RSAMD, Glasgow

Katherine Bryan, Principal Flute of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and RSAMD staff member, opens this year’s Fridays at One series with a special concert celebrating the launch of her first CD on Linn Records.

A bit of cool to start the weekend with international jazz great and Artistic Director of the RSAMD Jazz Department, Tommy Smith. He’ll be joined by colleagues including Kevin MacKenzie, Mario Caribé and Paul Harrison, (more)

RSAMD staff members Robert Irvine and Fali Pavri are joined by the remarkable Finnish cellist Erkki Lahesmaa. Two works for cello by Scottish composer Bill Sweeney - Tree O’Licht written for the sonorous qualities of (more)

The Academy’s top string players are in the spotlight, featuring some of last year’s prize-winning performers.

The RSAMD Wind Orchestra presents a programme to be featured as part of their upcoming CD, including a new work from the distinctive composer and percussionist, Steve Forman.

The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra celebrates ECM, the most stylish and influential recording company in jazz over the past forty years.

The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra led by Tommy Smith with special guest Aril Andersen celebrate the music of the influential jazz lable ECM

Top prize winners share this programme, the joint winners of the prestigious Bamber/Galloway Competition, Carlisle Anderson-Frank and Alexander Kanchaveli.

Iconic Norwegian jazz bassist Arild Andersen lends his impeccable sense of cool to the opening Blue Monday concert of the year.

Classic minimalism, in the form of John Adams's Shaker Loops for single strings, and Gavin Bryars's evocative Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet, with a new Red Note commission from Gabriel Jackson, winner of the 2009 (more)

RSAMD welcomes back the virtuoso marimbist Eric Sammut with a programme of works by Bach played alongside an eclectic mix of classics and popular tunes, by Mancini/Mercer, Joplin, Rachmaninoff, Lennon/McCartney, Strauss, (more)

World-class violinist Ilya Gringolts, Academy International Fellow, plays alongside performers from the String Department.

With performers from music conservatoires, including the RSAMD, with Trinity College, Royal College, Royal Northern College, Royal Welsh College, Birmingham Conservatoire and the Guildhall School of Music.

A recital from the 2010 winner of the Kathleen Ferrier Prize, the young South African baritone, Njabulo Madlala.

Formed at the Academy, award-winning brass quintet Pure Brass presents their unique style of concert programme.

The epic of Gilgamesh is the world’s oldest surviving poem, over 4000 years old, but only discovered in the middle of the 19th century.The Play of Gilgamesh was written by Edwin Morgan, Scotland's national poet and is (more)

Named after the pub where it all began in Vienna, Mnozil Brass delight audiences all over the world with their truly unique concerts. Theatrical, surreal and often laugh out loud funny, these highly accomplished (more)

Alfonso Montes and Irina Kircher have been delighting audiences for 18 years and are one of the finest guitars duos in the world.

RSAMD International Fellow Pavel Steidl has an enormous worldwide following, and is a firm favourite of Scottish audiences through his association with the Academy.

Participants in the BGW course round off their activities with a showcase concert featuring talented soloists and ensembles.

Performers from the Keyboard and Collaborative Piano Department.

Recently appointed Assistant Conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the RSAMD is delighted to present Christian Kluxen in one of his first performances in Scotland. He conducts the Academy Symphony Orchestra (more)

Featuring the ‘sliding’ sounds of the RSAMD trombone team.

The second Blue Monday of the year features award-winning guitarist Kevin MacKenzie, joined by student performers.

Calefax, a quintet composed exclusively of reed instruments, has brought a fresh sound to audiences. In great demand all over the world, and always entertaining, they will be joined for part of the concert by Academy (more)

Monteverdi songs and madrigals with period instruments.

Renowned Hungarian musician Imre Rohmann guest conducts the RSAMD String Ensemble for a programme featuring Scott Dickinson, Principal Viola of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Academy staff member.

For the first half of this programme the Brodsky Quartet are joined by old friend Scott Dickinson (Principal Viola, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra) for a fascinating trio of quintets. The second focuses on one of the (more)

Oboe performers from the Woodwind Department in a showcase concert under the leadership of the effervescent Stephen West.

Join the Academy Wind Orchestra and Big Band for a good night out - a combination of the lighter side of the wind orchestra repertoire, and some toe-tapping tunes from the Big Band.

Scottish pianist Roy Howat has achieved international recognition as both pianist and scholar, and is particularly renowned for his insights into the music of the great French masters Fauré and Debussy.

Students in their final year of the BA Scottish Music course are featured in a pre-Christmas concert.

Music for solo and ensembles featuring some of the Academy’s top brass players.

Professor Tommy Smith fronts a band made up of student performers for a Blue Monday gig with a hint of Christmas.

Devised in collaboration with fourth year students of the BA Contemporary Performance Practice programme. This new performance is the culmination of an exciting creative process exploring the role song plays in (more)

It’s panto time again at the Academy. Oh yes it is! Far away in old Italia, the little wooden puppet, Pinocchio, is on a quest to become a real boy.

A varied and contrasting selection of opera scenes simply staged and performed by opera students on the MMus course, accompanied by piano.

The Chopin Weekend opens at the Academy with Elisabeth Leonskaja, one of the world's most distinguished pianists.

This concert features one of the up and coming stars of the music scene, Russian pianist Boris Giltburg.

A varied and contrasting selection of opera scenes simply staged and performed by opera students, accompanied by piano.

String performers featured as soloists and in ensembles.

Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without our annual spectacular show with big band and big voices. The multi-talented Musical Theatre performers join the RSAMD Big Band to get everyone in festive mood.