Staff A-Z

Dr Robert Laidlow is a composer and researcher, whose work is concerned with discovering and developing new forms of musical expression through the relationship between advanced technology, scientific collaboration, and live performance.

Greg Lawson is a violinist, composer and conductor who has explored music from many genres. He studied violin at the Royal Northern College of Music with Malcolm Layfield and Eligh Goren and in West Berlin with Ilan Gronich.

Helen Lawson was born in Northumberland and studied singing at the Royal College of Music and the National Opera Studio in London. Helen has appeared as soloist in opera houses at home and abroad, including English National Opera; City of Birmingham Touring Opera; English Touring Opera; De Vlaamse Opera Antwerpen and Landestheater Thüringen. Having taught singing in German universities (Bayreuth and Bamberg), Helen moved to Glasgow in 2002 to take up the post of Lecturer in Vocal Studies at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland).

Zander started as a resident technician in the Theatre Royal Glasgow, then joined Scottish Opera as a touring technician/touring carpenter. He then went on to work mainly as a carpenter but also as a technician with various theatres and theatre companies.

South Korean-born pianist Sinae Lee leads a busy life as a soloist, chamber musician and lecturer at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) in Glasgow, UK. Since her UK début with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO), playing Brahms Piano Concerto No.1, she has also played with the Korean Symphony Orchestra, St. James Orchestra, Glasgow Orchestral Society as well as RCS Orchestra and Wind Ensemble. She has frequently appeared in concerts in New York, St. Petersburg, Riga, London, Edinburgh and Glasgow as well as cities in her native Korea such as Seoul, Suwon and Busan.

Katrina Lee, a Yorkshire-born Violinist, is a distinguished alumna of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She graduated with first-class Honours in 2014 and earned her Master of Music in 2016, studying under Andrea Gajic. Her academic journey was marked by numerous accolades, including the Hilda Bailey award, Ian D Watt award, Governors Prize for Strings, Robert Highgate Scholarship, and the Governors Prize for chamber music.

Principal Timpanist, Scottish Chamber Orchestra  

Tim Licata is a part-time lecturer teaching Movement in Performance on the BA Performance course in BSL and English.

Rachel has forged a path for herself in the Scottish music scene. Her ears and influences are immersed in a broad range of styles and sounds, creating her genre-hopping and fluid approach to writing and interpreting music. She has been sought out for many different collaborations (Mezcla, The Elusive Tree, Alyn Cosker) which allows her to challenge her instrument, as well as explore what it means to be a vocalist.

In 2008 Kerry joined Scottish Ballet as the Head of the Associate Programme.  In the same year, she was asked to work on the development of the BA Modern Ballet Programme – a partnership between Scottish Ballet and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RCS) and following its successful validation in the summer of 2009, she was appointed as a Lecturer on the new course.  She continues to combine her roles at the RCS and Scottish Ballet and was appointed Head of Modern Ballet in 2014. 

John studied initially at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) before he completed a postgraduate study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Diana currently teaches the BA Modern Ballet Students Contemporary Technique, she also teaches and coaches Contemporary Repertoire, the choreography module and is a choreographer for the final graduation performances. Diana is also a qualified instructor and teaches the students in the Gyrotonic Expansion System.

Principal Percussion, Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Alistair supervises several practice-based and theory-led research students including composers, cross-disciplinary artists and performers.

Always driven by collaboration and innovation, Finlay’s passion for the music he has grown up with has led him to the post of “Head of Piping Studies” at the National Piping Centre and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland where he continues to inspire and develop the very best of new Piping talent.

Laura is a Scottish alto and soprano saxophonist, composer and teacher, specialising in Jazz.

Lucien has worked as an actor, deviser, movement tutor, director and movement director before joining the RCS as a Lecturer in Movement in 2009 on the BA Acting Programme. He teaches movement, modules and co-ordinates New Work as well as giving workshops to other programmes.

Wilma MacDougall is a much sought-after vocal lecturer at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, where she has taught for the last fifteen years. Her students have sung at many of the world’s top opera houses and concert halls. Born in Scotland, Wilma graduated BA (Hons) in Music followed by a PGCE in Music and Mathematics from the University of Cambridge. She has recorded and broadcast on BBC radio and television in repertoire ranging from Bach’s Cantata No.51 Jauchzet Gott through to contemporary repertoire.