RCS Events Guide, Feb - Jun 2015 by Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama

Feb - Jun 2015

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Welcome Performance Feb - Jun 2015

Welcome to Performance We are proud to be one of Scotland’s busiest performing arts venues, facilitating more than 500 performances with over 52,000 tickets sold each year. With so many events across contemporary performance, dance, drama, music, opera and musical theatre, we publish Performance twice a year. Find additional event details on our website, rcs.ac.uk

Box Office The Box Office at RCS is open from 10am – 3pm, Mon – Fri. Weekend opening times vary, please call the Box Office for details.

The Box Office is open 90 minutes prior to the beginning of any performance. Payment can be made by cash, cheque (made payable to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland), RCS Gift Vouchers, and credit/ debit card (we do not accept American Express or Diners).

Venues

Comments

All venues are found at 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow. We occasionally hold performances at external venues - check show information for full details.

Booking fees

We endeavour to ensure each of our customers enjoy a quality experience at RCS. Whether you see a performance, visit the Café Bar, or hire our facilities, your feedback is important to us. To send us your comments, email comments@rcs.ac.uk

Stevenson Hall:

There are no booking fees for cash transactions. There is a 50p booking fee per transaction applied to online, telephone and card transactions made at the counter. Postage is charged at 60p.

New Athenaeum Theatre:

All ticket prices shown in this brochure include an optional £1 ticket donation to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Scholarship Fund to help support new talent.

Venues at RCS: 355 capacity

344 capacity

Alexander Gibson Opera Studio:

154 capacity

Ledger Recital Room:

108 capacity

Chandler Studio Theatre:

98 capacity

Welcome to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland events guide brochure. With five performance venues and our talented students in every area of the performing arts, we have a vibrant season to share with you. With this brochure, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve tried to make it easier to find the kind of performance that you might like, grouping art forms together and highlighting some key performances. We hope we might tempt you to try a new genre in addition to your favourite one, which is why weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve introduced Shakespeare and Americana packages for you to try. We know our students so value the enthusiasm and support you bring to our events. I look forward to seeing you at a show in the near future. Yours sincerely, Jeffrey Sharkey Principal

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From the Principal

Royalty Card Performance Feb - Jun 2015

Get the Royal treatment Want to see more of the fantastic performances at the RCS without spending a right royal fortune? Join our Royalty Card scheme today!

Royalty 10 10% off tickets

Single (£10) - one discounted ticket per show Joint (£17.50) - two discounted tickets per show

Royalty 20 20% off tickets

Single (£20) - one discounted ticket per show Joint (£35) - two discounted tickets per show

Royalty 30 30% off tickets

Single (£30) - one discounted ticket per show Joint (£52.50) - two discounted tickets per show Our Royalty Card is valid for a full year and entitles you to: Priority booking / Discounted tickets / 10% off merchandise / 20% off hot food and drinks at our Café Bar / Free entry to masterclasses and competitions / Exclusive special offers

Visit rcs.ac.uk/royalty to sign up and find out more. Cannot be used against the cost of subscription tickets nor against tickets already purchased. Not valid on ‘Visiting Promoter’ events. Only valid on purchases made at the Royal Conservatoire Box Office. All events subject to availability. Standard Royal Conservatoire Box Office terms and conditions apply.

See more and save We have a variety of bespoke packages and ticket offers to help you save money.

Plug Buy four or more Plug concerts at the same time. Save 20%

Subscriptions: Fridays at 1

All eleven concerts for £88 (£66) Save 20%

Piano Festival Buy all five concerts at the same time. Save 20%, plus get the Masterclass free Musical Theatre package Buy West Side

Mondays at 1

All ten concerts for £68 (£52) Save 20%

Story, Candid Cabaret, and Godspell at the same time. Save 20%

Sunday Coffee Concerts

Opera package Buy Opera Project and Sir John

All four concerts for £32 (£24) Save 20%

in Love at the same time. Save 20%

Shakespeare package Buy tickets for King Lear, Edward II and Sir John in Love. Save 20%

Packages: Blue Mondays Buy all four concerts at the same time. Save 20%

Americana package Buy tickets for

Brass and Stripes, Coffee Concerts, Orchestral Americana, American Premieres, West Side Story and Piano and Dance. Save 20%

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Contents Ballet

Contents Performance Feb - Jun 2015

Contemporary 10 Drama

Junior Conservatoire of Music

Music

Musical Theatre

Opera

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Ballet Performance Feb - Jun 15

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Ballet Performance

Fri 5 Jun / 7.30pm Sat 6 Jun / 2.30pm & 7.30pm

The annual graduation performance is the highlight of the year for our gifted Modern Ballet students. Featuring performances from all three year groups and a diverse range of choreographers and dances – from traditional to modern, classical to contemporary – this is a rare opportunity to see our talented dancers as they are on the cusp of launching their professional careers.

#RCSballet

Christopher Hampson (Artistic Director, Scottish Ballet) Choreographer Constant Vigier (Scottish Ballet) Choreographer Diana Loosmore Choreographer Tickets: £13 - £16.50 Concessions available Venue: New Athenaeum Theatre

You might also enjoy Piano and Dance Sun 8 Mar / 7.30pm (page 41)

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Modern Ballet

Contemporary Performance

Contemporary Performance Feb - Jun 15

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Waiting for the Sun to Rise

This original choreographic performance is the culmination of work by second year students on the Contemporary Performance Practice programme, who have been collaborating with a group of people aged 65 and over in an exploration of age, experience, lineage and the body. #RCSsunrise

Laura Bradshaw / Tashi Gore Directors Tickets: ÂŁ9.50 (ÂŁ7.50) Venue: Chandler Theatre Studio

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Thu 21 & Fri 22 May / 7pm

Drama Performance Feb - Jun 15

#RCSdrama

Drama Performance

Fri 6 & Sat 7 Mar / 7.30pm Mon 9 - Wed 11 Mar / 7.30pm

In this play of brutality and darkness lit by shafts of absurdist humour, the King becomes a fool; the destitute beggar becomes a noble philosopher; reason turns to passion, passion to madness.

Watch King Lear, Shakespeare’s raw, unparalleled tragedy, played by an all-female cast.

‘Who is it that can tell me who I am? …. Oh let me not be mad!’

King Lear by William Shakespeare

A harrowing tale of an irascible #RCSlear father driven mad by the cruelty of his children, King Mark Saunders Director Lear asks searching questions of its audiences. Truth and self Tickets: £14.50 (£12) knowledge is gained, but at what Venue: Chandler Theatre cost? Are we ‘monsters of the Studio deep’, only capable of preying on each other? Do the gods care See more and save with the one jot, or are we their sport? Shakespeare package. See What will be our ‘promised end’? page 5 for details.

Edward II by Christopher Marlowe Tue 17 - Thu 19 Mar / 7.30pm Fri 20 Mar / 2pm & 7.30pm

Hot on the heels of his coronation, Edward II recalls his lover Gaveston from exile, lavishing him with titles and riches. Their all-consuming lust makes enemies of the furious barons and bishops, alienates the King’s once-devoted Queen and tears England to pieces. A stark exploration of power, sexual obsession, and a king who treats the realm as his playground; this is a rare opportunity to enjoy Christopher Marlowe’s magnificent, erotic and violent play.

‘I will have Gaveston, and you shall know What danger ’tis to stand against your king’

#RCSedward

Gordon Barr Director Tickets: £14.50 (£12) Venue: Chandler Theatre Studio

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Masters in Classical and Contemporary Text students, fresh back from their residency at the Globe Theatre, London, take on two great Jacobean plays, King Lear and Edward II.

On the Verge Wed 3 – Fri 5 Jun

Drama Performance Feb - Jun 15

On the Verge is a raw and provocative festival of diverse new work from some of the country’s most stimulating voices in theatre. Held at Glasgow’s leading experimental arts venue, The Arches, audiences are invited to share in the exploratory processes of emerging artists from the BA Acting and MA Classical and Contemporary Text courses. Artists will explore new and improvisational performances by deconstructing classical texts, visual art, mythology and contemporary existence. #RCSverge

Amanda Gaughan Curator

Tickets: Available from The Arches Box Office. For prices and booking contact 0141 585 1000 or visit thearches.co.uk Venue: The Arches

Together by Lukas Moodysson Thu 4 Jun / 8pm Fri 5 & Sat 6 Jun / 2.45pm & 8pm

Stockholm, 1975. After a domestic crisis, Elizabeth and her two children move into the Together collective where her brother Goran lives. The collective has a laid-back attitude towards sex, drugs and nudity, and an open mind about politics. But Goran is having a crisis of his own. He is trying to balance the philosophy of free love with his more conventional desires. Taking place between the death of Franco and the snowfall of a Christmas morning, this joyful, painful comedy about childhood, family and the

balance between ideology and real life is directed by internationally acclaimed Vanishing Point’s Artistic Director, Matthew Lenton. Matthew will work with the final year students to create an exciting new stage adaptation of this Lukas Moodysson film.

