List of Royal College of Music people explained

This is a partial listing of alumni, teachers and Fellows of the Royal College of Music, London.

Alumni and faculty

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• Richard Addinsell (1904–1977), composer
• Richard Adeney (1920–2010), flautist
• Sir Thomas Allen (born 1944), singer
• Julian Anderson (born 1967), composer
• Richard Arnell (1917–2009), composer
• Sir Malcolm Arnold (1921–2006), composer
• Alexander Baillie (born 1956), cellist
• Evelyn Barbirolli (1911–2008), oboist
• Peter Bassano (born 1945), trombonist, conductor
• John S. Beckett (1927–2007), composer, performer and conductor
• Luke Bedford (born 1978), composer
• Adrian Beers (1923–2004), double bass player
• Derek Bell (1935–2002), composer, harpist, and pianist
• James Bernard (1925–2001), composer
• John Birch (born 1929), organist
• Roger Birnstingl, bassoonist
• Robin Blaze (born 1970), countertenor
• Sir Arthur Bliss (1891–1975), composer
• Rutland Boughton (1878–1960), composer
• Julian Bream (1933–2020), guitarist and lutenist
• Frank Bridge (1879–1941), composer
• Benjamin Britten (1913–1976), composer
• Sheila Bromberg (1928-2021), harpist
• Rachel Brown (living), flautist
• Timothy Brown (living), hornist
• Aylmer Buesst (1883–1970), conductor
• Steve Burke (born 1974), video game composer and sound designer
• George Butterworth (1885–1916), composer
• Amice Calverley (1896–1959), composer, Egyptologist
• Clive Carey (1883–1968), baritone, opera producer, composer and folk-song collector
• Ronald Cavaye (born 1951), pianist and writer
• Otie Chew Becker (1880–1953), violinist
• Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912), composer
• Sarah Connolly (born 1963), mezzo-soprano
• David Cordier (born 1959), countertenor
• Charles Daniels (born 1962), tenor
• Thurston Dart (1921–1971), performer and musicologist
• Ray Davies (1927–2017), trumpeter and bandleader
• Sir Andrew Davis (born 1944), conductor
• Sir Colin Davis (1927–2013) conductor
• Alexandre Desplat (born 1961), film composer
• Margaret Douglas-Home (1906–1996), pianist
• Julius Drake (born 1959), pianist and accompanist
• Madeleine Dring (1923–1977), 1945 ARCM (Piano), composer
• George Dyson (1883–1964), composer
• Daniel Elms (born 1985), composer
• David Fanshawe (1942–2010), composer and ethnomusicologist
• Michael Finnissy (born 1946), composer
• Leonard N. Fowles (1870–1939), composer, organist and choirmaster
• Sarah Fox (born 1973), soprano
• Herbert Fryer (1877–1957), pianist
• Megumi Fujita of the Fujita Piano Trio
• Sir James Galway (born 1939), flautist
• Bernard Garfield (born 1924), bassoonist and composer
• Noel Gay (1898–1954), songwriter
• Helen Gilliland (1897-1942), actress and singer
• Jane Glover (born 1949), conductor
• Walter Glynne (1890-1945), operatic tenor
• Robert John Godfrey (born 1947), composer and pianist
• Malcolm Goldring oboist, conductor
• Sir Eugene Goossens (1893–1962), conductor
• Léon Goossens (1897–1988), oboist
• Sir Charles Groves (1915–1992), conductor
• Douglas Guest (1916–1996), organist and choirmaster
• Richard Harvey (born 1953), composer and multi-instrumentalist
• David Helfgott (born 1947), pianist
• Naftali Hershtik (born 1960), cantor
• Kenneth Hesketh (born 1968), composer
• Georgette Heyer (1902–1974), historical novelist
• Gustav Holst (1874–1934), composer
• Nicholas Hooper (born 1952), film-composer
• James Horner (1953–2015), film-composer
• Jeremy Dale Roberts (1934–2017), composer
• Josef Horovitz (born 1926), composer
• Herbert Howells (1892–1983), composer
• Owain Arwel Hughes (born 1942), conductor
• Walter Hyde (1875–1951), operatic tenor
• William Hurlstone (1876–1906), composer
• John Ireland (1879–1962), composer and pianist
• Gordon Jacob (1895–1984), composer
• Georges Jacobi (1840–1906), composer and conductor
