What's On at RCS Feb - Jun 2017 rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice 0141 332 5057 0141 332 5057 2 rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice What’s On at RCS rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice Spring/Summer Season 8 art forms Ranked 6th in the world rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice for performing arts education 5 venues (QS World Rankings, 2016) 500+ performances a year Ranked No.1 for graduate employability in Scotland (Higher Education Statistics Agency 2016) 3 3 Core 0141 332 5057 0141 332 5057 0141 332 5057 4 rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice 0141 332 5057 4 rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice • • • Production andScreen School ofDance,Drama, at RCS: What studentslearn playwrights. the nation’s mostexciting new plays from someof to classics Renaissance from Shakespeareand running thegamut TextContemporary – andMA Classical Richard Madden . SmithandElaine C. McAvoy, David Tennant, JamesUK. Alumniinclude programmes intheacting most highly regarded BA –oneofthe Acting professional dancers. preparation as for careers choreography in and contemporary techniqueclassical learnstudents with ScottishBallet, delivered inpartnership BA Modern Ballet– • • •
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£30/yr (single), £52.50/yr (joint) 0141 332 5057 Priceless performances for £5 We have a special selection of seats available in the New Athenaeum Theatre and Stevenson Hall Tickets 26 which are only £5 all year round. These seats are If you are aged 26 or under, come and see limited, so please book early. any RCS show, in any seat, for just £5. (See p64 for more details) Visit rcs.ac.uk/tickets26 for more info. 0141 332 5057 In 2017, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland will mark its 170th year of offering performance arts education in Celebrating Glasgow. We will be marking this significant birthday celebration throughout 2017 with a series of events and rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice 170 years of performances. In 1847, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland was first Performing Arts established in order “to provide mental cultivation, moral improvement and delightful recreation to all classes.” With the inaugural ‘soiree’ hosted by none other than Charles Education Dickens, the institution has always attracted the very best educators, innovators and performers. 6 Over the past 170 years the institution has developed and grown into a world-leading conservatoire. We are at the forefront of performing arts education, ranked 6th in the world*. Thousands of graduates have studied with us and progressed on to influence the arts and the communities they live in.
Some of the special events to commemorate this birthday include our magnificent gala performance of Chess in March (p13), Die Fledermaus in May (p17) and our first symphony concert in partnership with Gleneagles, held at the City Halls in March (p25).
We hope you can join us to celebrate this special year.
*QS World Rankings, 2016 0141 332 5057 0141 332 5057 7 rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice (£7.50 concessions) Tickets: £5-£10 Venue: StevensonHall See alsoPianoFestivalp38. annual RCS Festival. Piano programme ofthe aspart from our BA Modern Ballet dancers andchoreographers Anto Pettandthebrilliant remarkablestudents, pianist our Keyboardbetween collaborationA mesmerising Fri 24Feb/8.30pm Piano +Dance
(concessions available) Tickets: £5-£15.50 Venue: NewAthenaeum Theatre Sophie Laplane Diana Loosmore and Christopher Hampson, Choreographers include: for performances. these new specially works created traditional repertoireand contemporary dance,with to ballet, jazzandclassical a diverse range ofwork from The performance willinclude ofthedancers.the talents Programme,Ballet highlighting oftheBA Modernthe students The annual performance from Sat 10Jun/2.30pm&7.30pm Fri 9Jun/7.30pm Thu 8Jun/7.30pm performance graduation Ballet Modern
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0141 332 5057 Illustration by Marc Thompson rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice Henry IV And when the time comes, will A Midsummer A miracle of multi-faceted By William Shakespeare he be able to choose between Night’s Dream storytelling, it explores the Adapted from Henry IV duty and loyalty to an old By William Shakespeare self in the world and the inner Parts 1 & 2 by Gordon Barr friend? Directed by Hugh Hodgart world of the self, exposing the Directed by Gordon Barr Wed 22 Mar / 7.30pm need for empathy, balance and Sat 11 Mar / 7.30pm Shakespeare’s historical epic Thu 23 Mar / 11am & 7.30pm harmony in our relationships Tue 14 Mar / 2.30pm & 7.30pm moves from tavern to court Fri 24 Mar / 2.30pm (CAP) & 7.30pm with each other and with Wed 15 Mar / 11am & 7.30pm to battlefield, from hilarious nature. comedy to heartbreaking “Such tricks hath strong “Uneasy lies the head that tragedy and creates a vivid imagination that… in the night, A play for our uncertain and wears a crown” portrait of a nation and a family imagining some fear, how easy unpredictable times if ever in turmoil. is a bush supposed a bear?” there was one. Henry IV has won the crown from Richard II but his throne MA Classical and Contemporary Straight from the dark MA Classical and Contemporary faces rebellion and his health Text in partnership with Bard in corners of his imagination, Text in partnership with Bard in is failing. As the King prepares the Botanics. but also rooted in both Greek the Botanics. for war, his son Prince Hal is mythology and 16th century 9 languishing in brothels and Venue: Chandler Studio Theatre English court and country, this Venue: Chandler Studio Theatre taverns in the company of the Tickets: £13.50 (£11 concessions) most loved of Shakespeare’s Tickets: £13.50 (£11 concessions) notorious Sir John Falstaff. plays is both a delightful Can young Hal face up to the comedy and a sombre look at responsibilities required of some of the darker corners of an heir to the throne? Will the human psyche. he ever live up to his father’s expectations? 0141 332 5057 Table Pleasure Originally produced by Mark By Tanya Ronder and Pain Thomson for the Citizens Directed by Guy Hollands Adapted from Guy de Theatre 14 years ago, we are Sat 20 May / 2pm & 7.30pm Maupassant short stories very pleased to tell Guy de Sun 21 May / 7.30pm directed by Mark Thomson Maupassant’s story again. Tue 23 May / 7.30pm Wed 31 May / 7.30pm Wed 24 May / 7.30pm Thu 1 Jun / 7.30pm “tremendous bonhomie and Fri 2 Jun / 7.30pm wit, stirred up with a strongly
rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice “Go on then, table, speak. You Sat 3 Jun / 2pm & 7.30pm felt sense of tragedy.” tell us, you were there, you’ve ★★★★★ The Guardian always been there." An evening with French writer (on the original 2002 production) Guy de Maupassant, charting Six generations, twenty-three his tragic journey from aspiring Venue: Circle Studio, Citizens characters and one very special writer into the darkness of Theatre, 119 Gorbals Street, piece of furniture. Tanya drug addiction and madness. Glasgow, G5 9DS Ronder’s thrilling play is an epic Maupassant’s perfectly crafted Tickets: £13.50 (£11 concessions) tale of belonging, identity and the short stories explore social Book via Citizens Theatre Box 10 things we pass on. Constructed and political upheaval, and Office: 0141 429 0022, citz.co.uk as an intriguing puzzle, we follow relationships where men and the shifting fortunes of the Best women spar and dance their family on their travels around the way through tales of love, world. A tour de force of assured sex, personal tragedy and the storytelling encompassing one need to belong. Playful and hundred years of a family and funny, unsettling and brutal, the table that is passed down Mark Thomson’s adaptation of from generation to generation. Maupassant’s stories conjures up a florid and vivid world that Venue: Circle Studio, Citizens reflects Maupassant’s own life Theatre, 119 Gorbals Street, and imagination. Glasgow, G5 9DS Tickets: £13.50 (£11 concessions) Book via Citizens Theatre Box Office: 0141 429 0022, citz.co.uk 0141 332 5057 On the Verge rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice Wed 31 May / 7pm Coming Thu 1 Jun / 7pm Fri 2 Jun / 7pm soon On the Verge is a small festival New Works of big ideas and big ambition. 2 - 5 Aug
It’s a step into the unknown, An exciting showcase of an invitation for audiences brand new work from leading to share in the innovative playwrights such as Lynda and exploratory processes of Radley, Kieran Hurley and emerging artists from the MA Davey Anderson, performed Classical and Contemporary by final year MA Classical and Text, BA Acting, and BA Contemporary Text students. Performance in BSL and 11 English programmes. Please check rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice closerDr ama Venue: Please check to the time for more details. rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice closer to the time for more details. Tickets: £3 (£2 concessions) per performance 0141 332 5057 rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice
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“absolutely no weak link in the whole company… a complete triumph” ★★★★★ (The Herald on the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s 2016 production of Cabaret) 0141 332 5057 rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice From the creative team behind Gala Ticket includes: the Royal Conservatoire’s Chess · Sparkling pre-performance critically-acclaimed reception, hosted by RCS productions of Carousel, Fundraising Principal, Prof. Jeffrey Sharkey Music by Benny Andersson and West Side Story and Cabaret. · Spectacular performance of Björn Ulvaeus This amateur production of “Chess” is Gala the Tim Rice/Benny and Björn Lyrics by Tim Rice presented by special arrangement with classic Chess Samuel French Ltd. Based on an idea by Tim Rice Fri 24 Mar 2017 · Interval drinks reception Directed by Andrew Panton Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 6pm reception / Choreographer Darragh O’Leary Sat 18 Mar / 7.30pm 6.30pm performance Musical Director David Higham Tue 21 Mar / 7.30pm New Athenaeum Theatre, Tickets: £40 (£20 restricted view) Set & Costume Designer Wed 22 Mar / 2.30pm Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Reserve through Box Office: Kenneth McLeod & 7.30pm (BSL) rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice Lighting Designer Grant Anderson Thu 23 Mar / 2.30pm & 7.30pm Please join us for an evening 0141 332 5057. Sound Designer Callum Paterson Venue: New Athenaeum Theatre of memorable musical theatre Tickets: £5-£20 and help support the Royal All profits from this special evening 13 Before the global explosion (concessions available) Conservatoire of Scotland and will go directly to our Scholarship of Mamma Mia! came Chess. our students by attending this Fund to support our students From the musical minds of Festival Theatre, Edinburgh special gala performance of and the work of the Royal ABBA’s Benny and Björn and Thu 30 Mar / 7.30pm Chess. This performance will be Conservatoire of Scotland. the lyrical pen of Sir Tim Rice, Fri 31 Mar / 7.30pm part of our celebrations marking Book soon to avoid this West End and Broadway Sat 1 Apr / 2.30pm & 7.30pm the Royal Conservatoire’s 170th disappointment. hit will be performed at RCS Venue: Festival Theatre, 13-29 anniversary. before transferring to Festival Nicolson St, Edinburgh, EH8 9FT Sponsored by: Theatre, Edinburgh. Set against Tickets: £17.50-£29.50 the backdrop of the Cold War, (concessions available) two Soviet and American Please book through Festival 0141 332 5057 chess grandmasters engage Theatre Box Office: in strategic battle, fighting for 0131 529 6000 their beliefs, personal glory, www.edtheatres.com and the love of the same woman. Women On The Candid Cabaret Verge of a Nervous Mon 29 May - Thu 1 Jun / Breakdown 7.30pm By Pedro Almodovar Sun 4 Jun - Wed 7 Jun / Directed by Johnny McKnight 7.30pm Musical Director David Higham Wed 17 May / 7.30pm Love and loss, pain and Thu 18 May / 2.30pm & 7.30pm pleasure, hopes and
rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice Fri 19 May / 7.30pm happenings: Candid Cabaret Sat 20 May / 2.30pm & 7.30pm brings a sparkling selection of solo cabaret performances An actor/musician adaptation of across seven intimate evenings. Pedro Almodovar’s beloved film. Music from the pop, jazz, rock, Pepa’s pregnant (yay!) only she blues and classical genres is suspects the father might have reinvented and interwoven run away with a younger model with humorous stories and (no!). Lucia’s been released after a shared experiences. 14 ‘short break’ in the mental asylum (okay, 20 years) and wants justice Candid Cabaret is totally from the man who stole her life. personal, totally surprising and Best friend Candela has found her totally unique, with a different one true love, except she suspects performance every show. he’s an international terrorist. And Marissa - well she’s in love, Venue: Please check crazy in love. Pepa’s at the end of rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice closer her tether, and reaching for the to the time for more details. gazpacho that she’s laced with Tickets: £10 (£7.50 concessions) sedatives. Anyone for lunch?
