Lecturer in Modern Ballet; classical ballet technique, repertoire, pointe work, solos
Learn about Kara McLaughlin
Kara McLaughlin
Lecturer in Modern Ballet; classical ballet technique, repertoire, pointe work, solos
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.
Ellen is the Technology Enhanced Learning Administrator for WACI and Transitions here at RCS. She is also a singing teacher and studied Vocal Performance at RCS.
Andrew McTaggart is a Singing Teacher within the Vocal Department, Opera School and BEd course. Andrew always aims to promote a keen and active love of singing and the repertoire whist building technical assurance and confidence.
Andrew’s favourite concert since graduating was his Edinburgh International Festival debut singing Vaughan Williams’s Five Mystical Songs in the Usher Hall in 2019.
Helen McVey currently holds the post of Director of Business Development at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She is a cellist, arts leader, lecturer and strategist, dedicated to enabling others to improve the cultural well-being of Scotland and beyond. Helen was awarded her MBA in 2011; she also gained an Advanced Diploma in European Management from the University of Aarhus, Denmark in the same year.
Olivia first developed a passion for the importance of widening access to the arts during her time studying a History of Arts degree and her involvement in student theatre.
A Glasgow-based Singaporean, Ramesh Meyyappan is a theatremaker who develops performances using an eclectic mix of visual and physical theatre styles. Ramesh continually seeks to develop and extend his theatrical visual vocabulary, for example incorporating circus techniques, bouffon, puppetry and illusion within his work. He enjoys the challenge of creating strong narrative visual work.
“Ramesh is an artist who seeks out courage, hope and redemptive transformation in his story-telling” – Herald Scotland
Ruth is a BA Hons graduate of London Contemporary Dance School, and in 2019, graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with a Master in Education; Learning and Teaching in Performing Arts.
Scott Mitchell is a Senior Staff Accompanist and lecturer in Piano Accompaniment at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow where he was recently made a Fellow and where he also teaches piano at the Junior Department. He is also a member of the accompaniment staff at Napier University in Edinburgh and also one of the founding members of the Cantilena Festival on Islay, a Festival for strings taking place on the island of Islay every summer.
I’ve been working with young people at RCS for over 19 years as an administrator. I support young people and their adults with all the administrative aspects of their studies such as registration and finances.
Dr Jill Morgan holds a PhD in Music Psychology from Edinburgh University and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. At RCS, she lectures on the Postgraduate Learning and Teaching programme and co-coordinates the Introduction to Music Psychology module in the School of Music. Jill is a co-developer on the new MA in Psychology in the Arts (Music) degree and an active researcher exploring the role of music in the social world, education and in health and well-being. Current research includes the Coorie Doon project for Chamber Music Scotland, the Five Places programme for the Red Note Ensemble and Healing Spaces for BuildX Studio.
As a pianist, Jill has extensive educator experience having taught music in schools as well as keyboard skills and listening and musicianship at the University of Edinburgh. She has given many presentations at conferences and seminars nationally and internationally and has been a guest on BBC Radio Scotland speaking about the impact of music on people’s lives.
Ruth Morley teaches flute at RCS across undergraduate and graduate courses. This work includes one to one lessons, classes and chamber coaching. Ruth’s teaching is focussed on building strong and flexible technical skills connected with informed and stylish interpretation skills to allow the widest possible musical choices in performance.
Christine teaches Costuming skills, Photoshop and Corel painter (digital art application) and continues to maintain hands on involvement in costume design and construction. She is a graduate of the RCS Post Graduate Learning and Teaching in the Arts and is a Fellow of the RSAM.
Professor Arnold Myers is a Senior Research Fellow at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and a Professor Emeritus of the University of Edinburgh; he serves as President of the Galpin Society. His Edinburgh University doctorate developed acoustically based techniques for taxonomic classification of brass instruments.
Nikita is currently Principal Double Bass with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and has held the position since 2010. He has worked with many of the finest orchestras and played as a guest principal with the London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Amsterdam Sinfonietta and the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra.
Nikita regularly leads master classes around the world and teaches double bass at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
