The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland ( gd, Conservatoire Rìoghail na h-Alba), formerly the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama ( gd, Acadamaidh Rìoghail Ciùil is Dràma na h-Alba) is a

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of dance, drama, music, production, and film in

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. It is a member of the

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. Founded in 1847, it has become the busiest performing arts venue in Scotland with over 500 public performances each year. The current principal is American pianist and composer Jeffrey Sharkey. The patron is King

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History

The Royal Conservatoire has occupied its current purpose-built building on Renfrew Street in Glasgow since 1988. Its roots lie in several organisations. Officially founded in 1847 by Moses Provan as part of the Glasgow Athenaeum, from an earlier Educational Association grouping, music and arts were provided alongside courses in commercial skills, literature, languages, sciences and mathematics. Courses were open and affordable, including day classes for ladies, and the Athenaeum had a reading room, news room, library and social facilities. Apprentices could also be members. Rented accommodation was found in the Assembly Rooms, Ingram Street, with major lectures taking place in the

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. The chairman at its inaugural Grand Soiree in the City Halls in December 1847 was

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when in his opening remarks he stated that he regarded the Glasgow Athenaeum as "an educational example and encouragement to the rest of Scotland". Its Dramatic Club was formed in 1886 a year before the institution moved to purpose-built premises, inclusive of a major concert hall/theatre, in St George's Place close to West Nile Street, designed by architect John Burnet.Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, 150th Celebration, by Grace Matchett and Frank Spedding, published in 1997 In 1888, the commercial teaching separated to form the ''Athenaeum Commercial College'', which, after several rebrandings and a merger, became the

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in 1964. The non-commercial teaching side became the ''Glasgow Athenaeum School of Music''. In 1893 additional premises linked through to

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and included a new Athenaeum Theatre facing Buchanan Street designed by architect Sir John James Burnet. In 1928 the premises were substantially extended with a gift from the philanthropist

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. In 1929 the school was renamed as the Scottish National Academy of Music to better reflect its scope and purpose. This major acquisition of space at the corner of St George's Place (later renamed Nelson Mandela Place) and Buchanan Street was the Liberal Club (now not required by that party), designed originally by architect Alexander Skirving and remodelled by architects Campbell Douglas and Paterson in 1907. Its principal from 1929 to 1941 was

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. In 1944, it became the Royal Scottish Academy of Music. The Royal Scottish Academy of Music established a drama department called the ''Glasgow College of Dramatic Art'' during 1950. It became the first British

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in 1962. In 1968 the Royal Scottish Academy of Music changed its name to the ''Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama'' (RSAMD) and introduced its first degree courses, which were validated by the

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. During 1987–88 the academy moved to its present site some two hundred yards north in Renfrew Street at Hope Street, across from the Theatre Royal, the new building having been designed by architect Sir

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with executive architects William Nimmo and Partners. 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

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. RSAMD is one of four member conservatories of the

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Name change

From 1 September 2011, the RSAMD changed its name to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. They decided on the name change after a long consultation process that involved the principal John Wallace 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. The principal said the new name was necessary to cover all fields that the institute offers, as it no longer is simply a music and drama academy. Undergraduate courses in areas such as Digital Film & Television, Production Arts and Design, Production Technology and Management, Musical Theatre and Modern Ballet (in partnership with

Scottish Ballet Scottish Ballet is the national ballet company of Scotland and one of the five leading ballet companies of the United Kingdom, alongside the Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet and Northern Ballet. Founded in 1969, ...

) have been added to the degrees the Royal Conservatoire offers. He felt it was best to choose a name that was representative of all disciplines offered.

International ranking

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland has been consistently ranked among the best schools in the world in Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)'s Performing Arts ranking since the latter was established in 2016. The Conservatoire has been in the top 10 five out of six years, reaching 3rd place in 2017 and 2021. In 2022, RCS ranked fifth in the world for Performing Arts Education.

Facilities

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland has a range of facilities, including several performance spaces: the Ledger Room, Stevenson Hall, the Chandler Studio Theatre, the New Athenaeum Theatre, and the Alexander Gibson Opera Studio (built in 1998, the first purpose-built opera school in Britain). There are around 65 private practice rooms for music students, each equipped with a piano with stool, music stand and chairs. These include 11 rooms reserved solely for pianists, several rooms for use by the Traditional Music department, and 8 rehearsal and coaching rooms. The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland also houses several professional recording studios, including a new studio in the Opera School for the use of large ensembles. The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland also has an automated flying system in its main performing venue, the New Athenaeum Theatre, meaning it has become the first educational establishment in the UK to offer Stage Automation Training as part of the curriculum. In 2010, RCS opened its second campus near

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, now known as the "Wallace Studios at Speirs Locks". This building was designed by

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. It opened predominantly to house the Modern Ballet and Production courses, as the Renfrew Street campus was struggling to accommodate the combination of new courses and higher intake levels. In 2014, a £2 million extension to this second campus was built, creating even more rehearsal spaces and improved facilities for the students. The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland's extensive archive of historical papers and ephemera charts both its own institutional history and the wider performance history of Scotland.

