*For performing arts education WORLD (QS World Rankings 2018) TOP 5* Make the right choices. Live in the right city. Learn in one of the world’s top 3 performing arts education institutions. If your future lies in Music, Drama, Dance, Production or Film –– the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland has everything to help you create and realise your ambitions. Images: Graduates Wen Wang and Gongbo Jiang perform at Gleneagles. A cast shot taken from Cabaret. Production image from Die Fledermaus. Student Bryony Robertson at Dumfries House. Music Bachelor of Music (Hons) 32 Masters of Music/Master of Arts in Music Brass Chamber Music CONTENTS Composition Welcome Conducting Open Days Guitar and Harp 03 Historically Informed Performance Practice Jazz RCS: Like Nowhere Else Keyboard Learn from the best Piano Accompaniment 04 Piano for Dance Professional partnerships Opera Performance Repetiteurship Global arts community Strings International students Timpani and Percussion Students’ Union Traditional Music Vocal Studies Alumni Woodwind 16 Dance 58 BA Modern Ballet Glasgow Drama 22 Scotland BA Acting Edinburgh 64 BA (Hons) Contemporary Performance Practice Campus and facilities BA Performance in British Sign Language and English Welcome Open Days Student accommodation BA Musical Theatre A warm welcome to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland which Sign up to an Open Day and experience what life is MA Musical Theatre is recognised as one of the world’s top five performing arts like at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. education institutions (QS World Rankings, 2018) and where we MA Classical and Contemporary Text These are popular events and booking is essential. have been developing inspiring artists and creative leaders How to apply Book your place online, with registration opening for more than 170 years. Entry requirements Production one month in advance: rcs.ac.uk/opendays 108 Finance BA Production Arts and Design As Principal, I am proud to lead such a distinctive and innovative institution. This is the only place in Europe where you can Supporting you 80 BA Production Technology and Management Music: study all of the performing arts on the one campus and this allows students to be part of some extraordinary collaborative 15 June 2018 Film experiences. BA Filmmaking As a student at Scotland’s national conservatoire, you will have Drama, Production and Film: 88 the chance to live and study in Glasgow, one of the world’s 17 August 2018 Education most vibrant and creative cities and a UNESCO City of Music. Bachelor of Education (Hons) Music This thriving live arts and music community is home to a wide Production and Film: 94 MEd Learning and Teaching in the Performing Arts range of creative activity including the national orchestras, theatre and ballet companies, all of which actively engage with 5 October 2018 MA Learning and Teaching (Gaelic Arts) our students. PG Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Arts Education You will find RCS is a place like nowhere else and we will work Drama: The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is one of the PG Certificate in Learning and Teaching in with you to help you realise your chosen path. Every student 19 October 2018 four UK Royal Conservatoires. We join the Royal Higher Arts Education is different and we celebrate and embrace the diversity of our Academy of Music, the Royal College of Music PG Certificate Learning Support and Administration student body. and the Royal Northern College of Music as proud Dance: partners in the Associated Board of the Royal in Higher Arts Education Choosing where to study is a huge decision that will shape your 2 November 2018 Schools of Music (ABRSM). future in many ways; if you want to join us here in Glasgow to be part ABRSM is the UK’s largest music education body Research of our world-leading institution, I look forward to welcoming you. and seeks to inspire musical achievement PhD throughout the world. Professor Jeffrey Sharkey Principal 104 Master of Philosophy abrsm.org Doctor of Performing Arts 2 RCS.AC.UK WELCOME 3 This is the only place in Europe where you can study all of the Learn from Perform the best The curriculum is built around performing arts. There is a distinctive creative energy at RCS performance and each year we and you’ll be made to feel part of our inclusive and diverse You’ll learn from, and work with, some programme 500+ performances in each of the best educators and performers of our five professional venues, and environment from the very beginning of your studies. in the industry, benefiting from their in external venues across the country knowledge and experience. Staff are and internationally. Performance connected to industry and many hold opportunities in the past year include positions in orchestras and national productions staged at the Edinburgh companies. We also regularly invite Festivals, Shakespeare’s Globe, the guest artists to RCS to give lessons, Cockpit Theatre (London) and in masterclasses and performances theatres and venues across New York, 1across all degree programmes. 