• Olga Jegunova (born 1984), pianist
• Dame Gwyneth Jones (born 1936), Wagnerian soprano
• Bryan Kelly (born 1934), composer
• Hannah Kendall (born 1985), composer
• Dame Thea King (1925–2007), clarinetist
• Jason Kouchak (born 1969), composer and pianist
• Constant Lambert (1905–1951), composer and critic
• Gabrielle Lambrick (1913–1968), educator and historian
• George-Emmanuel Lazaridis (born 1978), pianist
• Rowland Lee (born 1960), composer, pianist and music arranger
• John Lill (born 1944), pianist
• Roger Lord (1924–2014), oboist with London Symphony Orchestra
• Natalia Luis-Bassa (born 1966), conductor
• David Lyn (1927–2012), actor
• Sir Neville Marriner (1924-2016), conductor
• Colin Mawby (1936–2019), organist, choral conductor and composer
• Sir William McKie (1901–1984), organist and choir director
• Andrew March (born 1973), composer
• Susan Milan (born 1940), flautist
• Carlos Miranda (born 1945), composer
• Johannes Möller (born 1981), guitarist and composer
• Francis Monkman (born 1949), rock, classical and film-composer
• Philip Moore (born 1943), organist and composer
• Ludovic Morlot (born 1974), conductor
• David Moule-Evans (1905–1988), composer
• Tokio Myers (born 1984), pianist
• Stuart Nicholson (born 1975), organist
• Steve Nieve (born 1958), keyboardist
• Aydin Önaç (born c. 1950), pianist, teacher, headteacher
• Sir Hubert Parry (1848–1918), composer
• Ian Partridge (born 1938), tenor
• Peter Pears (1910–1986), singer
• Kevin Penkin (born 1992), anime, film and video game composer
• "Mika" Michael Penniman (born 1983), popular singer-songwriter
• Trevor Pinnock (born 1946), harpsichordist and conductor
• Clement Power (born 1980), conductor
• Julie Price (born 1963), bassoonist
• Surendran Reddy (1962–2010), composer and pianist
• Achille Rivarde (1865–1940), violinist and teacher
• Clara Rodríguez (born 1970), student and teaching professor.
• Bernard Rose (1916–1996), academic, Organist and Master of the Choristers, Magdalen College, Oxford
• Gilbert Rowland (born 1946), harpsichordist
• Isyana Sarasvati (born 1993), singer and songwriter
• Malcolm Sargent (1895–1967), conductor
• Paul Schwartz (born 1956), producer, composer, conductor and pianist
• Howard Shelley (born 1950), pianist
• Cyril Smith (1909–1974), pianist
• Laura Snowden (born 1989), guitarist and composer
• Philip Sparke (born 1951), composer and conductor
• Edna Stern (born 1977), pianist
• Maxim Vengerov (born 1974), Russian-born Israeli violinist, violist, and conductor
• Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924), composer
• Sophie Viney (born 1974), composer, arranger and pianist
• Albert Visetti (1846–1928), composer, conductor and teacher
• Leopold Stokowski (1882–1977), conductor
• Joan Sutherland (1926–2010), singer
• Christopher Tin (born 1976), composer
• Michael Tippett (1905–1998), composer
• Mark-Anthony Turnage (born 1960), composer
• Nick van Bloss (born 1967), pianist and author
• Vanessa-Mae (born 1978), violinist
• Rick Wakeman (born 1949), keyboardist
• Bernard Walton (1917–1972), clarinetist
• William Waterhouse (1931–2007), bassoonist and musicologist
• Fanny Waterman (1920–2020), founding director of the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition
• Darryl Way (born 1948), rock and classical musician
• Andrew Lloyd Webber (born 1948), composer
• Julian Lloyd Webber (born 1951), cellist
• William Lloyd Webber (1914–1982), organist and composer
• Gillian Weir (born 1941), organist
• Grace Williams (1906–1977), composer
• John Williams (born 1941), guitarist
• Nardus Williams, soprano singer
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958), composer
• Laura Wright (born 1990), singer
• Martin Yates (born 1958), conductor

Fellows

See main article: List of Fellows of the Royal College of Music.