Schools

School of Music

*Brass *Chamber Music *Composition *Conducting *Education (Bachelors/PGDE) *Guitar and Harp *Historically Informed Performance Practice (Masters) *Jazz *Keyboard *Opera (Masters) *Piano Accompaniment *Piano for Dance (Masters) *Repetiteurship *Scottish Music *Strings *Timpani and Percussion *Traditional Music *Traditional Music – Piping *Vocal Studies *Woodwind

School of Drama, Dance, Production and Film

*Acting *Classical and Contemporary Text (Masters and Master of Fine Arts) *Contemporary Performance Practice *Filmmaking *Performance in British Sign Language and English *Production Arts and Design *Production Technology and Management *Musical Theatre *Musical Theatre Performance (Masters) *Musical Theatre Directing (PGDip/Masters) *Modern Ballet

Junior Conservatoire

*Junior Conservatoire of Music *Junior Conservatoire of Drama *Junior Conservatoire of Production *Junior Conservatoire of Film *Junior Conservatoire of Dance

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David Tennant David John Tennant (''né'' McDonald; born 18 April 1971) is a Scottish actor. He rose to fame for his role as the tenth incarnation of the Doctor (2005–2010 and 2013) in the BBC science-fiction TV show '' Doctor Who'', reprising the rol ...

Brian Vernel Brian Vernel (born 29 December 1990) is a Scottish actor best known for his film role in ''Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' and as the character Odda the Younger in the TV series ''The Last Kingdom (TV series), The Last Kingdom'' and Billy Wallac ...

Dougie Vipond Douglas Vipond (born 15 October 1966) is a Scottish broadcaster and drummer. Early life Vipond was brought up in Inchinnan and attended Park Mains High School in Erskine, choosing to go there because of the reputation of the music department. A ...

Jonathan Watson Jonathan Watson is a Scottish actor best known for his comedy sketch show ''Only an Excuse?'', which parodied people and events from the world of Scottish football, as well as the BBC comedy ''Bob Servant Independent'' in which he appears with ...

Ruby Wax Ruby Wax (; born 19 April 1953) is an American-British actress, comedian, writer, television personality, and mental health campaigner. A classically-trained actress, Wax was with the Royal Shakespeare Company for five years and co-starred on t ...

* Matthew Whiteside * Gareth Williams * Krysty Wilson-Cairns *

Julie Wilson Nimmo Julie Wilson Nimmo is a Scottish actress and dancer. She is known for portraying the roles of Miss Hoolie in the BBC Children's series ''Balamory'', Mrs Sawdust in CBeebies show 'Olga Da Polga' and DC Megan Squire in the BBC Scottish televisi ...

Greg Wise Matthew Gregory Wise, born 1966, is an English actor and producer. He has appeared in several British television programmes and feature films. He played the role of John Willoughby in ''Sense and Sensibility'', which also starred Emma Thompson, ...

Jayne Wisener Jayne Wisener (born 19 May 1987) is an actress and singer from Northern Ireland. She played Johanna in the British-American film '' Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street''. She also appeared in an episode of '' The Inbetweeners'' as Laur ...

Principals

* William G. Whittaker 1929 to 1941 *

Ernest Bullock Sir Ernest Bullock (1890–1979) was an English organist, composer, and teacher. He was organist of Exeter Cathedral from 1917 to 1928 and of Westminster Abbey from 1928 to 1941. In the latter post he was jointly responsible for the music at th ...

1941 to 1952 *Henry Havergal 1953 to 1969 *Kenneth Barritt 1969 to 1976 * David Lumsden 1976 to 1982 *

Philip Ledger Sir Philip Stevens Ledger, CBE, FRSE (12 December 1937 – 18 November 2012) was an English classical musician, choirmaster and academic, best remembered as Director of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge in 1974–1982 and of the Royal Scot ...

1982 to 2001 *John Wallace 2002 to 2014 *Jeffrey Sharkey 2014 to Present

References

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland graduate wins 2017 Linbury Prize for stage design

Scottish Higher Education Archives

External links

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