10th anniversary booklet

Let’s Celebrate!

Something for all at Perth Concert Hall Sat 12 - Sat 19 Sep

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10 Welcome...and thanks!

Since it exploded onto the scene ten years ago, Perth Concert Hall has shaken up the cultural map of Scotland. It has become the new go-to venue for a host of worldclass artists from across all genres, gained a reputation for adventurous programming, innovative community events and imaginative activities and picked up more than thirty awards along the way!

Over the decade Perth Concert Hall has welcomed tens of thousands of conference and event delegates from Scotland and across the world, all keen to take advantage of its state-of-the-art facilities, flexible spaces and knowledgeable staff; not to mention its perfectly placed location in the heart of Scotland. It has helped shine the spotlight on Perth as a great place to live, work, invest in and visit.

None of this would have been possible without our supporters, funders, sponsors and visitors

and above all you, our audiences. You have turned up rain or shine, taken chances, taken issue, joined in with enthusiasm, roared with laughter, filled with emotion; let us entertain, move and inspire you while all the time giving us great and honest feedback allowing us to continue to improve on what we have built together – thanks!

And now, you are all invited to our 10th Anniversary celebrations! We have created a weekend of free community events for all the family to enjoy, from backstage tours to big sings, aerial dance to accessible workshops, group performances and join-in fun. Reel around the auditorium at The Horsecross Hoolie or enjoy one of our special concerts showcasing our lovely hall at its very best.

Thanks for a fabulous first decade, we look forward to creating many more special memories together at our 10th Anniversary celebrations and over many years to come.

Gwilym Gibbons Chief Executive, Horsecross Arts

With thanks to our partners, funders and sponsors

Horsecross Arts Ltd is registered in Scotland, no SC301328 and a charity no SCO22400. Registered Office: Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, Perth PH1 5HZ

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We are throwing open our doors for a weekend of family activities and you are all invited! Join professional performers for one of our many free drop-in workshops, take a back stage or artspace tour, sing your heart out on our Singing Sunday, rummage through our dressing-up box or enjoy one of the many performances throughout the weekend in Perth Concert Hall foyer.

Sat 12 Sep Backstage Tours

Art Exhibition Tours

10am - 12pm (every 30 minutes) Perth Concert Hall

10am - 11am + 2pm - 3pm Foyer, Perth Concert Hall

Take a peek behind the scenes and see how we make the magic happen!

Join our creative director for contemporary art for a stroll through our 10th Anniversary exhibition.

Free but ticketed, contact box office to book.

Workshops -

Free but ticketed, contact box office to book.

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If you fancy trying your hand at acting, dancing or collaging join us for these participatory workshops. Open to all ages and abilities.

Singing Workshop

BSL Signed Drama Workshop

10am - 11.30am + 11.30am - 1pm Norie-Miller Studio, Perth Concert Hall

1pm - 2pm Norie-Miller Studio, Perth Concert Hall

Collage Workshop

Graffiti Workshops

10am - 11am + 11am - 12pm Tay, Perth Concert Hall

10am - 12pm + 1pm - 3pm Foyer, Perth Concert Hall Perth Theatre Memory Collective

10am - 12pm + 1pm - 3pm Foyer, Perth Concert Hall Bring your Perth Theatre memories and memorabilia along and meet members of the Perth Theatre Memory Collective. Throughout the day we will be taking audio recordings and adding photos and memorabilia to our Perth Theatre memory wall.

Kids Face Painting

10am - 12pm + 1pm - 3pm Foyer, Perth Concert Hall

Sat 12 Sep

Workshops + Community Performances All or Nothing Aerial Dance

10am - 12pm + 1pm - 3pm Perth Concert Hall Plaza Fly through the air with the greatest of ease with these exhilarating aerial dance workshops.

Play in a Day

11am - 12.30pm + 1pm - 2.30pm Tilt, Norie-Miller Studio, Perth Concert Hall Join a professional playwright and director along with members of Perth Youth Theatre to write and stage your own play in a matter of hours! The ďŹ nal piece will be performed in the Norie-Miller Studio at 4pm.

