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St Mary’s Music School to collaborate with the SCO
Scotland's specialist music school in Edinburgh's West End is to make music with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (SCO) this spring.
The SCO Wind Academy is open to school-aged wind instrument players who have reached...
SCO ReConnect – workshop for people living with dementia
A special workshop given by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra will take place on Monday 11 March 2019. This is part of the orchestra’s ReConnectprogramme – a series of interactive music workshops for people living with...
This is what the new concert hall might look like….
The proposed IMPACT (International Music and Performing Arts Charitable Trust) Centre will be Edinburgh’s first new dedicated space for music and the performing arts in 100 years. Part of the funding in the recently...
Scottish Chamber Orchestra announce new conductor
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra today reveals the dynamic young conductor Maxim Emelyanychev as its next Principal Conductor.
Maxim Emelyanychev will take up the post in September 2019. During his first season – which will be...
SCO’s Gavin appointed chair of Association of British Orchestras
Gavin Reid is CEO of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and yesterday he was named as Chair of the Association of British Orchestras in succession to Kathryn McDowell CBE.
ABO Director Mark Pemberton said : “It was...
Scottish Chamber Orchestra announce programme for 2017-18
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra have launched their exciting new programme for the remainder of this year and the beginning of next.
Robin Ticciati has announced this is his last year as Principal Conductor and he...
Lord Provost raises a glass to unsung heroes
The first Lord Provost's Garden Party was held at Lauriston Castle to honour and recognise the volunteers in Edinburgh.
Five hundred guests from the volunteer sector were invited to the Castle and entertained by the...
Scottish Chamber Orchestra in residence at Preston Street School
SCO celebrates a year as resident orchestra for Edinburgh primary school
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra is soon to complete its first year as resident orchestra for Preston Street Primary School. The Orchestra has been working...
Classical review: Colin Currie, SCO/Joseph Swensen (****)
It was the spirit of the dance that suffused all three pieces in Saturday’s inspirational Queen's Hall concert from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra under its conductor emeritus Joseph Swensen, and dance brought the works...
Music review: Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Andrew Manze (****)
With an (almost) all-Beethoven programme featuring two of the composer’s most celebrated works, it was hardly surprising that the Usher Hall was gratifyingly packed for Thursday night’s thrilling SCO concert. It could have ended...
Review: Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Emmanuelle Haïm (*****)
It’s no surprise that the young French harpsichordist and conductor Emmanuelle Haïm has been dubbed ‘Ms Dynamite’ by certain critics. Her fiery interpretations, brimming over with energy and enthusiasm, were much in evidence in...
OBE for the CEO of Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Roy McEwan, Chief Executive of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, was invested with an OBE for services to music yesterday. It was awarded by HRH The Princess Royal at Buckingham Palace.
Commenting on his award which...
Review: Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Ticciati, with Viktoria Mullova (violin), Usher Hall, 13 October 2011 (****)
The world premiere of storm, rose, tiger by the young Glasgow-born composer Martin Suckling opened Thursday night’s concert Usher Hall by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and if this astonishingly confident and likeable work is...
Review: Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Ticciati, Usher Hall, 6 October (****)
Leonard Bernstein described Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique as the first example of psychedelia in music. He might have had a point: there’s a suggestion that the composer wrote the 1832 piece while under the influence...
SCO busy in February
Janiczek directs CL@SIX: Drum Roll
The Voice of a City, a family concert
The second in Robin Ticciati’s series Stravinsky: The Chamber Ballets
Piemontesi debuts with Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 25 in C
Chamber Concert featuring Piemontesi and...
Scottish Chamber Orchestra prepare for a busy month in February
The month starts with the last of this Season’s popular early evening CL@SIX series on Tuesday 1 February at 6pm at St Cuthbert’s Parish Church in Edinburgh, with Drum Roll. The concert opens with...
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