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Undergraduate Programmes

Our Undergraduate Pathways

BMus (Hons) Composition
Piano students play at Plug Fest.

BMus (Hons) Composition

BMus (Hons) Jazz
Jazz students playing saxophone and trumpet

BMus (Hons) Jazz

BMus (Hons) Performance
An orchestra plays during a dress rehearsal in a traditional performance space.

BMus (Hons) Performance

BMus (Hons) Joint Principal Study
The RCS Symphony Orchestra practices.

BMus (Hons) Joint Principal Study

BMus (Hons) Traditional Music

BMus (Hons) Traditional Music

BMus (Hons) Traditional Music: Piping
A group of pipers perform at Celtic Connections

BMus (Hons) Traditional Music: Piping

Our Undergraduate Departments

Brass

Brass

Guitar and Harp
A guitar student plays an acoustic guitar.

Guitar and Harp

Keyboard

Keyboard

Strings
Numerous string instrumentalists play while the conducter points at the section.

Strings

Timpani and Percussion

Timpani and Percussion

Vocal Performance

Vocal Performance

Woodwind

Woodwind

Postgraduate Programmes

Our Postgraduate Pathways

Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in Music
Musicians practice for the Christmas Orchestra event in the Stevenson Hall.

Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in Music

Artist Diploma
RCS Symphony Orchestra plays in Stevenson Hall at the RCS campus.

Artist Diploma

Artist Diploma in Opera
The cast of Cendrillon performing on stage.

Artist Diploma in Opera

MMus/MA Accompaniment

MMus/MA Accompaniment

MMus/MA Chamber Music
Scottish Chamber Orchestra plays in Stevenson Hall.

MMus/MA Chamber Music

MMus/MA Composition
Close-up shot of a sound technician operating a digital soundboard behind the scenes of PLUG.

MMus/MA Composition

MMus/MA Conducting

MMus/MA Conducting

MMus/MA Jazz
Musicians are playing jazz on stage

MMus/MA Jazz

MMus/MA Performance
In the centre of the photo, the composer is in focus. Behind him a wind orchestra plays.

MMus/MA Performance

MMus Performance and Pedagogy
A music teacher conducts a performance at Lourdes event.

MMus Performance and Pedagogy

MA Psychology in the Arts (Music)
A guitarist plays for a full venue during the Big Guitar Weekend. They sit in a spotlight.

MA Psychology in the Arts (Music)

MMus/MA Piano for Dance

MMus/MA Piano for Dance

MMus/MA Repetiteurship
The cast of Cendrillion are performing on stage. The orchestra are performing in the pit beneath the stage.

MMus/MA Repetiteurship

MMus/MA Traditional Music

MMus/MA Traditional Music

Our Postgraduate Departments

Brass

Brass

Guitar and Harp
A woman plays a harp.

Guitar and Harp

Keyboard
Students perform at Gleneagles as part of a Symphony Orechestra.

Keyboard

Strings
String students play violins as part of a dress rehearsal.

Strings

Timpani and Percussion

Timpani and Percussion

Vocal Performance

Vocal Performance

Woodwind

Woodwind

Junior Conservatoire Programmes

Early Years Music: Ages 1-Primary 1

Early Years Music: Ages 1-Primary 1

Primary Instrumental Programme: Primary 2-Primary 7

Primary Instrumental Programme: Primary 2-Primary 7

Primary Instrumental Programme: Wind, Brass, and Percussion

Primary Instrumental Programme: Wind, Brass, and Percussion

Pre-Junior Conservatoire of Music

Pre-Junior Conservatoire of Music

Classical Music
a juniors music students deep in focus mid-way through playing the violin

Classical Music

Traditional Music

Traditional Music

Jazz
A person is playing a trumpet. They are using a mute.

Jazz

Composition

Composition