Community Songwriting Competition Winning Song

3.30pm Perth Concert Hall Young people from across the region have submitted songs they have written based on the theme of Made in Perth and Kinross.

The winning song will be performed on the Gannochy stage by Lady Miss Emma, well-known Perthshire singer/songwriter and Heartland FM DJ.

Perth Youth Music Forum

2pm - 4pm Perth Concert Hall Pop in to the auditorium for this showcase of young local music talent.

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Sun 13 Sep

Workshops + Community Performances Perth Theatre Memory Collective

Local Choir Stage

10am - 12pm + 1pm - 3pm Foyer, Perth Concert Hall

1.30pm - 4.30pm Foyer, Perth Concert Hall

All or Nothing Aerial Dance

Enjoy local choirs as they perform on our foyer stage throughout the day.

10am - 12pm + 1pm - 3pm Perth Concert Hall Plaza Songwriting Workshops

11am - 1pm + 2pm - 4pm Tilt, Perth Concert Hall Big Sort of Scottish Sing

12pm | Perth Concert Hall Join us in the Gannochy Auditorium for our Big Sort of Scottish Sing where anyone who comes along will be led by our house band through a sing-a-long of five classic songs by some of the most famous Scottish popular bands – a Bay City Rollers number will be in there somewhere and of course The Proclaimers!

Horsecross Voices Does Musicals with RSNO

6pm Perth Concert Hall Horsecross Voices and RSNO Join In Orchestra come together for the one and only performance of Horsecross Voices does Musicals. This thrilling event with choir and soloists will be conducted by Jean-Claude Picard from RSNO.

Free but ticketed, contact box office to book.

Kids Face Painting

10am - 12pm + 1pm - 3pm Foyer, Perth Concert Hall

The Horsecross Hoolie Sat 12 Sep: 7pm | Perth Concert Hall £10 (+ £1.50 booking fee per ticket); children £5; £25 family ticket (up to 4 tickets, max 2 adults) Take your partners, kids, grannies and friends and give the Horsecross Hoolie a whirl! This fun family ceilidh will have everybody in the auditorium on their feet reeling the night away to the music by traditional ceilidh band The Gallivanters.

Fill up on our freshly prepared stovies and help us celebrate Perth Concert Hall’s 10th Birthday in swinging Scottish style!

Thu 17 - Sat 19 Sep Some friends, old and new, join us to showcase all that is great about our lovely hall in a series of special performances.

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Alison Balsom plays Hadyn Fri 18 Sep: 7.30pm | Perth Concert Hall £31, £27, £19; concessions £29, £25, £17 (+ £1.50 booking fee per ticket); under 26s/students £5 Sibelius Finlandia Haydn Trumpet Concerto Rachmaninov Symphony No.2 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Eivind Aadland, conductor Alison Balsom, trumpet Alison Balsom returns to Perth for the fourth time in a truly irresistible programme with the BBC SSO. The programme opens with Sibelius’ stirring hymn to Finnish Nationalism and closes with perhaps the most romantic symphony of all.

Perth Chamber Music Society Saxophone Quartet Sat 19 Sep: 1pm - 3pm | Foyer, Perth Concert Hall Free Come along and hear the Scottish Saxophone Ensemble performing as part of Enterprise Music Scotland’s National Chamber Music Day.

Horsecross Arts presents

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ROSS AINSLIE and PATSY REID featuring FRASER ANDERSON and LISA RIGBY

Sat 19 Sep: 7.30pm | Perth Concert Hall £12.50; concessions £10.50 (+ £1.50 booking fee per ticket) This specially commissioned tenth anniversary show is musically directed by two of Scotland’s finest young composers and players, Perthshire’s own Ross Ainslie and Patsy Reid. They’ll be joined by two more local artists making waves beyond their native county, songwriters Fraser Anderson and Lisa Rigby. A backing band featuring the cream of the current Scottish folk scene will complete the line-up for an unforgettable night of music.