Our tour to the USA in April 2013 is the longest international tour we’ve embarked upon in several years and it will take us to some of the most prestigious venues in the States, showcasing what we do and what Scotland has to offer on an international platform (with 11 concerts taking place across 7 states). … Read more »
The Scottish Ensemble is looking to recruit a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join its team as an Administrator Maternity Leave Cover. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 6 months experience of working in an arts environment and a demonstrable passion for classical music, as well as excellent organisational and interpersonal skills. Based… Read more »
We’re looking for an enthusiastic arts graduate to join us in the office part-time from September to December. The internship will involve aspects of concert planning and management, marketing and fundraising. Details of how to apply, closing dates and interview dates can be found by on the right of this page.
We’re very excited that we can finally tell you all about our fantastic new 2012-13 season! You can download a subscription booking here on the right hand side of the page. During this season, we’ll be beginning the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Britten, one of the most important composers… Read more »
The Scottish Ensemble are just back from a whirlwind tour of China. Covering 3534km within China and reaching a total audience of 2746 over three concerts the musicians of the Scottish Ensemble had an experience they are not likely to forget! The concerts were held in three of China’s major cities; Beijing, Lanzhou (out in… Read more »
Our audiences loved travelling through time with us during our SE Inversion concerts in Perth, Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow in April. You can read them all on our reviews page Some of our audience got in touch via Twitter too to tell us what they thought: @lynneperkins: A big #FF to @ScotEnsemble. Brilliant concert… Read more »
Scottish Ensemble Artistic Director curates a weekend of events at Glasgow venues Our Artistic Director Jonathan Morton is in Glasgow this weekend, Friday 13 – Sunday 15 April, for a weekend of hand-picked events at The Old Fruitmarket, CCA, and Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. Beginning on Friday at 9.30pm, the rest of the Ensemble… Read more »
At the end of February, 700 nursery pupils from East Ayrshire and Glasgow came along to Platform, Easterhouse to enjoy Musical Hats at Platform, Easterhouse The children had enjoyed workshops in their nurseries learning songs and finding out about the instruments of the Ensemble. At the end of the project, the children brought their musical… Read more »
We’ve announced details of our tour to China taking place from 11 – 15 May 2012. We’ll be performing three concerts in Beijing, Lanzhou and Shanghai with some of our favourite repertoire including the Asian performances of our 1995 commission by Sir John Tavener Tears of the Angels. You can listen to a clip from… Read more »
Over the last few weeks, the Ensemble has been featured prominently on BBC Radio 3. First, the Ensemble’s Sinfonia Concertante concert with violist Lawrence Power was broadcast live from Glasgow City Halls on Thursday 23 February 2012. Lawrence and SE Artistic Director Jonathan Morton’s performance of Mozart’s glorious Sinfonia Concertante was selected as one of… Read more »
We’re back out on the road this weekend performing at Christ Church, Cockermouth on Saturday 3 March and Hull City Hall on Sunday 4 March. We’ll bejoining music groups all over the country giving performances as part of Music Nation – a weekend of events devised and led by the BBC to begin the countdown… Read more »
Our Sinfonia Concertante tour began on Friday 17 February with the world premiere of Luke Bedford’s Wonderful-Two Headed Nightingale. We had some great reviews in the press, and Luke’s piece has been going down well: The Herald **** “Very rock ‘n’ roll” The Scotsman**** “Even the section [of Symphony No. 44] Haydn chose to have played at his own funeral… Read more »