([[University of London]])
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|principal       = [[Jonathan Freeman-Attwood]]
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The '''Royal Academy of Music''' is a [[music school|conservatoire]] in London, England and a [[constituent college]] of the [[University of London]]. It was founded in 1822 and is Britain's oldest degree-granting music school.<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=Hero, Royal Academy of Music | url=http://www.london.ac.uk/2392.html| publisher= | date= | accessdate=19 January 2011}}</ref> It received a [[Royal Charter]] in 1830.<ref>Bernarr Rainbow & Anthony Kemp, 'London (i), §VIII, 3(i): Educational institutions: Royal Academy of Music (RAM)', ''Grove Music Online'' (Accessed 19 February 2007), [http://www.grovemusic.com/shared/views/article.html?section=music.16904.8.3.1]</ref> It is a [[Charitable organization|registered charity]] under English law.<ref>{{EW charity|310007}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Royal Academy of Music- the work of the Royal Academy in Wartime, London, England, UK, 1944 D22287.jpg|thumbnail|right|Students take a lesson in [[fencing]] in 1944]]
The Academy was founded by [[John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland|Lord Burghersh]] in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer [[Nicolas Bochsa]].<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=Hero, Royal Academy of Music | url=http://www.london.ac.uk/2392.html| publisher= | date= | accessdate=19 January 2011}}</ref> The Academy was granted a [[Royal Charter]] by [[George IV of the United Kingdom|King George IV]] in 1830.<ref>Bernarr Rainbow & Anthony Kemp, 'London (i), §VIII, 3(i): Educational institutions: Royal Academy of Music (RAM)', ''Grove Music Online'' (Accessed 19 February 2007), [http://www.grovemusic.com/shared/views/article.html?section=music.16904.8.3.1]</ref>

The Academy's first building was in [[Hanover Square, London|Tenterden Street, Hanover Square]]<ref name=" Key Dates ">{{cite web | author= | title= Key Dates| url=http://www.ram.ac.uk/history | publisher=Royal Academy of Music | date= | accessdate=19 January 2011}}</ref> and in 1911 the institution moved to the current premises (which include the 450-seat Duke's Hall),<ref name=" Key Dates "/>  built at a cost of £51,000 on the site of an orphanage.<ref name="The Arts. No. 2. The Royal Academy Of Music ">{{cite web | author=Pearl Adam | title=The Arts. No. 2. The Royal Academy Of Music | url=http://chestofbooks.com/food/household/Woman-Encyclopaedia-1/The-Arts-No-2-The-Royal-Academy-Of-Music.html  | publisher= | date= | accessdate=30 January 2010}}</ref> In 1976 the Academy acquired the houses situated on the north side and built between them a new opera theatre donated by the philanthropist [[Jack Lyons (financier)|Sir Jack Lyons]] and named after him and two new recital spaces, a recording studio, an electronic music studio, several practice rooms and office space.<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=Sir Jack Lyons Theatre| url=http://www.uk.castingcallpro.com/vview.php?uid=25813 | publisher=Castingcallpro| date= | accessdate=21 October 2009}}</ref>

The Academy again expanded its facilities in the late 1990s, with the addition of 1-5 York Gate, designed by [[John Nash (architect)|John Nash]] in 1822,<ref name=" Royal Academy of Music Museum, Culture 24">{{cite web |url= http://www.culture24.org.uk/am28105 |title= Royal Academy of Music Museum, Culture 24 |work= |accessdate=2010-01-30}}</ref> to house the new [[Royal Academy of Music Museum|museum]], a musical theatre studio and several teaching and practice rooms.  To link the main building and  1-5 York Gate a new underground passage and the underground barrel-vaulted 150-seat David Josefowitz recital hall were built on the courtyard between the mentioned structures.<ref name=" Royal Academy of Music, new recital room, Marylebone Road, London">{{cite news | author= | title= Royal Academy of Music, new recital room, Marylebone Road, London | url= http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5379/is_200210/ai_n21320366/ | publisher= | date= Oct 2002  | accessdate=30 January 2010 | work=Concrete}}</ref>

