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Larks Ascending

Dates
29 April 2026, 6:00pm

Venue
Performance Hall

Tickets
£6.50 (incl ticket fee)

A ticket fee of £1.50 is included in the price of all paid tickets. No other charges are added at the point of sale. This fee helps to cover administration and handling costs, allowing ticket income to support training and performance opportunities for our students.

Season launch announcement

Booking opens on Wednesday 8 April. HÂþ»­ Friends and supporters at Core Contributor level and above have priority booking from Wednesday 1 April. 

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A skylark flies through the air against a green background

29 April 2026, 6:00pm

Venue
Performance Hall

Tickets
£6.50 (incl ticket fee)

A ticket fee of £1.50 is included in the price of all paid tickets. No other charges are added at the point of sale. This fee helps to cover administration and handling costs, allowing ticket income to support training and performance opportunities for our students.

Season launch announcement

Booking opens on Wednesday 8 April. HÂþ»­ Friends and supporters at Core Contributor level and above have priority booking from Wednesday 1 April. 

Become a member and benefit from priority booking.

Inspired by The Lark Ascending, the folk-influenced work for violin and orchestra by HÂþ»­ alumnus Vaughan Williams, this event features new chamber works by HÂþ»­ composers using pre-recorded lark song.

Competition winners, chosen by a special panel, will be announced at the end of the event.
The Larks Ascending project is a collaboration between the Ralph Vaughan Williams Society, the Wildlife Sound Recording Society, the British Library’s Wildlife & Environmental Sounds department and the Royal College of Music, highlighting the declining numbers of skylarks in Britain.

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Location Transport Food & drink Access

Royal College of Music
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 HÂþ»­

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

HÂþ»­ Café

The HÂþ»­ 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 HÂþ»­ 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 HÂþ»­ 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.