Hear Me Out!

Posted on 25th November 202125th November 2021 by Yvonne McLellan

Hear Me Out! provides a safe space for care experienced young people to discover their voice, their own vibration, and to be heard.

People sitting around a large roll of paper making notes

Music is about vibration and the release of energy, a vital way of us connecting with ourselves and checking in with our emotional well-being. Having your voices heard is such a vital part of life, through our words, our gestures or our music. Often we don’t give it the importance that it deserves.

Participants attend warm and welcoming workshops with experienced vocal studies staff and students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. These workshops encourage participants to unlock their voice – no sound is incorrect and all sound is encouraged and celebrated.

Our Hear Me Out project started on November 13 and runs until Dec 4.

If you would like to find out more about the work we do with care experienced and estranged students, you can email our fair access manager on j.paul@rcs.ac.uk and can read more on our Corporate Parenting pages.

RCS Fair Access News | June 2021

Posted on 3rd June 20213rd June 2021 by Yvonne McLellan

June 2021

Welcome to the June edition of Fair Access News.

This is where we will feature opportunities, news, offers, and information on upcoming events and activities across the Fair Access department here at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Opportunities

▶️ Transitions are still recruiting
Transitions are still recruiting in Filmmaking, Theatre Production, Music Education (BEd) and Contemporary Performance Practice (CPP).

▶️ What It Means to be Me
We are on the lookout for Care Experienced and Estranged young people aged 12 to 18 to take part in a series of creative workshops which will result in the making of a music video.

▶️ WACI Online Summer School Scholarship
Now open for applications! – WACI are offering fully-funded places on Summer Schools taking place at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland throughout the summer school holidays.

▶️ School of Music – Open Day
The RCS School of Music will be hosting an Open Day on 20 June 2021.

News

▶️ Positive Stories for Negative Times
At Fair Access, we are delighted to be collaborating with BA Performance graduate Petre Dobre and Wonder Fools Theatre company to create a performance with d/Deaf students at St Roch’s Secondary school.

▶️ Digital Resources and Summer School for Media Teachers
We are excited to announce that The Fair Access Department at the RCS is working in collaboration with Gmac Film to developing a series of digital resources on practical filmmaking skills with National 5 and Higher pupils.

Gifts

▶️ Stage Management Digital Resource
Our special gift to you in this newsletter is a fantastic Stage Management digital resource teaching pack.

▶️ Mental Health and Wellbeing tips
Top 3 tips from our student cohort on maintaining mental health and wellbeing.

Coming soon

▶️ Podcast Project
A project to get involved with over summer.

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The Fair Access department at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland includes both the Transitions and WACI programmes. For more information on Fair Access visit 🌐 rcs.ac.uk/fair-access-expo

What It Means To Be Me

Posted on 27th May 202110th June 2021 by Yvonne McLellan

🎼 What it means to be Me
🗓 13 – 15 July 2021
🌍 Glasgow

Two people with headphones on being recorded playing a piano.

The Fair Access Department at the RCS has been working with a small group of students from film, production, music, composition and PGDE who are care experienced or estranged. This group have devised a series of creative workshops designed to inspire and support care experienced or estranged young people to make a music video.

Working over three days in July (13th to 15th) we will play with music, spoken word, camera, lighting, artistic expression and rhythm – by the end of the workshop process, the participating young people will have created a short video that will be screened at a special celebratory event.

The workshops are designed to build confidence and give participants a taste of the performing arts. No experience is necessary. However, plenty of enthusiasm is required.

If you are care experienced or estranged, aged between 12 – 18 and sounds like the kind of things you’d like to get involved with 🎟 sign up for your place here.

*Updated date* ⏰ Booking deadline: 2nd July

This will be an in-person activity so travel to Glasgow is required.

RCS Open Day: School of Music

Posted on 27th May 202127th May 2021 by Yvonne McLellan

🎼 RCS Open Day: Music
🗓 Sun 20 Jun, 11am – 3pm
🌍 Online

Group of mixed skilled performance art students in highly stylised photo shoot on stage.

Booking is now open for the RCS Music Open Day. This online event will allow people from across the globe to join the Royal Conservatoire of Scotlands School of Music for a packed day of activity including:

live performances streamed to you from our campus
student and admissions Q and As
and the opportunity to get a feel for the School of Music at the RCS

If you have any questions in advance, please don’t hesitate to get in touch the Open Day team at 📧 hello@rcs.ac.uk

🎟 Sign up for your place here

Vocal Leadership Course Launches

Posted on 19th November 2020 by Yvonne McLellan

On Tuesday 17 November we were thrilled to launch our new Vocal Leadership course.

A group of four young people sitting on a chair singing.

Eight students from across Fair Access met tutor Anna Ghazal for the first time and started their journey of exploration into what vocal leadership is and why it is an important skill for a teacher to develop.

We also got to sing (with our microphones switched off) which was great fun. By Christmas we hope to all understand how to teach a song and lead a choir.

Stay tuned for more updates!

Watch Our Fair Access Expo Live Sessions!

Posted on 5th November 2020 by Yvonne McLellan

The Fair Access Team would like to extend a warm thanks to everyone who virtually attended our recent Fair Access Expo.

It was a bit different this year – however, the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. We’re glad so many of you found it useful. For those who couldn’t make it along on the day, our microsite contains a recording of the live sessions ready to watch back.

Have you ever wanted to know more about Fair Access at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, including information on the Transitions and WACI Programmes? Are looking for advice in studying or working in the performing arts?

Why not head over to our microsite now to watch back our live sessions:

Meet The Teams, Transitions and WACI
Industry Interview, with Laura Waddell and Graeme Smilie
Student Life, a showcase and Q&A (Content Warning! Swearing)

You can also:

watch pre-recorded videos from students and professionals
hear from the Assistant Principal and Fair Access Manager at RCS
watch our Fair Access Virtual Band perform
find links to information on UCAS and UCAS Conservatoires,
links to funding information from the Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS)
direct links to our programme websites

Again, thanks to everyone from all the team!

Visit the Fair Access Expo microsite here:

🌐 rcs.ac.uk/fair-access-expo

Rhythm is a Dancer

Posted on 4th November 2020 by Yvonne McLellan

When: Mon 9 Nov, 5-5:40pm

Who: 7-11 year olds interested in performing arts, especially dance and music

Where: Online

Musicians and Dancers! Take part in Dawn and Quee’s ‘Rhythm is a Dancer’ session, where we will be using moves to learn more about timing, finding the groove and adding in fun and funky swings.

Poster for an event featuring young people dancing.

The session will be a live webinar on Zoom and streamed live on our Facebook page.

Click here to register your interest.

Fair Access Expo, Bookings Now Open!

Posted on 14th October 20204th November 2020 by Yvonne McLellan

WHEN: Sun 25 October 11am – 3:30pm

WHERE: Online via Zoom (Participants will be sent information via email)

We know how daunting it can be pursuing a career in the creative industries, especially when no one you know has done it before. The Fair Access Expo offers an opportunity for you and your family or carers to receive support and advice about the educational and professional journey you are about to embark on.

Meet the WACI and Transitions teams
Hear from those in the Creative Industries
Hear from our current students
Get involved in our interactive workshop

If you are a Transitions students or WACI pupil, you with your family, friends or carers are warmly invited to our Fair Access Expo. All members of your household are encouraged to join in!

This is event is free to attend but booking is essential.

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Bookings are now closed