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Big Ears, Little Ears on Tour
Since 2011, babies and toddlers have experienced the joy and excitement of live music at Big Ears, Little Ears concerts around Scotland. The concerts feature a small ensemble of SCO musicians who perform short, accessible programmes of classical and popular repertoire, interspersed with spoken introductions. The concerts are intimate and informal, and include opportunities for the audience to meet the players and see the instruments up close. Big Ears, Little Ears concerts take place at venues ranging from city centre museums and galleries to village halls and community centres around the country, including the National Museum of Scotland, Wester Hailes Education Centre and the Byre Theatre, St Andrews. SCO Big Ears, Little Ears concerts have proved extremely popular so in 2015 we embarked on our first tour, taking the concerts to rural and remote parts of Scotland. Our first tour featured a string quartet - David Chadwick, Sarah Bevan-Baker, Brian Schiele and Eric de Wit - performing in Dingwall, Tain and Balintore. The venues were very excited about hosting our quartet and all six concerts were fully booked. The audience reaction, from both little ones and grown-ups, was fantastic, with people commenting –
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