==Campus and location==

[[File:Royal Academy of Music, London W1.jpg|thumb|left|The facade of the Royal Academy of Music]]
The Academy's current facilities are situated on [[Marylebone Road]] in [[central London]]<ref>"Royal Academy of Music", ''Oxford Concise Dictionary of Music'', ed., [[Michael Kennedy (music critic)|Michael Kennedy]], (Oxford, 2004) ISBN 978-0-19-860884-4</ref> adjacent to [[Regent's Park]]. 
==Teaching==
[[File:Royal Academy of Music- the work of the Royal Academy in Wartime, London, England, UK, 1944 D22286.jpg|thumbnail|right|A violin lesson in 1944]]
The Royal Academy of Music offers training from infant level (Junior Academy), with the senior Academy awarding the [[LRAM]] diploma, BMus and higher degrees to [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]]<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=Royal Academy of Music Marshall Scholarships| url=http://www.marshallscholarship.org/studyuk/ram| publisher=Marshall Scholarships| date= | accessdate=8 July 2009}}</ref> The former Graduate Diploma [[GRSM]], equivalent to a university honours degree and taken by some students, was phased out in the 1990s.  All undergraduates now take the University of London degree of [[Bachelor of Music|B.Mus.]].

Most Academy students are classical performers: strings, piano, vocal studies including opera, brass, woodwind, conducting and choral conducting, composition, percussion, harp, organ, accordion, guitar. There are also departments for musical theatre performance and jazz.

The Academy collaborates with other conservatoires worldwide, including participating in the [[SOCRATES programme|SOCRATES]] student and staff exchange programme. In 1991, the Academy introduced a fully accredited degree in Performance Studies, and in September 1999, it became a full constituent college of the University of London, in both cases becoming the first UK conservatoire to do so.<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=University of London Council agrees withdrawal arrangement for Imperial College London | url=http://www.london.ac.uk/search.html?&no_cache=1| publisher=University of London | date= | accessdate=19 January 2011}}</ref>

The Academy has students from over 50 countries, following diverse programmes including instrumental performance, conducting,  composition, jazz, musical theatre and opera. The Academy has an established relationship with [[King's College London]], particularly the Department of Music, whose students receive instrumental tuition at the Academy. In return, many students at the Academy take a range of [[Humanities]] choices at King's, and its extended academic [[musicology|musicological]] curriculum.

The Junior Academy, for pupils under the age of 18, takes place every Saturday.

==Library and archives==
The Academy's library contains over 160,000 items, including significant collections of early printed and manuscript materials and audio facilities. The library also houses archives dedicated to [[Arthur Sullivan|Sir Arthur Sullivan]] and [[Henry Wood|Sir Henry Wood]].<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=Royal Academy of Music Library | url=http://copac.ac.uk/libraries/ram.html| publisher=Copac Academic & National Library Catalogue| date= | accessdate=16 September 2009}}</ref> Among the Library's most valuable possessions are the manuscripts of [[Henry Purcell|Purcell's]] ''[[The Fairy-Queen]]'', Sullivan's ''[[The Mikado]]'', [[Ralph Vaughan Williams|Vaughan Williams]]' ''[[Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis]]'' and ''[[Serenade to Music]]'', and the newly discovered [[George Frideric Handel|Handel]] ''[[Gloria (Handel)|Gloria]]''.<ref>{{cite news | author= | title=Lost Handel set for modern debut | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1216345.stm| publisher=BBC | date= 12 March 2001 | accessdate=2010-01-30}}</ref> A grant from the [[National Heritage Memorial Fund]] has assisted in the purchase of the <<link:0>> Collection — a set of Early English Song and Lute music, as well as a fine collection of [[lute]]s and [[guitar]]s. The Academy's museum displays many of these items. The Orchestral Library has approximately 4,500 sets of orchestral parts. Other collections include the libraries of Sir Henry Wood and [[Otto Klemperer]].<ref name="Otto Klemperer Archive finding aid">{{cite web |url=http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu2005.wp.0017 |title=Otto Klemperer Archive finding aid |work= |accessdate=2008-09-19}}</ref>