Venue: Please check rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice closer to the time for more details. Tickets: £13.50 (£11 concessions) 0141 332 5057 rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice Coming soon RCS at Edinburgh Festival Fringe Aug 2017
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This year marks the 13th year RCS MA Musical Theatre students will take part in the spectacular Edinburgh Fringe. With a firm following built on a reputation for producing excellent musicals as well as showcasing new works for all ages, RCS at the Fringe is always a hot ticket. Watch the website and social media for details of this year’s exciting performances. 15
“a great show to start off a day at the Fringe – offering value for money and a very talented ensemble who are up for it even at 11.30am.” ★★★★★ – The Herald on “9 to 5”, 2016
“…a corking family show… With audience interaction,
clever yet simple dramatic devices and high energy 0141 332 5057 from the cast” ★★★★★ – The Herald on “Naughty Cat and the Cheesy Moon”, 2016
“Undoubtedly one of the finest musical performances you will see at this year’s festival!” ★★★★★ – Broadway World.com on “Urinetown”, 2015 rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice
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#RCSopera 0141 332 5057 Two Great French Die Fledermaus Opera Workshop Opera Scenes rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice Romantic Tragedies By Johann Strauss Directed by Nicolette Molnár Directed by Kally Lloyd-Jones Directed by Lee Blakeley Musical Director Julia Lynch An entertaining and varied Conducted by Conducted by Thu 23 Mar / 7.15pm mixture of short opera scenes, Professor Timothy Dean Professor Timothy Dean Fri 24 Mar / 2.15pm performed with simple staging Sat 4 Mar / 7.15pm Designer Adrian Linford and piano accompaniment. Mon 6 Mar / 7.15pm Lighting Designer Kieran Kenning Introduced and narrated by the Opera Scenes give developing Wed 8 Mar / 7.15pm Sat 13 May / 7.15pm director and musical director, Opera and Masters of Fri 10 Mar / 7.15pm Mon 15 May / 7.15pm this informal presentation Performance students the Wed 17 May / 7.15pm gives a unique opportunity opportunity to hone and Darius Milhaud Les malheurs Fri 19 May / 7.15pm to observe singers from display their craft in public, d’Orphée the Masters Performance whilst introducing audiences to Frank Martin Le Vin Herbe Johann Strauss’ “The Bat” is programme performing new repertoire, as well as old a joyous romp of popular operatic excerpts. This favourites. Apart from Romeo and Juliet, melodies, dances, wit and farcical behind-the-scenes workshop were there ever lovers more twists and turns. Based on a late is designed to be both Venue: Alexander Gibson 17 destined for tragedy than 19th century French vaudeville, informative and entertaining. Opera Studio Orpheus and Eurydice, and it is a popular and well-known Tickets: £10 (£7.50 concessions) Tristan and Isolde? RCS Opera opera. However, if you dig a little Venue: Alexander Gibson presents two rarely-performed deeper, you reveal some rather Opera Studio MMus Opera Scenes 20th century versions of these more unsettling themes: marital Tickets: £10 (£7.50 concessions) Thu 1 Jun / 7.15pm stories. Milhaud’s Orphee is infidelity, deception, and a Fri 2 Jun / 2.15pm punchy, colourful, expressive society on the brink. Directed by Nicolette Molnár and vibrant. Frank Martin’s Le Musical Director Julia Lynch vin herbe (‘The drugged wine’) Venue: New Athenaeum Theatre is pure, clean, expressive and Tickets: £5-£24.50 MPerf Opera Scenes concise. Here it receives its (concessions available) Fri 9 Jun / 7.15pm 0141 332 5057 Scottish premiere. Sat 10 Jun / 7.15pm Directed by Stuart Barker Venue: Alexander Gibson Musical Director Paul Plummer Opera Studio Tickets: £13.50 (£11 concessions) Hilary Rosin Coffee Concerts rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice
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Sun 12 Feb – Sun 5 Mar / 11.30am Venue: Stevenson Hall / Tickets: £5-£10 (£7.50 concessions)
Subscribe and Save! Book now for all 4 Coffee Concerts for £32 (£24 concessions) and save 20% 0141 332 5057 Coffee Concert 1 Coffee Concert 4 rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice Sun 12 Feb / 11.30am Sun 5 Mar / 11.30am Some of Scotland’s finest Nash Ensemble Rosin Visiting musicians explore chamber Chamber Ensemble masterworks of the 20th century. Beethoven Piano Trio ‘Ghost’ MacMillan Piano Quintets for Welcome to another season of our popular and highly regarded Max, Sally and Michael Hilary Rosin Coffee Concerts, which return this spring with a Coffee Concert 2 Brahms Piano Quintet in f minor focus on masterworks of the 20th century. Throughout the four Sun 19 Feb / 11.30am concerts we will hear music for voice, strings, wind and piano Today our Head of A special concert to conclude performed by some of Scotland’s finest artists, and the series Keyboard, Aaron Shorr, this wonderful series of Coffee concludes with the first Rosin Visiting Ensemble, the Nash will be joined by members Concerts, with our first Rosin Ensemble. These concerts have a relaxed feel, and audiences of the RSNO, including Visiting Chamber Ensemble, are invited to join the performers afterwards over a cup of leader Maya Iwabuchi, for the ground-breaking Nash Dear Green Coffee’s finest roast. a programme concluding Ensemble. This collection 19 with some fabulous Fauré. of Britain’s finest chamber As a piano teacher in Glasgow’s Southside and a talented musician, musicians has been leading Hilary Rosin inspired so many across generations to make music the exploration of new and old an active and enriching part of their everyday lives. What better Coffee Concert 3 masterworks for over 40 years, way to continue to celebrate her life and achievements than by Sun 26 Feb / 11.30am and it is a pleasure to welcome gathering together in friendship to savour beautiful music and This morning’s Rosin Coffee them to RCS for the first time. good coffee. Concert forms part of the RCS Piano Festival (see p39), and Part of the Rosin Chamber will focus on great works of Music Festival (see p20), this the 20th century for one and concert forms part of a month-
two pianos. long celebration of recent works 0141 332 5057 by Sir James MacMillan. See p22 for more details. 0141 332 5057 20 rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice Rosin ChamberWeekend The weekend will also feature a programme in memory of the recently departed luthier Neil Ertz, aThe weekendwillalsofeaturea programmeoftherecently luthierNeilErtz, inmemory departed Named in memory ofGlasgowNamed inmemory Rosin, Hilary pianoteacher grateful weareincredibly to theRosin The firstannual Rosin ChamberMusic Festival anentire weekend devotedto is chambermusic repertoire from our across welcominginternationalensembles, partners thecenturies, visiting violin-maker much andtraditional country. beloved musicians inthis ofbothclassical family for their generous exciting, boldandambitious support new of this festival. around Scotland,aswellour own andstudents. staff works byScotland’s pre-eminent composer. festival, a month-long celebration of recent festival, amonth-longcelebrationofrecent Part of the BBC Radio 3 James MacMillan Part oftheBBCRadio3JamesMacMillan Fri 3-Sun5March See p22formore details.
