- Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
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Royal Conservatoire of
ScotlandEstablished 1993 - granted degree-awarding powers
1845 - Glasgow Educational AssociationType Conservatoire Principal Professor John Wallace Students 836 Location Glasgow, Scotland Colours Affiliations Conservatoires UK, Association of European Conservatoires, Conference of Drama Schools Website http://www.rcs.ac.uk The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (formerly Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama) is a conservatoire of music, drama, and dance in the centre of Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1845 as the Glasgow Educational Association, it is the busiest performing arts venue in Scotland. The current Principal is Professor John Wallace, CBE, a trumpet player, the President is Sir Cameron Mackintosh, and the Patron is HRH The Prince of Wales.
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History
The Royal Conservatoire has occupied its current purpose-built building on Renfrew Street in Glasgow since 1988. However, its roots lie in several different organisations. Primarily, it began with the establishment of the Glasgow Educational Association in 1845, which formed to provide courses in competition with the University of Glasgow. The Association later became the Glasgow Commercial College, and this in turn became part of the Glasgow Athenaeum in 1847. The Glasgow Athenaeum provided training in commercial skills, literature, languages, sciences, mathematics and music. Charles Dickens gave its inaugural speech, in which he stated that he regarded the Glasgow Athenaeum as "...an educational example and encouragement to the rest of Scotland".
In 1888, the commercial teaching of the Glasgow Athenaeum separated to form the Athenaeum Commercial College, which, after several rebrandings and a merger, became the University of Strathclyde in 1964. In 1890 the non-commercial teaching side of the Glasgow Athenaeum became the Glasgow Athenaeum School of Music, which in turn became the Scottish National Academy of Music in 1929, which, in 1944, became the Royal Scottish Academy of Music.
In 1950 the Royal Scottish Academy of Music established a drama department called the Glasgow College of Dramatic Art. It became the first UK drama school to contain a full, broadcast-specification television studio in 1962. In 1968 the Royal Scottish Academy of Music changed its name to the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and introduced its first degree courses, which were validated by the University of Glasgow. In 1993 RSAMD became the first conservatoire in the United Kingdom to be granted its own degree-awarding powers.
Research degrees undertaken at RSAMD are validated and awarded by the University of St Andrews in Fife. RSAMD is a member of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.
Name Change
From 1 September 2011, the RSAMD was renamed the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. [1] This decision came after a long consultation process, involving the principal and the Academy's board of directors, as well as past and present students and staff, arts & academic institutions, politicians, and the Royal Protocol Unit. Professor John Wallace expressed that the new name would be necessary, in order to cover all fields that the institute can offer, as it was no longer simply a Music & Drama academy. Undergraduate courses in areas such as Digital Film & Television, Technical Production Arts, and most recently Modern Ballet, have been added to the list of performance degrees the Academy has to offer, so the principal felt it was best to choose a name that was representative of all disciplines offered.
Facilities
The Royal Conservatoire has a range of facilities, including several performance spaces: the Guinness Room, Stevenson Hall, the Chandler Studio Theatre, the New Athenaeum Theatre, and the Alexander Gibson Opera Studio (built in 1998). There are around 65 private practice rooms for music students, each equipped with a piano with stool, music stand and chairs. These include 8 rooms reserved solely for pianists, several rooms for use by the Scottish music department, and 8 rehearsal and coaching rooms. The Academy also houses a professional recording studio, recently moved from the second floor up to the Opera School,.
The Conservatoire has recently fitted part of one of its main performing spaces, the New Athenaeum Theatre, with a Stage Technologies automated flying system, meaning the School became the first educational establishment in the UK to offer Stage Automation Training as part of the curriculum. In 2010, the Conservatoire opened its second campus near Cowcaddens, now known as the "Speirs Locks Studios".[2] This building was designed by Malcolm Fraser, and named by Conservatoire Students. It was opened predominantly to house the ballet, TPA and DFTV courses, as the Renfrew Street campus was struggling to accommodate the combination of new courses and higher intake levels.
