Graduation photography at RNCM – 2025

Royal Northern College of Music Graduation Photography

Our yearly photography brief, where both David and Helen get to be involved in the production of the visuals for the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester. Documentary & backstage studio photography to capture this special day.

Celebrating the Class of 2025 at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) in Manchester. We had the honour of capturing this milestone for graduates, families, and friends at one of the UK’s premier music conservatoires.

Graduation is a once-in-a-lifetime milestone and we wanted to capture the emotion, achievement and personalities of the day. The Congregation of Awards of welcomes a diverse cohort of undergraduates and postgraduates celebrating years of intense study, practice, and artistic growth and this was no different.

Courteeners frontman and award-winning singer-songwriter Liam Fray, leading Chinese composer Xiaogang Ye, Dean of the Sydney Conservatorium Professor Anna Reid, and acclaimed Chinese Australian cellist Li-Wei Qin were among the exceptional individuals honoured for their contributions to the world of music at the RNCM Graduation 2025.

Seven special guests received Fellowships in recognition of their work as musicians, educators, and creatives at our Congregation for the Conferment of Awards on Thu 11 Dec 2025, alongside 225 graduating students. Composer and leader of the RNCM’s Children’s Opera project since 2009, Kate Pearson was also among those honoured, as well as long-standing Sting collaborator and recording artist Dominic Miller.