Andy McTaggart
Andy McTaggart graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, where he gained his Bachelor of Music with honours and a master’s degree at the Alexander Gibson Opera School. He has gone on to develop a diverse career as a baritone, conductor, teacher and leader in the field of education and outreach.
He is a Lecturer in Voice at the Conservatoire. Working regularly with Scottish Opera, he creates and delivers workshops for them and in 2024 co-wrote an opera, Sophie and Bear, which toured Scotland performing to over 5000 children.
Andy is currently the Musical Director of Ayr Choral Union, The Wordsworth Singers and Chorus Master of James MacMillan's Cumnock Tryst Festival Chorus. He is regularly a conductor and animator for the National Youth Choir of Great Britain across their choirs and at the start of 2026 became the Director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra's Changed Voices Choir.
