Categories

RSAMD Publication Scheme

External and Community Relations

1. Alumni

2. Community Relations

3. Development Activities

4. Public Relations

1. Alumni

The RSAMD has an Alumni Association. It is run by a part-time member of staff who may be contacted at alumni@rsamd.ac.uk or by ringing the Department of External Affairs on +44 (0)141 270 8216.

 The association publishes an annual newsletter which is sent to all alumni. Next year it is hoped that this publication may become biannual.

From time to time the association holds special events for members. These are advertised in the newsletter and by circular letter.

For further information contact the alumni office (above.)

2. Community Relations

The RSAMD has many and close links with the local community in Glasgow and the west of Scotland.

This is centred in large measure around the RSAMD Youthworks programme which takes music and drama to local schools. For further information on Youthworks' activities contact the following members of staff:

Youthworks (Music) - Christopher Gray at c.gray@rsamd.ac.uk or by ringing +44 (0)141 270 8386.

Youthworks (Drama) - Eona Craig at e.craig@rsamd.ac.uk or by ringing +44 (0)141 270 8337

When not in use for academic purposes our rooms and facilities are available for let to local clubs and organisations and currently our regular users include a T'ai Chi club, two children's theatre schools, the Open University, the Scottish Amateur Music Association among others.

Our Foyer is available free of charge as an exhibition space for the work of local artists and is heavily in demand for this purpose.

A number of concerts in the Academy each year are linked to local and national charitable causes, most notably the Rush Hour series of concerts each term and the Summerfest concert series in the final term of the academic session.

Ticket prices to all internal concerts and plays at the RSAMD are very reasonably priced making our events accessible to the widest possible audience.

This is not the whole story.

Members of RSAMD staff and many of our students are active in the local community in a variety of ways and we value these links. Often these lead to collaborative ventures of one sort or another and the Academy is always delighted to contribute where it can, given the constraints of time and space imposed by a busy academic programme, to the promotion and the work of local organisations.

3. Development Activities

The RSAMD has a Development Strategy (to follow).

Friends and Patrons

Donations to the friends scheme helps fund various RSAMD initiatives, for example, tours to arts venues in Scotland and abroad, Youthworks, productions and so forth.

Friends benefit from priority booking, exclusive events and seminars, use of the RSAMD library (not lending) and receive complementary copies of RSAMD publications.

The Patrons schemes enables donors of £150 or more to channel their gift towards a particular area of RSAMD activities.

Fundraising

Priorities for fundraising are:

1. Core funding initiatives
2. Scholarships
3. Projects

Funding will be sought from a variety of sources.

Core funding

Funding is being sought for a range of activities, including the Youthworks programme.

Scholarship funding

The search for scholarship funding tends to follow the specific requirements of each school. A three year strategy is being formulated.

Projects

Key projects are being identified by both Schools, for which funding will be sought.

Aims

• Generate core funding, focus initially on Youthworks and 'Opera @ 10' (our forthcoming opera season, celebrating ten years of the opera course)
• Generate scholarship funding in key areas and determine 3 year scholarship campaign
• Generate funding for key projects
• Grow number of friends and patrons

4. Public Relations

Information about the facilities and activities at the RSAMD is contained in:

the RSAMD website
the Prospectus (for a copy call +44 (0)141 270 332 4101)
the Events Brochure
(for a copy call +44 (0)141 270 8283)
the Youthworks Prospectuses
for a Drama copy call +44 (0)141 270 8213
for a Music copy call +44 (0)141 270 8247

Specific promotional/advertising material for events such as the pantomime and other large productions.

Course specific materials for schools and feeder colleges.For further information contact the Academy's Head of Development and Public Affairs at development@rsamd.ac.uk or by ringing +44 (0)141 270 8283

Online

(Large print and audio copies of the Prospectus and the Events Brochure are available on request).

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