Fridays at One: Student Showcase Hilary Rosin Coffee Remembering rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice Nash Ensemble Fri 3 Mar / 7.30pm Concert 4 Neil Ertz Fri 3 Mar / 1pm Sun 5 Mar / 11.30am Sun 5 Mar / 5pm Nash Ensemble Rosin Visiting A showcase of some of our Nash Ensemble Rosin Visiting Chamber Ensemble talented chamber ensembles. Chamber Ensemble The closing concert of the inaugural Rosin Chamber Music Debussy Violin Sonata Venue: Ledger Recital Room Beethoven Piano Trio ‘Ghost’ Festival will be a poignant one, MacMillan Piano Trio No.2 Tickets: £5-£10 MacMillan Piano Quintets for with all facets of chamber music Shostakovich Piano Trio in e minor (£7.50 concessions) Max, Sally and Michael explored, inspired by the work Brahms Piano Quintet in f minor of the luthier Neil Ertz, starting A very special lunchtime with solo Bach and ending with concert to launch our first ever Nash Ensemble Part of the Hilary Rosin Coffee a solo traditional lament. Rosin Chamber Music Festival. for BBC Radio 3 Concert series (see p19). The virtuosic Nash Ensemble MacMillan Festival There will also be an exhibition start our festival with a Sat 4 Mar / 7.30pm Venue: Stevenson Hall of some of the instruments programme of concerts pairing Nash Ensemble Tickets: £5-£10 built by Neil Ertz in the Café 21 famous masterworks with the (£7.50 concessions) Bar throughout the day on Sun works of Sir James MacMillan. Shostakovich String Quartet No.7 5 Mar. See also Fridays at One p31. MacMillan Cello Sonata No.2 MacMillan Horn Quintet Dunbar – Gerber Venue: Stevenson Hall Venue: Stevenson Hall Davies Sea Eagle for solo horn Prize for Chamber Tickets: £5-£10 Tickets: £5-£10 Ravel Piano Trio in a minor Music (£7.50 concessions) (£7.50 concessions) Sun 5 Mar / 1.30pm An evening of excellent music, including MacMillan, Ravel and Venue: Ledger Recital Room Shostakovich, and also paying Tickets: £3 (£2 concessions)
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A series of concerts forming part of a month-long celebration of recent works by Sir James MacMillan. This celebration of one of Scotland’s pre-eminent and most prolific composers is a partnership between BBC Radio 3, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scotland and Glasgow Life.
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0141 332 5057 Photo by Philip Gatward Fridays at One: Rosin Chamber Hilary Rosin Coffee RCS Voices – rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice Nash Ensemble Music Festival: Concert 4 MacMillan Festival Fri 3 Mar / 1pm Nash Ensemble for Sun 5 Mar / 11.30am Wed 22 Mar / 7.30pm Nash Ensemble Rosin Visiting BBC Radio 3 Nash Ensemble Rosin Visiting RCS Voices Chamber Ensemble MacMillan Festival Chamber Ensemble Professor Timothy Dean Sat 4 Mar / 7.30pm Conductor Debussy Violin Sonata Nash Ensemble Rosin Visiting Beethoven Piano Trio ‘Ghost’, MacMillan Piano Trio No.2 Chamber Ensemble MacMillan Piano Quintets for Programme to include: Shostakovich Piano Trio in e minor Max, Sally and Michael Carver Missa Dum Sacrum Shostakovich String Quartet No.7 Brahms Piano Quintet in f minor Mysterium A very special lunchtime MacMillan Cello Sonata No.2 Carver O bone Jesu concert which also launches MacMillan Horn Quintet Part of the Hilary Rosin Coffee MacMillan O bone Jesu our exciting Rosin Chamber Davies Sea Eagle for solo horn Concert series (see p18). Music Festival. Ravel Piano Trio in a minor RCS Voices explores the works See also Rosin Chamber Music Venue: Stevenson Hall of James MacMillan and another Weekend, p20. The incredible Nash Ensemble Tickets: £5-£10 (£7.50 great Scottish composer from 23 pairs recent works of concessions) 500 years previously, Robert Venue: Stevenson Hall James MacMillan with great Carver. Carver’s Missa Dum Tickets: £5-£10 masterworks from the start of Sacrum Mysterium forms the (£7.50 concessions) the last century by Ravel and Royal Conservatoire basis of MacMillan’s Fourth Shostakovich. The programme of Scotland and Symphony, to be performed the also pays tribute to the loss in Gleneagles Gala following week. 2016 of the beloved honorary Concert Scottish composer, Sir Peter Fri 17 Mar / 7.30pm Venue: St Andrew’s Cathedral, Maxwell Davies. MacMillan The Death of Oscar 196 Clyde St, Glasgow G1 4JY See also Rosin Chamber Music MacMillan The World’s Ransoming Tickets: £10 (£7.50 concessions)
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Venue: Stevenson Hall See p24 for more details. Tickets: £5-£10 Venue: Grand Hall, City Halls, (£7.50 concessions) Candleriggs, Glasgow G1 1NQ Tickets: £5-£13.50 (concessions available) 0141 332 5057 24 rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Royal Conservatoire ofScotland and GleneaglesGalaConcert Fri 17Mar/7.30pm RCS Symphony Orchestra of his own works, including rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice Sir James MacMillan & the ravishing The World’s Garry Walker Conductors Ransoming, featuring the winner RCS Chamber Choir of the first RCS MacMillan Timothy Dean Director Concerto Competition in 2015- Junior Conservatoire Choir 16, Clara Lafuente Garcia. Andrew Nunn Director Clara Lafuente Garcia The second half prepares us Cor anglais for the forthcoming change of Karen Cargill Mezzo-soprano season, with Britten’s joyous Jamie MacDougall Tenor Spring Symphony. Artistic Director of Conducting Garry MacMillan The Death of Oscar Walker and the RCS Symphony MacMillan The World’s Ransoming Orchestra are joined by the Britten Spring Symphony RCS Chamber Choir as well as the talented youngsters of our The Royal Conservatoire of Junior Conservatoire of Music. 25 Scotland has entered into an They are supported by an exciting new partnership with international lineup of superb one of Scotland’s most iconic alumni including Karen Cargill and prestigious destinations and Jamie MacDougall. – Gleneagles. The world- renowned Perthshire hotel Join us for what is sure to be a shares our passion for nurturing very special occasion. and developing artistic talent here in Scotland. Venue: Grand Hall, City Halls, Candleriggs, Glasgow G1 1NQ The first half of the concert Tickets: £5-£13.50 features a celebration of (concessions available) 0141 332 5057 Scotland’s foremost composer, Sir James MacMillan, as part of the Glasgow-wide MacMillan Festival. As our Visiting Professor, the renowned composer will conduct two rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice Music Ensembles
#RCSensembles 26 0141 332 5057 Concerto Concert Wind Orchestra Red Note/MusicLab Sibelius and Brahms rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice Thu 23 Feb / 7.30pm Concerto Concert Thu 9 Mar / 7.30pm Fri 28 Apr / 7.30pm RCS Symphony Orchestra Thu 2 Mar / 7.30pm Red Note Associate RCS Symphony Orchestra Ji í Rože & Simon Proust RCS Wind Orchestra Contemporary Ensemble Joseph Swensen Conductor Leverhulme Conducting Fellows Nigel Boddice & John Logan RCS MusicLab Yoonjeong Kim Piano Conductors Ji í Rože & Simon Proust Our most talented virtuosi Mark O’Keeffe Trumpet Leverhulme Conducting Fellows Sibelius Symphony No.1 perform with the RCS in e minor Symphony Orchestra. Programme to include: Knussen Hums and Songs of Brahms Piano Concerto No.1 Richard Rodney Bennett Winnie-the-Pooh in d minor Venue: Stevenson Hall Concerto for Trumpet & Finnis Seeing is Flux Tickets: £5-£10 Wind Orchestra Benjamin Octet We are delighted to welcome (£7.50 concessions) Peter Graham On the Shoulders Murail Treize couleurs du soleil Visiting Professor in Violin of Giants couchant Joseph Swensen to conduct our Casken Winter Reels students in concert for the first BBC SSO Section Principal time. Previously the Principal 27 Mark O’O’Keeffe joins the This programme features Conductor of the Scottish wind orchestra as the featured our Leverhulme Conducting Chamber Orchestra, the guest soloist in this concert of Fellows at the helm of Red Note talented Swensen is joined by concerti. Ensemble. The programme graduate Yoonjeong Kim (2015- will include works by some of 2016 Concerto Competition Venue: Stevenson Hall the most important composers winner). Tickets: £5-£10 of our time, including Oliver (£7.50 concessions) Knussen, Edmund Finnis, Venue: Stevenson Hall George Benjamin, Tristan Tickets: £5-£13.50 Murail and John Casken. (£11 concessions) 0141 332 5057 Venue: Ledger Recital Room Tickets: £10 (£7.50 concessions) RCS Percussion Paradise Lost at 350 Classical Greats RSNO Concerto Ensemble with Thu 18 May / 7.30pm Fri 19 May / 1pm Concert Eric Sammut RCS Chamber Choir RCS Chamber Orchestra Thu 15 Jun / 6pm Fri 5 May / 6pm James Lee Slimings Conductor Garry Walker Conductor Royal Scottish National RCS Percussion Ensemble Students from BA Acting and Balazs Renczes Cello Orchestra Eric Sammut Visiting Professor BA Digital Film and TV Holly Mathieson Conductor in Marimba Haydn Cello Concerto No.1 John Milton’s epic poem has Beethoven Symphony No.8 Our most talented music
rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice Eric Sammut returns to lead fascinated artists in the 350 students are given the our percussion students in years since it was published. This lunchtime concert opportunity to perform a a concert of new works and This programme, curated by features two of the giants of the concerto with Scotland’s popular favourites for the PhD choral conductor James Classical repertoire, Haydn and national orchestra. This year marimba mallet. Slimings, combines readings Beethoven. Artistic Director it is a pleasure for them to be by our Acting students and in Conducting Garry Walker conducted by RSNO Assistant Venue: Alexander Gibson film by our DFTV students is joined by the winner of Conductor Holly Mathieson, Opera Studio interspersed with choral last year’s Classical Concerto a previous RCS Leverhulme Tickets: £5-£10 responses, from contemporary Competition, the talented and Conducting Fellow. 28 (£7.50 concessions) composers like Eric Whitacre charismatic Balazs Renczes. and Richard Rodney Bennett, See also Fridays at One p32. Venue: Stevenson Hall to excerpts from Haydn’s great Tickets: £5-£10 oratorio The Creation. Venue: Stevenson Hall (£7.50 concessions) Tickets: £5-£10 Venue: Stevenson Hall (£7.50 concessions) Tickets: £5-£10 (£7.50 concessions) 0141 332 5057 rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice 29 0141 332 5057 Fridays at One Fridays 1pm rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice
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Join us for an end of the week lunchtime treat. An exciting variety of soloists, chamber ensembles and orchestras, to international guest artists, RCS staff and students. Performances are approx. 60 minutes long.
