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Wind Orchestra Concerto Concert

Thu 21st Feb

Ellerby Clarinet ConcertoEllerby Summer NightsJohn McLeod A Dramatic LandscapeErik Larsson ConcertinoPercy Grainger Lincolnshire PosyFrank Lloyd French hornOsian Dance ClarinetMatas Scerbauskas Cla...

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Fridays at One: Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason

Fri 22nd Feb

Sheku Kanneh-Mason Cello Isata Kanneh-Mason Piano Boccherini Cello Sonata No.6 in A, G.4 Debussy Cello Sonata, L.135 Offenbach Les Larmes de Jacqueline (Jacqueline’s Tears) Op.76 No.2 Brahms Sona...

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Cello Festival - Antonio Meneses Masterclass

Fri 22nd Feb

Please note change of start time from 3pm to 3.30pm.A public masterclass with RCS students performing for cellist, Antonio Meneses.This festival is a partnership between the Royal Conservatoire of ...

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Cello Festival - Pedro de Alcantara

Fri 22nd Feb

Pedro de Alcantara's new music has been described as ‘tribal classic’ and ‘shamanic jazz’. The cello becomes a lute, a theorbo, a percussion instrument. The cellist becomes a herald, a tric...

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Cello Festival - ABRSM Teacher’s Workshop

Sat 23rd Feb

Join ABRSM examiner, cellist and educator Alison Moncrieff-Kelly for an in-depth exploration into the vital ingredients of musical performance. You will gain helpful insights into the aspects of m...

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Cello Day – Closing Concert

Sat 23rd Feb

The closing performance of the Cello Day will feature the RCS Cello Ensemble performing a range of exciting repertoire. The programme will include arrangements from Bernstein’s West Side Story, M...

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Cello Festival - Antonio Meneses

Sat 23rd Feb

Antonio Meneses CelloCristian Budu PianoBach Sonata No.2 for viola da gamba and continuo in D, BWV1028Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No.5Guerra Vicente Cenas CariocasBrahms Cello Sonata No.1 in ...

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Hilary Rosin Coffee Concert: Cello Festival - Maxwell Quartet with Philip Higham

Sun 24th Feb

Please note change to programme.Maxwell QuartetPhilip Higham CelloBoccherini La Musica Notturna delle Strade di Madrid, Op. 30 No. 6 (G. 324) Taneyev String Quintet No. 1 in G major, Op. 14 Join us...

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Cello Festival - Anastasia Kobekina

Sun 24th Feb

Anastasia Kobekina CelloJean-Selim Abdelmoula PianoShostakovich Sonata for cello and piano in d minor, Op.40Franck arr. Delsart Violin Sonata in a minorJoin us at Scotland's national conservatoire ...

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Mondays at One: Song Studio – Summer Nights: Berlioz at 150

Mon 25th Feb

A programme to mark the 150th anniversary of Berlioz's death in 1869. It will include a complete performance of his cycle 'Nuits d'ete' (Summer nights), as well as solo songs and duets. ...

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Exchange Talk: Dr Sarah Hopfinger

Mon 25th Feb

Dr Hopfinger discusses chronic pain performance practice. ...

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Blue Mondays: Jazz from Europe with Tom Gibbs

Mon 25th Feb

Pianist, Tom Gibbs, explores jazz from across Europe with RCS jazz students. ...

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Keyboard Sessions II: An Evening in Paris

Wed 27th Feb

Students from the Keyboard department collaborate with students from across the Conservatoire in a programme exploring Parisian musical culture.Fali Pavri DirectorSinae Lee Director ...

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RCS Symphony Orchestra Concerto Concert

Thu 28th Feb

This annual concert features students performing as concerto soloists with our student and fellow conductors.Sibelius Violin ConcertoFrancaix Clarinet ConcertoGreig Piano ConcertoHuixin Hu ViolinCa...

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Fridays at One: Hamish Napier - The Railway

Fri 1st Mar

Hamish Napier Keyboards, whistles, flutes, vocalsPatsy Reid FiddleFinlay MacDonald Bagpipes, whistlesEwan Robertson GuitarJames Lindsay Double bassFraser Stone Drums, percussionSpeyside composer an...

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Junior Conservatoire: Student Concert

Sat 2nd Mar

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Junior Conservatoire: Sinfonia and Strings Orchestra

Sat 2nd Mar

Junior Conservatoire Sinfonia and String Ensemble present a programme of well known classics from the orchestral and string orchestra repertoire. ...

