We’re excited to invite you to our new, weekly Fair Access Community Choir, here at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland led by Anna Ghazal.
Anna is a community choir leader who conducts choirs in Glasgow, including the RSNO Workplace and Buggy Choirs. As the Creative Learning Producer at the National Youth Choir of Scotland (NYCOS), she focuses on making music accessible and inclusive.
The Fair Access Community Choir is open to all current and past Fair Access students and staff. This includes Get Into, WACI and Transitions participants and their families and support networks.
All levels and voices are encouraged to join. No previous singing experience is required. There’s no audition and no pressure to attend every week.
You will experience sight reading and build general musicianship skills so this will be useful for instrumentalists, for musical theatre and those interested in teaching as well as fun, social and healthy.
Please note: Under 13s must be accompanied by an adult.
Fair Access prioritise those facing barriers in accessing the arts such as those who are:
Get in touch and we can check your postcode for you.
If you have an queries or questions about this activity, you can contact the team at: 📧 fairaccess@rcs.ac.uk
Are you aged 16 – 25 and want to use your creativity to ask questions, share stories and make change? Do you think the arts can change people’s minds, opinions and lives? Are you interested in building leadership and facilitation skills? If the answer is yes, come along to find out more about Community and Applied Arts Practice at our Fair Access Expo.
At this exciting all-day event, we’re inviting you to join practical sessions with experienced community artists to:
They’ll share their skills and show you how they work creatively with a range of communities. Come and learn about the stories that matter.
It’s a springboard to careers in teaching, directing, performance making, youth work, community music, arts in health and wellbeing, community education, play work, arts funding, creative learning in arts and cultural organisations and so much more.
*Booking Now Closed*
Fair Access prioritise places for young people aged 16 – 25 who are facing barriers in accessing the arts and who meet one or more of the following criteria:
Get in touch if you have any questions or need us to check a postcode for you.
If you are a young person living very rurally (e.g. on an island) you may also be eligible. Please get in touch with us and we will let you know if you can apply.
If you are a teacher, we encourage you to attend this opportunity with your pupils. If you cannot attend, we ask that either an alternative member of staff accompanies the group, or that the students are passed on the booking link in order to book themselves a place. This will enable us to collect the details we require from the young people attending to be able to run the event effectively.
You can contact the team at waci@rcs.ac.uk
SAAS has updated information about support for care experienced and estranged students. If you are care experienced or estranged, make sure you check out their specific grants.
Care Experienced Students can now apply for a Special Support Loan of £2,400 over and above their main undergraduate funding package (bit.ly/saas-cee-update) There is also a summer accommodation grant available – Care Experienced Summer Accommodation Grant of £1330 (for formal accommodation costs) and £665 (for informal accommodation costs). Estranged Student funding for 24/25 will have an additional £2,400 uplift.
Coaching involves structured conversation which aims to help you work through challenges, set goals and go on a journey of self-discovery. It can be especially useful during times of transition and change.
Here you can watch a series of videos featuring Transitions students on Vimeo talking about the benefits and what coaching sessions are like.
16 December
Check your emails or contact the team for more information at: transitions@rcs.ac.uk
Come along to our information sessions from 5pm – 7pm on:
The sessions are being held online and are an ideal opportunity for you to:
To register your interest in attending, email the team at transitions@rcs.ac.uk
*APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSED*
Application Deadline: 31 January 2024
Transitions is an award-winning performing and production arts initiative. We believe that everyone with talent and potential should have access to training at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland regardless of their background.
We understand that finding and funding suitable training activities and courses can be challenging for many people who want to pursue a career in the performing and production arts.
The Transitions initiative aims to provide funded training for those wishing to study the performing or production arts. We seek to help people who would like to study:
To be eligible you must meet the following criteria:
If you would like us to check your postcode, or have any other questions, please contact the team
📧 transitions@rcs.ac.uk
Let’s Talk About…our new project working with care experienced and estranged young people in the performing and production arts.
Supported by the William Grant Foundation, we are hoping to highlight some of the best arts practice happening across Scotland. We’ve kickstarted the project in Aberdeenshire, working with one of the nine care groups overseen by Holly Robertson, Aberdeenshire’s Virtual Head Teacher. We visited the Meldrum Academy care group on a field trip to Newburgh Seal Beach with our artists in residence, Graeme Roger and Dave Martin. 8 young people got to grips with how to use film, photography, sound equipment and even drones on the beach. We can’t wait to see what work they produce at their exhibition later in the year.
Let’s Talk About…is taking place in Aberdeenshire, Ayrshire, on Mull and beyond this autumn and winter and we will be sharing how the project is going on a brand-new website soon. In the meantime, if you want to read about some of our care experienced work we did last year, check out our Sounding Out report.
If you are care experienced or estranged and interested in studying the performing and production arts, you might be eligible for our Transitions programme. Find out more about how to apply to Transitions on our website.
Are your pupils interested in studying Filmmaking at a college, university or conservatoire? Sign up now for you and up to three of your pupils to attend our Filmmaking Taster Morning at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Come and meet some of the Fair Access team where we’ll be on hand to advise about what support we can offer you and your pupils. The taster session will also be a great opportunity to:
We welcome you inside RCS to get a feel for what it could be like to study here.
Booking Deadline: 1 November, 12 noon
Please note: Fair Access is funded to support young people who face barriers in accessing the arts. You are welcome to book up to three of your pupils on this session who meet the following criteria:
Get in touch and we can check your postcode for you.
If you have any questions about this activity, please email: fairaccesshello@rcs.ac.uk
The Fair Access department at RCS are seeking care experienced or estranged performers for the rehearsal and tour of a short, well-developed work in progress aimed at children aged 5 – 8. Please note, this will be a fictional story-led show, based on ideas from children.
Performers can be from any artform but must be comfortable in a collaborative devising process and be experienced at interacting with young children in a performing arts context (eg. workshop delivery or performance).
We are looking for open, playful and imaginative performers who enjoy working in non-theatre spaces and are committed to creating a safe and nurturing environment for audiences.
The Fair Access department wants to create opportunities for care experienced and estranged performers in a professional setting that is supported by experienced practitioners.
To express interest in auditioning please use the form above to tell us a bit about yourself, your performance experience and why you would like to be considered. You may also submit a CV if desired.
Monday 23 October 2023 at 12noon.
Auditions will take the form of a practical workshop on Thursday 9 November 2023 from 10am – 12noon at RCS, 100 Renfrew Street, G2 3DB.
If you would like more information, please contact us on transitions@rcs.ac.uk with the subject ‘Open Call Query’