Lectures

THE first in a series of free lectures based on the French Connections exhibition at Perth Museum and Art Gallery is tomorrow at noon.Read

Sharing at Redrooms

FROM the north and south of Ireland, but now based in Scotland, Michelle Burke and Debra Salem (right) combine their distinctive vocal styles for a four-venue Scottish tour of Shared Songs, which comes to Redrooms at Perth Theatre on Monday, June 15.Read

Tune in with Tune Up

SINCE 2003, the Scottish Arts Council funded project Tune Up has helped an impressive collection of new and established, local and international musical artists tour across Scotland.Read

Making music at Ruthven fest

2009 is a year of anniversaries in the world of music – Burns, Handel, Haydn, Purcell and Schubert and Mendelssohn, to name but a few.Read

Art on display at theatre

PITLOCHRY Festival Theatre is now staging its second major art exhibition of the 2009 Season which features new and well-known Scottish artists.Read

Key awards

PERTH and Kinross youngsters who are piano pupils of Maureen Rutherford recently competed in the 26th Highlands and Islands Music and Dance Festival in Oban where they achieved the following results:Read

Seth Lakeman fans give musician Fair City fling

The Devonshire songwriter is regarded as a modern folk pin-up and his followers endorsed his every move with a fervent response at Perth Concert Hall.Read

Nash Ensemble in concert

They began with Britten’s Three Divertimenti for string quartet. Written in 1936 they would have shocked John Ireland, his old composition teacher by their modernism. Now, rather than iconoclastic, they appear fresh and innovative, The fanfare-like opening to the non-march-like March and succeeding effects such as harmonics now open the ears rather than painfully stretching them. The fey Waltz with its stronger central section and the exciting moto perpetuo of the Burlesque were given by the Nash Ensemble with adroitness and conviction.Read

St John's Kirk concert a success

Five outstanding young players, four woodwind players and a pianist, took to the concert stage this year. Local interest was present in both Lawrence O’Donnell, bassoon, and Michael O’Donnell, oboe, both brought up in Scone and both of whom warmly thanked their first teacher Philip Alexander.Read

Songs of WWII

THE Edinburgh-based ladies’ choir, Glits, return to St Ninian’s Cathedral in Perth with a matinee performance next Saturday (June 13).Read

Fascinating Aida arrives in the Fair City

‘Unique’ is an often misused word and its inclusion in any review should not be employed on a whim. Fascinating Aida do merit the description – and a plethora of other words defining the superlative!Read

Final school lunchtime concert takes place

THIS was the final school lunchtime concert of the festival and attracted a large audience which appreciated a varied programme.Read

Berwin Dolphin enters with a splash

THE Brewin Dolphin Festival Concert at Perth Festival of the Arts has come to be one of the most important as it brings true music stars to Perth.Read

Choir’s 20th birthday show

THE Fair City Singers, Perth’s highly successful youth choir for 10-18 year-olds, will take the stage in St Matthew’s Church on Sunday, June 14, at 7.30pm to celebrate ‘20 Years of Song’.Read

Jazz players take fans back in time

Led by experienced multi-instrumentalist and orchestra director Tommy Smith, tracks from hit albums such as “Black Friday” and “Pretzel Logic” were given a big-band twist.Read

Music camp comes to an end

The piano orchestra, directed by Maureen Rutherford, opened with interesting arrangements of pieces by Jessel, Tchaikovsky, Bach, Mozart and Strauss, the young pianists playing with precision and style.Read

Big theatrical entrance

HORSECROSS is handing over the reins at Perth Theatre to 160 young people for their month-long Perth Youth Theatre Festival this summer.Read

Glass artists commissioned for Denny High School

BANKFOOT-based stained glass artists Artisan Stained Glass have been commissioned by Falkirk Council to make a 2mx3m stained glass installation at the new Denny High School.Read

June comedy club line-up revealed

THE line-up for June’s ‘Just Laugh’ comedy club in Perth is Anvil Springsteen, Gordon Brunton and Teddy, with club compere Bruce Fummey as usual weaving everything together.Read

John Davidson’s solo album released,

BLACKFORD-based folk singer John Davidson has just released his debut solo album, ‘A Little Closer’.Read

You could help Redrooms on the way to glory

THE people of Perth helped make Perth Concert Hall Venue of the Year at the Scottish Traditional Music Awards 2008.Read

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