#RCStogether

Matthew Lenton Director Tickets: £10 (£7.50) Available from Tron Theatre Box Office. Contact 0141 552 4267 or visit tron.co.uk Venue: Changing House, Tron Theatre

13 by Mike Bartlett Thu 4 Jun / 7.45pm Fri 5 & Sat 6 Jun / 2.30pm & 7.45pm

‘You know what I believe in John? The grey area. The bit between. To any difficult problem, there is never a right solution, there is only ever the best solution. Nothing on Earth is completely pure. I prefer complexity, difficulty, balance. Good and evil? No. Children’s words.’ Ruth, 13 A group of Londoners are afflicted by a terrible dream. The city is poised between hope and despair, between conformity and new idealistic politics inspired by John, a quasireligious grassroots leader.

Leading Scottish theatre director Ben Harrison (Grid Iron) directs this vividly contemporary piece by awardwinning writer, Mike Bartlett.

#RCS13

Ben Harrison Director Tickets: Thu £14 (£10); Fri & Sat matinee £14 (£10); Fri & Sat evening £16 (£12). Available from Tron Theatre Box Office. Contact 0141 552 4267 or visit tron.co.uk Venue: Main Auditorium, Tron Theatre

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After sell-out performances of Festen and Hamlet at the Tron Theatre last spring, see our BA Acting third year students embark on their penultimate performances before transferring to The Cockpit, London.

The Prime Minister, Ruth, must decide whether to take the country to war, haunted by death in her own family. Economic gloom, ineffective protest and a sense of gathering doom infect the lives of a vivid set of characters linked in an Altmanesque series of colliding and intersecting narratives.

Junior Conservatoire of Music

Junior Performance Feb - Jun 15

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Sun 1 Feb / 3pm

A chance to see our energetic Pre-Junior students in action as they present highlights from their year so far.

Symphony Orchestra Concert Sun 29 Mar / 7.30pm

Tickets: £4 (£3) Venue: Stevenson Hall

After an intensive weekend of preparation, guest conductor Natalia Luis- Bassa takes to the podium to conduct the Junior Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra.

Composers’ Crucible

Walton Crown Imperial Crusell Clarinet Concerto No. 3 in B-flat Prokofiev Symphony No. 5

Sun 21 Mar / 12pm

Aspiring young composers showcase some of their latest creations led by conductor Jessica Cottis and the Glasgow New Music Expedition. The inaugural GNME/Jennie S. Gordon Memorial Prize in Composition will also be announced. Tickets: £4 (£3) Venue: Ledger Recital Room

Natalia Luis-Bassa Conductor Lewis Graham Clarinet Tickets: £11 (£8.50) Venue: Stevenson Hall

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Pre-Juniors Concert

Percussion Extravaganza Sat 2 May / 3.30pm

Junior Performance Feb - Jun 15

This concert celebrates the continuing Junior Conservatoire tradition of fostering young percussion talents.

Junior, Senior and Chamber Choirs’ Concert Sat 9 May / 4pm

A showcase concert featuring our three Junior Conservatoire choirs.

Tickets: £4 (£3) Venue: Stevenson Hall

Chamber Music Concert

Big Band Concert

Sat 2 May / 3.45pm

Sun 10 May / 7.30pm

Watch an exciting variety of young chamber groups from the Junior Conservatoire.

The Junior Conservatoire Big Band finish their year in style with a lively set list of jazz, swing and soul tracks.

Tickets: £4 (£3) Venue: Ledger Recital Room

Tickets: £9.50 (£7.50) Venue: Stevenson Hall

Wind Orchestra Concert

Symphony Orchestra Concert

Sat 23 May / 3.30pm

Sun 21 Jun / 7.30pm

The Junior Conservatoire Wind Orchestra brings its year to a finale with an eclectic mix of challenging works.

Natalia Luis- Bassa takes to the podium once again to conduct the Junior Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra with a programme featuring some of Mussorgsky’s most famous works.

Tickets: £9.50 (£7.50) Venue: Stevenson Hall

Scottish Music Concert Fri 29 May / 7pm

Traditional musicians from the Junior Conservatoire present a variety of folk, modern and traditional music in this celebratory concert. Tickets: £9.50 (£7.50) Venue: Stevenson Hall

Mussorgsky A Night on the Bare Mountain Piano Concerto in a minor Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition Natalia Luis-Bassa Conductor Durness Mackay-Champion Piano Tickets: £11 (£8.50) Venue: Stevenson Hall

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Junior Conservatoire of Music Competitions

Junior Performance Feb - Jun 15

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Gilbert Innes Prize for Woodwind

Colin Currie Young Percussionist Award

Gilbert Innes Prize for Piano

Fri 27 Feb / 5.30pm

Fri 13 Mar / 6.30pm

Fri 20 Mar / 6.15pm

Tickets: £4 (£3) Venue: Ledger Recital Room

Tickets: £4 (£3) Venue: Stevenson Hall

Scottish Music Prize

Glasgow Grand Opera Society Cup for Voice

Nan Christie Memorial Prize for Strings

Sat 14 Mar / 4pm

Fri 15 May / 6pm

Tickets: £4 (£3) Venue: Alexander Gibson Opera Studio

Tickets: £4 (£3) Venue: Stevenson Hall

Fri 6 Mar / 6pm Tickets: £4 (£3) Venue: Ledger Recital Room

Gilbert Innes Prize for Brass

Prize for Guitar

Fri 13 Mar / 6pm

Fri 20 Mar / 6pm

Tickets: £4 (£3) Venue: Ledger Recital Room

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Watch some of the Junior Conservatoire’s finest young musicians compete to win the coveted Junior Conservatoire Prizes.

Music Fridays at 1

Music Performance Feb - Jun 15

#RCSfridays

All Fridays at One concerts take place in the Stevenson Hall at 1pm. Join us for more wonderful performances, from soloists to chamber groups, with an array of exciting international guest artists, RCS staff and students. Fridays / 1pm Tickets: £11 (£8.50) Venue: Stevenson Hall

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A Winter Journey

SCO Winds

Fri 13 Feb

Fri 20 Feb

Two of the finest artists of our time take us on a journey through the Everest of song cycles. Supreme baritone Sir Thomas Allen is this year’s Iain McGlashan Visiting Artist, and he is skilfully partnered by Malcolm Martineau who returns as one of the RCS International Fellows. We are privileged to welcome back these great friends of RCS to perform Schubert’s beautiful and haunting setting of a man’s dark journey through the soul.

Revel in the Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s Wind Sextet in this sparkling recital. Prepare for a grand afternoon featuring three show-off Divertimenti by Mozart, Poulenc’s glowingly melodious clarinet duet, a mini march by Beethoven, an energetic sextet by Czech composer Franz Krommer and an intense bassoon duet by Cesar Viana.

Schubert Winterreise Sir Thomas Allen Baritone Iain McGlashan Visiting Artist Malcolm Martineau Piano International Fellow

Mozart Divertimento No.14 in B-flat, K270 Viana Fate, for two bassoons Stravinsky Three Pieces for solo clarinet Mozart Divertimento No.12 in E-flat Schüller and Jackson Duos for two horns Mozart Divertimento No.9 in B-flat, K240 SCO Wind Soloists

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Dinnae Fasch Yersel

Music Performance Feb - Jun 15

Fri 27 Feb

Formed in 2011 to explore the virtuoso wind music from the 18th century, Edinburgh-based Ensemble Marsyas counts amongst its members the cream of historical instrumentalists from across Europe. Today’s programme is built around the music of German baroque composer Johann Friedrich Fasch, and showcases the incredible virtuosity of the remarkable bassoonist Peter Whelan. Fasch Sonata in B-flat Handel Trio Sonata in g minor Fasch Sonata in C Zelenka Sonata No.5 Peter Whelan Bassoon Ensemble Marsyas

Prosseda and the Pedal Piano Fri 6 Mar Opening Concert of the RCS Piano Festival

Previous attendees of the RCS Piano Festival will know that we have a fondness for filling the stage with pianos and lots of them. Today’s concert will have just two pianos on stage, but only one player! In the late 1800’s there was a fashion for the Pedal Piano – two grand pianos stacked on top of each other, with the bottom instrument played using pedals much like an organ. The pianopédalier was an invitation to the great virtuoso composers of the Romantic period.

Roberto Prosseda is the leading exponent of this instrument in our time, and his programme features some of those great composers, including Schumann, Gounod and Charles Alkan. Schumann Etudes in Canon Form for pedal piano Schumann Sketches for pedal piano Boëly Fantaisie et Fugue Gounod Marche Funèbre pour une Marionnette Alkan Benedictus Alkan 3 Grands Préludes Roberto Prosseda Piano-pédalier Part of the RCS Piano Festival. See page 41 for more information. Presented in association with the Italian Cultural Institute.

We are very grateful to the Bru Zane Foundation for their support of this event.

