Posts Tagged ‘live’
Two pupils share St Mary’s Music School prize
TWO pupils from St Mary’s Music School in Edinburgh have been awarded the Directors’ Recital Prize jointly for the first time in the award’s 20-year history. The judges said that flautist Cliodhna Scott (16) and accordionist Sophia Ros (17) had “achieved an exceptional quality of musicianship, communicating the character of the performance and capturing the…
Read MoreFemale film goes live tonight
A FILM about women’s lives in 20th century Scotland will be available online from tonight. The National Library of Scotland’s Her Century show will begin broadcasting at 5pm today on its Youtube channel. The film toured around cinemas during the run-up to lockdown and was due to be shown at the library in Edinburgh this…
Read MoreOnline gigs from stunning locations
SOME of Scotland’s best-known locations will form the backdrop for a series of performances on the new “Music Is The Answer” Youtube channel. The Forth Bridge, the Glenfinnan Viaduct and McCaig’s Tower at Oban are just some of the sites that will play host to artists including Be Charlotte, Luke La Volpe, and Oakzy B…
Read MoreScottish dancer returns with solo triple bill
AFTER five years behind the scenes, award-winning Scottish choreographer Rosie Kay will return to the stage this autumn with a triple bill of solo works. Edinburgh-born Kay expects to perform her Absolute Solo II show – which will consist of Artemis Clown, Patisserie and a new work, as yet untitled – in her current home…
Read MoreMasterchef and bagpipes for Glenalmond’s virtual ‘commem’
GLENALMOND College held a virtual “commemoration day” to mark the end of the independent school’s academic year, complete with bagpipes and Masterchef finalist Claire Fyfe. A performance of Highland Cathedral by Ramsay Pagett, from the Perthshire school’s upper sixth class, was broadcast live from Glenalmond’s front quadrangle. A service broadcast from the school’s chapel included…
Read MoreMorrison’s Academy to reopen to all pupils in August
ALL pupils will be welcomed back to Morrison’s Academy when the Perthshire school reopens in August. The independent school said that children attending nursery through to secondary will come back to its campus on a daily basis. Since switching to online learning on 23 March, pupils and teachers have been using the academy’s virtual learning…
Read MoreSchool delivers 700 online lessons each week
STRATHALLAN SCHOOL is delivering 700 live online lessons each week to its pupils during the lockdowns. Its “Strath Worldwide” remote learning facilities will have be used to conduct more than 7,000 lessons by the end of the independent school’s summer term. Other online activities have included one-to-one tutorials, sports and training sessions, music lessons, ensemble…
Read MoreGreengallery profiles its artists online
ART emporium Greengallery has switched to online viewings during the lockdown. The gallery’s current exhibition of more than 100 paintings was open for just three hours at Buchlyvie in Stirlingshire before the lockdown began and so owner Becky Walker turned to the internet to help connect her customers to her artists. Walker has been running…
Read MoreFiona Kennedy releases ‘remembering’ EP
SINGER Fiona Kennedy drew on inspiration from Robert Burns, the Highland clearances, and the death of family friend for her latest extended play (EP), The Maple Tree (I’ll Remember You). The EP was produced by award-winning musician Calum MacColl, one of Kennedy’s friends and long-time collaborator. Kennedy said: “The theme of the EP is ‘remembering’ –…
Read MoreGlenalmond raises £4,000 with social distanced 10k runs
GLENALMOND College has raised more than £4,000 for Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS) during 24 hours of 10 kilometre runs. Members of staff who live at the independent school took part while social distancing in the college grounds, with the wider school community joining in as far afield as Antigua, Kenya, the Netherlands and Switzerland.…
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