Category Archives: Music

FESTIVAL DATES: Friday 3 May – Monday 13 May 2024 A packed programme of music, film and storytelling kicks off Edinburgh Tradfest this weekend (3 May to 13 May) thanks to continued support from The National Lottery through Creative Scotland and the William Grant Foundation. The eleven day Festival opens with electro-trad supergroup VALTOS one of Scotland’sContinue reading “EDINBURGH TRADFEST KICKS OFF THIS FRIDAY!”

Scotland’s two national orchestras, the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra combine for the first time in a performance of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue for concerts at the Usher Hall, Edinburgh and Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on 3rd and 4th May. Under the baton of conductor Bertie Baigent and with Japanese pianoContinue reading “It’s a First as Orchestras Combine in Rhapsody”

Scottish Ensemble (SE) have built a devoted following for their Concerts by Candlelight in the Midwinter, and they now present a series of concerts revelling in the long days and abundance of natural light around the Summer Solstice. Light-filled venues will resonate to the sounds of music, performed with SE’s characteristic style. Concerts for aContinue reading “Scottish Ensemble Announces Concerts for a Summer’s Night this June “

St Mary’s Music School, the established internationally recognised specialist music school based in Edinburgh’s West End, has announced an exciting new two-part expansion to their music education: the Changing Voices Programme and the Senior Vocal Programme. These programmes will create opportunities for young singers who are interested in developing classical solo voice to the next level and will officially begin in September 2024 The Vocal Programmes are designed to support youngContinue reading “Edinburgh’s St Mary’s Music School Announces New Programmes”

To mark the closure of this 61st season of Scottish Opera (SO), audiences in Glasgow, Inverness, Aberdeen, and Edinburgh have the chance to experience a revival of world-renowned director Sir David McVicar’s production of Giuseppe Verdi’s La traviata. Opening at Theatre Royal Glasgow on 8th May, this staging began life at SO in 2008 and has since been seen inContinue reading “Sir David Mcvicar’s La traviata by Verdi Tours Major Scottish Venues This Summer”

This April, the East Ayrshire based Cumnock Tryst marks its 10th anniversary by welcoming the adventurous Colin Currie Quartet to Auchinleck in one of its year-round musical evenings. A night of percussion music at the Boswell Centre at one of the country’s favourite festivals for music lovers is in store and will be followed byContinue reading “The Cumnock Tryst Celebrates 10th Birthday Festival with Four Percussionists”

Soundhouse returns to Traverse One in April with a unique performance from one of contemporary jazz’s most inspired musical pairings: Scottish saxophonist Laura Macdonald and MOBO-winning pianist Zoe Rahman, thanks to support from the National Lottery through Creative Scotland. Laura Macdonald has recorded with UK and US leading players such as the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra,Continue reading “Laura Macdonald & Zoe Rahman Live at The Traverse”

To conclude this season’s Opera in Concert series from Scottish Opera (SO), Music Director Stuart Stratford conducts The French Collection at Dundee’s Caird Hall and the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on 1st and 3rd March. In a gala performance, The Orchestra of Scottish Opera captures this musical epoch and is accompanied by a group of singers that includes ScottishContinue reading “Scottish Opera Presents The French Collection This March in Dundee and Glasgow”

The team from Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland (TRACS) and music students from Sgoil Chiùil na Gàidhealtachd, the National Centre of Excellence in Traditional Music based in Plockton, head off to Kaustinen in Finland this February as part of an educational exchange with Kaustinen College of Music, and to witness first-hand the work the teamContinue reading “TRACS Appointed to Safeguard Scotland’s Intangible Cultural Heritage “

Scottish Opera’s (SO) award-winning Primary Schools Tour, which goes on the road this February for the rest of the academic year with the newly created show, Vikings! The Quest for the Dragon’s Treasure, has been re-imagined and expanded to make it even more accessible and adaptable for all schools in Scotland to take part. Vikings!, which deliversContinue reading “Scottish Opera’s Reimagined Schools Tour Gives Pupils Access to Performing Arts”