Dates
11 February 2026, 5:15pm
Venue
Performance Hall
Tickets
Pay What You Can
Our Pay What You Can model allows you to choose a ticket price that works for you, from £2 to £15, with a free option to ensure our events are accessible to all audience members.Â
Any donation you are able to make will directly support our talented students and help us to provide a first-class educational experience for this next generation of professional musicians.Â
Booking opens on Wednesday 10 December. ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥app Friends and supporters at Core Contributor level and above have priority booking from Wednesday 3 December.
Become a member and benefit from priority booking.
With prescriptive musical notation something we now take for granted, an ability to improvise is more important than ever.
Dr Gerardo Gozzi and ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥app students explore how we develop this skill at the ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥app, and how its acquisition helps nurture a musician’s creativity – and employability.
Location Transport Food & drink Access
Royal College of Music
Prince Consort Road
London SW7 2BS
South Kensington: 0.5 miles
Gloucester Road: 0.6 miles
High Street Kensington: 0.8 miles
Paddington: 1.5 miles
Victoria: 2 miles
Santander Cycles docking station and public cycle locking facilities adjacent to ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥app
The ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥app provides light refreshments throughout the year. There is also a range of restaurants, cafés and other establishments nearby, most adjacent to South Kensington station.
The ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥app Café serves barista-style coffees, sandwiches, snacks, salads and hot food. There is also access to outside seating in our new 1851 courtyard.
Opening hours:
Monday-Friday: 8.30am-4.30pm
Saturday: 8.30am-4.30pm (term time only)
The main entrance to the ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥app has eight steps up from the pavement and two inside the main doors. A lift is available for visitors with limited mobility. The lift is built into the smaller staircase to the left of the main entrance steps. There is an intercom button on the control panel, which can be seen and reached easily from the street. On arrival, press the buzzer to notify a member of ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥app staff, who will come out to meet you and operate the lift for you.
All our event venues can be accessed by visitors with limited mobility via the lift at the main entrance.
