Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Coordinates: 55 ° 51 ′ 45.1 ″ N , 4 ° 15 ′ 24.1 ″ E
| Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Conservatoire Rìoghail na h-Alba formerly: Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama Royal Scottish Academy of Music Scottish National Academy of Music Glasgow Athenaeum School of Music Glasgow Athenaeum Glasgow Commercial College Glasgow Educational Association |
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| founding | 1845 (Glasgow Educational Association); Accreditation 1993 |
| Sponsorship | royal; Patron: Prince Charles ( HRH The Duke of Rothesay ) |
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Glasgow , Scotland
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 United Kingdom
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| Principal | Jeffrey Sharkey |
| Students | ~ 1000 |
| Networks | Conservatoires UK, Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music , University of St Andrews , Association of European Conservatoires, Conference of Drama Schools |
| Website | www.rcs.ac.uk |
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS, Scottish Gaelic : Conservatoire Rìoghail na h-Alba , German : Royal Conservatory of Scotland ), until 2011 Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama ( RSAMD ), is a conservatory for music, drama and dance founded in 1845 , Production and film in the heart of Glasgow .
In the world rankings , it ranks third in a comparison of the 100 best universities for the performing arts. In 1993, the RSAMD was the first artistic university to receive accreditation from the British government and thus the right to hold exams valid throughout the EU, issue certificates and award academic degrees. Today, the RCS is home to over 1000 students and is the most popular performing arts venue in Scotland in addition to teaching, with over 500 public performances each year.
Overview
The university rector is currently the American pianist and composer Jeffrey Sharkey, the president is Sir Cameron Mackintosh and the patron is HRH The Duke of Rothesay ( Prince Charles ). It is one of the oldest and most prestigious performing arts colleges in the UK.
In 2017, the RCS was in third place in the world rankings for performing arts ( QS World University Rankings ). In 2016, it was ranked 6th in this ranking of the 100 best universities: behind Juilliard ( New York City ), MDW ( Vienna ), RCM ( London ), Oxford University ( Oxford ) and RAM (London). In the following year, the university was able to increase both its academic and employer reputation again and was only surpassed by Julliard and RCM, it was on par with RAM.
Musical and artistic education is offered at different levels in Scotland: Children from the age of four and a half can take advantage of professional lessons. Further training can take place in many ways and lead to degrees up to a scientific master’s or doctorate. Education is decided at the national level in the UK, so in Scotland the Scottish Government is responsible . Music is considered an integral part of Scottish culture.
In 1993 the RSAMD was the first artistic university to receive state recognition ( degree-awarding powers ). With the accreditation , a university receives the right to hold university examinations that are guaranteed to be valid throughout the country and the EU, to award academic degrees and to issue certificates; these grant the same authorizations as university examinations of the same or comparable courses at state universities.
Although there is some overlap with the music faculties of the state universities, the focus of the Conservatory is on the practical approach and concrete professional / career preparation (in its application orientation it corresponds more to the concept of German universities of applied sciences ). Academic degrees (with a research focus, see university degree ) are also possible; these are issued jointly with the University of St Andrews , the third oldest university in the world (after Oxford and Cambridge ).
The RSAMD moved to its current location on Renfrew Street in Glasgow in 1988. The building was built specifically for the academy and according to its needs. In addition to the seminar rooms, it also includes five fully equipped event halls, several professional recording studios, 65 individual practice rooms and living space for the majority of the enrolled students. In 2010 a second campus was added in the city center in order to cope with the growing range of courses and the increased number of students.
history
The Conservatory's roots lie in several organizations and educational institutions. Its history began in 1845 with the establishment of the Glasgow Educational Association with the aim of offering courses in various subjects and thus creating a competition with the University of Glasgow in order to increase the quality of the educational offer in the long term. The Association later became the Glasgow Commercial College , which joined the Glasgow Athenaeum in 1847 . The Glasgow Athenaeum offered its students extensive training in business skills, literature, languages, science, math, and music. Charles Dickens gave the inauguration speech in which he described the Glasgow Athenaeum as "... an educational example and encouragement to the rest of Scotland".
