- Hidden Door Festival
- St Mary’s Music School concerts
- Edinburgh Art Festival 2016
- Bus changes in East Lothian
- The City of Edinburgh Methodist Church
All the great events that make up the Hidden Door Festival start on Friday.
With music, cinema and theatre on the opening night you have a lot to choose from!
The Edinburgh Reporter went to meet the artists who are setting up the exciting space on King’s Stables Road for the first events on Friday night:
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[mc4wp_form id=”169103″]People who enjoy music and Shakespeare are in for a treat this June, as St Mary’s Music School brings to a close the school year with no fewer than three concerts in the capital.
Under the banner of “Midsummer Music” for the trio of Edinburgh concerts, the talented young musicians of Scotland’s renowned independent specialist music school, start the month with Jazz at The Jam House, Queen Street, on Tuesday 7 June at 7.30pm.
The school’s senior jazz ensembles, directed by Richard Ingham, will perform music by jazz greats, including Thelonius Monk, John Coltrane, Richard Rodgers, Mike Mainieri, Horace Silver and Richard Ingham.
The Directors’ Recital Prize, now in its 16th year, takes place in the beautiful surroundings of St Mary’s Cathedral, Palmerston Place, on Tuesday 14 June at 7pm. Four senior finalist soloists will compete before a distinguished panel of judges for this prestigious award. No tickets are required for this concert, which provides the opportunity to enjoy some outstanding playing, as the four young musicians experience public solo performance in a competition situation. All are welcome.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream takes place on Monday 20 June at the Queen’s Hall, Clerk Street, at 7.30 pm. The concert will feature choral, orchestral, traditional music and jazz, with a Shakespearean theme at its heart. It will include music from St Mary’s Music School Orchestra, Senior Choir, Trad Group, String, Brass and Jazz Ensembles and the Choristers of St Mary’s Cathedral. David Watkin will be the Guest Conductor for the concert.
Dr Kenneth Taylor, Headteacher at St Mary’s Music School, said: “These concerts represent another year of dedicated work by our pupils and their teachers. For aspiring professional musicians, large audiences are a real encouragement and stimulus. These three concerts, with their wide range of musical styles and high quality performances, offer something for everybody and we would be delighted for people to join us at one or all of them”.
Further information can be found at: http://www.st-marys-music-school.co.uk/school-news/concerts
Jazz at the Jam House, 5 Queen Street, Edinburgh, 7 June. Tickets are available from St Mary’s Music School Tel: 0131 538 7766 and on the door at a cost of £4, with schoolchildren and former pupils able to purchase tickets for £2. Doors and bar open from 6.45pm.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 20 June. Tickets are available from St Mary’s Music School Tel: 0131 538 7766 and from the Queen’s Hall Box Office Tel: 0131 668 2019. www.queenshall.net. Tickets are £10 (concessions £7, schoolchildren and former pupils £3).
We had a sneak preview of the Dazzle Ship Scotland yesterday as you can see here:
The Edinburgh Reporter News – Dazzle Ship Scotland from Phyllis Stephen on Vimeo.
(It’s hard to miss it. You can see it too if you go down to Leith Docks anytime between today and Saturday. MV Fingal then moves to take part in the Jutland commemorations at South Queensferry and will then come back to Leith)
- Dazzle Ship Scotland: A major co-commission between EAF and 14-18 NOW that will play a central role in the nationwide commemorations of the centenary of WW1. Glasgow-based Ciara Phillips‘ Every Woman, celebrates the role of women in the First World War.
- Bani Abidi‘s immersive sound installation exploring through song and poetry the true stories and experiences of Indian soldiers who fought in WW1, uncovering real life voices that have been forgotten, censored and ignored.
- Olivia Webb‘s Voices Project which will re-present a ‘live monument’ originally made to re-energise community spaces in Christchurch that had been affected by the devastating 2011 earthquakes in her native New Zealand, including a new iteration for Edinburgh.
- A filmed portrait of the Irish historian Owen Dudley Edwards by Roderick Buchanan, exploring the historian’s lifelong engagement with the work and ideas of James Connolly, born in Edinburgh and executed in Dublin a hundred years ago, for his role in the Easter Rising. The work will be presented in the church in which Connolly was baptised, at the centre of Edinburgh’s ‘Little Ireland’ in the 19th Century.
- A major new work reinterpreting the depiction of the female nude in sculpture by Jonathan Owen, allowing rare access for festival visitors to the interior of the Burns Monument.
- A new neon installation by the internationally renowned Scottish artist Graham Fagen, which draws on histories that have shaped the city’s forms and ideas.
- Sally Hackett‘s reinterpretation of The Fountain of Youth; a reflection on the under representation of younger generations within Edinburgh’s many monuments.
- Four new bodies of work for Platform: 2016 by emerging artists The Brownlee Brothers, Paloma Proudfoot & Aniela Piasecka, Dorian Jose Braun and Jack Saunders.
Bus company First Bus have made changes to the services they will offer to Musselburgh and North Berwick and they will close both depots with the loss of 88 jobs.
Alison Johnstone, Scottish Green MSP for Lothian, said:
“The potential loss of these jobs is terrible news for the individuals and families concerned and for the wider East Lothian economy. Public transport needs radically improved in East Lothian with many local people dependent on buses and often overcrowded trains for work, healthcare and social journeys.
“Today’s announcement shows the danger of leaving such a vital public service in the hands of private firms. The withdrawal of First bus services could leave a serious gap, and I would urge East Lothian Council and Lothian Buses to look at ways to provide those services.”
The City of Methodist Church will celebrate a 200 year anniversary over this coming weekend. The church was formed from four congregations in 2008, but its building at 25 Nicolson Square was completed in 1816.
The celebrations will help to raise money for the Edinburgh Courts Chaplaincy Project, but the focus is on having a bit of fun!
Saturday 28 May 2 – 5pm
A Few of My Favourite Things: A chance for members, friends and visitors to see and take part in sports, hobbies, toys and activities on display, recalling childhood in the past as well as the present. Be prepared to have your memories tickled and to roll your sleeves up and try something new!
5 – 6.30pm
Church Family Beetle Drive: Classic church party fun for all the family – includes pie and beans tea. You’re never too old to call ‘Beetle!” All welcome.
7 – 8.30pm Celebration Concert
A Feast of Music including the chance for friends and family to join the choir for the night. Includes Handel’s Chandos Anthems and Gilbert & Sullivan’s Trial by Jury.
Guest soloists: Lesley-Ann Hastie, David Norris, George Ross.
Tickets £10 / Children Free
Jill Barber Sunday 29 May Morning worship at 11am.
Our guest preacher is the Vice President of the Methodist Conference, Dr Jill Barber. After the service Jill will formally open our new heritage exhibition on the gallery ‘According to Plan: a celebration of Methodist Preaching’.
Anniversary Lunch at 1 pm.
Join us for a special celebration menu in the Well Café. Barbecue, salads, cakes etc.
More information and updates on our website: www.edinburghmethodist.com or from our office at cemc.office@gmail.com
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