Fri 13 Mar

We continue our series for Radio 3 exploring that most idiosyncratic of composers Francis Poulenc. Explore more concerts in this series: Nicole Cabell - Wed 4 Mar / 7.30pm (page 45) Pascal Roge - Fri 17 Apr / 1pm (page 26)

Virtuoso Violin Fri 20 Mar

Ever since taking first prize in the Yehudi Menuhin Competition, Leland Chen has established himself as one of the finest virtuosi of his generation, performing concertos and recitals around the world. In recent years he has become a friend of RCS with regular teaching visits, so it is pleasure for us to present him here in recital with our own Professor Aaron Shorr, with a programme including CĂŠsar Franckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s towering Sonata. Leland Chen Violin Aaron Shorr Piano

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BBC Radio 3: Poulenc 50 Years On

BBC Radio 3: Poulenc 50 Years On with Pascal Rogé Fri 17 Apr

Music Performance Feb - Jun 15

Pascal Rogé exemplifies the finest in French pianism, characterised by its elegance, beauty and refined phrasing. With a recording output covering the great French repertoire, it is a pleasure to have him here to conclude this series of lunchtime recitals for BBC Radio 3, celebrating the distinctive music of Francis Poulenc. Poulenc 3 Mouvements perpétuels; 3 Improvisations; 3 Novelettes Ravel Sonatine Poulenc Soirées de Nazelles Pascal Rogé Piano Explore more concerts in this series: Nicole Cabell - Wed 4 Mar / 7.30pm (page 45) Artist TBC - Fri 13 Mar / 1pm (page 25)

RCS New Voices Fri 24 Apr

This newly-formed vocal group will specialise in repertoire for smaller ensembles and soloists, with a particular emphasis on baroque and contemporary music. Founded and directed by Timothy Dean, Head of Opera, this inaugural performance will include Scarlatti’s powerful and richly expressive setting for ten voices of the Stabat Mater and Bach’s joyous motet for double choir, Singet dem Herrn. Timothy Dean Director RCS Voices

Trumpet Traditions

Plugged-in Ilya

Mallet Madness

Fri 1 May

Fri 8 May

Fri 15 May

Inspired by RCS’s proud tradition of trumpet playing, when the opportunity arose to acquire the incredible resources of the Tarr Collection, we couldn’t resist. American Edward Tarr is a pioneer in the revival of Baroque trumpet performance practice, having produced over one hundred editions of music, and singlehandedly bringing many composers into the repertoire.

Renowned virtuoso and RCS International Fellow Ilya Gringolts is passionate about exploring new music for his instrument. He will perform as a soloist and in ensembles, giving first performances of works, including this year’s winners of the Walter and Dinah Wolfe Prize.

Within a generation, the marimba has emerged as the concert instrument of choice for percussionists, and no two artists have done more to further that cause than the gentleman featured in this concert. International Fellow Eric Sammut may already be familiar to our audiences, and it is a delight to welcome him back alongside the visionary Leigh Howard Stevens to join him for this very special concert. Stevens helped to revolutionise every aspect of the marimba, from composing and arranging new music, to building the instruments themselves with his firm Malletech.

We help the RCS Archives celebrate this acquisition and follow the formal handover presentation with performances of some of those works, including by Edward Tarr himself, along with his wife, concert organist Irmtraud Tarr, former RCS Principal John Wallace, and current students who can’t wait to get their hands on the music.

Part of Plug festival, see page 42 for more details. Ilya Gringolts Violin International Fellow

Leigh Howard Stevens Marimba Eric Sammut Marimba International Marimba Consultant

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Music Mondays at 1

Music Performance Feb - Jun 15

#RCSmondays

All concerts begin at 1pm and take place in the intimate setting of the Ledger Recital Room. These programmes showcase our talented students and staff. Mondays / 1pm Tickets: £9.50 (£7.50) Venue: Ledger Recital Room

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Collection of Keys

A Forest of Reeds

Mon 9 Feb

Mon 23 Feb

The Keyboard department are always keen to explore the repertoire for four hands and two pianos. You will be dazzled by the multiple hands flying across the keys today.

A forest of single reeds feature in this concert, with performances from RCS clarinet and saxophone ensembles, alongside a premiere of a new work by RCS graduate, Jay Capperauld.

Song Studio: The Voice of Desire

Great Keys of Fire

Mon 16 Feb

Even before a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square, birds have always played a unique part in culture worldwide. As free-spirited mirror images of us, they are the cornerstone of Song Studio’s annual homage to Valentine’s Day. Whether you are lovebirds or an independent song-lover, join us to enjoy a mixture of repertoire by composers ranging from our newly-appointed Master of the Queen’s Music, Judith Weir, to Ravel, Debussy and Schubert. Oh, and DO tweet! #RCSmonday

Mon 2 Mar

In recent years, keyboard students from RCS have gone on to international acclaim. The next generation of talented players are featured in this showcase concert where they will dazzle you with their fireworks.

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Brass and Stripes

Woodwind and Friends

Mon 9 Mar

Mon 20 Apr

The Brass department are next in line to explore our Americana theme with this stars and stripes extravaganza. Taking you on a journey across the soundscape of America, you will be treated to classic marches by Sousa to the soothing sounds of Samuel Barberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mutations from Bach.

Dead Elvis by Michael Daugherty calls for solo bassoonist, Ryan Sullivan, to transform - complete with jumpsuit and shades - into the King of Rock nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Roll, bringing Vegas to Renfrew Street in a radicle chamber piece inspired by the cultural legacy of the King.

Music Performance Feb - Jun 15

A Plethora of Strings Mon 16 Mar

In recent years, the Harp and Guitar department has established itself as a hotbed of new talent, come and enjoy it today.

Drake Music Scotland works creatively with disabled musicians all over Scotland, commissioning and performing new music and expanding the use of music technology in performance. Our students will engage in a week-long project with Drake culminating in this original performance with members of thier Digital Ensemble. Enjoy this? Try Drake Music Scotland on Thu 7 May / 1pm (page 43)

Mon 27 Apr

Birth and death have always been the most significant events in human experience, to which society has, throughout the ages, responded in different ways. The very young and the old have always had a close, touching affinity. Mussorgsky’s song cycle The Nursery is a uniquely engaging picture of what it might be like to grow up in 1870’s Russia, while his epic song cycle The Songs and Dances of Death is a characteristically direct and bleak picture of encounters with death. Two sides of the same coin. Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, written in 1936, commissioned by Natalya Sat’s Children’s Theatre demonstrate Prokofiev’s natural gift for story-telling and characterisation. His Three Children’s Songs were written immediately afterwards. Chatterbox and The Sweet Song were eventually joined by Three Little Pigs to make the full set of three.

Vibrating Strings Mon 11 May

Our most talented young players are featured in a programme of solo and chamber music for strings.

Seeing Double Mon 18 May

This double reed concert is sponsored by Crowthers and Simmonds Music, with guest artist Alison Teale, Principal Cor Anglais player with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. This concert features a premiere for double-reed ensemble by RCS graduate, Jay Capperauld.

Crowthers and Simmonds Music will be providing instruments to try alongside selling an extensive range of oboe and bassoon accessories and CDs. Visit them in the RCS foyer on the day of the performance.

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Song Studio: Songs of Innocence and of Experience

Music Coffee Concerts

Music Performance Feb - Jun 15

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Coffee Concerts

Wake up on a Sunday morning to the aroma of the masterpieces of chamber music repertoire and the gold blend of principal musicians from Scotland’s national orchestras. In this introductory series, each concert will have a flavour of Brahms accompanied by a companion composer and will feature a world class soloists including mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill and clarinettist Maximiliano Martín. The ticket price includes a complimentary Dear Green coffee and cake which will be served after the concert. Tickets: £11 (£8.50) Venues: Sun 22 Feb / Stevenson Hall Sun 1 Mar / Ledger Recital Room Sun 8 Mar / Stevenson Hall Sun 15 Mar / Stevenson Hall

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Sun 22 Feb / 11.30am Sun 1 Mar / 11.30am Sun 8 Mar / 11.30am Sun 15 Mar / 11.30am

Music Performance Feb - Jun 15

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Music Jazz

All Blue Mondays take place at 7.30pm in the Ledger Recital Room. Jazz students are guest led each month by a visiting artist or staff member. #RCSbluemonday Mondays / 7.30pm Tickets: £9.50 (£7.50)

Venue: Ledger Recital Room

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MacKenzie meets Monk Mon 16 Feb

Our resident jazz guitar guru Kevin MacKenzie, leads our students in an exploration of music from two greats of the piano, Thelonius Monk and Bud Powell.

Oh When the Saints! Mon 9 Mar

For his Blue Monday concert last season, iconoclastic Australian trombonist Chris Greive finished with the entire Jazz department (and half the audience!) playing a traditional New Orleans funeral march. Having raised the roof with that performance, he returns with a whole night of music from ‘The Big Easy.’

