Arlene is devoted to advocacy for music education and high quality, equitable learning experiences for all. Passionate about not only shaping the future of young musicians but providing opportunities for all to engage, be inspired and experience the benefits of live music making.
Dr Una MacGlone is the head of MA Creative Arts Practice and Arts Leadership and Fundraising. She is an improviser working across genres and disciplines. Her ongoing research is focused on issues related to improvisation, music education, music psychology as well as access to and inclusion in careers in the creative arts.
Head of Postgraduate Learning and Teaching Programmes and Academic Development
Learn about Jamie Mackay
Jamie Mackay
Head of Postgraduate Learning and Teaching Programmes and Academic Development
Jamie Mackay (SFHEA) is a graduate of the Glasgow School of Art and joined the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (then RSAMD) as a freelance tutor in scenic art in 1995. Following attainment of the RCS Postgraduate Certificate and HEA Fellow status, Jamie secured the role of Lecturer in Design and Scenic Art from 2009.
In 2015, Jamie was appointed as the Head of Postgraduate Learning and Teaching Programmes and Academic Development and now leads the PG Cert in Learning and Teaching in the Arts and the MEd in Learning and Teaching in the Arts.
Programme Manager, BA Production Technology & Management; Lecturer in Stage Technology
Learn about Stephen Macluskie
Stephen Macluskie
Programme Manager, BA Production Technology & Management; Lecturer in Stage Technology
Steve holds a Master’s Degree in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education but still keeps active in the professional theatre industry by working freelance as a qualified rigger and automation programmer.
As well as fulfilling professional engagements, Pat taught singing at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama for over thirty years and she received an Honorary Fellowship in March 2000. She is still very much sought after by students at home and abroad.
James MacMillan read music at Edinburgh University and took Doctoral studies in composition at Durham University with John Casken. After working as a lecturer at Manchester University, he returned to Scotland and settled in Glasgow. The successful premiere of Tryst at the 1990 St Magnus Festival led to his appointment as an Affiliate Composer of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Between 1992 and 2002, he was Artistic Director of the Philharmonia Orchestra’s Music of Today series of contemporary music concerts. MacMillan is internationally active as a conductor, working as Composer/Conductor with the BBC Philharmonic between 2000 and 2009, and was appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic in 2010. He was awarded a CBE in January 2004.
Hailing from Nairn, Rua Macmillan is one of Scotland’s top fiddlers. Having graduated with a BA (Hons) in Scottish Music from RSAMD (now Royal Conservatoire of Scotland), and won the prestigious BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year in 2009, Rua has toured extensively throughout Europe and North America.
Stuart MacRae teaches composition at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, including classes on music analysis for composers, contemporary repertoire, and notation. As a Senior Research Fellow, his interests lie in word-setting for the operatic voice, reimagining tonal harmony, and artistic responses to the Anthropocene.
I am one of the part-time administrators for Juniors DDPF. I am a playwright and screenwriter from Glenrothes and I graduated with an MA Dramatic Writing from New York University in 2019. What I love most about this role is the opportunity to directly support young people who are working towards their dreams in the performing arts and helping to ensure that they can make the most out of their time at the Junior Conservatoire.
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.
Jonathan Manson enjoys a busy and varied career as a performer on both cello and viola da gamba. Born in Edinburgh to a musical family, he received his formative training at the International Cello Centre under the direction of Jane Cowan, later going on to study with Steven Doane and Christel Thielmann at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York.
