TEN young musicians from Aboyne, Banchory, Fife, Inch, Inverurie, Newmachar and Westhill have been given the chance to work with leading professional musicians and composers as part of sound, the Aberdeenshire-based new music organisation.
The aspiring composers, all aged between 14 and 19, began a three day Go Compose! programme with musicians from Red Note Ensemble and professional composers Laura Bowler and Edwin Hillier yesterday.
Their work will be performed by members of Red Note Ensemble at Woodend Barn, Banchory tonight.
Director of sound Fiona Robertson says “Go Compose! has been an important part of sound for eight years.
“In that time many aspiring young composers have been given the first chance to work with professional composers and hear their work performed by members of one of Scotland’s leading new music ensembles.”
SCOTTISH Pop duo The Eves, Caroline Gilmour and Marissa Keltie, release their debut single Tides this week.
The Eves are solo artists who recently joined forces to write a 10 track album due for release next year. Several tracks are already in progress with producer Mark Morrow (Folda, Vistas, Mt. Doubt).
Caroline Gilmour is a UK No1-selling songwriter with her 4-track EP Electric Waterfalls, released in 2016.
Marissa Keltie (stage name Mareesa) has issued a video of self-penned tracks The Other Side, which has had over 18k views on YouTube.
Keltie accompanies Caroline Gilmour’s solo performances on piano and backing vocals. The singer also currently models for the world-renowned Model Team agency.
ABIGAIL is all set to host another party. Singer/actress Jodie Prenger leads the cast in Abigail’s Party, Mike Leigh’s groundbreaking comedy classic which comes to the Theatre Royal, Glasgow in February as part of a UK tour.
The story set is in 1970s suburbia and is a tale of pretension and confusion, a heady mix of free-flowing cocktails, classic disco and cheese and pineapple sticks.
It features Beverly and husband Laurence who are throwing a party for their newlywed neighbours, Tony and Angela.
Joining them is highly strung Susan who’s been banished from the party of her teenage daughter, Abigail.
As tensions rise and tempers flare, the sheen of respectability is torn away by the warring couples with hilarious and potentially disastrous consequences.
Jodie Prenger, who played Nancy in Cameron Mackintosh’s revival production of Oliver! at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane after winning BBC 1’s I’d Do Anything, said; “Abigail’s Party is a true British classic and a real bucket list part for me. I’m thrilled to be involved in something so wonderful. I can’t wait to get started.”
WORKS by five ground-breaking contemporary artists will take centre stage at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (SNGMA) this autumn as part of NOW, a dynamic three-year series of contemporary art exhibitions.
Opening on Saturday, the fourth instalment of the SNGMA’s NOW programme “trains a spotlight on the playful, thought-provoking work of Monster Chetwynd, Henry Coombs, Moyna Flannigan, Betye Saar and Wael Shawky.”
Varying in medium, style and approach, the work of each of these artists is “connected by a shared desire to challenge convention and invite audiences to think differently about the world around them.”
At the heart of the exhibition is a major survey of work by Turner Prize nominee Monster Chetwynd.
Chetwynd, a British artist, based in Glasgow, is best known for her re-workings of iconic moments from cultural history in spontaneous performances that feature handmade costumes and props.
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