Towndrow launches a Cannonball Mon 20 Apr

Exciting young Scottish saxophonist Paul Towndrow joins our Jazz students in exploring the music of one of his idols, the legendary alto player Julian Edwin ‘Cannonball’ Adderly. A stalwart of the hard bop era of jazz in the 60s, Adderly’s blazing solos are still a huge influence on the players of today.

Alyn Cosker: Steve Gadd Tribute Mon 11 May

Alyn Cosker celebrates the innovative work of one of his idols, Steve Gadd, legendary drummer that has worked with greats of pop, rock and jazz for over 40 years. Alyn and the jazz students celebrate that legacy with a retrospective of iconic recordings made with artists like Paul Simon, Steely Dan as well as Grover Washington and Chick Corea.

RCS Big Band: Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Band? Tue 19 May / 7.30pm

The RCS Big Band brings our year in jazz to a close with a toetapping night of great standards mixed with exciting new charts by our students. Tickets: £11 (£8.50) Venue: Stevenson Hall

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Blue Mondays

Music Scottish Music

Music Performance Feb - Jun 15

#RCSscots

An Evening of Scottish Music

Scottish Music Vocal Showcase

Mon 9 Mar / 7.30pm

Fri 1 May / 7.30pm

The future trad music stars of tomorrow are on display, with a showcase of their talents as soloists and in ensembles.

Students and staff of the BA (Hons) in Scottish Music and Piping, invite you to join them on an odyssey of Scots and Gaelic Song.

Tickets: Available from RCS Box Office. £11 (£8.50) Venue: Glasgow CCA Visit cca-glasgow.com

Tickets: £11 (£8.50) Venue: Cumbernauld Theatre. Tickets available from Cumbernauld Theatre. Contact 01236 732 887 or visit cumbernauldtheatre.co.uk

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Music Orchestras and Ensembles

Music Performance Feb - Jun 15

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Orchestral Americana Fri 27 Feb / 7.30pm

As part of the RCS’s celebrations of great works from across the pond, the Symphony Orchestra explores orchestral music spanning the ‘American Century.’ From jazz-tinged Gershwin to Adam’s relentless minimalism, with a classic from Aaron Copland, the architect of the sound of America. Dynamic young conductor Tecwyn Evans makes his RCS debut, and in advance of our staging of West Side Story (see page 51), he concludes the programme with the symphonic side of Leonard Bernstein. Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine Copland Appalachian Spring Gershwin An American in Paris Bernstein Symphony No.1 ‘Jeremiah’ Tecwyn Evans Conductor RCS Symphony Orchestra

Tickets: £14.50 (£12) Venue: Stevenson Hall

Wind Orchestra Concerto Thu 12 Mar / 7.30pm

Our annual concert of concertos with the RCS Wind Orchestra, showcasing some of our outstanding soloists. This programme will also feature our International Fellow, world renowned trombonist Ian Bousfield, in a concerto composed specially for him by Jonathan Dove. Ian Bousfield Trombone Nigel Boddice MBE Conductor RCS Wind Orchestra Tickets: £11.50 (£8.50) Venue: Stevenson Hall

Classic Walker Fri 24 Apr / 7.30pm

Our Visiting Professor in Conducting, Garry Walker, takes the helm for this concert rooted in the Classical period. Garry and the orchestra are joined by pianist, Daniel Petrica Ciobanu, the first ever winner of both RCS Concerto Competitions. The programme culminates with a work representing the summit of classical music - Beethoven’s fifth symphony - as our students relish the opportunity to play the most famous opening four notes in all music. Weber Euryanthe Overture Mozart Piano Concerto No.23 in A Beethoven Symphony No.5 Garry Walker Conductor Daniel Petrica Ciobanu Piano RCS Symphony Orchestra Tickets: £14.50 (£12) Venue: Stevenson Hall

Big Fat Brass with Mike Lovatt

Symphony Orchestra Concerto Concert

Thu 30 Apr / 7.30pm

Thu 14 May / 7.30pm

We are delighted to be joined by trumpeter Mike Lovatt, a multi-talented musician that has played all kinds of music with all kinds of artists, from Quincy Jones to Robbie Williams and Jessye Norman. For this special concert he leads RCS Brass through the sweetsounding charts of Billy May’s Big Fat Brass, with a mix of jazz standards and popular tunes from yesteryear.

Our final Symphony Orchestra concert of the year is the annual concerto showcase, with a select handful of students winning the opportunity to play great solo repertoire for their instrument.

Mike Lovatt Trumpet RCS Brass Tickets: £11 (£8.50) Venue: Stevenson Hall

RCS Symphony Orchestra Tickets: £14.50 (£12) Venue: Stevenson Hall

Baroque Ensemble Mon 18 May / 7.30pm

The Baroque Ensemble presents its year-end concert, with a mixture of music for voice and ensembles from the 17th and 18th centuries. Tickets: £11 (£8.50) Venue: Ledger Recital Room

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Music Performance Feb - Jun 15

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Music Festivals

Piano Festival 2015

American Premieres

Coffee Concert

This year’s Piano Festival reinvents the potential of the keyboard. Our pianists love to make music together, ideally with as many pianos on stage as possible! Here they take up the theme of Americana, with music from the minimalists, as well as an exploration through Bernstein’s memorable music for West Side Story. A diverse weekend of performance awaits these pioneers of the piano.

Fri 6 Mar / 7.30pm

Sun 8 Mar / 11am

More multi-piano madness featuring premieres by Tom Wells, Vera Stanojevie and classic works by American minimalists, Glass and Reich.

Part of the Coffee Concert series, see page 33 for more details.

Fri 6 – Sun 8 Mar

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Tickets: £11 (£8.50) Venue: Stevenson Hall

Enjoy this? Try Mimimal on Sat 2 May (page 47)

Piano and Dance Sun 8 Mar / 7.30pm

Prosseda and the Pedal Piano

Masterclass with Roberto Prosseda Keyboard Showcase

Fri 6 Mar / 1pm

Fri 6 Mar / 3pm

Sat 7 Mar / 7.30pm

Part of the Fridays at 1 concert series, see page 24 for more details

Tickets: £4 (£3) Venue: Ledger Recital Room

Showcasing the incredible talent amongst staff and students of the Keyboard department.

Tickets: £11 (£8.50) Venue: Stevenson Hall

Tickets: £11 (£8.50) Venue: Ledger Recital Room

This year’s Piano Festival closes with another spectacular collaboration with the Modern Ballet course. A tribute to the recently retired founder of that programme, the legendary Paul Tyres, the programme will feature West Side Story danced to the accompaniment of two pianos. Tickets: £11 (£8.50) Venue: Stevenson Hall

Enjoy this? Try Modern Ballet on Fri 5 & Sat 6 Jun (page 9)

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Tickets: £11 (£8.50) Venue: Stevenson Hall

Plug 2015 Plug is back! Our festival of new music from RCS composers is a celebration of potential. As usual, in addition to our student performers, including Stevenson Winds and the Plug house band MusicLab, we have a host of guest artists: virtuoso soloists Ilya Gringolts and Sinae Lee; the ground-breaking Red Note Ensemble; newly-formed ensemble Glasgow New Music Expedition; and this year we are proud to collaborate for the first time with the innovative Drake Music Scotland. #Plug2015

Tue 5 - Fri 8 May

Music Performance Feb - Jun 15

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Plug Opening Concert: Simply Red Note Tue 5 May / 7.30pm

Plug starts with intent, as those dynamic champions of new music, Red Note, get their hands on the first new scores of this year’s festival. Red Note Ensemble Associate Contemporary Ensemble Tickets: £9.50 (£7.50) Venue: Ledger Recital Room

Lee Leads the Way Wed 6 May / 1pm

Staff member Sinae Lee has a voracious appetite for music. Here she bravely takes on an entire programme of new works written just for her by our newest students. Sinae Lee Piano Tickets: £9.50 (£7.50) Venue: Ledger Recital Room

Wed 6 May / 7.30pm

An exciting new voice on the contemporary music scene in Scotland, the Glasgow New Music Expedition gave its inaugural concert just a few months ago. Comprised of recent graduates from RCS, we are delighted to welcome them to Plug. Tickets: £9.50 (£7.50) Venue: Stevenson Hall

Drake Music Scotland

Stevenson Winds

Thu 7 May / 1pm

Thu 7 May / 7.30pm

For over fifteen years, Drake Music Scotland has been challenging conventions by creating opportunities for children and adults with disabilities to learn, compose and perform music independently, thanks to the innovative use of new technologies. This concert offers an incredible opportunity for RCS student composers and performers to collaborate with musicians working with Drake.

Our renowned chamber ensemble from the Woodwind department, Stevenson Winds lend its talents to Plug, affording composers the chance to write for the sweet sounds of reeds and winds.

