The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is a national and international centre of excellence for performing arts education.

Building on our roots in 1847 as a national academy of music, we are now one of the world’s most multi-disciplinary conservatoires, offering specialised and intensive teaching in dance, drama, music, production and film.

Currently, more than 1,000 students are pursuing undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at RCS across all of our specialisms. We also teach over 2000 part-time learners each year through our Junior Conservatoire and Lifelong Learning department, opening up access to the arts to children, young people and adult learners.

Located in the heart of Glasgow city centre, RCS is also the nation’s busiest performing arts centre with more than 500 public performances taking place across our five professional venues each year. We welcome over 40,000 members of the public every academic year, to watch our talented and passionate students perform on stage.

Learn From The Best

More than 1000 lecturers, tutors, artists, technicians, co-ordinators and support staff work at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland across all of the many art forms. As a student here, you will be working with some of the finest educators and performing and production artists in the country.

Many of our teaching staff combine teaching with professional work, with music teachers holding positions in the national orchestras, drama tutors directing professional companies and film lecturers working on new projects around the world. Within the past year our teaching staff have won accolades such as Music Tutor of the Year, A Gramophone Award, a BBC Music Magazine Award, Jazz Educator of the Year and a British Composer Award.

Additionally, we also have strong relationships with leading professionals across the world who join us as Visiting Artists throughout the year. We invite subject specialists to join us so students benefit from their professional, industry experience. Recent Visiting Artists include:

Nicola Benedetti
Nadine George
Giles Havergal CBE
Steven Osborne
Sir James MacMillan OBE
Jed Mercurio
Jessica Cottis
Lisa Milne

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