Andrew McTaggart
Andrew 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.
As a baritone, Andy's Edinburgh International Fesitval debut was singing Vaughan Williams' Five Mystical Songs in the Usher Hall in 2019. Other notable concert engagements include Messiah at the Royal Festival Hall and Mozart's Requiem at the Royal Albert Hall and the Bridgewater Hall. His operatic roles have included Falstaff and Gianni Schicchi (Opera Bohemia), Bottom in A Midsummer NIght's Dream, Samuel in The Pirates of Penzance (Scottish Opera) and Lakai in Ariadne auf Naxos (Opera de Lorraine). Andy also sang the roles of Noye in Noye's Fludde and created the role of the Fisherman in the premiere of An Cadal Trom with the Lammermuir Festival. Andy has given recitals in the Musikfestspiele Saar, Blank et Noir Festival, Westbourne Music and St Andrew's Voices festivals. He released his first solo disc in 2020 called A Landscape of Song with Timothy Dean, featuring the music of Finzi, Gurney, Howells and Ireland.
Andy is a Youth Arts Coordinator for CAMPS in Cumnock, creating and running their CAMPS Choral and CAMPS Choral Kids programme while developing opportunities for music-making in the community. He is a Lecturer in Voice at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland within the Vocal Studies department and teaches at Aberdeen University. He appears regularly with Scottish Opera, creating and delivering workshops. He was the Director of the National Youth Choir of Scotland’s Renfrewshire area choir from 2021 – 2025. He is currently the Musical Director of Ayr Choral Union, The Wordsworth Singers, Chorus Master of James MacMillan’s Cumnock Tryst Festival Chorus, and is regularly a conductor and animator with various choirs and programmes for the National Youth Choir of Great Britain.
