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View fullsize PROGRAMME CHANGE TONIGHT - SCO For those of you who were looking forward to hearing Ruby Hughes singing tonight in Helen Grime’s 'It Will Be Spring Soon', I’m sad to say she is unwell and won’t be with us tonight, for @scottishcha
View fullsize πŸ”₯ πŸ”₯ @pekkakuusistomusician and @ale.carr absolutely on fire ahead of tonight's @scottishchamberorchestra performance at @usherhall Such a privilege to work with these dynamic geniuses, bringing you The Four Seasons as you've never heard it before!
View fullsize Just received my CD bundle from @annamassie’s long-awaited solo album release…am excited to put it on… and was inspired to post all the other lovely albums that I’ve been enjoying during this past month… What a tale
View fullsize 🎼Music in the University 🎼 🎢 Su-a Lee & Hamish Napier w Prof David McGuiness 🎹 πŸ“…Thursday 29 Feb, 1.10pm πŸ“Œ Glasgow University Concert Hall Rehearsals with @dmcgconcal our very special guest for our FREE lunchtime duo gig on Thurs at @uofgl
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View fullsize So excited to be here for the première of new work from my good pal @jessicalangchoreographer for the @royal.ballet.london Bursting with pride! And lovely to see pals in the @royaloperahouse orchestra too! Toi toi toi! (Seems inappropriate
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View fullsize And the Great Grumpy Gaboon is out in the world! So proud to have a brand new children’s show, where the all the actors (and even conductor) are all musicians within the @scottishchamberorchestra…and the music and story has been writte
View fullsize Epic album launch of the mighty Niki King and #TheEverlastingEnergyOfLove So much joy and love in the room…and on stage… it was a sheer delight from beginning to end. Thank you @queens_hall @nikikingmusic and the most wonderful band! ?
View fullsize I am so inspired by all the the wonderfully talented people I play with...and none more so than the amazing musicians and friends, the cast of 'Dialogues', who joined me at Glasgow City Halls for @celtic_connections in a live performance we never dre
View fullsize Being introduced to our “Grumpy Gaboon” characters this morning! πŸ¦§πŸ˜…πŸ€©πŸŽΆπŸ˜ŽπŸ₯° 10 Feb, 12.00pm Edinburgh 10 Feb, 2.30pm Edinburgh 11 Feb, 2.00pm Glasgow See link in profile bio for booking details #GrumpyGaboon #ScottishChamberOrchest
View fullsize Squeezed a whirlwind 16 hour trip to London with the fantastic @duncanchisholm band… undefeated by the train strikes, we hired a car and left London at 5am… back in Glasgow for @ccfest at midday the next day! πŸ†πŸ’ͺ🏼 Thank you @kingspla
View fullsize Lovely to be back at @kingsplacelondon to play with @duncanchisholm and to see so many Scottish pals on all the walls here…! πŸ™ŒπŸΌπŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸ†
View fullsize Yesterday I met the members of Irish band Altan. What lovely people and such brilliant musicians…they light up the room with warmth and laughter - small wonder that they are one of Ireland’s greatest ever folk bands! πŸ’šβœ¨ They had the wh
View fullsize Buzzing with joy after hearing Alice Allen’s New Voices @celtic_connections commission. Such an inspiration for all… and especially for us cellists to hear such a strong cello voice and leading light. ✨️🎻 Absolutely rocking rhythmic
View fullsize TONIGHT! Ewen Henderson of Lochaber has written 8 beautiful new pieces. Leirsinn (meaning ‘perception’) is a Blas Festival 2023 commission - 4 pairs of pieces for 4 special Highland places - each has an imagined version followed by a real
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View fullsize A slightly belated Happy New Year to one and all! πŸŽ‰ It feels an age away now but here are our preparations for 2024...Stacking logs at Cherrygrove and practicing for my ‘Dialogues’ extravaganza at @celtic_connections πŸͺ΅ 🎢 And what an

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