In 1888 the commercial chair separated from the Glasgow Athenaeum and formed the Athenaeum Commercial College , which in 1964 (after several renaming and a major merger) finally became the University of Strathclyde . The non-commercial portion of the Glasgow Athenaeum became the Glasgow Athenaeum School of Music in 1890 . In 1928 the premises could be expanded significantly with financial support from the philanthropist Daniel Macaulay Stevenson. A year later, the college was renamed the Scottish National Academy of Music to better reflect its direction and the scope of its scope. The first rector of the academy (1929-1941) was William Gillies Whittaker. In 1944 the academy was renamed the Royal Scottish Academy of Music .
The Royal Scottish Academy of Music established a new department for drama in 1950, which was named Glasgow College of Dramatic Art . In 1962, the college became the first British drama school to have a fully-equipped, broadcast television studio. Six years later, the chair was also integrated into the name of the academy, which from then on bore the title Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD). At the same time, it introduced university-level courses and for the first time awarded nationally recognized university degrees up to bachelor's degrees, which were validated by the University of Glasgow. In 1988 RSAMD moved to its current location on Renfrew Street in Glasgow. The building was specially built for the academy and offers a large number of rooms tailored to its special needs.
In 1993 the RSAMD became the UK's first music / arts / drama school to be accredited. This gave her full university rights and is allowed to take exams, issue certificates and degrees that are valid at least across Europe without further validation. Although the academy's focus is still on practical application, degrees with a research focus are also possible. These are awarded in close collaboration with the University of St Andrews in Fife . The RSAMD was and is one of only four conservatories on the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music .
On September 1, 2011, the RSAMD changed its name to Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS). The name change was the result of a long discussion process between the Rector, the Board of Directors, former and current students and employees, artistic and educational institutions, politicians and the Royal Protocol Unit.
Rector John Wallace justified the name change with the fact that the conservatory was no longer just a drama and music college; all faculties should feel equally represented by the title. Degrees in Digital Film & Television, Production Arts & Design, Production Technology & Management, Musical Theater and Modern Ballet (in collaboration with the Scottish Ballet) had been added to the curriculum.
Premises
The main campus of the Royal Conservatoire offers a variety of different spaces, including several function rooms:
- Ledger Room
- Stevenson Hall
- Chandler Studio Theater
- New Athenaeum Theater
- Alexander Gibson Opera Studio (built 1998).
Around 65 private practice rooms are available to music students, each equipped with a piano, stool, music stand and chairs. Eleven of these practice rooms are reserved for pianists, several rooms are reserved for the Scottish music department and eight of the rooms are permanently reserved as general rehearsal rooms and for individual lessons.
The Royal Conservatoire also has several professional recording studios, including a new studio in the Opera School, where particularly large ensembles (orchestras or choirs) can be recorded.
In the stage construction of the main event hall of the RCS, the New Athenaeum Theater, one was automated train ( automated flying system ) permanently installed. Automatic train systems can be operated hydraulically or by electric motor, in both cases the train can be controlled from a central control panel and does not require any counterweights. This enables the Conservatory to be the first UK educational institution to add stage automation training courses to its stage engineering curriculum .
In 2010, the second campus of the RCS near Cowcaddens (city center) was inaugurated, it is now called "Wallace Studios at Speirs Locks". The building was designed by Malcolm Fraser and is mainly designed for production and modern ballet . These areas should be outsourced, because the main campus on Renfrew Street was visibly overwhelmed with the growing range of courses and the simultaneous increase in the number of admissions in terms of the distribution of space. In 2014, the new campus was expanded to include more practice rooms and improved student rooms for £ 2 million.
In an extensive archive, the RCS collects historical documents and memorabilia both with regard to its own university history and with regard to the further performance history of Scotland. There is also a public museum here, in which musical instruments and their development are exhibited.
Faculties
Music college
"School of Music"
- Keyboard ( keyboard instruments such as piano , keyboard, etc.)
