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Supporting RCS from the USA and Canada
With growing interest in the historic links between Scotland and North America and in Scottish culture and performing arts, I invite you join me in supporting the RCS from North America.
The RCS International Advisory Board, Inc (RCS IAB) is a designated 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that garners support in the USA and Canada for RCS, including scholarships, enrichment programs, technology, and facilities. By supporting RCS IAB, you will help ensure that Scotland continues to enhance the global cultural landscape long into the future by providing outstanding opportunities for North American students to train at the pinnacle of international performing arts higher education.
We invite our friends in the USA and Canada who share our passion for the performing arts, and Scotland, to join us by making a gift today. Thank you for your support.
Alan McIntyre
President, RCS International Advisory Board
World Top 10
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) is ranked as one of the world’s top 10 destinations to study the performing arts in the 2025 QS World University Rankings for Performing Arts. This is the ninth time we have been placed in the top ten since the ranking was established in 2016.
RCS is a diverse centre of performance, with excellent venues and active partnerships with all of Scotland’s national arts companies. Find out more about RCS
#RCSAlumni
Our graduates are a talented and richly varied group who make a significant impact across the globe. RCS alumni perform in orchestras, teach in classrooms, produce world-class arts festivals, create iconic set designs, lead cultural organisations and star in Hollywood movies.
Sam Heughan
Star of Outlander
Alan Cumming
Tony and Olivier award-winning actor, performer, writer and activist.
James McAvoy
Screen credits include X-Men, It, Atonement, The Last King of Scotland, Filth and Split.
Danila Marzilli
Dancer with Ballet Cymru
Ncuti Gatwa
Ncuti Gatwa is the much-loved star of Netflix series Sex Education, in which he plays scene-stealing Eric Effiong. It’s a role that’s earned Ncuti a string of awards, including Outstanding Supporting Role at the National Comedy Awards (2022); Comedy Performance (Male) at the Royal Television Society Awards; Best Actor in Television, BAFTA Scotland and the Rose d’Or Performance of the Year (all 2020). He also stars in the live-action Barbie movie and is the fourteenth Time Lord in BBC’s Doctor Who, following in the footsteps of fellow RCS graduate David Tennant.
Krysty Wilson-Cairns
Screenwriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns co-wrote World War One epic 1917 with director Sam Mendes that scooped awards including seven BAFTAs, two Golden Globes and three Oscars — and earned Krysty her first Oscar nomination in the Original Screenplay category. Krysty co-wrote Last Night in Soho with acclaimed director Edgar Wright and is taking on one of the world’s biggest movie franchises with Oscar-winning director Taika Waititi — she is co-writing the script for a new Star Wars feature film.
Fergus McCreadie
Fergus McCreadie was a finalist in the 2018 BBC Jazz Musician of the Year, and he was awarded the Best Instrumentalist prize at the Scottish Jazz Awards in 2020. In 2021, he released his second solo album Cairn, inspired by the tradition and landscape of his native Scotland. Together with his trio of David Bowden (bass) and Stephen Henderson (drums), he released a new album Forest Floor in 2022, inspired by the changes the seasons produce on the forest floor.
Richard Madden
Winner of the Golden Globe Best Actor award for Bodyguard. Recent credits include Rocketman and Game of Thrones.
Priority Programs for Your Support
RCS relies on the generosity of many friends and partners in the USA and Canada to support student programs, facilities, state-of-the-art technology, and international outreach.
Your gift could support:
Scholarships for Students from the USA and Canada
Providing a life-changing opportunity to study music, voice, drama, or dance in Scotland, at the cutting-edge of the European performing arts scene.
Travel and Passes to the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
Enabling film students to forge international connections and inspire their future careers as cinematographers, directors, editors, producers, sound and lighting engineers, and writers.
Musical Theater Productions and Showcases at RCS
That prepare graduates for work on Broadway, in London’s West End, and with national and international companies.
Gaelic and Traditional Scottish Music Programs
Including a student residency on the Isle of Skye at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig (the National Centre for Gaelic Language & Culture), or travel costs for a student to perform at festivals or concerts in Scotland or overseas.
Support the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland International Advisory Board
Help the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in its goal to provide outstanding arts education regardless of barriers.
Hear From Our North American Students
Get in Touch
For donors in the USA or Canada, if you have questions about making your gift, please contact development@rcsiab.com or call (855) 572 7422.
