Overview
Meet some of our alumni whose creative journey began here at RWCMD.
Luke Bartlett
Guitarist
Luke graduated from RWCMD in 2024 with a BMus (Hons) Music.
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'My teachers at the Royal Welsh College took the qualities I discovered naturally in myself and brought them out in a way that was more polished and stronger. I was completely self-taught before I started classical guitar, and although I had a lot that was unique about me in a good way, it needed shaping and moulding. The whole philosophy of the College is to become your own musician, and what really inspires me is that idea of being something that's very individual and highly original.
It’s so valuable having teachers like Helen, John and Zoran. They're all so different but they work together in a complimentary way. They really help to create more than just
a really good guitarist but bring out an individual artistic identity and a creativity.
The College is an environment that gives you the real time and space you need to grow as an artist, to develop your own unique voice. That's something no other conservatoire has in quite the same way.'Luke Bartlett
Richard Burton Company
Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama’s inhouse theatre company, the Richard Burton Company, is made up of actors, stage managers, theatre designers and musical theatre performers in their final year of training at the College. As one of Wales’ most prolific repertory companies, it reimagines classics through a modern lens, and presents contemporary drama, new writing and musical theatre that reflects society today. Staging numerous productions to both Cardiff and London audiences, it empowers its students as creatives, working with some of the UK's best theatre makers and industry leaders with a professional focus.