Schools
School of Music
- Keyboard
- Vocal Studies
- Opera
- Strings
- Woodwind
- Brass
- Timpani and Percussion
- Scottish Music
- Composition
- Academic Studies
- Conducting
- Jazz
School of Drama
- Acting
- Classical and Contemporary Text (Masters)
- Contemporary Performance Practice
- Digital Film and Television
- Technical and Production Arts
- Musical Theatre
- Directing
School of Dance
- Modern Ballet
Junior Conservatoire
- Junior School of Music
- Drama Works
Alumni
- Alba String Quartet
- Ani Batikian
- Iain Blair
- Christine Bottomley
- Billy Boyd
- Alison Brie
- Jack Bruce
- Isobel Buchanan
- John Carlin
- Robert Carlyle
- Carrie Cracknell
- Tom Conti
- Nicholas Cowell
- Damian Cruden
- Alan Cumming
- Tony Curran
- Henry Ian Cusick
- Louise Delamere
- Laura Donnelly
- Valerie Edmond
- Emun Elliott
- Sheena Easton
- Lynn Ferguson
- Emma Fielding
- James Fleet
- Laura Fraser
- Michelle Gomez
- Stella Gonet
- Hannah Gordon
- John Hannah
- Sam Heughan
- Aneirin Hughes
- Colin Lamont
- Denis Lawson
- Phyllis Logan
- Angela Lonsdale
- Shauna Macdonald
- Rik Makarem
- Lauren Marcus
- Mary Marquis
- James McAvoy
- Colin McCredie
- Ian McDiarmid
- David McVicar
- Aleksander Mikic
- Colin Morgan
- Daniela Nardini
- Gray O'Brien
- Ian Parker
- Bill Paterson
- Ian Richardson
- Natalie J. Robb
- Anne Sharp
- Elaine C Smith
- Diana Speed
- Dawn Steele
- David Tennant
- Dougie Vipond
- Ruby Wax
- Julie Wilson Nimmo
- Greg Wise
- Jayne Wisener
See also
- Music Schools in Scotland
- List of further and higher education colleges in Scotland
- Conservatoires UK
- Music of Scotland
- Culture in Glasgow
- Culture of Scotland
- Academy of Music (disambiguation)
References
External links
Music schools in the United Kingdom Secondary Tertiary Academy of Contemporary Music · Birmingham Conservatoire · Brighton Institute of Modern Music · Cardiff International Academy of Voice · Guildhall School of Music and Drama · Leeds College of Music · Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts · London College of Music · National Opera Studio · Royal Academy of Music · Royal College of Music · Royal College of Organists · Royal Conservatoire of Scotland · Royal Northern College of Music · Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama · Tech Music School · Trinity College of MusicMilitary Associated organisations Performing arts schools in the United Kingdom Acting Academy of Live and Recorded Arts · Arts Educational Schools, London · Birmingham School of Acting · Bristol Old Vic Theatre School · Central School of Speech and Drama · Drama Centre London · Drama Studio London · East 15 Acting School · Guildford School of Acting · Guildhall School of Music & Drama · Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts · Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts · London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art · The Manchester Metropolitan School of Theatre · Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts · Oxford School of Drama · Rose Bruford College · Royal Academy of Dramatic Art · Royal Conservatoire of Scotland · Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama · Stella Mann College of Performing Arts · Tring Park School for the Performing Arts
Dance Bird College · Central School of Ballet · Elmhurst School for Dance · English National Ballet School · The Hammond School · Laine Theatre Arts · Laban · London Contemporary Dance School · London Studio Centre · Masters Performing Arts College · Northern Ballet School · Northern School of Contemporary Dance · Performers College · Royal Ballet School · Scottish School of Contemporary Dance · Stella Mann College of Performing Arts · Tring Park School for the Performing Arts
Music See: Music Schools in the United Kingdom
Musical theatre Arts Educational Schools, London · Bird College · Cambridge Performing Arts · Guildford School of Acting · The Hammond School · Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts · Laine Theatre Arts · Leicester Performing Arts · Liverpool Theatre School and College · Masters Performing Arts College · Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts · Performers College · SLP College · Stella Mann College of Performing Arts · Tring Park School for the Performing Arts · The Urdang Academy
Secondary Arts Educational Schools, London · BRIT School · The Hammond School · Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts · Sylvia Young Theatre School · Tring Park School for the Performing Arts
Former Bush Davies School of Theatre Arts
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