Welcome to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland School of Music!
Induction
A variety of in-person activity will give you an introduction to the Conservatoire and help you prepare for your studies. You will have the opportunity to meet your Head of Programme, your Head of Department and other key members of staff.
There are a number of events organised during this week which will help you prepare for your studies and give you an introduction to the Conservatoire. You will also have the opportunity to meet your Head of Programme, your Head of Department and other key members of staff. All sessions that are held as part of the induction week are compulsory. Please ensure you look through your induction schedules prior to your first day of activity (for MMus Opera and MMus/MA Repetiteurship this is Monday 11 September, for all other postgraduate music programmes this is Monday 25 September). More information about this process can be found here: https://portal.rcs.ac.uk/matriculation/
MMus MA ADVPGDip AD (Composition) Welcome and Induction Schedule 2023
MMus MA ADVPGDip AD (Conducting) Welcome and Induction Schedule 2023
MMus MA ADVPGDip AD (Guitar&Harp) Welcome and Induction Schedule 2023
MMus MA ADVPGDip AD (Jazz) Welcome and Induction Schedule 2023
MMus MA ADVPGDip AD (Keyboard, Piano Acc, PforD) Welcome and Induction Schedule 2023
MMus MA ADVPGDip AD (Strings) Welcome and Induction Schedule 2023
MMus MA ADVPGDip AD (Timpani & Percussion) Welcome and Induction Schedule 2023
MMus MA ADVPGDip AD (Traditional Music) Welcome and Induction Schedule 2023
MMus MA ADVPGDip AD (Vocal Studies) Welcome and Induction Schedule 2023
MMus MA ADVPGDip AD (Woodwind) Welcome and Induction Schedule 2023
*MMus Opera and MMus/MA Repetiteurship students only
Please see the timetable below for your first days’ activity at RCS on Monday 11 September, as well as instructions on what to attend during the week of 25 September.
| Monday 11th September | |
| 9.00am | Matriculation – Fyfe Lecture Theatre |
| 10:00am | IT Induction – Fyfe Lecture Theatre |
| 11:30-12:30PM | Library tour |
| 2:30pm | Building Tour |
| 3:30pm | Health and safety session- Fyfe Lecture Theatre |
| Tuesday 12th September | |
| 1:30pm | Meet the programme team- Stevenson Hall |
Handbooks
The Programme handbooks for 2023-24 will be available to you after you have matriculated.
Lastly, below is a document on ‘Things you may need’, which will give you more detailed information about the hardware and software that you might need to use during the coming year:
I hope that you will enjoy studying here and I look forward to meeting you soon.
J Simon van der Walt, Head of MMus/MA