Tickets: £9.50 (£7.50) Venue: Ledger Recital Room

Plugged-in Ilya Fri 8 May / 1pm

Part of the Fridays at 1 concert series, see page 28 for more details. Tickets: £11 (£8.50) Venue: Stevenson Hall

Closing Concert: Red Note / MusicLab Fri 8 May / 7.30pm

Plug culminates with a combining of forces, as Red Note Ensemble is joined by the students from MusicLab to close the festival with a bang. The programme features a large-scale composition from doctoral student Colin Broom, as well as last year’s winner of the prestigious Craig Armstrong Prize, Jay Capperauld. Red Note Ensemble Associate Contemporary Ensemble Tickets: £9.50 (£7.50) Venue: Stevenson Hall

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Glasgow New Music Expedition

Music Events and Talks

Music Performance Feb - Jun 15

#RCSmusic

Professor Stephen Robertson

Roy Howat and Chabrier

Mon 23 Feb / 7.30pm

Mon 2 Mar / 7.30pm

Hear Professor Stephen Robertson, Head of Vocal Studies, talk about his approach to vocal pedagogy. He is in much demand as a vocal teacher and has spoken across the world including the International Physiology and Acoustics of Singing Conference in Stockholm.

Chabrier’s influence can be heard echoed through the music of composers of Franck, Debussy, Ravel, Albéniz, Falla, Stravinsky and Poulenc. Poulenc. He who rated Chabrier’s Pièces pittoresques equal in importance with Debussy’s Preludes, recalled discovering this music in his teens: ‘A new world of sounds and harmonies opened up before me, and my own music has never forgotten the effect of that first lover’s kiss.’ This lecture explores that wonderful world of sounds and harmonies and introduces Roy’s concert performance of a selection of Chabrier’s works.

Tickets: £4 (£3) Venue: Ledger Recital Room

Roy Howat Piano Tickets: £4 (£3) Venue: Ledger Recital Room

BBC Radio 3: Poulenc 50 Years On with Nicole Cabell

Royal Conservatoire Singers and RCS Brass II

Wed 4 Mar / 7.30pm

Wed 18 Mar / 7.30pm

One of the great young singers of her generation, Nicole Cabell was propelled into superstardom upon winning the 2005 Cardiff Singer of the Year. She has a great passion for French music, and is joined for this special programme for Radio 3 of Poulenc and Faure by friend of RCS, pianist Simon Lepper.

The Royal Conservatoire Singers join forces with the Brass department to present a spring concert of choral and chamber repertoire with a European flavour.

Nicole Cabell Soprano Simon Lepper Piano

Tickets: £9.50 (£7.50) Venue: Ledger Recital Room

Explore more concerts in this series: Pascal Roge Fri 17 Apr / 1pm (page 26) Tickets: £14.50 (£12) Venue: Stevenson Hall

Maximilian Fane Conductor Nigel Boddice MBE Conductor Royal Conservatoire Singers RCS Brass II

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Bach in the Subway Sat 21 Mar / 10am - 12pm

Music Performance Feb - Jun 15

The RCS is teaming up with Strathclyde Partnership for Transport to bring you Bach in the Subway 2015. In celebration of Johann Sebastian Bach’s 330th birthday, our students will be performing Bach on Glasgow’s subway throughout the day. Look out for an announcement on the RCS website nearer the time and try to spot them while you’re travelling!

Venue: Glasgow Subway SPT network

Find out more by visiting bachinthesubways.com

RCS Concerto Soloists Electroacoustic Event with the RSNO

School of Music Open Day

Royal Conservatoire Singers and Guests

Wed 15 Apr / 6pm

Fri 5 Jun

Wed 24 Jun / 7.30pm

If you’re an aspiring musician, come and join us for our School of Music Open Day. During your visit to us you will be able to speak with heads of department, observe classes, tour our facilities, and hear some of our outstanding students play. Places are limited, so please be sure to register online to secure your place. Registration begins one month in advance of the day at rcs.ac.uk/studyhere/ opendays

Join the Royal Conservatoire Singers for their final concert of the year. Joined by quintet Prismatic Winds, this concert is sure to bring the summer season in with style.

Tue 21 Apr / 7.30pm

For the first time, we invite you to hear the stars of tomorrow perform a concerto with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Featuring a number of concertos played by the top RCS students, this concert will be a highlight of the concert year. The orchestra will also include students who won a place on the RSNO Apprenticeship Scheme which prepares musicians for life in a professional orchestra. Jean-Claude Picard Conductor RCS Concerto Soloists Royal Scottish National Orchestra Tickets: £11 (£8.50) Venue: Stevenson Hall

First performances of new works by composition students in a purely electronic medium. Tickets: £7.50 (£6) Venue: Alexander Gibson Opera Studio

Minimal Sat 2 May / Various

Composers Philip Glass and Steve Reich return to RCS to celebrate the impact they have had on the music world since the 1970s. students will perform Reich’s works: Electric Counterpoint, New York Counterpoint and Vermont Counterpoint. Tickets: Available from the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Box Office. Contact 0141 353 8000 or glasgowconcerthalls.com Venue: Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Maximilian Fane Conductor Prismatic Winds Royal Conservatoire Singers Tickets: £9.50 (£7.50) Venue: Ledger Recital Room

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Music Masterclasses and Competitions

Music Performance Feb - Jun 15

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Masterclasses provide progressing students an opportunity to concentrate and develop on their skills, with professional advice given by esteemed external guest artists. #RCSmasterclasses Tue 5 - Fri 8 May Tickets: £4 (£3)

Voice and Piano with Malcolm Martineau International Fellow

Voice with Sir Thomas Allen Iain McGlashan Visiting Artist

Thu 12 Feb / 5pm

Fri 13 Feb / 3pm Venue: Ledger Recital Room

Piano Trumpet with Roberto Prosseda with Edward Tarr Fri 6 Mar / 3pm Venue: Ledger Recital Room

Fri 1 May / 3pm Venue: Ledger Recital Room

Violin with Leland Chen

Marimba with Leigh Howard Stevens

Fri 20 Mar / 3pm Venue: Ledger Recital Room

Piano with Pascal Rogé Fri 17 Apr / 3pm Venue: Ledger Recital Room

Fri 15 May / 3pm Venue: Ledger Recital Room

Competitions The Elgar / Spedding Memorial Lieder Prize

Governors’ Recital Prize for Percussion Mon 27 Apr / 6.30pm Venue: Stevenson Hall

Tickets: £4 (£3)

Tue 17 Mar / 11am

Bamber Galloway Piano Competition

Venue: Ledger Recital Room

Governors’ Recital Prize for Brass

Lamond Prize

Wed 29 Apr / 10am Venue: Alexander Gibson Opera Studio

Tue 24 Feb / 10am Venue: Ledger Recital Room

Mabel Glover String Quartet Prize Tue 10 Mar / 11am Venue: Ledger Recital Room

Tony and Tania Webster Prize for Voice Tue 10 Mar / 2.30pm Venue: Ledger Recital Room

Including the Hester Dickson Prize.

Wed 22 Apr / 6.30pm Venue: Stevenson Hall

Norma Greig French Song Prize Thu 23 Apr / 2.30pm Venue: Alexander Gibson Opera Studio

Governors’ Recital Prize for Singing Mon 27 Apr / 3pm Venue: Alexander Gibson Opera Studio

Jean Highgate Scholarship for Singing

Governors’ Recital Prize for Strings

Tue 12 May / 10am Venue: Ledger Recital Room

Thu 30 Apr / 10am Venue: Alexander Gibson Opera Studio

Ye Cronies Opera Award

Governors’ Recital Prize for Woodwind

Sun 17 May / 3pm Venue: New Athenaeum Theatre

Thu 30 Apr / 4pm Venue: Alexander Gibson Opera Studio

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Musical Theatre Performance

Musical Theatre Performance Feb - Jun 15

#RCSmusicals

Notes to Self Wed 25 - Thu 26 Feb / 7.30pm Fri 27 Feb / 1pm & 7.30pm

Notes to Self presents new musical theatre from our second year BA Musical Theatre student performers. This exciting new work, originated and developed by the cast, will culminate in these special performances.

#RCSnotes

Tickets: ÂŁ11 (ÂŁ8.50) Venue: Chandler Theatre Studio

Book by Arthur Laurents Music by Leonard Bernstein Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Public Preview: Sat 14 Mar / 7.15pm Tue 17 Mar / 7.15pm Wed 18 Mar / 2.30pm & 7.15pm Thu 19 Mar / 7.15 pm Fri 20 Mar / 2.30pm & 7.15pm

New York in the 1950s: a pair of feuding families become warring New York City gangs. The Jets rival the Sharks in this variation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, where love blossoms in the face of adversity.

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Andrew Panton Director Simon Beck Musical Director Emily-Jane Boyle Choreographer Kenneth MacLeod Designer Robert Butler Lighting Designer Tickets: Preview £12.50; £13 - 21; Concessions available Venue: New Athenaeum Theatre This is a BSL (British Sign Language) signed performance. BSL: Sat 14 Mar / 7.15pm

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West Side Story

See our final year BA Musical Theatre students in this beautifully reimagined production of this classic musical.