[[Harriet Cohen]] bequeathed a large collection of paintings, some photographs and her gold bracelet to the Academy, with a request that the room in which the paintings were to be housed was named the "[[Arnold Bax]] Room". Noted for her performances of Bach and modern English music, she was a friend and advocate of Arnold Bax and also premièred Vaughan Williams' Piano Concerto - a work dedicated to her - in 1933. In 1886, Franz Liszt performed at the Academy to celebrate the creation of the ''Franz Liszt Scholarship''<ref name="APOLLO, Academy timeline">{{cite news | url=http://www.ram.ac.uk/exhibitions?exid=1&go.x=6&go.y=8 | title=APOLLO: Liszt & Chopin exhibition| work=| author=Royal Academy of Music| date=| accessdate=19 January 2011}}</ref> and in 1843 Mendelssohn was made an honorary member of the Academy.<ref name="APOLLO, Academy timeline">{{cite news | url=http://www.ask.com/wiki/Category:Honorary_Members_of_the_Royal_Academy_of_Music | title=Honorary members of the Royal Academy of Music| work=| author=| date=| accessdate=19 January 2011}}</ref>

==Student performances and festivals==
Academy students perform regularly in the Academy's concert venues, and also nationally and internationally under conductors such as [[Colin Davis|Sir Colin Davis]], [[Yan Pascal Tortelier]], [[Christoph von Dohnányi]], the late [[Charles Mackerras|Sir Charles Mackerras]] and [[Trevor Pinnock]]. In September 2005, Davis conducted an orchestra which combined students from the Academy and New York's [[Juilliard School]] at the [[The Proms|Proms]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.classicalsource.com/db_control/db_concert_review.php?id=2837 | title=Juilliard & Royal Academy of Music Orchestras | author=Nick Breckenfield | date= | accessdate=2009-08-13}}</ref> Conductors who have recently worked with the orchestras include [[Semyon Bychkov (conductor)|Semyon Bychkov]], [[Daniel Barenboim]], [[Simon Rattle|Sir Simon Rattle]], [[Colin Davis|Sir Colin Davis]], [[Pierre-Laurent Aimard]] and [[Christian Thielemann]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ram.ac.uk/orchestral-opportunities| title=
Orchestral opportunities | author=Royal Academy of Music | accessdate=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ram.ac.uk/christian-thielemann-citation| title=Christian Thielemann citation | author=Royal Academy of Music | date= | accessdate=29 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ram.ac.uk/simon-rattle-speech| title=Simon Rattle speech | author=Royal Academy of Music | date=4 March 2011: | accessdate= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/nov/16/semyon-bychkov-beating-time| title=Semyon Bychkov: beating time| author=Nicholas Wroe  ([[The Guardian]])| date= | accessdate=}}</ref> Famous people who have conducted the Academy's orchestra also include [[Carl Maria Von Weber]] in 1826 and [[Richard Strauss]] in 1926.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://blogs.thestage.co.uk/education/2012/05/maestro-conducts-mahler-with-students/| title=Maestro conducts Mahler with students| author=Susan Elkin (The Stage)| date= | accessdate=}}</ref>

The Academy regularly celebrates the work of a living composer with a festival in the presence of the composer. Previous composer festivals at the Academy have been devoted to the work of [[Witold Lutosławski]], [[Michael Tippett]], [[Krzysztof Penderecki]], [[Olivier Messiaen]], [[Hans Werner Henze]], [[Luciano Berio]], [[Elliott Carter]], as well as Academy graduates, [[Alfred Schnittke]], [[György Ligeti]], British and American film composers{{Who|date=October 2011}},  [[Franco Donatoni]], [[Galina Ustvolskaya]], [[Arvo Pärt]], [[György Kurtág]] and [[Mauricio Kagel]].

In February–March 2006, an Academy festival celebrated the violin virtuoso [[Niccolò Paganini]], who first visited [[London]] 175 years earlier in 1831. The festival included a [[recital]] by Academy professor [[Maxim Vengerov]], who performed on ''[[Il Cannone Guarnerius]]'', Paganini's favorite violin.<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=Vengerov plays "Paganini In London" festival | url=http://www.tourdates.co.uk/news/7112-vengerov-plays-paganini-in-london-festival| publisher=tourdates.co.uk | date= | accessdate=3 September 2009}}</ref> Academy instrumentalists and musical theatre students have also performed in a series of concerts with the Academy alumnus Sir [[Elton John]].<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=ELTON JOHN & RAY COOPER | url=http://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/elton-john/default.aspx| publisher=Royal Festival Hall | date= | accessdate=22 September 2009}}</ref>

The students and ensembles of the Royal Academy of Music perform in other venues around London including [[Kings Place]],<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=Kings Place | url=http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/| publisher=Royal Academy of Music| date= | accessdate=19 January 2011}}</ref> [[St Marylebone Parish Church]] and the [[South Bank Centre]].

