Category: Workshop

Call Out for Participants: Bass Clef Podcasts

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 BASS CLEF PODCAST 

Call Out for Bass Clef Musicians and Those Who Love Bass Sounds

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In June 2022, artist Emmie McLuskey would like to invite you to take part in two sessions that explore the space between vibration and sound. Emmie is interested in what is at the edge of our perception as humans and wants to think of sound as a full body experience.
The sessions will be about playing with sound, experimenting with what the instruments and equipment can do and making our own sound recordings that will become part of a podcast commissioned by the Fair Access department at RCS.

Emmie is looking for musicians who play bass clef instruments including, but not limited to!

  • Bassoon
  • Contrabassoon
  • Tuba
  • Baritone Sax
  • Trombone
  • Bass Trombone
  • Contra Trombone
  • Euphonium
  • Bass Clarinet
  • Bass Guitar
  • Sousaphone
  • Harp
  • Timpani
  • Cello
  • Double Bass

Or you can also be someone who is interested in playing with bass clef sounds. No experience is required, just bring an open mind and be up for trying something new!
You must be 16+ and able to attend the following sessions at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland from 5-8pm on the following dates:

  • Thursday 2 June
  • Thursday 9 June

* Applications now closed *

 Get In Touch 

If you require any further information or have any questions, get in touch with Emma McLuskey at: e.mcluskey@rcs.ac.uk

On The Edge Castlemilk

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 On The Edge: Castlemilk 

Contemporary Performance Practice Workshops

Led by CPP artist Holly Worton and student assistant Margot Conde Arenas, we delivered five workshops exploring Contemporary Performance Practice, at Netherholm Community Hall, Castlemilk.  The young people threw themselves into a variety of theatre-making activities with great passion and commitment!

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At the end of the project, participants said:

‘I felt amazing at the end of the project, much more confident, but I will miss these people so much!’

‘I didn’t imagine the project would be like this…everyone was so welcoming, and I felt so accepted’

‘Everyone could express their own unique self and it was so interesting to see all the different personalities and people’s different perspectives’

Group of young people in theatre activity workshop

Lead Artist Holly said,

‘this group was very giving and always tried things out… Another highlight was watching these young people flourish and have a voice in the space. They felt safe enough to dictate what they needed.’  

We loved working at Netherholm Community Hall and hope our participants will continue to take part in our Fair Access offers. 

Diversity in Film

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 DIVERSITY IN FILM 

Citizen M, Glasgow, 10 March 2022

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As part of our ongoing relationship with GMAC Film, we’re delighted to be partners in Diversity in Film, taking place at Citizen M on 10 March 2022.

This event is a collaboration between Fair Access, GMAC, Africa in Motion and the Free lens Collective.  Aimed at teachers, community leaders and arts workers who support Black, Indigenous and People of Colour, Diversity in Film will give an insight into the range of careers possible in Film and TV.  Expect inspiring speakers, screenings, workshops, and conversations.

* Applications now closed *

Pre-Juniors Movement Workshop at Blackfriars Primary School

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RCS dance tutor Suzanne Shanks recently delivered taster workshops in creative movement to 150 young people at Blackfriars Primary School in the Gorbals.  

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Suzanne said: ‘Highlights of the day were being able to see so many boys doing well…there’s a little bit of a barrier in the West of Scotland – the attitude of ‘boys don’t dance’ still very much exists, so it was so lovely to see them relax and enjoy parts of the class. I had several boys put their hand up to demonstrate exercises like skipping and the musicality tasks.  It was so great to see.’   

One teacher commented, ‘The session was good for [pupils’] mindfulness, breathing, balance and core’ and one of the young people said, ‘We practised our hand co-ordination, and it was very hard, but I kept practising it at home actually, and now I can do it!’ and another pupil told us, ‘I like that we got to dance freestyle and do whatever we wanted to!’ 

We are now inviting a number of pupils and their family to further taster workshops at Wallace Studios and hopefully can offer Transitions places at Pre Juniors! Well done to everyone who got involved!

Hear Me Out!

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

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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.

On The Edge - CPP Workshops

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Coming to Castlemilk in February!

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Are you aged 16+ and do you live in Castlemilk?  Are you interested in acting, performance and the arts? If so, we’ve got something exciting happening in February that could be right up your street!

Building on our fantastic On The Edge Project in collaboration with Bash Art Creative, RCS Fair Access will be running free performance workshops in Castlemilk. Our exciting Contemporary Performance Practice Workshops are designed for those who are aged 16+ and interested in exploring performance. The activity will take place at Netherholm Community Hall.  Sessions start on Tuesday, February 1st, from 6.30-8.30pm and run every Tuesday until March 1st.  Why not have a go?!

If you or someone you know is 16+, lives in Castlemilk is interested in performance, get in touch with Louise Brown at l.brown5@rcs.ac.uk or on 07568 997 307. You can also contact Eddie Cusick at eddie.cusick@theneucommunities.co.uk

Otherwise, just come along on Tuesday 1st February.

On The Edge

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 On The Edge 

A Collaboration with Bash Art Creative

The Fair Access Department is excited to be collaborating with Bash Art Creative around a series of large scale outdoor video installations, using creative portraiture and performance to explore the role of key workers, teachers, artists, and people who have made a significant contribution to our lives and communities in these testing times.

The portraits will be screened in public spaces in 4 communities around Glasgow throughout October and November:

A series of workshops with artists Jack Stancliff and Holly Worton are taking place in each community for young people to learn more about socially engaged/contemporary performance practice. 

For more information on the workshops or to book a place please e-mail: transitions@rcs.ac.uk

What It Means To Be Me

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

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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.

Taster Sessions for Contemporary Performance Practice

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When: 13 & 27 May, 5pm 

Where: via Zoom

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If you are interested in finding out about how you can make your own work and develop as an artist, come along and hear from Interim Head of Contemporary Performance Practice Dr Laura Bissell and current CPP student Holly Worton who will introduce some of the practices on the programme.

They will also host a Q&A where you can ask questions about what it is like to study Contemporary Performance Practice.

The taster sessions are free and open to all, and will last for 40 minutes.

If you would like to attend a taster session please complete our registration form below:

Book Now by Clicking Here

To find out more about the CPP Programme, you can visit their website by clicking here.

Theatre Without Walls

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Production Design Course

We recently completed an exciting 5 week-long bespoke theatre design initiative.  A small group of 8 students with an interest in theatre design and the production arts were given the opportunity to work with studio three sixty° an award-winning multi-disciplinary theatre design practice. 

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This was an exciting and stimulating educational project where our students were supported and encouraged to draw from their surroundings, history, and interests to design viable and exciting performance spaces that could be situated at their heart of their communities.

Our students were inspired by a design process that enabled them to develop individually, growing in confidence and understanding of their own potential.  By the end of the 5-week initiative, the students presented their very own, very beautiful pop-up theatre designs for a variety of locations across Scotland.

Sound like something you’d like to get involved with?

We hope to run this course again later in the year or early in 2022 – if you are aged over 16 and Transitions Eligible then please e-mail f.higson@RCS.ac.uk to request a registration form.

Transitions is for young people who have talent and potential in the performing arts and are living at postcodes that are identified as being within the top 20% on the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) list as well as those who are care experienced or estranged. 

You can check whether you are in one of the eligible areas on the SIMD postcode checker here.