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Performance Science 25

Dates
01 October 2025, 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.  

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. 

Season launch announcement

Booking opens on Wednesday 13 August. RCM Friends and supporters at Core Contributor level and above have priority booking from Wednesday 6 August.

Become a member and benefit from priority booking.

A pianist and vocalist perform in front of a virtual audience projected on a screen

01 October 2025, 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.  

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. 

Season launch announcement

Booking opens on Wednesday 13 August. RCM Friends and supporters at Core Contributor level and above have priority booking from Wednesday 6 August.

Become a member and benefit from priority booking.

Contributors to include:
Larry Clark Lead Instructor, Boeing Chinook, Inzpire LTD, RAF Odiham
Roger Kneebone Professor of Surgical Education and Engagement Science, Imperial College London
Diana Salazar RCM Director of Programmes
George Waddell RCM Performance Research and Innovation Fellow
Aaron Williamon RCM Professor of Performance Science

Celebrating 25 years of performance science at the ÃÛÑ¿TV, this event highlights
the College’s pioneering role in the field along with innovative, and often unconventional, perspectives and collaborations that have driven its ambitious research, teaching and knowledge exchange initiatives.

The event will include tours of the Performance Laboratory and a roundtable discussion, ’Learning in the Spotlight’.

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Plan your visit

Location Transport Food & drink Access

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Prince Consort Road
London SW7 2BS

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   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 RCM

The RCM provides light refreshments throughout the year. There is also a range of restaurants, cafés and other establishments nearby, most adjacent to South Kensington station.

RCM Café

The RCM 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 RCM 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 RCM 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.