The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is ranked 3rd in the world for performing arts education. QS World Rankings, 2017 IMAGE Sir John in Love. 1 05. 34. 78. Life is not Open Days Music Production a rehearsal • Bachelor of Music (Honours) • BA Production Arts and Design • Master of Music/Master of Arts in Music • BA Production Technology and 06. • Brass Management • Introducing RCS Chamber Music “A warm welcome to the Royal • Composition Conservatoire of Scotland. Study • Conducting 86. at Scotland’s national conservatoire • Historically Informed Performance Practice and you’ll be part of a dynamic Film • 08. Guitar and Harp and international community which • Jazz • BA Filmmaking embraces the power of creativity. Like nowhere else • Keyboard You’ll have the opportunity to • • Learn from the best Piano Accompaniment develop your own potential in a • • The power of partnership Piano for Dance 92. world-class learning and teaching • • International students Opera environment, in an institution • Education • Repetiteurship recognised as a global leader in Students' Union • Strings performing arts education. • Bachelor of Education (Music) with • Timpani and Percussion Honours You’ll have the chance to live and • Traditional Music 16. • MEd Learning and Teaching in the study in Glasgow, a UNESCO City of • Woodwind Performing Arts Music, the home of a richly-diverse The next step • Vocal Studies • MA Learning and Teaching (Gaelic Arts) and thriving live arts and music • Alumni • scene as well as Scotland’s national PG Certificate Learning Support and Administration in Higher Arts Education orchestra, opera, ballet and theatre 56. • PG Certificate Learning and Teaching in companies, all of which actively 22. Dance Arts Education collaborate with our students. • PG Certificate Learning and Teaching in This is a place like no other at a time Right here, right now • BA Modern Ballet Higher Arts Education when the world is needing artists • Glasgow more than ever. Could you be • Edinburgh part of it? I do hope so and we hope • 62. Scotland 104. to see you in Glasgow, at Scotland’s • Campus and facilities Drama Research national conservatoire soon. • Accommodation Professor Jeffrey Sharkey, Principal” • • Study abroad BA Acting • Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Philosophy • BA Contemporary Performance Practice and Doctor of Performing Arts (Honours) • BA Performance in British Sign Language and English 108. • BA Musical Theatre • MA Musical Theatre (Performance), The important details (Musical Directing) or (Choreography) • Entry requirements • MA Classical and Contemporary Text • How to apply The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is one of the four (Acting) or (Directing) • UK Royal Conservatoires. We join the Royal Academy of Finance and scholarships Music, the Royal College of Music and the Royal Northern • Supporting you College of Music as proud partners in the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM). ABRSM is the UK’s largest music education body and seeks to inspire musical achievement throughout the world. Explore our prospectus our Explore abrsm.org 2 3 Open Days Join us for an Open Day to experience what life is like here at RCS. Open Days are always popular and advanced booking is essential. Book your place online: rcs.ac.uk/opendays Music: 9 June 2017 Dance, Drama, Production and Film: 18 August 2017 Production and Film: 6 October 2017 Drama: 20 October 2017 Dance: 3 November 2017 IMAGE Cabaret performed in the New Athenaeum Theatre featuring BA Musical Theatre students, with music from students from the School of Music and stage construction, design and management by Production students. 4 5 Introducing 2 . Perform Performance is everything at RCS. The curriculum is built around allowing you to become the best performing or production artist possible so you will have many opportunities to work on live productions. You may also have the chance to perform outside of RCS (in accordance with UKVI); students regularly perform in venues across Glasgow, Edinburgh, Scotland, the UK and internationally. In recent years, students have travelled to Beijing, India, New York and Taiwan to perform. With 170 years of experience, and recognised as one of the world's top ten performing arts education institutions, 3. we’ve created an environment that is truly distinctive and offers students an experience like no other conservatoire. Learn from the best We are Scotland’s national conservatoire, and this is the only place There’s a reason RCS is recognised as one of the top ten performing arts institutions in the world. Study here and you will be learning in Europe where you can study all of the performing arts on the from the best educators and performers in the industry. You one campus. When you visit RCS you will be welcomed with will benefit from the knowledge and experience of our specialist an openness and friendliness that you won’t find anywhere else. lecturers and tutors, many of whom continue to combine teaching with professional performing commitments. 