Staff A-Z

Solo Tuba player of l’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and Tuba Teacher at the Hochschule der Künste Bern, Switzerland.

Roberto Kuhn Versluys is a classical guitarist from Chile whose solo and chamber career has taken him across the globe, with performances in Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Spain, France, Germany, Ireland, England, and Scotland.

Ulla-Riikka is a passionate music pedagogue and freelance musician, whose special interest is in beginner cello teaching, instrumental group teaching and early years music pedagogy.

Dr Robert Laidlow is a composer and researcher, whose work is concerned with discovering and developing new forms of musical expression through the relationship between advanced technology, scientific collaboration, and live performance.

Brodie is one of the most in demand bass players, sought after by many musicians on the Scottish Jazz scene.

Aaron Lee Lambert is an actor, singer, and theatre practitioner based in London. He holds a BA from Yale University and completed his MA from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2009. He has appeared at venues across the UK, and his West End credits include Evita, Hamilton, Sunset Boulevard, Miss Saigon, Sweeney Todd, Urinetown, Shrek, and Sister Act. Aaron leads seminars and directs as part of the RCS Musical Theatre Department.

Mhairi Lawson is a teacher in the Vocal Performance Department at the RCS and also runs a Performance Practice Clinic designed to help students of all abilities and voice types with stylistic aspects of repertoire.

Helen Lawson was born in Northumberland and studied singing at the Royal College of Music and the National Opera Studio in London. Helen has appeared as soloist in opera houses at home and abroad, including English National Opera; City of Birmingham Touring Opera; English Touring Opera; De Vlaamse Opera Antwerpen and Landestheater Thüringen. Having taught singing in German universities (Bayreuth and Bamberg), Helen moved to Glasgow in 2002 to take up the post of Lecturer in Vocal Studies at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland).

Greg Lawson is a violinist, composer and conductor who has explored music from many genres. He studied violin at the Royal Northern College of Music with Malcolm Layfield and Eligh Goren and in West Berlin with Ilan Gronich.

Singer, Teacher, Examiner, Researcher: Currently a PhD candidate at RCS (supported by a Carnegie Trust PhD Scholarship) — Exploring the notions of identity, status, and value in outreach from the perspective of the professional opera singer.

Adam Lee is a Scottish clarinettist, soloist, teacher, and composer, currently serving as Co-Principal Clarinet with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. He was previously Principal Clarinet No. 2 of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Zander started as a resident technician in the Theatre Royal Glasgow, then joined Scottish Opera as a touring technician/touring carpenter. He then went on to work mainly as a carpenter but also as a technician with various theatres and theatre companies.

“Formidably equipped” – Gramophone

“Flabbergasted” – The Herald

“Phenomenal” – The Classical Reviewer

South Korean-born pianist Sinae Lee leads a busy life as a soloist, chamber musician and lecturer at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) in Glasgow, UK. Since her UK début with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO), playing Brahms Piano Concerto No.1, she has also played with the Korean Symphony Orchestra, St. James Orchestra, Glasgow Orchestral Society as well as RCS Orchestra and Wind Ensemble. She has frequently appeared in concerts in New York, St. Petersburg, Riga, London, Edinburgh and Glasgow as well as cities in her native Korea such as Seoul, Suwon and Busan.

Katrina Lee, a Yorkshire-born Violinist, is a distinguished alumna of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She graduated with first-class Honours in 2014 and earned her Master of Music in 2016, studying under Andrea Gajic. Her academic journey was marked by numerous accolades, including the Hilda Bailey award, Ian D Watt award, Governors Prize for Strings, Robert Highgate Scholarship, and the Governors Prize for chamber music.

Louise studied at the Royal College of Music, where she graduated with 1st Class Honours and was awarded the Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Rosebowl by HRH The Prince of Wales.

In addition to her role in the SCO, Louise enjoys a wide-ranging freelance career, regularly performing with ensembles across the UK including the London Symphony Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Royal Philharmonic Orchestara, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia, London Sinfonietta, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and the Aurora Orchestra.

Tim Licata is a part-time lecturer teaching Movement in Performance on the BA Performance course in BSL and English.