- Education ( music education , offered in cooperation with Glasgow University )
- Vocal Studies ( singing )
- Opera ( opera , i.e. classical singing )
- Strings ( strings )
- Woodwind ( woodwind instruments )
- Brass ( brass instruments )
- Timpani and Percussion ( Timpani and percussion )
- Scottish Music ( Scottish Music )
- Composition ( composition )
- Academic Studies ( Academic Musicology )
- Conducting ( Directorate )
- jazz
Theater and film school
"School of Drama, Dance, Production and Screen"
- Acting ( acting )
- Classical and Contemporary Text ( Classical and Modern Text ; Master's Course)
- Contemporary Performance Practice ( modern performance practice )
- Digital Film and Television ( Digital Film and Television )
- Performance in British Sign Language and English ( presentation in British Sign Language and in English )
- Production Arts and Design ( Production - Arts and Design )
- Production Technology and Management ( Production - Technology and Management )
- Musical Theater (singing, dancing and acting for musicals)
- Musical Theater (see above, Master's course)
- Modern Ballet (in collaboration with the Scottish Ballet, one of the UK's four major ballet companies alongside the Royal Ballet and the English National Ballet )
Junior Conservatoire
The RCS has a youth program called the Junior Conservatoire . This offers Saturday courses for students during the lecture period, around 250 students take advantage of the offer on an ongoing basis. The academy is aimed in particular at children with above-average musical skills and special potential; an application with a letter of recommendation is required to participate. Recommendations are usually made by schools, local music teachers, orchestra or choir conductors. In this case, it is not a question of introducing children to music / drama / dance, but of promoting talents that have already been discovered. Quite a few later students of the university had already taken part in the Saturday courses of the Junior Conservatoire as children and adolescents.
Like the university, the Junior Conservatoire is divided into five departments
- Junior Conservatoire of Music ( music ),
- Junior Conservatoire of Drama ( acting ),
- Junior Conservatoire of Dance ( dance ),
- Junior Conservatoire of Production ( mainly theater, but also film and music production ) and
- Junior Conservatoire of Screen ( film ).
Such a student Saturday, for example, at the JC of Music usually includes courses in music theory and musicianship (practice) as well as choir and individual lessons ( principle study lesson ). Other options include orchestral and chamber music rehearsals.
Alumni
Note : Many thousands of students were already enrolled at the RCS. Only those alumni are listed here who have not only achieved some notoriety outside of Great Britain, but also have their own article in the German-language Wikipedia.
- Betsy Brandt (* 1973, film and theater actress)
- Alison Brie (* 1982, film actress)
- Jack Bruce (1943-2014, musician and composer)
- Stuart Cassells (bagpiper)
- Robert Carlyle OBE (born 1961, film actor)
- Tom Conti (* 1941, theater and film actor)
- Alan Cumming OBE (* 1965, (musical) theater and film actor, director)
- Tony Curran (born 1969, film actor)
- Henry Ian Cusick (* 1967, theater and film actor)
- Kate Dickie (* 1971, theater and film actress)
- Patrick Doyle (* 1953, film composer, studied piano and singing, honorary member of the RSAMD since 2004)
- Emun Elliott (* 1983, theater and film actor)
- Sheena Easton (* 1959, singer, (musical) theater and film actress)
- James Fleet (* 1952, theater and film actor)
- Laura Fraser (* 1976, film actress)
- Michelle Gomez (* 1966, theater and film actress)
- Stella Gonet (* 1963, theater and film actress)
- John Hannah (born 1962, film actor)
- Sam Heughan (* 1980, film actor)
- Denis Lawson (* 1947, theater and film actor, director)
- Phyllis Logan (* 1956, film and stage actress)
- Jack Lowden (* 1990, film and stage actor)
- Shauna Macdonald (born 1981, film actress)
- Richard Madden (* 1986, film and stage actor)
- James McAvoy (* 1979, film and stage actor)
- Ian McDiarmid (* 1944, theater and film actor, director)
- David McVicar (* 1966, opera director)
- Colin Morgan (* 1986, theater and film actor)
- Daniela Nardini (* 1968, film actress)
- Bill Paterson (* 1945, theater and film actor)
- Ian Richardson CBE (1934-2007, theater and film actor)
- Anne Sharp (1916–2011, opera singer: coloratura soprano )
- David Tennant (* 1971, theater and film actor, voice actor)
- Ruby Wax (* 1953, comedian and stage actress)
- Greg Wise (* 1966, film and (musical) theater actor)
- Jayne Wisener (* 1987, musical and film actress, singer)
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.rcs.ac.uk/why_rcs/like-nowhere-else/principals-welcome/
- ↑ a b c QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017 - Performing Arts . QA Quacquarelli Symonds. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
- ↑ a b c QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016 - Performing Arts . QA Quacquarelli Symonds. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
- ^ Extension of premises . In: The Glasgow Herald , June 9, 1928. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
- ^ University of St Andrews - Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- ↑ RSAMD renaming ( Memento from April 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Michael Tumelty: Change the academy's name, but not its soul . In: Herald Scotland , July 4, 2011. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
- ^ Speirs Locks Studios