What is the International Advisory Board at RCS?

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland International Advisory Board is a US-based non-profit, which supports the Conservatoire in its goal to provide outstanding arts education regardless of barriers.

The Board was founded to raise awareness and advance the aims of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in the United States.

WORLD TOP 10

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) is ranked as one of the world’s top 10 destinations to study the performing arts in the 2023 QS World University Rankings for Performing Arts.

RCS is a diverse centre of performance, with excellent venues and active partnerships with all of Scotland’s national arts companies. Find out more about RCS.

Professional Partnerships

We have partnerships with all of Scotland’s national performing arts companies.

National Theatre of Scotland

Showcasing Scottish culture at home and abroad, the National Theatre of Scotland allows students to gain access to the important network of directors, sound technicians, stage managers and performance makers at Scotland’s national theatre.

Scottish Ballet

This bold and inspiring company designs and delivers the BA Modern Ballet programme in partnership with RCS.

Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Internationally celebrated orchestra which offers RCS students unique side-by-side learning and performing opportunities.

Scottish Opera

Scotland’s national opera company is the largest performing arts organisation in the country and offers performance opportunities in co-productions and side-by-side rehearsals with The Orchestra of Scottish Opera.

Royal Scottish National Orchestra

One of Europe’s leading orchestras, the RSNO offers music students the chance to audition for the RSNO Professional Experience scheme and also offers side-by-side opportunities.

#RCSALUMNI

Our graduates are a talented and richly varied group who make a significant impact across the globe. RCS alumni perform in orchestras, teach in classrooms, produce world-class arts festivals, create iconic set designs, lead cultural organisations and star in Hollywood movies.

Sam Heughan

Star of Outlander.

Krysty Wilson-Cairns

Screenwriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns co-wrote World War One epic 1917 with director Sam Mendes that scooped awards including seven BAFTAs, two Golden Globes and three Oscars — and earned Krysty her first Oscar nomination in the Original Screenplay category. Krysty co-wrote Last Night in Soho with acclaimed director Edgar Wright and is taking on one of the world’s biggest movie franchises with Oscar-winning director Taika Waititi — she is co-writing the script for a new Star Wars feature film.

ALAN CUMMING

Tony and Olivier award-winning actor, performer, writer and activist.

NCUTI GATWA

Ncuti Gatwa is the much-loved star of Netflix series Sex Education, in which he plays scene-stealing Eric Effiong. It’s a role that’s earned Ncuti a string of awards, including Outstanding Supporting Role at the National Comedy Awards (2022); Comedy Performance (Male) at the Royal Television Society Awards; Best Actor in Television, BAFTA Scotland and the Rose d’Or Performance of the Year (all 2020). He also stars in the live-action Barbie movie and is the fourteenth Time Lord in BBC’s Doctor Who, following in the footsteps of fellow RCS graduate David Tennant.

DANILA MARZILLI

Dancer with Ballet Cymru.

James McAvoy

Screen credits include X-Men, It, Atonement, The Last King of Scotland, Filth and Split.

Fergus McCreadie

Fergus McCreadie was a finalist in the 2018 BBC Jazz Musician of the Year, and he was awarded the Best Instrumentalist prize at the Scottish Jazz Awards in 2020. In 2021, he released his second solo album Cairn, inspired by the tradition and landscape of his native Scotland. Together with his trio of David Bowden (bass) and Stephen Henderson (drums), he released a new album Forest Floor in 2022, inspired by the changes the seasons produce on the forest floor.

Richard Madden

Winner of the Golden Globe Best Actor award for Bodyguard. Recent credits include Rocketman and Game of Thrones.

GLASGOW

Based in Glasgow, our students study in a city that blends the traditional with the cutting-edge, Scottish heritage with multi-cultural influences, the grit with the glamour.

Discover more about Glasgow.

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