- Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
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Music and Drama
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established = 1845
type =Conservatoire
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principal = Professor John Wallace
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students = 690
undergrad = 575
postgrad = 115
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city =Glasgow
country =Scotland
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affiliations =Conservatoires UK , Association of European Conservatoires, Conference of Drama Schools
website = http://www.rsamd.ac.ukThe Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD) is a
conservatoire ofmusic ,drama anddance in the centre ofGlasgow ,Scotland . Founded in 1845 as the Glasgow Educational Association, today it acts as one of the leading cultural institutions in theUnited Kingdom , and is the busiest performing arts venue inScotland .The current principal is Professor John Wallace, a trumpet player, and the president is Sir
Cameron Mackintosh .History
RSAMD has been located in its current purpose-built building on Renfrew Street in
Glasgow since 1988. However, its roots lie in several different organisations, and it primarily began with the establishment of the Glasgow Educational Association in 1845, which was formed to provide courses in competition with theUniversity 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. Its inaugural speech was given byCharles Dickens , 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. In1890 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 firstUK drama school to contain a full, broadcast-specificationtelevision 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 theUniversity 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 inFife . RSAMD is a member of theAssociated Board of the Royal Schools of Music .Facilities
RSAMD has a range of facilities, including several performance spaces: the Guiness Room, the Academy Concert Hall, the Chandler Studio Theatre, the New Athenaeum Theatre and the Alexander Gibson Opera Studio (built in 1998). The Academy also houses a professional recording studio.
chools
chool of Music
*Keyboard
*Vocal Studies
*Opera
*Strings
*Woodwind
*Brass
*Timpani and Percussion
*Scottish Music
*Composition
*Academic Studies
*Conductingchool of Drama
*Acting
*Contemporary Performance Practice
*Digital Film and Television
*Technical and Production Arts
*Musical Theatre
*Modern BalletJunior Academy
*Junior School of Music
*Drama WorksDistinguished alumni
::"For a full list, see "
*Billy Boyd
*Robert Carlyle
*Alan Cumming
*Tony Curran
*Patrick Doyle
*Emma Fielding
*John Hannah
*James McAvoy
*Denis Lawson
*Neve McIntosh
*Marina Nadiradze
*Bill Paterson
*Ian Richardson
*Dawn Steele
*David Tennant
*Greg Wise ee also
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List of further and higher education colleges in Scotland
*Conservatoires UK
*Music of Scotland
*Culture in Glasgow
*Culture of Scotland
*Academy of Music (disambiguation page)References
* [http://www.gashe.ac.uk/ Scottish Higher Education Archives]
* [http://www.archives.gla.ac.uk/about/dunaskin/apr2002/rsamd.html Glasgow University Archive Service]External links
* [http://www.rsamd.ac.uk Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama website]
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