Candid Cabaret

Musical Theatre Performance Feb - Jun 15

Mon 25 – Thu 28 May / 7.30pm Sun 31 May - Wed 3 Jun / 7.30pm

Love and loss, pain and pleasure, hopes and happenings: Candid Cabaret brings a sparkling selection of solo cabaret performances across seven intimate evenings. Music from the pop, jazz, rock, blues and classical genres are reinvented and interwoven with humorous stories and shared experiences.

Candid Cabaret is totally personal, totally surprising and totally unique, with a different performance every show. We invite you to sit back and enjoy the journey with a drink or two in the intimate surroundings of Glasgow’s oldest bar and restaurant, Sloans.

#RCSCabaret

Tickets: £11 (£8.50) Venue: Sloans Bar and Restaurant

Godspell

Music by Stephen Schwartz Book by John-Michael Tebelak

Based on the Gospel according to Matthew, this rock musical is brought to life by an ensemble cast of actor-musicians. A Stephen Schwartz score accompanies dramatised versions of well-known parables, bringing this site specific musical celebration to the heart of Glasgow’s East End.

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Andrew McGregor Director David Higham Musical Supervisor Tickets: Evening £14.50 (£12); Matinee £11 (£8.50) Venue: Dennistoun New Parish Church, 9 Armadale Street, Glasgow

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Tue 19 May / 7.30pm Wed 20 May / 2.30pm & 7.30pm Thu 21 May / 7.30pm Fri 22 May / 2.30pm & 7.30pm

Opera Performance Feb - Jun 15

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Opera Performance

The Opera Project

Opera Scenes

Wed 4 - Sat 7 Mar / 7.15pm

Thu 19 Mar / 7.15pm Fri 20 Mar / 2.15pm

The Opera Project presents a unique Scottish premiere, fusing Baroque and 20th century repertoire. Although linked by virtue of their classical origins, the two pieces could not be more contrasting. Purcell’s Dido, an intensely expressive, condensed journey through the troubled tragedy of a doomed relationship, is paired with Poulenc’s Mammelles; a subversive and surreal comic theatrical romp, arranged especially for the 1958 Aldeburgh Festival for two pianos by Benjamin Britten. Purcell Dido and Aeneas Poulenc Les Mamelles de Tiresias Mark Hathaway Director Kally Lloyd-Jones Movement Director Timothy Dean / Oliver Rundell Conductors Tickets: £14.50 (£12) Venue: Alexander Gibson Opera Studio

These simply staged opera scenes are chosen for the postgraduate Vocal students as a means of exploring their present capability and potential, providing audiences with a wonderful opportunity to see progressing singers at the start of their operatic journey. Scenes are staged with minimal costume and lighting, placing emphasis on raw talent. The fresh enthusiasm of these young singers on stage is palpable, as they explore the dramatic power of opera. Julia Lynch Musical Director Tickets: £11 (£8.50) Venue: Alexander Gibson Opera Studio

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Sir John in Love by Vaughan Williams Sat 9 May / 7.15pm Mon 11 May / 7.15pm Wed 13 May / 7.15pm Fri 15 May / 7.15pm

Opera Performance Feb - Jun 15

Having performed Verdi’s Falstaff (2005) and Nicolai’s Lustigen Weiber (2013), the RCS Opera department completes its operatic/Shakespearean Merry Wives/Falstaff ‘ trilogy’ with Vaughan Williams’ colourful and lyrical Sir John in Love. Originally titled The Fat Knight, Sir John was first performed at the Royal College of Music in 1929 and received its first professional performance in 1946 at Sadlers Wells.

Don’t miss this irresistibly energetic opera with a genuine sense of theatrical comedy and endless ‘treasure chest’ of Vaughan Williams’ finest melodies, married with the English folk style.

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Benjamin Davies Director Timothy Dean Conductor Tickets: £19.50 - £25.50 Concessions available Venue: New Athenaeum Theatre

Opera Scenes

Thu 28 May / 7.15pm Fri 29 May / 2.15pm

Thu 4 & Fri 5 Jun / 7.15pm

These simply staged opera scenes are chosen for the postgraduate Vocal students students as a means of exploring their present capability and potential, providing audiences with a wonderful opportunity to see progressing singers at the start of their operatic journey. Scenes are staged with minimal costume and lighting, placing emphasis on raw talent. The fresh enthusiasm of these young singers on stage is palpable, as they explore the dramatic power of opera. Mark Hathaway Director Julia Lynch Musical Director Tickets: £11.50 (£8.50) Venue: Alexander Gibson Opera Studio

Offering an entertaining and varied mixture of repertoire, these simply staged operatic scenes with piano accompaniment give the audience a candid insight into how first year students hone and display their craft in public at the beginning of their exciting operatic journey. Stuart Barker Director Oliver Rundell Musical Director Tickets: £11.50 (£8.50) Venue: Alexander Gibson Opera Studio

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Visiting Promoters

Visiting Promoters Feb - Jun 15

RCS has a range of state of the art studios and licensed venues available to hire by external promoters for performances and events, both at Wallace Studios, Speirs Locks on Garscube Road and Renfrew Street in Glasgow city centre. Contact External Events to find out more venuehires@rcs.ac.uk

Sun 22 Feb / 7.30pm

The SNJO marks the centenary of the influential composer and arranger Billy Strayhorn with a tribute to his inspiring musical legacy. Best known for his long association with Duke Ellington, Strayhorn contributed significantly to Ellington’s most celebrated works. It was Strayhorn who composed Duke’s rollicking signature tune Take the A Train and the reflective Chelsea Bridge while his versatility was pivotal to Ellington’s lush classical excursions such as Greig’s Peer Gynt, and the modernist film score to Anatomy of a Murder. Tommy Smith Director and Conductor Tickets: £20 main seats; £17.50 balcony; Free under 16s; £5 SNJO Youth Card; Concessions available Venue: Stevenson Hall

Bruce Millar Gulliver Singing Prize Sun 1 Mar / 3pm

Six talented singers from the UK’s top conservatoires compete for the annual £10,000 prize presented by the Bruce Millar Memorial Trust. Tickets: £10; £1 full time students Venue: Stevenson Hall

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The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra presents The Jazz Genius of Billy Strayhorn

March of Women

Visiting Promoters Feb - Jun 15

Sat 7 Mar / 11am

March of Women is a collaboration between RCS and Glasgow Women’s Library to celebrate and commemorate the suffragette movement. We are looking for one hundred women to take part in a performance of Cicely Hamilton’s play A Pageant of Great Women and complete a procession to Glasgow Green. This event, on the eve of International Women’s Day, celebrates the achievements of women past and present. Anna Birch Director Be a part of the performance and procession by contacting viviane.hullian@ womenslibrary.org.uk Tickets: £5 Visit womenslibrary.org.uk #marchofwomen

West of Scotland Independent Schools Music Concert Mon 9 Mar / 7.30pm

An annual concert featuring the string orchestra from the West of Scotland Independent Schools. Tickets: £10 (£8.50) Venue: Stevenson Hall

Glasgow Wind Band in Concert

Glasgow Orchestral Society

Sun 15 Mar / 7.30pm

Sun 22 Mar / 7.30pm

Established composers for the annual Glasgow Wind Band concert, Peter Graham, Martin Ellerby and Andrew Boysen Jnr present a wide range of exciting and interesting works from the current concert band repertoire.

Glasgow Orchestral Society is delighted to welcome Ryan Bancroft, Conducting student at RCS alongside recent graduate, violinist Daniel Rainey, to present a programme of Mendelsshon, Tchaikovsky and Brahms.

Kevin Price Conductor Tickets: £10 (£6) Venue: Stevenson Hall

Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Brahms Symphony No.1 Ryan Bancroft Conductor Daniel Rainey Violin Tickets: £10 (£5) Venue: Stevenson Hall

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Edinburgh Youth Orchestra Concert

Glasgow Orchestral Society

Sun 12 Apr / 7.30pm

Sat 6 Jun / 7.30pm

Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture Strauss Oboe Concerto Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique

Star RCS undergraduate, Ross Gunning, joins Glasgow Orchestral Society to conduct a programme featuring Tchaikovsky, Dvorak and Respighi.