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0141 332 5057 Photo by Thomas-Oliemans From Norway to Piano Festival: Lorna Anderson and Paulius Performance rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice Scotland – and Back Olga Kern Malcolm Martineau Fri 17 Mar Fri 17 Feb Fri 24 Feb Fri 10 Mar Paulius Rudokas Piano Elisabeth Kristensen Eide Flute Olga Kern Piano Lorna Anderson Soprano Gaute Vikdal Bass trombone Malcolm Martineau Visiting R Schumann Bunte Blätter RCS Voices The Russian-American pianist Professor in Accompaniment C Schumann Variations on a Professor Timothy Dean Olga Kern is fast becoming theme by Robert Schumann Conductor one of the biggest stars of the We are delighted to welcome Brahms Variations on a theme by piano world. It is a pleasure to back a very special pair of Robert Schumann Programme to include: welcome her back to Glasgow artists for this fascinating Beamish Highland Haiku for the RCS Piano Festival and recital. RCS alumna Lorna Paulius Rudokas is one of this Fridays at One concert. Anderson and RCS Visiting the first students working This past autumn RCS Voices See also Piano Festival p38. Professor Malcolm Martineau towards our new Doctorate joined renowned Norwegian bring home to Scotland this in Performance degree. His musicians Elisabeth Kristensen wonderful programme that specialism is exploring the Eide and Gaute Vikdal to includes Robert Schumann, fascinating relationships that
Nash Ensemble 31 record a work by one of for BBC Radio 3 as well as Scottish repertoire, existed between three great Scotland’s most important MacMillan Festival including works by our composers of the Romantic composers, Sally Beamish. Fri 3 Mar two Visiting Professors era: Robert Schumann, his wife The CD will be launched at Nash Ensemble Rosin Visiting in composition, Sir James Clara, and the young prodigy this concert. Chamber Ensemble MacMillan and Judith Weir. that was inexorably drawn to their circle, Johannes Brahms. Debussy Violin Sonata MacMillan Piano Trio No.2 Shostakovich Piano Trio in e minor
This very special lunchtime 0141 332 5057 concert to launch our first ever Rosin Chamber Music Festival. See p20 for more details. 0141 332 5057 32 rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice George Gershwin. PaulCopland, Schoenfieldand the JazzAaron age,including repertoire from andinspired by with thegreat American programme paired ofreadings for a andstaff with students Jeffrey Sharkey collaborates F. ScottFitzgerald, Principal Zeldaandletters between Inspired by thedeeply personal Contemporary Text Actors from MAClassicaland Alison Wells Cello Gina McCormackViolin Professor Jeffrey SharkeyPiano Fri 24Mar Zelda Dear Scott,Dearest Principal Sharkey:
Eastern Baltic seaboard. Baltic Eastern ofmusic frombold tapestry the Aulis Sallinenarewoven into a composerFinnish classical workand atango-based by Finnish tangos from the1950s curated programme, two ingeniouslythere. Inthis hasalonghistory but thestyle inFinland,was established No oneknows quite whentango Mr McFall’s Chamber Fri 21Apr Mr McFall’s Solitudes Frank Martin. reflective anddevoted by from Olivier to Messiaen, the the mysterious andmythical journey ofdiscovery, through RCS Voices usonachoral takes Martin Messiaen Conductor Professor TimothyDean RCS Voices Fri 28Apr RCS Voices Mass for double choir Mass fordoublechoir Cinq Rechants Cinq Rechants
Visiting Professor Judith Weir. are delightedto welcome our For year’s this PlugFestival we Memorial Award of theWalter andDinahWolfe Plus thewinnerandrunner-up Matthew HolmesWindQuintet Another Planet Judith Weir Airsfrom Scott MitchellPiano wind quintet RCS staff &graduates Fri 12May Weir andWinds Plug 9 See p35fordetails. Orchestra. our newly formedJazz A firstfor RCS, asweintroduce Davis/Evans MilesAhead Tommy SmithDirector RCS JazzOrchestra Tom Walsh FirstTrumpet Laura Jurd SoloTrumpet Fri 5May plays MilesAhead RCS JazzOrchestra
charismatic Balazs Renczes. Balazs charismatic and thetalented Competition, of lastyear’s Concerto Classical Walker by joined thewinner is Garry inConducting Director and Beethoven. OurArtistic repertoire,Haydnthe Classical of ofthegiants two features lunchtime concertThis Beethoven SymphonyNo.8 Haydn Balazs RenczesCello Garry Walker Conductor RCS ChamberOrchestra Fri 19May Classical Greats See alsoPlugp43. Dinah Wolfe Award. Memorial winners oftheWalter and works alongsidethe featured performs someofherown of theQueen’s Music, she The firstfemaleMaster Cello ConcertoNo.1 0141 332 5057 33 rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice Book now for all 11 Mondays at One concerts Book nowforall11MondaysatOne concerts for £74.50(£57concessions)and save20% Mondays Mondays Tickets: £8.50 (£6.50 concessions) Tickets: £8.50(£6.50concessions) Venue: LedgerRecitalRoom at One Mondays 1pm Subscribe andSave!
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Mon 20 Mar Mon 20Mar Guitar Mon 13Mar Keyboard Mon 6Mar New MusicWinds Mon 27Feb Strings Mon 20Feb Brass Mon 13Feb Song Studio Please check the website for up-to-date programme checkthewebsitefor details. Please up-to-date These bite-sized, hour long concerts focus onadifferent hour longconcerts bite-sized, These department orinstrumentweektodepartment each showcase what our talented students arecurrently students workingour talented on. Simmonds Music Supported byCrowthers & Mon 22May (Double reeds) Woodwind Mon 15May Brass onScreen Mon 8May Strings Mon 1May Celebration Rory Boyle Woodwind - Mon 24Apr Joseph Swensen Music with String Chamber
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Subscribe and Save! Mondays for £20 (£15.50 Book now for all three BlueBook now for all three concessions) and save 20% Blue Mondays / 7.30pm Mondays jazz students Each our month a visiting artistare led by or staff style. member in a specific Mario Caribe Mon 20 Feb with Monk Much More Paul Harrison Mon 13 Mar Laura Jurd Mon 1 May Room Ledger Recital Venue: Tickets: £8.50 (£6.50 concessions)
£5-£10 Venue: Stevenson Hall Venue: Tickets: (£7.50 concessions) Interwoven May / 7.30pm 23 Tue Band RCS Big Musicians RCS Traditional Director Chris Greive instances of There are many and music Scottish traditional these For over. jazz crossing musical histories interwoven Big Bandare joined by the RCS students Music to Traditional this in homage to collaborate a from Drawing relationship. tapestrylarge of albums and we will musicians, inspiring original a mix of be playing compositions and beautiful staff, tunes traditional from students and past 'Celtic Connections' concerts.
