Staff A-Z

In 2008 Kerry joined Scottish Ballet as the Head of the Associate Programme.  In the same year, she was asked to work on the development of the BA Modern Ballet Programme – a partnership between Scottish Ballet and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RCS) and following its successful validation in the summer of 2009, she was appointed as a Lecturer on the new course.  She continues to combine her roles at the RCS and Scottish Ballet and was appointed Head of Modern Ballet in 2014. 

John studied initially at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) before he completed a postgraduate study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Diana currently teaches the BA Modern Ballet Students Contemporary Technique, she also teaches and coaches Contemporary Repertoire, the choreography module and is a choreographer for the final graduation performances. Diana is also a qualified instructor and teaches the students in the Gyrotonic Expansion System.

Principal Percussion, Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Alistair MacDonald’s research explores ideas of estrangement and resistance through composition and performance using field recording, live audio processing and interactive systems. Much of his work is collaborative and takes the form of standalone electroacoustic works, fixed compositions for instruments, improvisations with musicians from a number of genres, film, dance and gallery installation. Alistair supervises several practice-based and theory-led research students including composers, cross-disciplinary artists and performers.

Always driven by collaboration and innovation, Finlay’s passion for the music he has grown up with has led him to the post of “Head of Piping Studies” at the National Piping Centre and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland where he continues to inspire and develop the very best of new Piping talent.

Laura is a Scottish alto and soprano saxophonist, composer and teacher, specialising in Jazz.

Lucien has worked as an actor, deviser, movement tutor, director and movement director before joining the RCS as a Lecturer in Movement in 2009 on the BA Acting Programme. He teaches movement, modules and co-ordinates New Work as well as giving workshops to other programmes.

Wilma MacDougall is a much sought-after vocal lecturer at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, where she has taught for the last fifteen years. Her students have sung at many of the world’s top opera houses and concert halls. Born in Scotland, Wilma graduated BA (Hons) in Music followed by a PGCE in Music and Mathematics from the University of Cambridge. She has recorded and broadcast on BBC radio and television in repertoire ranging from Bach’s Cantata No.51 Jauchzet Gott through to contemporary repertoire.

“The serenity sustained throughout this album is astonishing. MacFarlane and Milligan play with a tenderness and sensitivity that heals the soul“- Jazz Journal

Find out more about Màiri on her Official Website

Helen is a working, professional actor who graduated from the BA Acting course at RCS in 2009.

Jamie Mackay (SFHEA) is a graduate of the Glasgow School of Art and joined the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (then RSAMD) as a freelance tutor in scenic art in 1995. Following attainment of the RCS Postgraduate Certificate and HEA Fellow status, Jamie secured the role of Lecturer in Design and Scenic Art from 2009.

In 2015, Jamie was appointed as the Head of Postgraduate Learning and Teaching Programmes and Academic Development and now leads the PG Cert in Learning and Teaching in the Arts and the MEd in Learning and Teaching in the Arts.

Kevin is a lecturer on the Jazz and Traditional Music courses.

Steve holds a Master’s Degree in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education but still keeps active in the professional theatre industry by working freelance as a qualified rigger and automation programmer.

As well as fulfilling professional engagements, Pat taught singing at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama for over thirty years and she received an Honorary Fellowship in March 2000. She is still very much sought after by students at home and abroad.

James MacMillan read music at Edinburgh University and took Doctoral studies in composition at Durham University with John Casken. After working as a lecturer at Manchester University, he returned to Scotland and settled in Glasgow. The successful premiere of Tryst at the 1990 St Magnus Festival led to his appointment as an Affiliate Composer of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Between 1992 and 2002, he was Artistic Director of the Philharmonia Orchestra’s Music of Today series of contemporary music concerts. MacMillan is internationally active as a conductor, working as Composer/Conductor with the BBC Philharmonic between 2000 and 2009, and was appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic in 2010. He was awarded a CBE in January 2004.

Tom is a Trumpet lecturer on the Jazz course at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Stuart MacRae teaches composition at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, including classes on music analysis for composers, contemporary repertoire, and notation. As a Senior Research Fellow, his interests lie in word-setting for the operatic voice, reimagining tonal harmony, and artistic responses to the Anthropocene.