==Museum and collections==
{{main|Royal Academy of Music Museum}}
The [[Royal Academy of Music Museum|Academy's public museum]] is situated in the York Gate building, which is connected to the Academy's building via a basement link. The museum houses the Academy's collections, including a major collection of Cremonese stringed instruments dated between 1650 and 1740, a selection of historical English pianos from 1790 to 1850, from the famous [[Mobbs]] Collection, original manuscripts by Purcell, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Brahms, Sullivan and Vaughan Williams, musical memorabilia and other exhibits.<ref>{{cite web | author=David Prudames | title=STRADIVARIUS VIOLIN SAVED FOR NATION BY ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC | url=http://www.culture24.org.uk/history+%26+heritage/literature+%26+music/art30399| publisher=24hourmuseum.org.uk | date= | accessdate=13 September 2009}}</ref>

==People==
{{main|List of Royal Academy of Music people}}

===Alumni===
[[List of Royal Academy of Music people#Alumni|Former students]] include [[Oyinkansola Abayomi]],<ref name=Martin>{{cite book|last=Martin|first=Christa|title=Abayomi, Oyinkansola (1897–1990)|year=2002|publisher=Gale Research, Inc.|location=Farmington Hills|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-2591300043.html}}{{subscription}}</ref> [[John Barbirolli]], [[Harrison Birtwistle]], [[Dennis Brain]], [[Philippe Honoré]], [[Carol Anne Williams]], [[Maxwell Fernie]], [[Pamela Harrison (composer)|Pamela Harrison]], [[Katherine Jenkins]], [[Clifford Curzon]], [[Lesley Garrett]], [[Evelyn Glennie]], [[Elton John]], [[Nicky Hopkins]], [[Annie Lennox]], [[Moura Lympany]], [[Michael Nyman]], [[Simon Rattle]], [[Arthur Sullivan]], [[Eva Turner]], [[Maxim Vengerov]] and [[Henry Wood]].

===Academics and staff===
The current principal of the Academy is [[Jonathan Freeman-Attwood]], appointed in July 2008<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=Royal Academy of Music: Principal | url=http://www.ram.ac.uk/find-people?pid=448| publisher=Royal Academy of Music | date= | accessdate=19 January 2011}}</ref> and the president is the [[Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester|Duchess of Gloucester]].<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=Governing Body | url=http://www.ram.ac.uk/governing-body| publisher=Royal Academy of Music | date= | accessdate=19 January 2011}}</ref>  [[Diana, Princess of Wales]] was the president of the Academy from 1985 until 1996.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.time.com/time/daily/special/diana/timeline/augsept97/18.html | title=SPECIAL REPORT: PRINCESS DIANA, 1961-1997 | work=Time| author=| date=SEPTEMBER 18, 1997 | accessdate=30 January 2010}}</ref>

==Prizes and honorary awards==
{{main|List of Royal Academy of Music people#Honours}}
The Royal Academy of Music publishes every year a list of persons who have been selected to be awarded one of the Royal Academy’s honorary awards.  These awards are for alumni who have distinguished themselves within the music profession (Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music (FRAM)), distinguished musicians who are not alumni (Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music (Hon RAM)), alumni who have made a significant contribution to the music profession (Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM)) and to  people who are not alumni but have offered important services to the institution (Honorary Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (Hon ARAM)). The Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Music (Hon FRAM) is awarded by the Governing Body of the Academy. As a full member of the [[University of London]], the Academy can nominate people to the [[University of London]]  [[Honorary degree|Honorary Doctor]] degree (Hon DMus).<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=Royal Academy of Music: Honours Committee | url=http://www.ram.ac.uk/honours-committee| publisher=Royal Academy of Music | date= | accessdate=19 January 2011}}</ref>

The Royal Academy of Music manages the [[Royal Academy of Music Bach Prize]] (sponsored by the [[Ralph Kohn|Kohn Foundation]]), a music award to musicians or scholars who have made an important contribution to the music of [[Johann Sebastian Bach]].<ref name=" Royal Academy of Music / Kohn Foundation Bach Prize is awarded to John Butt  ">{{cite web | author= | title= Royal Academy of Music / Kohn Foundation Bach Prize is awarded to John Butt  | url= http://www.ram.ac.uk/news?nid=118 | publisher=Royal Academy of Music | date= | accessdate=19 January 2011}}</ref>

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