Scottish flautist Lucy Rowan has graduated from the Royal College with a First Class Honours. During her time at the RCM, Lucy was a John and Silviya Daughtry Scholar studying under the guidance of Gitte Marcusson, Emer McDonough and Kathleen Stevenson. In 2024, Lucy was accepted to study at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris for a term through the Erasmus+ scheme and studied with Philippe Bernold and Florence Souchard-Delephine.

Before moving to London, Lucy was a pupil of Sheena Gordon’s at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s Junior Department and at the Music School of Douglas Academy.

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This year, Lucy was the winner of the British Flute Society Young Artist Prize and was a semi-finalist in the BBC Scottish Young Musician Competition. Lucy regularly performed with the RCM Symphony, Philharmonic and Chamber orchestras and has this year been placed on the ENO Evolve scheme and the Royal Opera House Overture scheme. 

Lucy will go on to begin her postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy of Music in September with Michael Cox. 

For the past 10 years Lucy has been a recipient of funding from the Agar trust, as well as receiving awards from the Hollywood Trust. Lucy is extremely grateful for the support she has recieved for her postgraduate studies and would like to thank the Countess of Munster Trust, Hattori Foundation, The Caird Travelling Scholarship, Help Musicians and The McGlashan Trust.