After studying in Switzerland with Max Rostal, and working in Europe, Angus Ramsay has been the Principal 2nd Violinist with the Scottish Opera Orchestra for many years. For the past thirty years, he has taught at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and Napier University for the last six years. Previously taught at Fettes College for nineteen years. He was also been Artistic Director of the Mendelssohn on Mull Festival before co-founding the Cantilena Festival on Islay with Adrian Shepherd and Scott Mitchell.
Anna was born in St Petersburg, Russia, where she studied in Music School, The Rimsky-Korsakov Music College, and then in The St Petersburg (Leningrad) State Conservatoire. Anna graduated from Conservatoire with Honours diploma, qualifying as concert pianist, chamber ensemble player, piano accompanist and piano teacher. Currently, Anna teaches piano for BEd pupils (first and second study piano, piano accompaniment). She continues to accompany conducting classes at RCS and teaches piano at RCS Junior Conservatoire. She also continues teaching piano at Music School of Douglas Academy and The Glasgow Academy.
Lauren is third horn in the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and has worked with many orchestras in the UK and Germany, including the London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Opera north and Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
Mark Reynolds studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, and it was during this time that he was chosen to play with the Jeunesses Musicales World Youth Orchestra and became a founding member of the World Brass Ensemble.
Janet became became piccolo tutor at RNCM in 2016 and has taught at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland for almost twenty-six years and is regularly invited to teach at other Conservatoires throughout the UK.
Ailie is a multi-award-winning Scottish composer/harpist who has been commissioned by some of the world’s most prestigious cultural institutions including BBC Proms, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bang on a Can, Cappella Nova, Exaudi and the Riot Ensemble. She is currently composer-in-residence with Sound Festival and Glyndebourne Orchestra. She was awarded the “Achievement in New Music” prize at the Scottish Awards for New Music.
Professor Stephen Robertson is a vocal pedagogue who is much in demand both nationally and internationally. Having retired from his long-term role as head of department, he now devotes his time to voice teaching and research.
Morag works as one of the Fair Access Administrator. She joined the team in January 2021 and feels proud to work for a team that believes so strongly in the work they do and the opportunities and support they provide.
She is passionate and committed about ensuring all our students feel welcomed, supported and very much part of the Fair Access family while studying with us and beyond.
Morag is also one of the Fair Access coaches which is one of the most rewarding parts of her job and she is looking forward to undertaking some more coaching training this year to expand her skills and knowledge.
One of Morag’s favourite parts of her job is planning and attending Performance Trips with our students. She loves being able to chat with students about what they liked, didn’t like and loved about the performances.
Outside of work she is involved in a local amateur dramatics group. She enjoys performing in musicals and more recently turned her hand to directing, which was a big challenge, but she loved it! She loves living by the sea and enjoy walking by the sea and sometimes a swim!
Dr Jo Ronan is the originator of Dialectical Collaborative Theatre (DCT), a research/production/performance methodology developed to interrupt hegemonic hierarchical collaborative theatre practice. She formed the collective BloodWater Theatre (2012) to explore the tensions between performance as product and process, producing/performing work at the Tron and the CCA in Glasgow. She applies DCT in her current role as Interim Programme Lead in Contemporary Performance Practice at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
