Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Many members of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra teach at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and soloists appearing in the Orchestra's concert season often lead masterclasses with performance students. Here is a list of the SCO musicians who teach at the RCS:

Strings

Ruth Crouch – Violin

Jane Atkins - Viola

Donald Gillan - Cello

David Watkin – Chamber Music

Wind

Alison Mitchell - Flute

Lis Dooner – Baroque Flute

Rosie Staniforth - Oboe

Maximiliano Martin - Clarinet

Alison Green - Bassoon

Peter Whelan – Baroque bassoon

Brass

Peter Franks - Trumpet

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (formerly The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama) is Scotland’s national conservatoire, offering performance based training to almost 800 students from around 45 countries. It is the only conservatoire in the UK to offer music, dance and drama.

Its programmes include Music (classical, composition, contemporary, conducting, jazz, opera, Scottish traditional), Modern Ballet, Acting, Digital Film and TV, Technical and Production Arts, Contemporary Performance Practice, Classical and Contemporary Text, Arts in Social Contexts and well-reputed Research degrees.

It also provides opportunities for young people and adults, including specialist short courses, Summer Schools and the Junior Academy of Music.

It is based in two campuses in Glasgow city centre with six professional performance venues, and stages over 450 public performances a year by students, staff and visiting internationally renowned artists, including concerts, recitals, plays, contemporary performance, opera, panto, dance, masterclasses, and more.

For more information go to www.rcs.ac.uk