Sian Edwards Conductor Julian Scott Oboe

Visiting Promoters Feb - Jun 15

Tickets: £15 (£13) Venue: Stevenson Hall

Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien Dvorak Symphony No.9 (From the New World) Respighi Pines of Rome Ross Gunning Conductor

National Youth Orchestras of Scotland: Spring Concert Sun 19 Apr / 4pm

Showcasing Scotland’s young musical talent with a varied programme built around the theme of Scottish Connections. Tickets: £12 (£8/£5) Venue: Stevenson Hall

Tickets: £10 (£5) Venue: Stevenson Hall

Sun 14 Jun / 7pm

WSSSO continues to astound all who hear them. This is no ordinary schools orchestra but comprises the finest musicians from twelve local authorities under the direction of WSSO Artistic Director of Youth Orchestras, James Lowe. James Lowe Conductor Tickets: £10 (£8) Venue: Stevenson Hall

Primavoce presents Love Hurts Sat 4 Jul / 7.30pm

Love hurts, especially in opera. A stunning cast of international opera singers present dramatic and occasionally wry and light hearted vignettes of the tragedy, heartbreak and sometimes crazy plots in great opera. The dying and heartbroken Mimi and Violetta, the angry and betrayed Amneris and Azucena, the heroic Radames and Cavardossi and the wicked Scarpia are just some of the characters bringing the very best of opera highs and lows. Christina Dunwoodie Soprano Clare Shearer Mezzo Ralph Strehle Tenor Richard Lewis Musical Director Annette Gillies Designer Tickets: £15 (£12.50) Venue: New Athenaeum Theatre

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West of Scotland Schools Symphony Orchestra

SUMMER SCHOOLS 2015 With a variety of courses across all our disciplines there is something for everyone to enjoy, from beginner level to career development we have a class to suit.

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Junior Conservatoire Percussionist Competition By Liz Lochead Tue 4 Nov / 7.30pm

A true man of the theatre, Molière famously took ill playing the title role and died shortly after the fourth performance. He was buried in the St Joseph cemetery, during the night - the penalty for not having made a last minute denunciation of his actor’s life in the presence of a priest.

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Directed by Tony Cownie Set and Costume Design by Nathalie Page Lighting Design by Shannon Howard Tickets: £16.50 (£13) Concessions available Performance Venue: New Athenaeum Theatre

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Coming soon August 2015 Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 For over ten years, RCS Musical Theatre students have been performing at the world’s largest cultural arts festival, Edinburgh Fringe. Last year, over 8,000 of you came to Assembly Hall and George Square, Spiegeltent to see the world’s first multi-path musical The Girl Who and the hilariously spooky The Addams Family. Praise for RCS: “Achingly powerful ensemble singing” The Herald

“Hilarious, tuneful, excellently staged and brilliantly performed” The Scotsman “An exceptionally professional production” Three Weeks “The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s production is simply outstanding” West End Frame Another talented cast of Musical Theatre stars will bring fresh productions to Edinburgh in 2015. Watch this space. rcsatthefringe.com rcsofficial

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New Writing in collaboration with Playwrights’ Studio Scotland This August, the annual ground-breaking new writing collaboration with Playwrights’ Studio Scotland returns. Three of Scotland’s top playwrights, Mike Cullen, Jules Horne and Alan McKendrick, have been commissioned to create new plays, working with the actors and directors of our renowned Masters in Classical and Contemporary Text programme. These writers follow in the footsteps of many distinguished playwrights previously commissioned, including Linda Maclean, Douglas Maxwell, David Harrower, Anne Marie di Mambro, Peter Arnott, Nicola McCartney, Davie Anderson and Rona Munro. For regular updates, visit rcs.ac.uk

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RCS Café Bar

To add a professional touch to your event, contact RCS External Engagements to create the perfect tailor-made package.

As one of Scotland’s busiest arts venues, good food and coffee are always in demand. All sandwiches, soups and hot lunches served at the RCS Café Bar are made freshly each day by Where The Monkey Sleeps, based in Glasgow city centre with coffee supplied by Dear Green Roasters.

Performance Feb - Jun 15

We cater to suit all needs, and can provide everything from harpists for that special moment in your wedding, outstanding soloists to entertain your delegates, a brass band to get everyone dancing at your birthday, or a string quartet for that corporate event to bring an additional touch of sophistication. With a wealth of unique and talented performers available, select from a wide variety of musicians, dancers and musical theatre performers who can deliver a range of styles and repertoires. Renowned for excellence, our students are experienced in performing in all types of venues and events and for audiences of all sizes. Get in touch with Matthew O’Hare, to discuss your event: externalengagements@rcs.ac.uk or call 0141 270 8273

Where The Monkey Sleeps provides a diverse menu, with multiple options to suit vegans, gluten free diets and carnivores alike! For more information about the services and menus available at RCS Café Bar, contact wtms@rcs.ac.uk

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Ticket information Concessions

Concession prices are available for RCS productions and apply to over 60, under 16, unwaged, students, and registered disabled customers (we offer a free ticket to carers of disabled customers where required).

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If you want to enjoy more performances and save money on tickets for all of our events, including opera, musical theatre, jazz, drama and dance, join our Royalty Card scheme. Our discount card gives you: Priority booking Discounted tickets 10% off Royal Conservatoire merchandise 20% off hot food and drinks at RCS Cafe Bar FREE entry to masterclasses and competitions No transaction or exchange fees Exclusive special offers, competitions, and more...

We have created three levels to suit your wallet and your needs, starting at just £10. You can buy your membership at the Box Office by phoning us on 0141 332 5057, or online at rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice.

Gift vouchers

Royal Conservatoire Gift Vouchers are available from the Box Office. These make the perfect gift for any lover of performance. Vouchers are available in any denomination, and can be used to purchase merchandise, or tickets for any event sold via our Box Office. Vouchers are valid for one year. To buy vouchers please visit our Box Office, call us on 0141 332 5057, or visit the merchandise section at rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice

Transaction fees

We charge 50p per transaction. This allows us to ensure we cover our ticketing operational costs (such as card processing fees), and therefore maximise the funds that the Conservatoire can spend on our education programmes.

Transaction fees will not apply to cash purchases made at the Box Office. An additional 60p charge is made when tickets are posted.

Ticket donation

All ticket prices shown in the brochure for our productions include an optional £1 donation to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Scholarship Fund to help support new young talent. Last year your ticket donations added up to almost £6,500 of additional scholarship funding. Thank you so much for supporting our young artists. Please see the section entitled ‘Support Us’ for more details about how you can contribute to RCS.

Group bookings

A group booking discount of 20% is available for groups of ten or more. Please contact the Box Office to make a group booking. Not valid on Visiting Company performances at RCS.

Conditions of sale

1. Once purchased tickets cannot be refunded, except in the event of a cancelled show.

2. Exchanges may be available (at the discretion of the Box Office Manager) for a future show, to a seat of the same value or higher. A £1 fee is charged for exchanges. 3. Latecomers may not be admitted. 4. Reservations can be held for three days without payment. Reservations will automatically be released after three days. Tickets reserved less than three days prior to the performance will be automatically released the day before the performance. Reservations cannot be made on the day of a performance. 5. We reserve the right to refuse admission. 6. Mobile phones must be switched off during the performance. 7. Filming and photography are not permitted. 8. Glasses, bottles and hot drinks are not permitted in the auditoriums. 9. Event content may change at short notice, or differ from details printed in the Performance guide and online. 10. Some events may not be suitable for young children.

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Alumni Association

Alumni Association Performance Feb - Jun 2015

Are you a graduate of the RCS? We are building our Alumni Association and sharing alumni news on the RCS website, alumni Facebook page, LinkedIn account, through our e-newsletters, and the new RCS magazine. As a graduate, there are a number of benefits and services which can you can enjoy by staying in touch. These include discounted tickets for performances at the RCS, discounted rehearsal room rates, networking opportunities, volunteering opportunities, invitations to events and much moreâ&#x20AC;Ś Have we got your most current details in our alumni database? Help us to keep your record up to date by emailing your name, address, course studied and year of graduation to alumni@rcs.ac.uk. By helping us to keep our records up to date we can make sure you find out all our latest alumni news. royalconservatoireofscotlandalumni Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

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Events calendar

Calendar Performance Feb - Jun 2015

February Sun 1 Mon 9 Thu 12 Fri 13 Fri 13 Mon 16 Mon 16 Fri 20 Sun 22 Sun 22 Mon 23 Mon 23 Tue 24 Wed 25 – Fri 27 Fri 27 Fri 27 Fri 27

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Junior Conservatoire Mondays at 1 Masterclass Fridays at 1 Masterclass Mondays at 1 Blue Mondays Fridays at 1 Music Visting Promoters Mondays at 1 Music Events & Talks Competition Musical Theatre Fridays at 1 Junior Conservatoire Music

Pre-Juniors Concert Collection of Keys Voice & Piano with Malcolm Martineau A Winter Journey Voice with Sir Thomas Allen Song Studio: The Voice of Desire MacKenzie Meets Monk SCO Winds Coffee Concert SNJO: The Jazz Genius of Billy Strayhorn A Forest of Reeds Professor Stephen Robertson Bamber Galloway Piano Competition Notes to Self Dinnae Fasch Yersel Gilbert Innes Prize for Woodwind Orchestral Americana

3pm 1pm 5pm 1pm 3pm 1pm 7.30pm 1pm 11.30am 7.30pm 1pm 7.30pm 10am 1pm / 7.30pm 1pm 5.30pm 7.30pm

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Music Visting Promoters Mondays at 1 Music Events & Talks Music Opera Fridays at 1 Masterclass