(£6.50 concessions) Plug 8 Plug Big Band Night Late May / 9pm Thu 11 RCS Big Band Director Chris Grieve highlightsOne of the of last Plug,Band the Big puts year’s concert night of on a late original big band favourites. See also Plug p42. Hall Stevenson Venue: Tickets: £5-£8.50
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. And we are delighted . And we are delighted Venue: Stevenson Hall Venue: Tickets: £5-£10 (£7.50 concessions) See also Fridays at One p32. Another first for RCS, as we as we Another RCS, first for formed newly our introduce Orchestra. Its first outing Jazz is the iconic Miles Davis for score and Gil Evans Davis/Evans Miles Ahead Fri 5 May / 1pm Fri 5 May / Solo Trumpet Laura Jurd First Trumpet Walsh Tom RCS Jazz Orchestra Smith Director Tommy Fridays at One:Fridays Jazz OrchestraRCS Ahead Miles plays to be joined by one of the one of the be joined by to hottest names new in jazz, the Jurd. Laura remarkable Ahead 0141 332 5057 36 rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice Traditional Music
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Traditional Music Traditional Festival Recital - Fri 26 May 23 Tue rcs.ac.uk/ (please check details) more boxoffice for a wealth of talentDiscover in Music Traditional this year’s days, Recital four Over Festival. students on many will perform instruments of the traditional including fiddle, pipes, clarsach Check rcs.ac.uk/ and accordion. more details. for boxoffice for Contemporary Centre Venue: Street,Arts, 350 Sauchiehall G2 3JD Glasgow, Tickets entry. Tickets: Free for Centre available from Contemporary Arts (0141 352 4900)
£5-£10 Venue: Stevenson Hall Venue: Tickets: (£7.50 concessions) Interwoven May / 7.30pm 23 Tue Band RCS Big Musicians RCS Traditional Director Chris Greive instances of There are many and music Scottish traditional these For over. jazz crossing musical histories interwoven Big Bandare joined by the RCS students Music to Traditional this in homage to collaborate a from Drawing relationship. tapestrylarge of albums and we will musicians, inspiring original a mix of be playing compositions and beautiful staff, tunes traditional from students and past 'Celtic Connections' concerts.
An Evening ofAn Evening Music Traditional Mar / 7.30pm Fri 17 the from evening A lively department, Music Traditional featuring four all students from years of the programme. Room Ledger Recital Venue: Tickets: £5-£10 (£7.50 concessions) rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice
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The RCS Piano Festival is back, with its usual mix of fascinating concerts,
Olga Kern showcases of our incredible staff and students, and of course wonderful
0141 332 5057 Photo by Chris Lee guest artists, this including the great Olga Kern and Simon Smith. rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice Tony / Tania Webster Student Showcase The Festival has a history Hilary Rosin Coffee Prize (for Keyboard) Fri 24 Feb / 7pm of exploring contemporary Concert 3 Thu 23 Feb / 2pm repertoire, so it’s a pleasure to Sun 26 Feb / 11.30am Venue: Ledger Recital Room present a recital from pianist See p19 for more details. Venue: Ledger Recital Room Tickets: £8.50 Simon Smith. In demand Tickets: £3 (£2 concessions) (£6.50 concessions) around the world for his Venue: Stevenson Hall ability to play the unplayable, Tickets: £5-£10 this special programme will (£7.50 concessions) Fridays at One: Piano + Dance include a new sonata composed Olga Kern Fri 24 Feb / 8.30pm especially for Smith by one Fri 24 Feb / 1pm of Scotland’s most exciting Planets Olga Kern Piano A mesmerizing collaboration composers, Stuart MacRae. Sun 26 Feb / 2.30pm between our keyboard It is a pleasure to welcome students, remarkable pianist Venue: Ledger Recital Room We close the Piano Festival in Russian-American pianist Olga Anto Pett and the brilliant Tickets: £8.50 spectacular style with a rarely Kern to the RCS Piano Festival. dancers and choreographers (£6.50 concessions) performed, original, two-piano 39 See Fridays at One (p31). from our Modern Ballet version of Holst’s celestial ‘The programme. Planets’. Venue: Stevenson Hall Multi-Piano Tickets: £5-£10 Venue: Stevenson Hall Extravaganza Venue: Stevenson Hall (£7.50 concessions) Tickets: £5 - £10 Sat 25 Feb / 8.30pm Tickets: £5-£10 (£7.50 concessions) (£7.50 concessions) Fun with many pianos! With Masterclass staff and students performing with Olga Kern New Works: works by composers including Fri 24 Feb / 3pm Simon Smith Graham Fitkin, as well as
Sat 25 Feb / 6.30pm premieres of new works by 0141 332 5057 Venue: Ledger Recital Room Simon Smith Piano student composers. Tickets: £3 (£2 concessions) Programme to include: Venue: Stevenson Hall Stuart MacRae Sonata No.2 Tickets: £5-£10 (World premiere) (£7.50 concessions) rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice
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Plug is back! Our festival of new student compositions takes over RCS with a celebration of exciting new work. We are delighted to be joined by a number of special guests: our new Visiting Professor in Composition and Master of the Queen’s Music, Judith Weir and a first visit to Glasgow by the UK Chinese Ensemble. Plus we will be joined by old friends Red Note, Glasgow New Music Expedition and our own RCS MusicLab for the return of the ‘Glasgow Book’ – a strand of short works for Piano Duets. 0141 332 5057 Plug Preview Plug 1 Plug 2 Plug 3 rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice Next Gen Cultural Encounters Late Night Composer Collective Sun 7 May / 3pm of the Plug Kind Electroacoustic Wed 10 May / 5pm Glasgow New Music Expedition Tue 9 May / 7pm Tue 9 May / 9pm UK Chinese Ensemble Five composers are charged The next generation of RCS MusicLab Our first late night Plug with writing the music and composition talent is found in is a special one – our fixing the players to play. An our Junior Conservatoire, and We are delighted to welcome electroacoustic composers, important experience for any they will have a chance to hear the UK Chinese Ensemble a favourite of last year's Plug, young composer. their latest composition for to Glasgow for an exciting raise the bar with a multi-media the first time in the very safe crosscultural collaboration. performance that celebrates First performances of works by: hands of Glasgow New Music Doctoral composer Huan Li this year’s winner of the Charles Baumstark, Rylan Expedition. has written an exciting series prestigious Craig Armstrong Gleave, Matthew Grouse, Adam of duets for Chinese traditional Prize, Alex Mackay, writing McDougall and Aileen Sweeney Venue: Ledger Recital Room and Western classical for two pianos and electronic Tickets: £8.50 instruments. instruments. Venue: Ledger Recital Room 41 (£6.50 concessions) Tickets: £8.50 First performances of works by: First performances of works by: (£6.50 concessions) Amit Anand, Samuel Beagles, Amit Anand, Jan Giedroyc, Huan Li, Electra Perivolaris and Matthew Grouse, Alex Mackay, Hei Ching Lam Stuart Moir, Electra Perivolaris, Patrick Shand and Max Welton Venue: Stevenson Hall Tickets: ￡£5-£10 Venue: Stevenson Hall (£7.50 concessions) Tickets: £8.50 (£6.50 concessions) 0141 332 5057 Plug 4 Plug 5 Plug 6 Plug 7 All Things Red Late Night Big Band Glasgow Piano Duets Glasgow New Music Wed 10 May / 7pm Wed 10 May / 9pm Thu 11 May / 5pm Expedition Red Note Associate RCS Big Band Thu 11 May / 7pm Contemporary Ensemble Chris Grieve Director The Glasgow Piano Duets take Glasgow New Music Expedition over the Ledger Recital Room. Jessica Cottis Conductor A firm fixture in Plug, Red Note, One of last year’s Plug Sit back and enjoy new works one of the world's leading new highlights, the RCS Big Band for two pianos. We welcome back good friends
rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice music ensembles, return to are back to put on a late night of Plug, GNME, led by the perform an eclectic mix of new concert of original big band Venue: Ledger Recital Room irrepressible and inspirational works. favourites. Tickets: £5-£8.50 Jessica Cottis. (£6.50 concessions) First performances of works by: Venue: Stevenson Hall First performances of works by: Thomas Brown, Anna Grigoreva, Tickets: £5-£8.50 Zoë Darbyshire, Hei Ching Lam, Juta Pranulyte and Reza Kholosi (£6.50 concessions) Henry McPherson, Nicholas Olsen and Max Welton Venue: Stevenson Hall 42 Tickets: £5-£10 Venue: Stevenson Hall (£7.50 concessions) Tickets: £5-£10 (£7.50 concessions)
Plug 8 Glasgow Piano Duets Thu 11 May / 9pm
More exciting new works to go into the Glasgow Piano Duets book.
Venue: Ledger Recital Room Tickets: £5-£8.50 (£6.50 concessions) 0141 332 5057 Plug 9 Plug 10 rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice Weir and Winds Closing Concert Fri 12 May / 1pm Fri 12 May / 7.30pm RCS staff & graduates RCS MusicLab wind quintet Ji í Rože & Simon Proust Scott Mitchell Piano Leverhulme Conducting Fellows
Judith Weir Airs from Plug 2017 finishes in Another Planet spectacular fashion, with a Matthew Holmes Wind Quintet programme of new works for Plus the winner and runner-up wind, brass and percussion. of the Walter and Dinah Wolfe Memorial Award First performances of works by: Olivia Calder, Jan Giedroyc, For this year’s Plug Festival Taner Kemirtlek, Nora Marazaite we are delighted to have as and Aidan Teplitzky 43 visiting composer our recently- appointed Visiting Professor Venue: Stevenson Hall Judith Weir. The first female Tickets: £5-£10 Master of the Queen’s Music, (£7.50 concessions) she returns to RCS with some of her works featured alongside the winners of the Walter and Dinah Wolfe Memorial Award as chosen by her.
