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Our Tartan Tales concert delighted audiences in Perth and Stirling last year, with a programme full of Scottish storytelling, family fun and legendary musicians, but let’s delve a little deeper into what you can expect as it tours to its next destination: Dundee! Check out the links below, to get a feel for some featured music: Misterstourworm & the Kelpie’s Gift, Savourna StevensonThis legendary tale, (with words by Stuart Paterson) has been set to music by the wonderful Savourna Stevenson. Click the link for a five minute animation, narrated by Scots actor, Billy Boyd – it’s well worth a watch! Olly has arranged the piece for our mighty mini orchestra and will step into the spotlight as narrator on the day, with Savourna herself playing the harp on stage – it’s not
Happy New Year! We hope you had a lovely stress-free Christmas and you’re looking forward to a busy 12 months ahead. We’re certainly glad to be back at CCC HQ (despite how chilly it is in here!) and can’t wait to get started on some new and exciting projects for 2018! First up, we’ll be visiting Additional Support Needs schools in Edinburgh and Glasgow (starting later this month) to provide creative composition workshops in partnership with Drake Music Scotland (DMS). These sessions have been designed for P7s who are about to move between primary and secondary education, making use of inclusive music technology and classroom instruments. Changing schools is a major life event, and can be a pretty scary one at that, so in delivering this project, we want to make
Owen and Olly are firmly in the festive spirit and really looking forward to our Tinseltown concerts next weekend! We want to share a wee film recorded at the Paisley Xmas lights switch-on a little while ago, with an exclusive insight into life at Christmas for our dynamic duo! Get the low-down on their favourite festive films, their most annoying Xmas songs, when they get the decorations up and more! Click here to view
We're thrilled to be collaborating with NYOS Camerata (the showcase, pre-professional chamber ensemble of the National Youth Orchestras of Scotland) for the first time next month at Glasgow Life's Big Music for Minis Festival. Cressida (flute) was involved in an artistic planning meeting and has kindly reflected on the process of curating 'Melody Quest'. We're very grateful to her for taking the time to do this, allowing an insight into the intricacies of putting a programme together. Owen and Olly are looking forward to welcoming NYOS Camerata on stage, and we hope that the students are provided with an invaluable professional development experience to equip them for a career in music. "Planning for the Melody Quest concerts with CCC started in late July with a meeting in the NYOS offices.
Roll up, roll up! It’s time to reveal the dazzling delights in store in our new Season. Over the next year, we’ll take you to a certain school of witchcraft and wizardry, invite you to build a snowman, and introduce you to Peter and his wolf. Are you ready? The CCC Express is blowing its whistle! Climb aboard to ride with us through witches’ lairs, past dancing skeletons mountain gnomes, and a visit to a very magical Firebird… But wait - we need your help! A mischievous ghost has been raiding the Royal Scottish National Orchestra’s instrument locker, and made off with their prize trumpet. Owen and Olly reckon if they can work out his name, they can bust this ghost – choo-choo over to our Facebook page next week and
Imagine you're a young, hungry rabbit, who's just stumbled across an unattended field of fresh, green lettuces
Ever since our Essential Orchestra delighted Perth with Roald Dahl's Three Little Pigs last year, we've been keen to get back to the Fair City - and the Perthshire Advertiser seems to share our enthusiasm. Their feature article on the Perth Festival of the Arts put us front and centre
Our General Manager, Pippa, turned what she loved into her job. Originally from Aberdeen, the Press & Journal grilled her for all the info a young music lover would need to follow in her footsteps!
Once upon a time a pair of roving percussionists, brave and true, were driving through the Scottish countryside, enjoying the fair hills, and the warm sun*. “Olly”, said Owen, for those were indeed the lads’ names, “That was a braw concert, filled with many a lively tune, and a roaring crowd. But what shall we turn our drumming sticks to next?” Just then, they passed the shores of the bonny Loch Ness, and Olly exclaimed aloud: “Why, what could be better? Our next concert should be inspired by the myths and monsters of Scotland!” And they became so excited at the thought, singing out their favourite Scottish songs, that they failed to notice the mysterious head rising from the waters of the loch… Ok, so maybe that’s not completely true… but