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November 2019
Deadline for Entry–Edinburgh Competitions Festival 2020
The Edinburgh Competition Festival is a friendly and supportive festival where amateur musicians of all ages can take to the stage alongside performers of a similar ability. Their programme of competitive and non-competitive classes positively encourages musicians of all abilities to take part. They offer more than 100 classes for classical and traditional instruments or combinations of instruments and singers, choirs, orchestras and bands. The 2020 Festival will be the Centenary Festival with special events and celebrations planned, together with…
Find out more »December 2019
Scots Trad Music Awards
A glittering gala performance, showcasing and celebrating many of Scotland's finest trad/folk musicians and music making activities! Broadcast live on BBC ALBA and around the world via the iPlayer, the highly regarded annual awards give recognition to excellence within Scotland’s thriving musical culture, encompassing all aspects of making and performing traditional music from composing, Gaelic song, folk, Scottish dance music, pipe bands and a host of others in between. Tickets are priced £25 (+ Booking Fee), and concessions are available.…
Find out more »The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra at the Usher Hall, Edinburgh
The SFO plays original arrangements of traditional Scottish fiddle music, plus more recent orchestral compositions. With around 100 performers, including pipers, dancers and singers, this concert celebrates Hogmanay in a truly Scottish fashion! Tel. 0131 228 1155 (Box Office) edinburgh@sfo.org.uk www.sfo.org.uk
Find out more »January 2020
Celtic Connections 2020
Celtic Connections is the largest winter music festival of its kind and every January, Glasgow comes alive with over 300 folk, roots, world, indie, bluegrass, jazz and classical concerts, workshops and sessions. Based at the Royal Concert Hall many events take place around the city centre and beyond - see programme for details. Tel: 0141 353 8000 www.celticconnections.com www.facebook.com/CelticConnections/ twitter.com/ccfest
Find out more »House of Song – ‘Doris Night’
Celtic Connections 2020 This night at the House of Song will be dedicated to celebrating the massive contribution Doris Rougvie has made to the House of Song and other aspects of Celtic Connections over the years. Doris will be there so we can thank her in person through song and other fine ways! The host for the evening (and the House of Song for this weekend) will be Natalie Chalmers, a fine young singer from the north-east of Scotland who…
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