The London College of Music (LCM) is a music

Music

Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...

 school which is part of the University of West London in England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

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The LCM was founded in 1887 and existed as an independent music conservatoire based at Great Marlborough Street

Great Marlborough Street

Great Marlborough Street runs west to east through the western part of Soho in London. At its western end it joins Regent Street. Streets intersecting, or meeting with, Great Marlborough Street are, from west to east, Kingly Street, Argyll Street, Carnaby Street, and Poland Street...

 in central London

London

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 until 1991. The college then moved to Ealing

Ealing

Ealing is a suburban area of west London, England and the administrative centre of the London Borough of Ealing. It is located west of Charing Cross and around from the City of London. It is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. It was historically a rural village...

 and became part of the Polytechnic of West London (which became Thames Valley University in 1992 and was renamed the University of West London in 2011).

In 1996, the university created a school called the London College of Music and Media (LCMM or LCM²) which encompassed LCM and a range of media-related subjects such as music technology

Music technology

Music technology is a term that refers to all forms of technology involved with the musical arts, particularly the use of electronic devices and computer software to facilitate playback, recording, composition, storage and performance. This subject is taught at many different educational levels,...

, radio

Radio

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, journalism

Journalism

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 and other creative and digital arts.