The Royal Northern College of Music is a music school in Manchester, England. It is located on Oxford Road in Chorlton on Medlock, at the western edge of the campus of the University of Manchester. In addition to being a centre of music education, the RNCM also holds concerts and other musical events. Its current principal is the composer Professor Jonty Stockdale. The roots of the college are in the late 19th century with Sir Charles Hallé's Royal Manchester College of Music, Ducie Street, established in 1893. In 1973, the Royal Manchester College of Music and the Northern School of Music (established in 1920) merged to create the modern-day RNCM. The college building was built in 1968 to 1973 by architects Bickerdike, Allen, Rich and greatly extended 30 years later. The Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning is housed in the new extension. Currently the college offers both undergraduate (BMus and a joint MusB/GRNCM course with the University of Manchester) postgraduate taught programmes (PGDip, MMus) in musical performance and composition.