Staff A-Z

Saša has been part of the RCS keyboard staff since 2014 and is a great admirer of Richard P. Feynman’s work and his way of teaching and learning. 

Yann Ghiro was born in 1971 in Nice and began clarinet lessons at the age of eleven. After studying for 6 years at the Paris Conservatoire, where he gained first prize in clarinet, bass clarinet and chamber music, Yann furthered his studies at the Prague Mozart Academy where he studied with artists such as Sandor Vegh, Gabor Takacs, Philippe Hirschhorn and Steven Isserlis. A Fulbright Scholarship then allowed him to undertake studies at the Juilliard School of Music in New York, graduating in 1996.

Tom is a Piano and History lecturer on the Jazz course at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Lamond Gillespie has been teaching the violin for over 25 years, 20 of which as part of the RCS Junior Conservatoire where he started whilst in the final year of his Masters Degree in violin performance, during which he was awarded the Eric Dodds memorial scholarship.

Professor Laura González’s work inhabits the space between medical humanities, psychoanalysis, performance and Eastern thought. She has written on the seductive qualities of a lemon squeezer (2010), and has co-edited collections of essays on art and madness (2013) and on care (2018). She is the author of ‘Make Me Yours: How Art Seduces’ (2016) and ‘The Hysteric: Outline of a Figure’ (with Dr Eleanor Bowen, 2023). She has published book chapters on transposition (2018) inter-semiotic translation (2019), her maternal line (2019), breath (2020) and ghosts (2021). She has translated Freud’s case histories into performance and is currently exploring the dramaturgical potential of a breath practice.

Principal Horn, BBC SSO

Donald Grant is a violinist, fiddle player, collaborator and composer based in Glasgow, Scotland. At an early age he was immersed in the folk tradition of the Highlands of Scotland, learning Gaelic songs from his father who was a singer and teacher. He has since followed a path that defies one musical genre, travelling the globe collaborating with many artists and organisations.

Originally from the South West of Scotland, Chris is a piper, pianist, whistle player, composer and teacher of great versatility.

He regularly plays with many of Scotland’s top ceilidh bands, has performed with the Red Hot Chilli Pipers and Skipinnish, and was one of the pipers of the Scottish Session Orchestra that recorded for Hans Zimmer’s Dune film soundtrack.

The creative output of Anthony R. Green (b. 1984; composer, performer, social justice artist) includes musical and visual creations, interpretations of original works or works in the repertoire, collaborations, educational outreach, and more. Behind all of his artistic endeavours are the ideals of equality and freedom, which manifest themselves in diverse ways in a composition, a performance, a collaboration, or social justice work.

The recipient of several international prizes, cellist Indira Grier is highly regarded as both performer and teacher. As a soloist and chamber musician she has performed at major festivals and venues including Verbier Festival, IMS Prussia Cove, Wigmore Hall and St. John’s Smith Square.

Sharron started playing the harp at the age of ten in her native Wales, and has pursued a diverse and varied career as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician in recitals both on the concert platform, recording and radio broadcast.

“Nothing scares the brilliant Morta Grigaliūnaitė.” – Diapason Magazine

After many years of professional work on stage and on screen, Katy returned to RCS, teaching in various capacities across the school. Katy has a Post Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Arts Education and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Steve is Head of BMus and teaches modules on Music History and Performance Practice after 1900; Film Music; Television Music; and Music in the Horror Film. They also coordinate the Public Performance Project module for BMus4 students and teach the BMus4 Research Paper.

Lauren (She/Her) is a lecturer.

Elise Haller-Shannon is a composer, musician and educator currently undertaking a PhD at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

David has performed throughout Europe and in North America, Russia and China, and is a Guest Professor at Shanghai Conservatory.