Coronation fanfares from the RCS archive Did you know that Archives and Collections at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland holds the original handwritten scores for the music performed at the Coronations of Queen Elizabeth II and King George VI, penned by our former principal, Sir Ernest Bullock? Stuart Harris-Logan, our Keeper of Archives and Collections,
Following a selection process involving 150 global candidates, British-Canadian conductor Riley Court-Wood has been appointed as the new Leverhulme Conducting Fellow at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Five days, eight concerts and a sonic journey through an experimental soundtrack of electronics and acoustics. PLUG, the festival of contemporary new music, returns to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in May. Original, eclectic and the chance to hear it first … PLUG is a platform for emerging composers to premiere new works, performed by
It’s a catalyst for collaboration that helps young artists bring their creative dreams to life … backed by a global screen star and Royal Conservatoire of Scotland graduate. Write Start, established by actor, author, entrepreneur and philanthropist Sam Heughan, is the annual award – now in its second year – that encourages students across music,
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is one of the world’s top ten destinations to study the performing arts, according to prestigious global rankings published today (Wednesday 22 March 2023). Scotland’s national conservatoire takes the number six spot in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023. It’s the seventh time the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
A performance lecture by Guillermo Gómez-Peña with technical assistance from Balitrónica Monday 3 April, 6pm He’s the contemporary performance icon who has influenced a worldwide community of rebel artists. And in April, he’ll chronicle his life’s work in a special one-off performative lecture at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Artist, writer, activist, radical pedagogue and
Ukrainian students at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland will come together tonight (Friday) for a concert to shine a light on the music of their homeland, on the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Six students, who are in the first year of their Bachelor of Music degrees, will perform a programme of
It’s the festival of contemporary performance by some of the most exciting new voices in Scotland. Into the New returns to Glasgow next week, bringing live art and contemporary performance to Tramway, Glasgow on February 17 and 18. Powerful premieres rich in fresh, creative energy will be presented over two days by final-year students of
It’s the prestigious Royal Conservatoire of Scotland fellowship in association with one of Europe’s leading orchestras and mentoring from one of the conducting world’s most celebrated figures. Applications open today (Friday, February 3) for the Leverhulme Conducting Fellowship 2023, a two-year programme for conductors on the cusp of their careers. Apply for the Leverhulme Conducting
An eco-friendly educational board game, a dance theatre work based on the Australian Black Summer fires, an EP from a rising star on the European jazz scene and the launch of a circus school to boost health and wellbeing … they’re just some of the projects that will take flight through an annual micro-funding initiative