Venue: Stevenson Hall 0141 332 5057 Tickets £5-£10 (£7.50 concessions) Pre-Concert - BBC Scottish RCS Students Symphony Orchestra Thu 22 Jun / 6.45pm Concert I Fri 23 Jun / 6.45pm Thu 22 Jun / 7.30pm Simon Johnson Trombone Join us for a short informal Christian Lindberg pre-concert performance by Conductor & Trombone RCS students to showcase the Martyn Brabbins Conductor
rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice wonderful young brass talent BBC Scottish Symphony Glasgow right here in Glasgow. Orchestra Venue: Recital Rooms, Programme to include: City Halls, Candleriggs, Rossini La gazza ladra Overture Trombone Glasgow G1 1NQ Sandström Echoes of Eternity Tickets: Free entry with a ticket Beethoven Symphony No.5 Weekend for the evening concert Starting our trombone 44 extravaganza in style, Martyn Thu 22 - Sun 25 Jun Brabbins leads the BBC SSO, The Glasgow Trombone Weekend is an action-packed four helped by Simon Johnson and days of spectacular brass music in all its forms. From orchestral Christian Lindberg. concerts with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, to trombone competitions and masterclasses with the British Trombone Venue: Grand Hall, City Halls, Society, there is something here both the enthusiast and the Candleriggs, Glasgow G1 1NQ newcomer. And of course, there is no experience in the world Tickets: £13.50 like a Mnozil Brass concert. Don’t know what we mean? (£5 students/under 18s) Come along and find out! 0141 332 5057 BBC Scottish Mnozil Brass: Competitions British Trombone rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice Symphony Orchestra Yes Yes Yes! Sat 24 Jun / 10am Society Trombone Concert II Concert III Day @ RCS Fri 23 Jun / 7.30pm Sat 24 Jun / 7.30pm A busy day of playful rivalry, Sun 25 Jun Jörgen van Rijen Trombone including: British Trombone Christian Lindberg YES YES YES, is the ultimate Society Competitions, The British Trombone Society Conductor & Trombone Mnozil Brass programme by Intercollegiate Trombone takes up residence at RCS for Martyn Brabbins Conductor this very unique brass septet. Ensemble Competition, British a full day packed with clinics, BBC Scottish Symphony It is spontaneous with a variety Trombone Society Quartet concerts, workshops, trade Orchestra of cover versions, original Competition and Tenor stands and more trombone- compositions and brilliant Trombone Competition. related activities than you Wagner Die Meistersinger on stage choreographies. could blow a raspberry at! Overture The ensemble's talent for Venue: Stevenson Hall Aho Trombone Concerto improvisation and humour on Tickets: £3 (£2 concessions) Venue: Royal Conservatoire Respighi Pines of Rome the stage will send you away on of Scotland Lindberg The Waves of a high! Tickets: £5 45 Wollongong Venue: Grand Hall, City Halls, The BBC SSO are back again, Candleriggs, Glasgow G1 1NQ this time with the effervescent Tickets: £13.50 Jörgen van Rijen as well as (£5 students/under 18s) Christian Lindberg.
Venue: Grand Hall, City Halls, Candleriggs, Glasgow G1 1NQ Tickets: £13.50 Multi-buy offer:
(£5 students/under 18s) Buy all 3 concerts 0141 332 5057 and save 10% Buy any 2 concerts and save 15% Governors’ Dunbar – Recital Prize Gerber Prize (for Chamber Music) (for Chamber Music) Tue 14 Feb / 11.30am Sun 5 Mar / 1.30pm Venue: Ledger Recital Room Venue: Ledger Recital Room NB: Part of the Rosin Chamber Music Festival. See p21 Bamber / Galloway rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice Piano Competition Wed 15 Feb / 9.30am Elgar / Spedding Venue: Stevenson Hall Memorial Lieder Prize including the Hester North East Scotland Dickson Prize (Final) Classical Guitar Tue 21 Mar / 11am Society Award Venue: Ledger Recital Room Fri 17 Feb / 3pm 46 Competitions Venue: Ledger Recital Room Mabel Glover String Quartet Prize Tony / Tania Webster Thu 23 Mar / 11am Prize (for Keyboard) Venue: Ledger Recital Room Thu 23 Feb / 2pm Venue: Ledger Recital Room NB: Part of the Piano Festival. Governors’ Recital See p39. Prize (for Woodwind) Wed 19 Apr / 2.30pm Venue: Ledger Recital Room Ye Cronies Opera Throughout the year our students compete in various Award competitions and prizes. Audiences are always welcome. Sun 26 Feb / 2pm Venue: New Athenaeum Theatre
0141 332 5057 Tickets: £3 (£2 concessions) Governors’ Molly Robb Prize rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice Recital Prize for Young Singers (for Percussion) (Male Voices) Masterclasses Wed 19 Apr / 7.30pm Tue 2 May / 10am Venue: Alexander Gibson Venue: Ledger Recital Room Tickets: £3 (£2 concessions) Opera Studio Public masterclasses provide audiences with a rare glimpse of Molly Robb Prize the learning process RCS students undertake every day. Governors’ for Young Singers They give progressing students an opportunity to concentrate Recital Prize (for Brass) (Female Voices) and develop their skills, with professional advice given by Fri 21 Apr / 2.30pm Tue 2 May / 2.30pm esteemed guest artists. Venue: Alexander Gibson Venue: Ledger Recital Room Opera Studio A Ramsay Calder
Governors’ Recital Debussy Prize 47 Prize (for Strings) (for Voice) including Fri 21 Apr / 3.30pm the Norma Greig Piano with Olga Kern Cello with Jean- Venue: Stevenson Hall French Song Prize (Final) Fri 24 Feb / 3pm Guihen Queyras Wed 3 May / 10.30am Venue: Ledger Recital Room Fri 21 Apr / 11am Venue: Ledger Recital Room Venue: Alexander Gibson Lamond Prize Opera Studio (for Keyboard) Voice with Wed 26 Apr / 10am Carolyn Sampson Venue: Alexander Gibson Fri 10 Mar / 3pm Jazz with Laura Jurd Opera Studio Venue: Ledger Recital Room Tue 2 May / 10am
Venue: Stevenson Hall 0141 332 5057 Governors’ Recital Voice with Prize (for Singing) Rachel Nicholls Thu 27 Apr / 2.30pm Wed 15 Mar / 2pm Venue: Alexander Gibson Venue: Ledger Recital Room Opera Studio 0141 332 5057 48 rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice Photo by ThomasGrøndah Thomas Dausgaard Venue: FyfeLecture Theatre (unlessotherwisestated)/Tickets:Free (ticketrequired) The Exchange Talks members areour ofpublic seminarsinwhichnoted weekly series of our staff, academia and the professions share their research insights on art, society society andtheprofessions onart, of our shareinsights staff,academia theirresearch Exchange Talks and the issues that matter toand theissues everyone. Mondays / 6pm Mondays /6pm Katya Ermolaev Thomas Dausgaard Margaret Bennett Professor rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice Royal Conservatoire of Scotland BBC Scottish Symphony Professorial Address Peter Franklin Mon 13 Feb Orchestra Mon 24 Apr Oxford University Mon 20 Mar Ledger Recital Room Mon 15 May Ledger Recital Room Ledger Recital Room Pecha Kucha Margaret Bennett is a legendary presentations BBC SSO Chief Conductor singer, folklorist, writer, Professor Peter Franklin is RCS Doctoral Students Thomas Dausgaard shares his lecturer, and raconteur. Her one of the world’s leading Royal Conservatoire of Scotland passion for the late-Romantic incredible career makes her academics on Gustav Mahler. Mon 20 Feb Danish composer Rued an obvious candidate for a He explores the composer Langgaard, in between two prestigious professorship from and his interest in Haydn, concerts of his music by the RCS, and for her address she inbetween two concerts of Dr Colin Broom BBC SSO this week. mixes her scholarship and their music by the BBC SSO Royal Conservatoire of Scotland storytelling with performances this week. Mon 27 Feb from students.
Marc Silberschatz 49 Lucy Hollingworth Bethany Whiteside Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Emma Moore Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Mon 12 Jun Mon 6 Mar University of Edinburgh Mon 1 May Ledger Recital Room Mon 3 Apr Dr Diana Salazar Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Mon 13 Mar 0141 332 5057 rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice
50 Junior Conservatoire 0141 332 5057 Junior Conservatoire Junior Conservatoire Royal Conservatoire Junior Conservatoire rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice Student Concerts Collective of Scotland and Symphony Orchestra Sat 25 Feb / 4.15pm Gleneagles Gala and Young Ballet Performance is at the heart Concert Company of all learning at the Royal The Junior Conservatoire Fri 17 Mar / 7.30pm Sun 26 Mar / 7.30pm Conservatoire. Student concerts Collective play a mix of pop, provide Junior Conservatoire rock and jazz music. The Junior Conservatoire A sparkling collaboration performers with a supportive Choir are taking part in this between the Junior platform to gain valuable Venue: Stevenson Hall spectacular gala concert in Conservatoire Symphony performance experience. Tickets: £3 (£2 concessions) partnership with Gleneagles. Orchestra and the RCS Young See p24 for more details. Ballet Company. Venue: Ledger Recital Room (unless otherwise stated) Junior Conservatoire Venue: Grand Hall, City Halls, Venue: Stevenson Hall Tickets: £3 (£2 concessions) Strings Candleriggs, Glasgow, G1 1NQ Tickets: £5-£10 Sat 4 Mar / 4.15pm Tickets: £5-£13.50 (concessions (£7.50 concessions) available) 51 Sat 4 Feb / 3.45pm Showcasing our wide range of string players, this concert will Percussion Sat 18 Feb / 3.45pm feature our String Ensemble, Chamber Music Extravaganza String Orchestra and Junior at the Junior Sat 29 Apr / 3.30pm Sat 25 Feb / 3.45pm String groups. Conservatoire Sat 18 Mar / 3.45pm The noisiest concert of the Sat 22 Apr/ 4.15pm Venue: Stevenson Hall year is not to be missed! Our Stevenson Hall Tickets: £5-£8.50 Chamber music plays a key percussion students are let (£6.50 concessions) role in developing our young loose in the Stevenson Hall – a Sat 29 Apr / 3.45pm musicians. This concert will delight for the ears and eyes!