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Opera Double Bill: Dido and Aeneas and Trouble in Tahiti

Sat 2nd Mar - Fri 8th Mar

Purcell Dido and Aeneas Bernstein Trouble in TahitiMaxine Braham Director Anthony Kraus ConductorThis production of Dido and Aeneus is a contemporary performance of the classic tale of regal love a...

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An Afternoon of Traditional Music

Sun 3rd Mar

An intimate, relaxed and family friendly afternoon of music from our Traditional Music students. ...

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Mondays at One: RCS Harps & TU Dublin Conservatory Harp Ensemble

Mon 4th Mar

RCS HarpsTU Dublin Conservatory Harp Ensemble RCS harp students are joined by harp students from the TU Dublin Conservatory of Music and Drama. ...

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Exchange Talk: Professorial Address with Andrea Gajic

Mon 4th Mar - Mon 4th Mar

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The Witch of Edmonton

Wed 6th Mar - Sat 9th Mar

By Thomas Dekker, John Ford and William Rowley, with additional text by Elizabeth I, William Bradford, Ralph Lane and George Percy. Adapted by Marc SilberschatzMarc Silberschatz Director"What are w...

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Red Note with RCS MusicLab

Thu 7th Mar

Programme to include: Linda Buckley Nikuda Oliver Searle DeathleticsDavid Sawer Coachman ChronosKagel Die Stüke der WindroseJoel Sandelson, June-Sung Park Leverhulme Conducting FellowMinhyung Lee,...

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Fridays at One: Broen Ensemble and Friends

Fri 8th Mar

Featuring music by Vasks, Vivaldi and GriegAfter the tremendous success of their first RCS performance in early 2018, the young string ensemble return with an exciting programme that will involve i...

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Cancelled - Competition: Dunbar-Gerber Prize for Chamber Music

Fri 8th Mar

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Colin Currie Young Percussionist Prize

Fri 8th Mar

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Junior Conservatoire: Student Concert

Sat 9th Mar

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Junior Conservatoire Student Concert

Sat 9th Mar

The Student Concert series provides Junior Conservatoire musicians with a platform to showcase repertoire and gain valuable experience. ...

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String Department Chamber Music Concert

Sun 10th Mar

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Exchange Talk: Doctoral Students' Showcase

Mon 11th Mar

A PechaKucha based presentation of some Doctoral students' current work. ...

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Blue Mondays: The Jazz Surge of 1959 with Paul Harrison

Mon 11th Mar

Paul Harrison Piano RCS Jazz DepartmentA celebration of influential albums 60 years on. ...

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Piano Festival - Bamber/Galloway Piano Competition

Tue 12th Mar

Prizes of £1000 (first), £500 (second) and £250 (third), to be awarded on the result of competitive performances of a 30 minute solo keyboard recital that must include at least one work by Serge...

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Competition: Mabel Glover String Quartet Prize

Tue 12th Mar

In memory of Mabel Glover, a prize of £800 to be shared equally amongst the members of the winning ensemble. Quartets will be required to perform a string quartet by Joseph Haydn and one movement ...

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Piano Festival - In Memory of Clara Schumann

Wed 13th Mar

Celebrating the life and works of Clara Schumann, including a performance of the Schumann Piano Quintet arranged by Clara for four hands and Clara by Sally Beamish and Janice Galloway. Commissioned...

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Piano Festival - Shostakovich 5 for Piano Duet

Wed 13th Mar

Kristina Yorgova Piano Karolina Pancernaite PianoAn opportunity to hear the rarely performed piano duet version of Shostakovich Symphony No.5. ...

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Piano Festival - Student Showcase: The Best of Performance Week

Thu 14th Mar

A performance showcasing the best student performances created during performance week. ...

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Piano Festival - Multiple Pianos with Anto Pett

Thu 14th Mar

Programme to include: Couperin Keyboard Suite ...

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Piano Festival - Fridays at One: Lukas Geniušas

Fri 15th Mar

Lukas Geniušas PianoPetras Geniušas PianoRussian-Lithuanian pianist Lukas Geniušas has firmly established himself as one of the most exciting and most distinctive artists of his generation. Join...

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Piano Festival - Masterclass with Lukas Geniušas

Fri 15th Mar

A public masterclass with RCS students performing for pianist, Lukas Geniušas. ...

