Alumni News

Former pupil and teacher, Andrea Gajic, appointed as Head of Strings at RCS

With rehearsals underway for Enlightenment – the third work in our Seven Hills Project – we caught up with composer and alumnus Neil Tòmas Smith.

Congratulations to Steven Osborne on being awarded an OBE in the New Years Honours. Wonderful news and deserved recognition of an extraordinary musician and a remarkable body of work. Bravo Steven!

We are delighted to welcome former pupil Anna Michels as the latest addition to the Keyboard Department.

The RPS Awards celebrate "the outstanding, the pioneering and the inspiational in classical music. For classical it's the Oscars, Grammys and BAFTAS all in one." BBC Radio 3

Staff member James Willshire will curate a mini-festival celebrating Debussy on 1st & 2nd December.

Andrew Robb, Head of Jazz, wins at the European Society of Bassists 2018

Obituary: Helen Macleod, harp player, former pupil and former instrumental teacher

Vice-President Steven Osborne plays Berg op.1 and Prokofiev 7th Sonata

Hyperion release of Rachmaninov Etudes-tableaux played by Steven Osborne due shortly

Simon Smith played Stuart Macrae's Piano Sonata for pupils and staff.

On Wednesday 21st March, the Keyboard Department put on a programme of Rachmaninov