4 . 1. Inclusive and diverse Place RCS is the smallest higher education institution in Scotland. We purposely keep class sizes small to enable us to offer you a more We are located in the heart of Glasgow, the country’s biggest and tailored, personalised learning experience. If you study here, you most vibrant city. Our close neighbours include national arts can expect to quickly get to know everyone on your programme, companies such as the National Theatre of Scotland, Scottish across all year groups, as well as all of the teaching staff. Opera, Scottish Ballet, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and You’ll find this an extremely inclusive environment. We are proud the Playwrights' Studio Scotland – all of whom actively collaborate of our commitment to equality and diversity and we value and with our students, as do other prestigious city-based organisations respect the identity of each individual. By celebrating the diversity such as BBC Scotland and the Glasgow School of Art. of all of our students, across all of our art forms, we believe we will Recognised as the world’s friendliest city (Rough Guides, 2016) greatly enrich the performing arts industry. Glasgow is bursting with arts and culture, with more than 130 live music performances taking place each week and over a dozen theatres in the city centre alone. It’s a city where artists, filmmakers, devisors, musicians, directors, dancers and 5 . performers can come together, artistically challenge one another and be inspired. Choose your own path RCS replicates Glasgow’s vibrant, multicultural atmosphere. Every student’s learning journey is unique. You have your own Within our one campus we have actors, dancers, musicians, ambitions, aspirations and talents, so we’ll work with you to help production artists, filmmakers, composers and performers all you to choose your own path. working together, as well as developing their own disciplinary IMAGE excellence. Collaboration is at our core – this is the perfect For many students, this is made possible through the extensive Patron of RCS, HRH The Prince of Wales, environment for you and your passionate, artistic peers to create Options modules programmes, allowing you to study something takes part in a production class whilst on new and exciting work. not necessarily within your discipline. Every Monday afternoon a tour of the Wallace Studios. you can choose what you want to study, so, depending on As a student here, you will get to experience Bridge Week, our availability, you can take a class in anything from Introduction annual interdisciplinary festival of performance where students to Acting, Alexander Technique or Music Psychology to Opera from across the performing arts come together to pitch their ideas Directing, Songwriting or Arts Leadership and Fundraising. to the Bridge Week Panel for funds to produce new work. This is a unique opportunity to learn a new skill that will allow you This results in a week of unique, collaborative performances held to work with our expert staff and enhance your development. throughout the campus, where anything is possible. Previous projects have included an RCS radio show, the creation of a new IMAGE performance space based on Central Park, the world’s first 360° Annabel Kidd, BMus student Introducing RCS cinema and Wolfman: the Musical. performing at Dumfries House. 6 7 People IMAGE Scottish Ensemble Artistic Director Learn from the best Jonathan Morton works with strings students in the Stevenson Hall. More than 1000 lecturers, tutors, artists, technicians, co-ordinators and support staff work at RCS across all of the many art forms. You’ll find it an extremely supportive environment where staff are approachable and available for your learning needs. Everyone who works at RCS wants to ensure the student experience is the best it can possibly be. From the moment you make your application until the day you graduate, we will be here for you when you need advice, support or a friendly ear. Teaching staff Visiting Artists The best award-winning teachers and performers in the country We have strong relationships with leading professionals across work here at RCS – they are the Heads of Programmes, the the world who join us as Visiting Artists throughout the year. lecturers leading on your performance classes and the tutors This gives you access to learn from performers at the very forefront in your one-to-one lessons. Many of our teaching staff combine of their fields. Recent Visiting Artists include: teaching with professional