feature a number of our groups, 0141 332 5057 Sat 13 May / 3.45pm from piano trios to string Venue: Stevenson Hall quartets and wind groups. Tickets: £5-£8.50 Sat 27 May / 3.45pm (£6.50 concessions) Venue: Ledger Recital Room Sat 3 Jun / 3.45pm Tickets: £5-£8.50 (£6.50 concessions) Junior Conservatoire Traditional Music Junior Conservatoire Junior Conservatoire Choirs Concert Wind Orchestra Brass Sat 6 May / 4.15pm Fri 19 May / 7pm Sat 3 Jun / 4.15pm Sat 10 Jun / 4.15pm
With over 200 of our students A concert showcasing all our The 70-strong Junior Showcasing the best of the Junior participating in choirs, this traditional music groups, plus Conservatoire Wind Orchestra Conservatoire Brass, this concert concert is sure to be a winner. solos from our traditional is sure to blow you away with will feature our brass band, brass Featuring Junior Choir, music students. their fun and lively repertoire. group and solo performances.
rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice Senior Choir and the Junior Conservatoire Chamber Choir, Venue: Stevenson Hall Venue: Stevenson Hall Venue: Stevenson Hall fresh from the Manchester Tickets: £5-£8.50 Tickets: £5-£8.50 Tickets: £5-£8.50 Amateur Choral Competition. (£6.50 concessions) (£6.50 concessions) (£6.50 concessions)
Venue: Stevenson Hall Tickets: £5-£8.50 Junior Conservatoire Pre-Junior Junior Conservatoire (£6.50 concessions) Sinfonia Conservatoire Next Stage Sat 20 May / 4.15pm Fri 16 Jun / 7.30pm
52 Concert Sat 10 Jun / 3pm Sat 17 Jun / 2.30pm & 7.30pm Junior Conservatoire Junior Conservatoire Sinfonia Big Band take to the stage to perform Our Pre-Junior Conservatoire An exciting piece of new writing Sun 14 May / 7.30pm some well-known classical is home to almost 60 keen created by young artists from pieces. musicians aged 7 – 11 years. This the Junior Conservatoire of The Junior Conservatoire concert is a showcase both of Acting Level 3 in collaboration Big Band never disappoints. Venue: Stevenson Hall solo performances and group with Andy McGregor. Featuring singers from our Tickets: £5-£8.50 classes. junior musical theatre course, (£6.50 concessions) Venue: Please check a great way to spend a spring Venue: Ledger Recital Room rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice closer evening. Tickets: £3 (£2 concessions) to the time for details Tickets: £8.50 (£6.50 Venue: Stevenson Hall concessions) Tickets: £5-£8.50 (£6.50 concessions) 0141 332 5057 rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice Junior Conservatoire Gilbert Innes Competition Symphony Orchestra for Brass Look Sun 18 Jun / 7.30pm 1pm / Ledger Recital Room out for... The final concert of the Traditional Music Prize academic year, and the last 4pm / Ledger Recital Room Junior Conservatoire chance to hear some of our End of Year Festival senior students perform before they move on to pastures new. Sun 12 Feb Sat 17 - Sun 18 Jun
Venue: Stevenson Hall Colin Currie Competition A celebration and sharing Tickets: £5 - £10 (percussion) of work created by students (£7.50 concessions) 10am / Alexander Gibson from the Junior Conservatoire Opera Studio of drama, dance, music, production and screen. Gilbert Innes Competition See www.rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice Junior Conservatoire 53 Competition Weekend for Piano for more details. 12pm / Ledger Recital Room A full weekend of friendly music competitions for Junior Glasgow Grand Opera Conservatoire students. Come Society Cup for Voice and support them. 1.30pm / Alexander Gibson Opera Studio Tickets: £3 (£2 concessions) Gilbert Innes Prize Sat 11 Feb for Woodwind
3.30pm / Ledger Recital Room 0141 332 5057 Nan Christie Memorial Prize for Strings Guitar Competition 9.30am / Ledger Recital Room 4pm / Alexander Gibson Opera Studio rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice
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0141 332 5057 Kenny Washington and Joe Locke The Songs of Mancini Bruce Millar NYOS Junior rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice and Mandel Singing Prize Orchestra Spring Sun 26 Feb / 7.30pm Sun 12 Mar / 3pm Concert The Scottish National Tue 4 Apr / 6pm Jazz Orchestra Enjoy a wonderful ‘afternoon Holly Mathieson Conductor of arias’ as six gifted young An evening of new big band singers, from Britain’s top During 2017 the National Youth arrangements commissioned conservatoires, take to the Orchestra of Scotland (NYOS) and played by the SNJO with stage to compete for the are performing an array of special guests Joe Locke £10,000 Bruce Millar Gulliver exhilarating compositions (vibraphone) and Kenny Prize 2017. inspired by the Americas. Washington (vocal). Timeless Come and broaden your compositions by film composer Venue: Stevenson Hall horizons under the baton of Henry Mancini, such as Moon Tickets: £10 conductor Holly Mathieson River and Pink Panther, and (£2 for full-time students) during her final year working fabulous songs of Johnny with the Orchestra. 55 Mandel, including Shadow of Your Smile and the ‘Mash’ Glasgow Orchestral Venue: Stevenson Hall theme tune Suicide is Painless, Society Tickets: £5-£14 we promise a marvellous Sun 19 Mar / 7.30pm (plus £1 booking fee) evening of music and song. Stephen Broad Conductor Alice Allen Soloist Venue: Stevenson Hall Glasgow Orchestral Tickets: £19-£22.50, £5 SNJO Elgar Cello Concerto Society youth card holders, under Sun 21 May / 7.30pm 16s free Venue: Stevenson Hall
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APRIL Musical Theatre Chess Sat 1 Apr 2.30pm & 7.30pm Festival Theatre, Edinburgh 13 Exchange Talk Emma Moore Mon 3 Apr 6pm Fyfe Lecture Theatre 49 Visiting Performers NYOS Junior Orchestra Spring Concert Tue 4 Apr 6pm Stevenson Hall 55 Competition Governors Recital Prize for Woodwind Wed 19 Apr 2.30pm Ledger Recital Room 46 Competition Governors Recital Prize for Percussion Wed 19 Apr 7.30pm Alexander Gibson Opera Studio 47 Masterclass Cello with Jean-Guihen Queyras Fri 21 Apr 11am Alexander Gibson Opera Studio 47 Fridays at One Mr McFall's Solitudes Fri 21 Apr 1pm Stevenson Hall 32 Competition Governors Recital Prize for Brass Fri 21 Apr 2.30pm Alexander Gibson Opera Studio 47 Competition Governors Recital Prize for Strings Fri 21 Apr 3.30pm Stevenson Hall 47 Junior Conservatoire Student Concert Sat 22 Apr 4.15pm Stevenson Hall 51 Mondays at One String Chamber Music Mon 24 Apr 1pm Ledger Recital Room 33 0141 332 5057 rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice Category Title Date Time Location Page Exchange Talk Margaret Bennett: Professorial Address Mon 24 Apr 6pm Ledger Recital Room 49 Competition Lamond Prize for Keyboard Wed 26 Apr 10am Alexander Gibson Opera Studio 47 Competition Governors Recital Prize for Singing Thu 27 Apr 2.30pm Alexander Gibson Opera Studio 47 Fridays at One RCS Voices Fri 28 Apr 1pm Stevenson Hall 32 Music Spectacular Swensen Fri 28 Apr 7.30pm Stevenson Hall 27 Junior Conservatoire Percussion Extravaganza Sat 29 Apr 3.30pm Stevenson Hall 51 Junior Conservatoire Student Concert Sat 29 Apr 3.45pm Ledger Recital Room 51
MAY Mondays at One Woodwind - Rory Boyle Mon 1 May 1pm Ledger Recital Room 33 Exchange Talk Bethany Whiteside Mon 1 May 6pm Fyfe Lecture Theatre 49 Blue Mondays Laura Jurd Mon 1 May 7.30pm Ledger Recital Room 35 Competition Molly Robb Prizes for Young Singers (Male) Tue 2 May 10am Ledger Recital Room 47 Masterclass Jazz with Laura Jurd Tue 2 May 10am Stevenson Hall 47 Competition Molly Robb Prizes for Young Singers (Female) Tue 2 May 2.30pm Ledger Recital Room 45
