Staff A-Z

Ruth Slater is a professor of baroque violin and viola as well as coordinator and author of the Baroque Music and Ensemble Module at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. 

Eilidh Slattery is a Lecturer in Arts Education at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS), a leading voice in dance education across Scotland, and an active researcher in teacher professional learning. Her research focuses on supporting primary teachers to develop their use of dance and creative movement, ensuring children and young people have equitable access to dance education.

Andrew pursues a varied career as a saxophonist, teacher, and researcher, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. He has been involved in commissioning and/or premiering new works by Charlotte Bray, Tansy Davies, Edward McGuire, and Ailie Robertson and has also worked with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Ballet, and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. In addition to performing and teaching, Andrew pursues related research interests in musicology and education, generating traditional written outputs, research-led artistic practice, and improved outcomes for learning and teaching.

John is a Lecturer and Folk Ensemble Mentor on the BMus Traditional Music course. He also teaches Principal Study Accordion as part of the Scottish Traditional Music degree.

Dorine is active as a soloist and as a member of the piano trio ‘ZeNoBo’. She teaches in the Primary Instrumental Programme at the RCS Junior Conservatoire and at St Leonards school in St Andrews.

Alex South is a Glasgow-based musician and researcher inspired by the sounds of the more-than-human world. He creates and performs live music for clarinets and electronics, often in multi-artform collaborations, and teaches on undergraduate courses at the RCS and the University of St Andrews.

Jennifer joined the Woodwind Department at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2017.

Mark Stevenson works as a lecturer in acting and directs several programmes at RCS, including the BA Performance in BSL and English programme. He is a graduate of both the University of Oxford and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RSAMD as was!). He has worked as an actor across Scotland as well as internationally.

Peter Stewart lectures at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the Aberdeen City Music School and has previously taught at Aberdeen College of Music and Performing Arts.

Martin Storey has performed in many countries around the world as a soloist and chamber musician and has served as principal cellist with many British orchestras such as the Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Sinfonietta and Scottish Chamber Orchestra. For over eight years he held the position of Principal Cellist with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and in 2019 he was appointed principal cellist of Scottish Opera.

Clare Sutherland presently teaches Piano and Accompaniment on the BEd course at the Conservatoire. She enjoys helping students improve their Piano skills and widening their general repertoire.

Tony Swainson is a senior brass lecturer with responsibilities for low brass. His influence has resulted in many of his tuba students going on to prestigious professional positions around the world while numerous elite brass bands feature his euphonium, baritone and tuba players.

Tony Swainson is a senior brass lecturer and Former Principal Tuba for the  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. He has seen many of his students go on to prestigious professional positions around the world. He is a graduate of the Royal Manchester College of Music, now the RNCM, where he studied tuba with the renowned tuba player, Stuart Roebuck, as well as piano and composition.

Aileen is a Glaswegian composer and accordionist who studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Her recent success at The Scottish Awards for New Music, saw her accordion concerto Winter win the award for ‘Large Scale New Work’ sponsored by PRS in 2023 as well as Above the Stars performed by The London Philharmonic Orchestra, winning two years prior.

Iseabail is a lecturer on the Traditional Music course.

Shilpa is a working freelance director and dramaturg, as well as the co-Artistic Director of Bijli Productions. She is also a PhD candidate at RCS.

Her directing and dramaturgy practice specialises in new writing. She trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and values collaboration, respect, rigor and curiosity. She is especially interested in stories which reflect big scale political and social issues through the most personal and everyday occurrences. She approaches directing and dramaturgy from a core ethos of asking challenging questions with kindness.

She has worked with many Scottish companies as a director and dramaturg including Playwrights’ Studio Scotland, A Play, A Pie, and A Pint, Independent Arts Projects, the National Theatre Scotland, the Traverse Theatre, Perth Theatre, and Catherine Wheels. Her research investigates the process of using new plays to explore our relationship to historical narratives.

Hiroaki Takenouchi’s has appeared on many concert platforms including Wigmore Hall, Tokyo Opera City and the South Bank Centre, and has given recitals across Europe and North America. He his a Blüthner Artist and owns a 1922 Blüthner piano.