Youth jazz orchestra for London fest
Youth jazz orchestra for London fest
The National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland has been invited to appear at EFG London Jazz Festival for the fourth consecutive year. The orchestra, directed by Malcolm Edmonstone and with featured soloist, saxophonist Gordon McNeil, plays the music of Michael Brecker on Sunday, November 16, at the Clore Ballroom in the Southbank Centre at 3.15pm.
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Proclaimers take the lead
Next summer's Belladrum Festival, which is held near Beauly in Inverness-shire, has announced its first headline act. The Proclaimers will play the festival's enhanced Thursday night slot on August 6. Craig and Charlie Reid last played Belladrum in 2005 and, in the decade since, have seen their music reach new audiences via the stage musical Sunshine On Leith and its film adaptation.
Other acts for the Friday and Saturday line-up will be announced next spring. Fans should note, however, that in order to see The Proclaimers, a three-day ticket is required, as the standard weekend ticket does not give access to the main stage on Thursday night. Tickets, including camping options, are available from the festival's own website and from www.skiddle.com.
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Classic visit for Garioch
Drummer Ken Mathieson's Classic Jazz Orchestra has a concert on Friday, November 28, at Garioch Jazz Club in Inverurie, the last gig of the year before the orchestra members take their seats in various Christmas theatre productions.
Garioch Jazz Club, which meets in the Aberdeenshire town's Hopeville Social Club, has strong claims as Scotland's oldest jazz club, having formed in 1983, and this visit by the orchestra, its first in several years, has been made possible by the Creative Scotland/National Lottery Touring Award.
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Sacred salute to the fallen
A special performance of Faure's Requiem will take place in Paisley Abbey at 7.30pm on Saturday, November 22, featuring the Choir of the Academy of Sacred Music, the St Cecilia Quartet and Professor George McPhee (organ). The concert includes Mozart's Mass in C Major and other music dedicated to those who died in the First World War. Tickets are available from the Abbey or in advance from info@aosm.org.uk and 0141 433 9188.
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Bridge Music gallery return
Bridge Music's Jazz Thursdays return to Glasgow Art Club's main gallery from this week. The gallery reopens in time for a gig by Locus, the sextet led by Dumfries-born/New York-based saxophonist Leah Gough-Cooper and Glasgow-born/Leeds-based trumpeter Kim Macari. The band's UK tour also brings them to the Jazz Bar in Edinburgh this Wednesday.
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