GALSI

Dates
28 October 2025 - 29 October 2025

Venue
Various locations

Tickets
Free tickets available, subject to meeting eligibility criteria

RCM Sparks eligibility criteria can be found in the 'Free places and tickets' drop down menu.

Booking details will become available soon. Please check back

A young girls holds a mallet and grins excitedly

28 October 2025 - 29 October 2025

Venue
Various locations

Tickets
Free tickets available, subject to meeting eligibility criteria

RCM Sparks eligibility criteria can be found in the 'Free places and tickets' drop down menu.

Booking details will become available soon. Please check back

GALSI – Gender and the Large and Shiny Instruments – is a pioneering initiative promoting gender equality among instruments not traditionally played by women.

This two-day course, run in partnership with RCM Sparks, is open to anyone who plays a brass or percussion instrument, is aged eight to 18 years old, and identifies as female or non-binary. Participants will be split into junior, intermediate and senior ensembles for workshops, masterclasses and performances.

Run by GALSI and RCM Sparks

Ages 8–18

Plan your visit

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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 RCM

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

RCM Café

The RCM 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 RCM 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 RCM 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.