Category Archives: Music

Joost Lijbaart – Drums;  Bram Stadhouders – Guitar; Sanne Rambags – Vocals Composer: Bram Stadhouders Improvisation, composition, language and culture meet, merge and influence each other. Under the Surface knows no boundaries. On their extraordinary third album, the group reflects on their own background and finds their own “folk”. After the group’s first two completelyContinue reading “Under the Surface : Miin Triuwa – I Am True”

On 23 February, Scottish Opera’s newly-commissioned primary schools tour production,The Last Aliens, begins its tour around Scotland, visiting schools across the country from Glasgow through the Highlands to Orkney. Scottish Opera’s Education and Outreach Department has been working in Primary Schools for 50 years, and teachers from schools which have already taken part agree thatContinue reading “Scottish Opera New Primary Schools Production Goes on Tour “

Scottish Young Musicians Solo Performer of the Year is a new Scotland-wide music competition launched by The Music Education Partnership Group, Scotland’s only music competition where funding and expertise is offered to every school and Local Authority, giving all pupils in the country the chance to take part. Glasgow’s City Halls saw solo musicians from primaryContinue reading “Marimba Player Confirmed for Scottish Young Musicians Solo Performer Final”

It will be a case of third time lucky when the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra and its top line American guests, vocalist Kenny Washington and vibes virtuoso Joe Locke take their latest collaboration, Pop! Rock! Soul! on a three-date Scottish tour beginning on Thursday 24th February. San Franciscan Washington and California-born, New York-based Locke, whoContinue reading “SNJO Brings Pop, Rock and Soul to Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow”

Scottish Ensemble (SE) is setting out to perform the 30minute Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings by heart. Tchaikovsky’s heartfelt work is considered to be one of the late Romantic era’s definitive compositions and will be familiar to many through its use in film, ballet and TV from Balanchine’s Serenade to the 2021 survival hit Squid Game. SE is interestedContinue reading “Scottish Ensemble Announces Performance of Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings”

Scottish Ensemble (SE) is inviting amateur artists from across the country to submit their work to be included in a curated exhibition which will form part of its Scottish Creations tour taking place in May 2022. Scottish Creations is a cross art-form initiative inspired by Scotland’s Year of Stories 2022 and developed in partnership with charity Creative Lives.Continue reading “Scottish Ensemble Sends Call Out to Artists Across Scotland for Scottish Creations”

Scottish Opera (SO) is welcoming 15 young performers from the National Opera Studio (NOS) who hail from Ukraine, Latvia, South Africa, America, Korea as well as the UK, for a week long residency in Glasgow that will culminate  in a performance at Theatre Royal Glasgow entitled Anarchy at the Opera. Because of the pandemic, thisContinue reading “National Opera Studio Brings Anarchy at the Opera to Scottish Opera This February”

In October2021, Scottish Opera (SO) launched a new project named Breath Cycle that’s aimed at benefiting those suffering from a range of conditions affecting lung health, in particular Long Covid. Following its success in its first term, with participants reporting improvement in a range of areas, such as anxiety, loneliness and confidence in addition toContinue reading “Scottish Opera Announces Further Online Sessions of Breath Cycle Project”

This February, Scottish Opera sets off on a nationwide tour of a new vaudeville-inspiredOpera Highlights that will visit 18 local venues, going as far as theOuter Hebrides. Starting on 8th February at Websters Theatre in Glasgow’s West End, the tour will visit venues in Birnam, Midmar, Fochabers, Tain, Wick, Harris, North Uist, Isle of Barra,Continue reading “Scotland Wide Tour of Opera Highlights to Local Venues Planned for Early 2022”

Love Singing is a community engagement initiative produced by Love Music and aimed at promoting and supporting creative, healthy singing communities across Scotland.  Available for all choirs to access free of charge, it has launched five new songs for choirs across Scotland and beyond, formed through 5 new collaborations. Love Music’s community choir at the UsherContinue reading “Love Singing Celebrates New Collaborations with Launch of Commissioned Songs”