Editing Royal College of Music (section)

==Performance venues==
The RCM has a wide variety of concert venues including the [[Amaryllis Fleming]] Concert Hall, a 468-seat barrel-vaulted concert hall designed by Blomfield, built in 1901 and extensively restored in 2008–09. The [[Benjamin Britten|Britten]] Theatre seats 400, and was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1986 and is used for opera, ballet, music and theatre. There is also a 150-seat recital hall dating from 1965, as well as several smaller recital rooms, including three organ-equipped Parry Rooms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Venues {{!}} Performances {{!}} Receptions {{!}} Conferences {{!}} Dinners {{!}} RCM |url=https://venuehire.rcm.ac.uk/our-venues/ |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=Royal College of Music {{!}} Venue Hire |language=en-GB}}</ref>

A £40 million development was completed in 2021 and the estate’s footprint was almost doubled.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Alberge |first=Dalya |date=2020-03-22 |title=Royal College of Music transforms ‘forbidding’ HQ in £40m upgrade |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/mar/22/royal-college-of-music-40m-pound-upgrade |access-date=2024-12-08 |work=The Observer |language=en-GB |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> This included the creation of two new performance spaces: the Performance Hall which seats 140 people, and the Performance Studio which was enhanced in 2023 following a £1.89 million investment from the [[Arts and Humanities Research Council]] to incorporate state-of-the-art acoustic and visual performance simulation technologies.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Williamon |first=A. |last2=Bland |first2=R. |last3=Waddell |first3=G. |date=2024-05-28 |title=Learning in the spotlight: cutting-edge technology to help performers reach their full potential |url=https://researchonline.rcm.ac.uk/id/eprint/2599/ |journal=Futurum Careers |language=en |doi=10.24379/rcm.00002599}}</ref>