Competition A Ramsey Calder Debussy Prize for Voice Wed 3 May 10.30am Ledger Recital Room 47 61 Fridays at One RCS Jazz Orchestra Fri 5 May 1pm Stevenson Hall 35 Music RCS Percussion Ensemble Fri 5 May 6pm Alexander Gibson Opera Studio 28 Junior Conservatoire Junior Conservatoire Choirs Sat 6 May 4.15pm Stevenson Hall 52 Plug Plug Preview Sun 7 May 3pm Ledger Recital Room 41 Mondays at One Strings Mon 8 May 1pm Ledger Recital Room 33 Plug Plug 1: Cultural Encounters Tue 9 May 7pm Stevenson Hall 41 Plug Plug 2: Late Night Electroacoustic Tue 9 May 9pm Stevenson Hall 41 Plug Plug 3: Composer Collective Wed 10 May 5pm Ledger Recital Room 41 Plug Plug 4: All Things Red Wed 10 May 7pm Stevenson Hall 42 Plug Plug 5: Late Night Big Band Wed 10 May 9pm Stevenson Hall 42 0141 332 5057 Plug Plug 6: Glasgow Piano Duets Thu 11 May 5pm Ledger Recital Room 42 0141 332 5057 Plug Plug 7: Glasgow New Music Expedition Thu 11 May 7pm Stevenson Hall 42 Plug Plug 8: Glasgow Piano Duets Thu 11 May 9pm Ledger Recital Room 42 Plug Plug 9: Weir and Winds Fri 12 May 1pm Stevenson Hall 43 Plug Plug 10: Closing Concert Fri 12 May 7.30pm Stevenson Hall 43 Junior Conservatoire Student Concert Sat 13 May 3.45pm Ledger Recital Room 51 Opera Die Fledermaus Sat 13 May 7.15pm New Athenaeum Theatre 17 Category Title Date Time Location Page Junior Conservatoire Junior Conservatoire Big Band Sun 14 May 7.30pm Stevenson Hall 52 Mondays at One Brass on Screen Mon 15 May 1pm Ledger Recital Room 33 Exchange Talk Professor Peter Franklin Mon 15 May 6pm Ledger Recital Room 49 Opera Die Fledermaus Mon 15 May 7.15pm New Athenaeum Theatre 17 Opera Die Fledermaus Wed 17 May 7.15pm New Athenaeum Theatre 17 Musical Theatre Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Wed 17 May 7.30pm Check website for details 14 Musical Theatre Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Thu 18 May 2.30pm & 7.30pm Check website for details 14 Music Paradise Lost at 350 Thu 18 May 7.30pm Stevenson Hall 28 rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice Fridays at One Classical Greats Fri 19 May 1pm Stevenson Hall 32 Junior Conservatoire Traditional Music Concert Fri 19 May 7pm Stevenson Hall 52 Opera Die Fledermaus Fri 19 May 7.15pm New Athenaeum Theatre 17 Musical Theatre Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Fri 19 May 7.30pm Check website for details 14 Drama Table Sat 20 May 2pm & 7.30pm Circle Studio, Citizens Theatre 10 Musical Theatre Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Sat 20 May 2.30pm & 7.30pm Check website for details 14 Junior Conservatoire Junior Conservatoire Sinfonia Sat 20 May 4.15pm Stevenson Hall 52 Drama Table Sun 21 May 7.30pm Circle Studio, Citizens Theatre 10
62 Visiting Performers Glasgow Orchestral Society Sun 21 May 7.30pm Stevenson Hall 55 Mondays at One Woodwind (Double reeds) Mon 22 May 1pm Ledger Recital Room 33 Traditional Music Traditional Music Recital Festival Tue 23 May Centre for Contemporary Art 37 Drama Table Tue 23 May 7.30pm Circle Studio, Citizens Theatre 10 Jazz Interwoven Tue 23 May 7.30pm Stevenson Hall 35 Traditional Music Traditional Music Recital Festival Wed 24 May Centre for Contemporary Art 37 Drama Table Wed 24 May 7.30pm Circle Studio, Citizens Theatre 10 Traditional Music Traditional Music Recital Festival Thu 25 May Centre for Contemporary Art 37 Traditional Music Traditional Music Recital Festival Fri 26 May Centre for Contemporary Art 37 Junior Conservatoire Student Concert Sat 27 May 3.45pm Ledger Recital Room 51 Musical Theatre Candid Cabaret Mon 29 May 7.30pm Check website for details 14 Musical Theatre Candid Cabaret Tue 30 May 7.30pm Check website for details 14 Drama On The Verge Wed 31 May 7pm Check website for details 11 Drama Pleasure and Pain Wed 31 May 7.30pm Circle Studio, Citizens Theatre 10 Musical Theatre Candid Cabaret Wed 31 May 7.30pm Check website for details 14 0141 332 5057 rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice Category Title Date Time Location Page JUNE Drama On The Verge Thu 1 Jun 7pm Check website for details 11 Opera MMus Opera Scenes Thu 1 Jun 7.15pm Alexander Gibson Opera Studio 17 Drama Pleasure and Pain Thu 1 Jun 7.30pm Circle Studio, Citizens Theatre 10 Musical Theatre Candid Cabaret Thu 1 Jun 7.30pm Check website for details 14 Opera MMus Opera Scenes Fri 2 Jun 2.15pm Alexander Gibson Opera Studio 17 Drama On The Verge Fri 2 Jun 7pm Check website for details 11 Drama Pleasure and Pain Fri 2 Jun 7.30pm Circle Studio, Citizens Theatre 10 Drama Pleasure and Pain Sat 3 Jun 2pm & 7.30pm Circle Studio, Citizens Theatre 10 Junior Conservatoire Student Concert Sat 3 Jun 3.45pm Ledger Recital Room 51 Junior Conservatoire Junior Conservatoire Wind Orchestra Sat 3 Jun 4.15pm Stevenson Hall 52 Musical Theatre Candid Cabaret Sun 4 Jun 7.30pm Check website for details 14 Musical Theatre Candid Cabaret Mon 5 Jun 7.30pm Check website for details 14 Musical Theatre Candid Cabaret Tue 6 Jun 7.30pm Check website for details 14 Musical Theatre Candid Cabaret Wed 7 Jun 7.30pm Check website for details 14
Dance Modern Ballet graduation performance Thu 8 Jun 7.30pm New Athenaeum Theatre 7 63 Opera MPerf Opera Scenes Fri 9 Jun 7.15pm Alexander Gibson Opera Studio 17 Dance Modern Ballet graduation performance Fri 9 Jun 7.30pm New Athenaeum Theatre 7 Dance Modern Ballet graduation performance Sat 10 Jun 2.30pm & 7.30pm New Athenaeum Theatre 7 Opera MPerf Opera Scenes Sat 10 Jun 7.15pm Alexander Gibson Opera Studio 17 Junior Conservatoire Pre-Junior Conservatoire Concert Sat 10 Jun 3pm Ledger Recital Room 52 Junior Conservatoire Junior Conservatoire Brass Sat 10 Jun 4.15pm Stevenson Hall 52 Exchange Talk Marc Silberschatz Mon 12 Jun 6pm Ledger Recital Room 49 Music RSNO Concerto Concert Thu 15 Jun 6pm Stevenson Hall 28 Junior Conservatoire Junior Conservatoire Next Stage Fri 16 Jun 7.30pm Check website for details 52 Junior Conservatoire Junior Conservatoire Next Stage Sat 17 Jun 2.30pm & 7.30pm Check website for details 52 0141 332 5057 Junior Conservatoire Junior Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra Sun 18 Jun 7.30pm Stevenson Hall 53 0141 332 5057 Trombone Weekend Pre-Concert 1 Thu 22 Jun 6.45pm Recital Rooms, City Halls 44 Trombone Weekend BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra 1 Thu 22 Jun 7.30pm Grand Hall, City Halls 44 Trombone Weekend Pre-Concert 2 Fri 23 Jun 6.45pm Recital Rooms, City Halls 44 Trombone Weekend BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra 2 Fri 23 Jun 7.30pm Grand Hall, City Halls 45 Trombone Weekend BTS competitions Sat 24 Jun 10am Stevenson Hall 45 Trombone Weekend Family Brass Concert Sat 24 Jun 2pm Grand Hall, City Halls 45 Trombone Weekend Mnozil Brass: Yes Yes Yes! Sat 24 Jun 7.30pm Grand Hall, City Halls 45 Accessibility Exchanges We want as many people as possible to Got a ticket that you can no longer use? enjoy our fantastic performances. Not a problem! Just return the ticket to the Box Office no later than 24 hours • Wheelchair spaces with companion prior to the start of the event, and we’ll seats in all venues be happy to exchange this to a future • Level access and lift to all floors event to the same or higher value. We within building charge a small £1 fee for exchanges. • Disabled parking available to the rear of the building and adjacent Concessions multi-storey car park Concession prices are available for RCS • BSL interpreted and captioned productions and apply to over 60s, under rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice performances as well as a dedicated 16, unwaged, students, and registered Deaf Theatre Club disabled customers (we offer a free ticket • Induction loop in all venues for to carers of disabled customers where patrons who are hard of hearing required). Available concessions may vary • Relaxed performances for visiting company events. • Accessible toilets • Assistance dogs welcome Opening hours • Our trained Box Office and Front of The Box Office is open 9am – 5pm House staff are always happy to help (Mon to Fri). Saturday opening hours patrons in any way they can vary. Please call the Box office for details See rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice/access (0141 332 5057). Outside of these hours for more details the box office will open 90 mins prior to 64 Information the start of a performance, and remains Deaf Theatre Club open until 15 mins after the start time. Developed in collaboration with Solar Bear, we offer a mix of signed or Royalty Card captioned shows (see p4). If you want to enjoy more performances and save money on tickets for all of our Relaxed performances events, including opera, musical theatre, Relaxed performances specifically jazz, drama and dance, join our Royalty cater for people who would benefit Card scheme. Our discount card gives you: from adjustments made to shows, such • Priority booking as customers with Autism Spectrum • Discounted tickets Disorder, sensory and communication • 10% off Royal Conservatoire merchandise disorders, a learning disability, or • 20% off hot food and drinks at RCS parents with very young children. Cafe Bar Slight adjustments are made to the • FREE entry to masterclasses and performance to increase audience competitions members’ comfort and enjoyment. • Free ticket exchanges up to 24 hours prior to the start of the event Exclusive special offers, competitions, and more... You can buy your membership at the Box Office by phoning us on 0141 332 5057,
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