Staff A-Z

Nicola (She/Her) is a playwright, director, screenwriter and applied theatre maker.

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.

Kate was appointed Section Principal Clarinet of the Orchestra of Scottish Opera in 2022. Prior to this, she held the position of Co-Principal Clarinet with the Gothenburg Opera Orchestra for over eleven years.

Sean is a musician, composer and educator based in Glasgow.

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.

Brian is Principal Trumpet with the Scottish Ballet Orchestra and has appeared as Guest Principal with all the Scottish orchestras, and various ensembles within and outside the UK. He has always had a passion for music education, having taught at RCS Juniors since 2014, at Aberdeen City Music School and the North East of Scotland Music School.

Katy is a theatre designer and a Production Arts Lecturer at RCS.

Principal Trumpet, Scottish Ballet

Richard is a lecturer on the BEd programme at RCS. He is best known for his research and analytical work on the music of Peter Maxwell Davies, and has written a number of major articles on the composer’s works.

Member of the Infrastructure Committee

Megumi McKillop joined the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2021. She holds an MFA in Technical Theatre Design from the University of Calgary (2021), a Certificate in Pedagogy from Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning (2021), and an Advanced Diploma in Entertainment Technology from St. Clair College (2012).

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. 

Fiona is a founder member of NYOS and an alumnus of St Mary’s Music School, RSAMD (now RCS) and the Royal Academy of Music in London. She is a specialist Strings Adjudicator for the British and International Federation of Festivals and the newly appointed Representative for Scotland on the Festival’s Council.