Staff A-Z

Convenor of the People and Culture Committee and Member of the Fundraising Committee

Martin Mallorie began his career in professional theatre over thirty years ago and has worked extensively in design, music, prop making, prosthetics, pyrotechnics and animatronics.

Malcolm was given an honorary doctorate at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 2004 and appointed International Fellow of Accompaniment in 2009. Malcolm was the Artistic Director of the 2011 Leeds Lieder+ Festival.

Fabrice joined the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2013 as a lecturer in Modern Ballet and has been a frequent guest teacher to Australia, Canada, France, Japan and at the UK’s Royal Ballet School.

Widely regarded as one of the most exciting and talented Guitarists in Europe Matthew has been delighting audiences worldwide with his insightful performances and effortless presentation in a concert career spanning well over a decade

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Former Principal Horn, RSNO, David McClenaghan has been a member our Brass Department Staff as Horn Teacher since 1991.

Elizabeth McCormack was born in Fife, Scotland and studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now RCS) and the National Opera Studio, London. She is a past winner of the Scottish Opera, John Noble Bursary, the Decca-Kathleen Ferrier Prize, the Royal Overseas League Music Competition, the Isobel Baillie Performance Award, Scotland’s representative in Cardiff Singer of the World 1993 and a recipient of the Countess of Munster and Caird Scholarships.

Alistair McCulloch hails from Ayr in Scotland and is one of the country’s best-known fiddle performers, teachers and composers with many appearances on radio and television. Past winner of many fiddle championships, Alistair is a fiddle instructor at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and has tutored many of the new generation of rising stars.

Rita McDade serves several roles at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland: Translator, Lecturer and Co-ordinator, and in recent years she developed a new Dramaturg role.

Alison teaches baroque cello and viola at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She is also a qualified Feldenkrais Method practitioner and is combining her skills to explore how the way we move can influence the music we make.

Principal Trumpet, Scottish Ballet

Since retiring from Scottish Ballet in 2014, Kara has been teaching RAD Graded and Vocational Classes, Scottish Ballet Associates and is a Lecturer in Modern Ballet at the Royal Conservatoire Scotland.