Coffee Concert Bruce Millar Gulliver Singing Prize Great Keys of Fire Roy Howat and Chabrier BBC Radio 3: Poulenc 50 Years On with Nicole Cabell The Opera Project Prosseda and the Pedal Piano Piano Masterclass with Roberto Prosseda

11.30am 3pm 1pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.15pm 1pm 3pm

March Sun 1 Sun 1 Mon 2 Mon 2 Wed 4 Wed 4 – Sat 7 Fri 6 Fri 6

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Junior Conservatoire Festival Drama

Scottish Music Prize American Premieres King Lear

6pm 7.30pm 7.30pm

21 41 13

Visting Promoters Festival Music Festival Mondays at 1 Blue Mondays Visting Promoters Scottish Music Competition Competition Music Fridays at 1 Junior Conservatoire Junior Conservatoire Junior Conservatoire Music Visting Promoters Mondays at 1 Competition Music Events Musical Theatre Musical Theatre Drama

March of Women Keyboard Showcase Coffee Concert Piano and Dance Brass and Stripes Oh When the Saints! West of Scotland Independent Schools Music Concert An Evening of Scottish Music Mabel Glover String Quartet Prize Tony and Tania Webster Prize for Voice Wind Orchestra Concerto BBC Radio 3: Poulenc 50 Years On Gilbert Innes Prize for Brass Colin Currie Young Percussionist Award Glasgow Grand Opera Society Cup for Voice Coffee Concert Glasgow Wind Band in Concert A Plethora of Strings The Elgar/Spedding Memorial Lieder Prize Royal Conservatoire Singers and RCS Brass II West Side Story (Public Preview) West Side Story Edward II

11am 7.30pm 11am 7.30pm 1pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 11am 2.30pm 7.30pm 1pm 6pm 6.30pm 4pm 11.30pm 7.30pm 1pm 11am 7.30pm 7.15pm 2.30pm / 7.15pm 7.30pm / 2pm & 7.30pm

60 41 33 41 30 35 60 37 49 49 39 25 21 21 21 33 61 30 49 45 51 51 13

Opera Fridays at 1 Masterclass Junior Conservatoire Junior Conservatoire Music Events & Talks Junior Conservatoire Visting Promoters Junior Conservatoire

Opera Scenes Virtuoso Violin Violin Masterclass with Leland Chen Prize for Guitar Gilbert Innes Prize for Piano Bach in the Subway Composers’ Crucible Glasgow Orchestral Society Symphony Orchestra Concert

7.15pm / 2.15pm 1pm 3pm 6pm 6.15pm 10am – 12pm 12pm 7.30pm 7.30pm

55 25 48 21 21 46 17 61 17

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75 Fri 6 Fri 6 Fri 6 & Sat 7 / Mon 9 – Wed 11 Sat 7 Sat 7 Sun 8 Sun 8 Mon 9 Mon 9 Mon 9 Mon 9 Tue 10 Tue 10 Thu 12 Fri 13 Fri 13 Fri 13 Sat 14 Sun 15 Sun 15 Mon 16 Tue 17 Wed 18 Sat 14 Tue 17 – Fri 20 Tue 17 – Thu 19 / Sat 20 Thu 19 & Fri 20 Fri 20 Fri 20 Fri 20 Fri 20 Sat 21 Sat 21 Sun 22 Sun 29

Calendar Performance Feb - Jun 2015

April Sun 12 Wed 15 Fri 17 Fri 17 Sun 19 Mon 20 Mon 20 Tue 21 Wed 22 Thu 23 Fri 24 Fri 24 Mon 27 Mon 27 Mon 27 Wed 29 Thu 30 Thu 30 Thu 30

Performance

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Visting Promoters Music Fridays at 1 Masterclass Visting Promoters Mondays at 1 Blue Mondays Music Events & Talks Competition Competition Fridays at 1 Music Mondays at 1 Competition Competition Competition Competition Competition Music

Edinburgh Youth Orchestra Concert RCS Concerto Soloists with the RSNO BBC Radio 3: Poulenc 50 Years On with Pascal Rogé Piano Masterclass with Pascal Rogé National Youth Orchestras of Scotland: Spring Concert Woodwind and Friends Towndrow launches a Cannonball Electroacoustic Event Lamond Prize Norma Greig French Song Prize RCS New Voices Classic Walker Song Studio: Songs of Innocence and Experience Governors’ Recital Prize for Singing Governors’ Recital Prize for Percussion Governors’ Recital Prize for Brass Governors’ Recital Prize for Strings Governors’ Recital Prize for Woodwind Big Fat Brass with Mike Lovatt

7.30pm 6pm 1pm 3pm 4pm 1pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 6.30pm 2.30pm 1pm 7.30pm 1pm 3pm 6.30pm 10am 10am 4pm 7.30pm

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Fridays at 1 Masterclass Scottish Music Junior Conservatoire Junior Conservatoire Music Events & Talks Festival Festival Festival Festival Festival Festival Festival Junior Conservatoire

Trumpet Traditions Trumpet Masterclass with Edward Tarr Scottish Music Vocal Showcase Percussion Extravaganza Chamber Music Concert Minimal Plug: Opening Concert - Simply Red Note Plug: Lee Leads the Way Plug: Glasgow New Music Expedition Plug: Drake Music Scotland Plug: Stevenson Winds Plug: Plugged-in Ilya Plug Closing Concert: Red Note / MusicLab Junior, Senior and Chamber Choirs’ Concert

1pm 3pm 7.30pm 3.30pm 3.45pm Various 7.30pm 1pm 7.30pm 1pm 7.30pm 1pm 7.30pm 4pm

27 48 37 18 18 47 42 42 43 43 43 27/43 43 18

May Fri 1 Fri 1 Fri 1 Sat 2 Sat 2 Sat 2 Tue 5 Wed 6 Wed 6 Thu 7 Thu 7 Fri 8 Fri 8 Sat 9

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Opera

Sir John in Love

7.15pm

Junior Conservatoire Mondays at 1 Blue Mondays Competition Music Fridays at 1 Masterclass Junior Conservatoire Competition Mondays at 1 Music Musical Theatre Jazz Contemporary Performance Junior Conservatoire Opera Junior Conservatoire

Big Band Concert Vibrating Strings Alyn Cosker: Steve Gadd Tribute Jean Highgate Scholarship for Singing Symphony Orchestra Concerto Concert Mallet Madness Marimba with Leigh Howard Stevens Nan Christie Memorial Prize for Strings Ye Cronies Opera Award Seeing Double Baroque Ensemble Godspell RCS Big Band: Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Band? Waiting for the Sun to Rise Wind Orchestra Concert Opera Scenes Scottish Music Concert

7.30pm 1pm 7.30pm 10am 7.30pm 1pm 3pm 6pm 3pm 1pm 7.30pm 7.30pm / 2.30pm 7.30pm 7pm 3.30pm 7.15pm / 2.15pm 7pm

18 31 35 49 39 27 48 21 49 31 39 53 35 11 19 57 19

June Wed 3 – Fri 5 Drama Thu 4 / Fri 5 & Sat 6 Drama

Performance

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On The Verge 13

See website for updates 7.45pm / 7.45pm & 2.30pm

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Thu 4 / Fri 5 & Sat 6 Drama

Together

8pm / 2.45pm & 8pm

Thu 4 & Fri 5 Fri 5 Fri 5 & Sat 6 Sat 6 Sun 14 Sun 21 Wed 24 Mon 25 – Thu 28 / Sun 31 – Wed 3

Opera Music Events & Talks Ballet Visting Promoters Visting Promoters Junior Conservatoire Music Events & Talks Musical Theatre

Opera Scenes School of Music Open Day Modern Ballet Graduation Performance Glasgow Orchestral Society West of Scotland Schools Symphony Orchestra Symphony Orchestra Concert Royal Conservatoire Singers and Guests Candid Cabaret

7.15pm

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Performance

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Visting Promoters

Primavoce presents Love Hurts

7.30pm

July Sat 4

2.30pm & 7.30pm 7.30pm 7pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm

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Bus Buchanan bus station is just a five minute walk and there are bus stops outside the Conservatoire on Hope Street and Renfrew Street. Buchanan bus station Taxi There is a taxi rank located opposite the Royal Conservatoire on Renfrew Street.

Underground Cowcaddens and Buchanan Street underground stations are just a few minutesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; walk away. Cowcaddens Buchanan Street Cycle There are cycle stands next to the Conservatoire. Glasgow also operates a Cycle Hire scheme across the city. Visit nextbike.co.uk for more details. Road We are close to the M8 motorway: From the South, exit at Junction 17 (Dumbarton/Kelvinside). From the West, exit at Junction 17 (Dumbarton/Kelvinside), keeping to the right fork. From the East, exit at Junction 16 (Cowcaddens). Car parking There are several multi-storey car parks in the city centre; Cambridge Street, Buchanan Street, and Buchanan Galleries are closest to us. Please note these car parks are not operated by us - ensure you check the closing times of your chosen facility. Cambridge Street Bath Street Concert Square

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