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Gilbert Innes Prize for Piano

Fri 15th Mar

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Piano Festival - Piano and Dance

Fri 15th Mar

Ravel La Valse Improvisations Stravinsky The Rite of SpringOur yearly piano and dance collaboration will feature Stravinsky's controversial and iconic work, The Rite of Spring.Join us for an epic e...

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Glasgow Grand Opera Society Cup for Voice

Sat 16th Mar

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Sunday in the Park with George

Sat 16th Mar - Fri 22nd Mar

David Higham Musical DirectorStephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s soaring masterpiece is one of the most acclaimed musicals of our time. Inspired by Seurat’s painting A Sunday Afternoon on the I...

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Mondays at One: Strings

Mon 18th Mar

A Monday lunchtime concert featuring students from the string department. ...

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Exchange Talk + : Romantic National Song Network

Mon 18th Mar

This lecture recital will focus on the national songs of Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales during the romantic era with performances from RCS students throughout.The Romantic National Song Netwo...

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Doctor Faustus

Tue 19th Mar - Fri 22nd Mar

Doctor Faustus By Christopher MarloweAdapted and directed by Jennifer DickMA CLASSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY TEXT"Go bear these tidings togreat Lucifer:Say I surrender up to him my soul,So he will spare...

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MPerf Opera Workshop

Thu 21st Mar - Fri 22nd Mar

Nicolette Molnár DirectorJulia Lynch Musical DirectorIntroduced and narrated by the director and musical director, this informal presentation gives a unique opportunity to observe singers from the...

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Wee Fat Brass with Mike Lovatt

Thu 21st Mar

Mike Lovatt TrumpetRCS Brass We are delighted to welcome back trumpet legend, Mike Lovatt as well as announce him as RCS Brass Department Associate Artist for the next three years, collaborating ac...

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Fridays at One: Stevenson Winds

Fri 22nd Mar

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Exchange Talk + :Joseph Swensen Quartet Project

Fri 22nd Mar

Led by visiting professor, Joseph Swensen, this lecture recital will present an in-depth analysis of Bartók's Quartet No.2, Op.17. ...

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An Evening of Traditional Music

Fri 22nd Mar

An exuberant evening of traditional music featuring students from across the programme. ...

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Junior Conservatoire: Student Concert

Sat 23rd Mar

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Junior Conservatoire: Wind Concert

Sat 23rd Mar

Our wind, brass and percussion students take to the stage offering a feast of music making. ...

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Exchange Talk: Dr Katya Ermolaev

Mon 25th Mar

Dr Ermolaev looks at reconstructing the first version of Prokofiev’s opera, War and Peace. ...

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Junior Conservatoire: Traditional Music Competition

Sat 30th Mar

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Junior Conservatoire: Guitar Competition

Sat 30th Mar

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Young Blood

Sat 30th Mar

Here? You. Aye … you. Come closer. I know something. And I think it’s going to change things. Like change everything. I promised not to tell anyone but… They’ve figured it out. They figured...

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Junior Conservatoire: Symphony Orchestra Concert

Sun 31st Mar

This symphonic celebration promises to be one of the highlights of the term. The programme will feature a concerto soloist selected from our annual concerto competition. ...

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Theatre Sound Assembly

Sat 13th Apr

Ever wondered what a Theatre Sound Designer actually does? Well now is your chance to find out. The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, in collaboration with the Audio Engineering Society (AES) Scotla...

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Traditional Music: Masters Performance

Fri 10th May

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Mondays At One: Keyboard Collaborations

Mon 13th May

Our latest Mondays At One series has collaboration at it's heart. Join the ever innovative and collaborative keyboard department for some of their favourite collaborations ...

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Arno Bornkamp Plays Bach

Thu 16th May

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Dead Man Walking

Sat 18th May - Fri 24th May

By Jake HeggieCaroline Clegg DirectorJames Holmes Conductor Dead Man Walking tells the real life story of Joseph de Rocher, sentenced to death in Louisiana for the rape and murder of a young boy an...

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MPerf Opera Scenes

Thu 6th Jun - Fri 7th Jun

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The Merry Widow (Lehár) - Opera Bohemia

Sun 18th Aug

Opera Bohemia, Scotland’s professional touring celebrates its 10th anniversary with one of the world’s best loved operettas, The Merry Widow by Franz Lehár. Set in the romantic city of Paris, ...

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Offer Test 1

Fri 1st Jan

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Offer Test 2

Sat 2nd Jan

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