Whittaker Live

Performing arts blogging by the Whittaker Library at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Tuesday, 2 July 2019

Scottish Composers, Seize This Opportunity!

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Quoting from the Sound-Scotland website:- Development opportunity for Scotland-based composers sound is a new music incubator based i...
Thursday, 6 June 2019

Musical Pedagogues! Remember ISME

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Remember we hosted the ISME conference (International Society for Music Education) here at RCS a few years ago?  Well, this year it's in...
Monday, 3 June 2019

Are you a Trad Musician, Influenced by English Folk Tradition? A Bursary!

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The English Folk Dance and Song Society has just announced a fabulous opportunity. Quoting directly from their tweet, here it is:- Applic...

Pianists, Violininsts! International Johannes Brahms Competition

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When we receive competition announcements, we share them with our readers!  If you're a violinist or a pianist, this may be right up you...
Friday, 31 May 2019

Geddes Peterson Foundation Award Commemorates Colleague

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Sharing details of this award, which the Scottish Music Centre announced yesterday.  John Maxwell Geddes was a much-loved colleague at the R...
Monday, 27 May 2019

A Lost Empire!

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Why not discover some of Glasgow's lost theatre culture! Just a 3 min walk from RCS is the former site of Glasgow's most famous t...
Wednesday, 22 May 2019

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An Indelible Impression? Archives and Collections – Object of the Month – May 2019 The RCS Archives and Collections contain a wonderlan...
Monday, 20 May 2019

Endangered! The ability to empathise?

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How do you feel? How well can we tell?   According to a 2010 study from the University of Michigan, the ability to empathise declined by ...
Thursday, 16 May 2019

Glenda Jackson as Lear! Discover Shakespeare Unlimited podcasts!

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Glenda Jackson as Lear   Glenda Jackson as King Lear in King Lear , 2019. Photo by Brigitte Lacombe.   Discover the Folger S...
Wednesday, 15 May 2019

International Workshop for Actors and Performers!

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Ever wanted to do an international performance workshop with some of the best directors and artists there are? Between 22 July – 5 August...

Behind the Scenes : BBC Radio 4

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A very good series of short audio documentaries about international contemporary stage directors whos work can be seen in the UK. This week ...
Tuesday, 7 May 2019

Blethers

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Blethers - a Scottish term meaning "chatters" Shared by a colleague on the Traditional Music course, our trad music musos will b...
Monday, 6 May 2019

Theatre Portraits Exhibition V&A (Behind the Curtain)

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Check out this new exhibition..     You'll spot some very familiar faces in this collection of portraits by artist Francis Ha...
Friday, 19 April 2019

Musicals! We all Love Them!

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  This month, the Library is exploring the world of musicals. We're also looking at vocal health and injury prevention - important fo...

Wheesht* in the Whittaker Library

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As the final teaching term starts and final exams, performances and recitals are imminent, we appreciate that this can be a busy and stres...

Safety First! No more trailing desk cables in the Library

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It was a worry.  All our electricity sockets were in floor boxes, some underneath tables and some in the aisles. When our library was buil...
Monday, 15 April 2019

Performance Anxiety? Complete a Survey, Contribute to Research on this Important Topic!

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We noticed this opportunity in the Royal Musical Association Bulletin, and we are forwarding it on behalf of researchers at the Royal Colleg...

Drama Online gets new Content uploaded!

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We received notification of one of Drama Online's regular content uploads.  Too good to keep to ourselves, so we're sharing it.  (Th...
Monday, 8 April 2019

Best New Play 2019 Olivier Awards

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Matthew Lopez's 'The Inheritance' premiered in two parts at the Young Vic Theatre, London, in March 2018 and went on to Noël Co...

Focus on Theatre Design : Oliver Messel

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Oliver Messel (13 January 1904 – 13 July 1978) was an English artist and one of the foremost stage designers of the 20th century. He started...
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