4 Italy, Malta and the Czech Republic. Global arts Graduate community and work Be a part of a diverse, welcoming and Graduates from RCS have made inclusive institution that understands all lasting impacts on the world in their students have their own aspirations. specialist fields, with 97.1% of graduate We’ll work with you and help you to respondents in employment or further fulfil your unique potential. study (HESA, 15/16). Graduates include the actor James McAvoy, screenwriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns, composer LIKE Patrick Doyle, mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill and actress 2 5 Katie Leung. Collaborate Glasgow Studying here gives you the opportunity Voted world’s friendliest city by NOWHERE to collaborate, create new work and Rough Guides (2016), Glasgow is a grow your own network of contacts vibrant city of culture which hosts across the performing arts. Collaboration an average of 130 music events each opportunities include the annual Bridge week, as well as a huge range of city- Week festival where students can come wide festivals and pop-up events. together and pitch for the opportunity Study in Glasgow and you will to devise new projects to perform in never be bored. our professional venues. ELSE4 RCS.AC.UK 3LIKE NOWHERE 6ELSE 5 Our teaching staff are some of the best performers and educators in the country. Study here and you will benefit from their experience, expertise and industry knowledge. Award-winning teachers Specialist staff Our staff are leaders in their fields and actively engaged with the During your studies you will be supported by specialist staff who professional industry. Award-winning staff include Professor can provide help and advice in areas outside of your discipline. David Watkin (Gramophone and BBC Music Magazine Award), Specialists include: Jenn Butterworth (Music Tutor of the Year), Diana Loosmore Recording Studio Engineer: On hand to help you record music (Herald Angel Award) and Tommy Smith (Founder and Director for applications, exams and demos, or just to get experience LEARN of Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, and winner of seven Scottish of working in a professional recording studio. Jazz Awards and three British Jazz Awards). Audio Visual Team: Offers advice on AV technology and manages We purposefully keep our class sizes small to ensure teachers a store of resources and equipment available for students to have the opportunity to nurture and develop each individual borrow free of charge, such as cameras, lighting kits, microphones student. You will find RCS a supportive environment where staff and recording equipment. are approachable and understanding of your learning needs Venue Technicians and Central Production Unit: An expert team and aspirations. who supervises and guides students working on live performances. The Central Production Unit staff work closely with Production Visiting artists students to offer tutorial support. We have excellent relationships with professional artists across the Archivist: With one of the world’s most significant collections of world and regularly invite visiting artists to work with our students. musical instruments, the RCS Archives is a huge resource open This allows you the opportunity to hear from performers and to students and our specialist Archives Officer is available to help industry experts at the very top of their discipline and gain insight with your research. FROM THE into the most current practice. Recent visiting artists include: | Nicola Benedetti International and Student | Sir Matthew Bourne OBE Experience team | Paule Constable The International and Student Experience team is here to help | Colin Currie you from your first enquiry through to graduation. They provide | Giles Havergal CBE advice and guidance on how to apply to study in Scotland, visas, | Simon Keenlyside welfare support and financial advice. This team is dedicated | Andrew Lippa to ensuring every student has the best possible learning journey | Sir James MacMillan CBE at RCS. | Jed Mercurio | Tom Vaughan Images: Artistic Director of Conducting Professor Garry Walker leads the RCS Symphony Orchestra. Set and Costume Design Lecturer Robin Peoples works with BA Actor Edward Soper on perfecting his costume for The Jungle Book. BEST6 RCS.AC.UK LEARN FROM THE BEST 7 As Scotland’s national conservatoire, These professional partnerships are embedded into the curriculum of we are uniquely placed to partner with all each programme so you may benefit of the national artistic companies and from learning alongside industry professional industries. experts from the beginning of your studies. We believe that the freedom of exchange between RCS students and our partners creates an extraordinary atmosphere where the artistic leaders of today engage with and inspire the performers of tomorrow. POWER OF PARTNERSHIP8 RCS.AC.UK RCS PARTNERSHIPS 9 BUILT AROUND PERFORMANCE The whole range of the performing arts is offered at RCS so students can see everything from opera to Shakespeare, symphony orchestras to ballet, and jazz to contemporary performance – all under one roof.