north east scotland’s contemporary music festival
sound
north east scotland’s contemporary music festival 3rd - 26th Nov 2006 “Scotland needs this Festival” Michael Tumelty The Herald 3rd December 2005
“The brilliantly organised sound Festival in the north east... gives the sense of a core operation which, since the demise of Musica Nova, Scotland has badly lacked” Michael Tumelty The Herald 26th November 2005
“sound does fill a gap in the market given that Scotland lacks a proper contemporary music festival... If sound is as successful as it first appears, the festival could become a regular highlight of the Scottish musical year” Classical Music Magazine November 2005
events at a glance... Date
Time
Venue
Event
Friday 3rd
8.00pm
Aberdeen
Isan + Tomcats In Tokyo
Saturday 4th
8.00pm
Banchory
Fabiana Galante, piano
Sunday 5th
3.00pm
Banchory
Hebrides Ensemble
Tuesday 7th
7.00pm
Banff
Sonic Postcards
Tuesday 7th
9.00pm
Aberdeen
Live Electronics at St Andrew’s Cathedral
Wednesday 8th
5.15pm
Aberdeen
Symposia
Wednesday 8th
8.00pm
Aberdeen
Pumajaw + support
Thursday 9th
12.45pm
Aberdeen
Edinburgh Quartet
Thursday 9th
7.45pm
Aberdeen
Edinburgh Quartet
Thursday 9th
8.30pm
Aberdeen
Trianglehead
Friday 10th
12.00-1.00pm
Aberdeen
James Clapperton & Edinburgh Quartet workshop
Friday 10th
2.00-4.00pm
Aberdeen
Young Composers workshop
Saturday 11th
all day
Aberdeen
Score!
Saturday 11th
7.30pm
Aboyne
Edinburgh Quartet
Saturday 11th
8.00pm
Inverurie
Heather Corbett, percussion
Sunday 12th
3.00pm
Banchory
Da Vinci Trio
Sunday 12th
7.30pm
Aberdeen
Mark O’Keefe, trumpet & Pete Stollery, electronics
Tuesday 14th
7.00pm
Banff
Ruth Wall, The Uncommon Harp
Venue
Event
7.30pm
Aberdeen
Aberdeen Sinfonietta
Wednesday 15th
8.00pm
Aberdeen
Graham Fitkin & Ruth Wall, Still Warm
Thursday 16th
12.45pm
Aberdeen
Joseph Long, piano & Margaret Preston, flute
Thursday 16th
7.30pm
Banchory
Tabula Rasa, The Winter Room
Thursday 16th
7.45pm
Aberdeen
Sam Haywood, piano
Saturday 18th
4.00pm
Tarland
Ruth Wall, The Uncommon Harp
Sunday 19th
11.00am
Aberdeen
A day with Graham Fitkin
Sunday 19th
3.00pm
Monymusk
Ruth Wall, The Uncommon Harp
Sunday 19th
7.30pm
Aberdeen
Extremities – University of Aberdeen & massed ensembles
Monday 20th
11.00am
Aberdeen
Rohan de Saram, cello, Berio Sequenza XIV
Tuesday 21st
7.45pm
Aberdeen
Organ and electroacoustics
Wednesday 22nd
6.00pm
Aberdeen
Trio ORKA-M
Thursday 23rd
11.00am
Aberdeen
Rohan de Saram masterclass
Thursday 23rd
1.00pm
Aberdeen
Rajesh Mehta @ Gray’s
Friday 24th
4.00pm
Aberdeen
Documentary on Xenakis
Friday 24th
7.45pm
Banchory
Rohan de Saram, cello
Saturday 25th
4.15pm
Aberdeen
Illustrated talk on Xenakis
Saturday 25th
8.00pm
Aberdeen
Experimental Music
Sunday 26th
1.30pm
Aberdeen
InvisiblEARts
Sunday 26th
2.30pm
Aberdeen
Donald Hawksworth, piano, Spectrum
Sunday 26th
6.30pm
Aberdeen
Her Noise documentary
James MacMillan (photo by Andrew Farrington)
Time
Tuesday 14th
The Scottish Dance Theatre (photo by Douglas McBride)
Date
Antony Ryan and Robin Saville have been releasing music as Isan since 1996. Having recorded in the past for various labels (and whilst still enjoying the occasional dalliance) they now consider morr music to be their spiritual home. Robin and Antony work separately from each other most of the time, communicating via post and internet. Periodically notes are compared and directions noted, the end result is a hopefully coherent body of work for which the pair consider themselves jointly responsible. Tomcats In Tokyo is the alias of French electronica artist Abrice Rey. He has recorded music for such respected labels as Static Caravan, Awkward Silence, U-Cover and Ai Records. Promoted by Interesting Music Promotions. Peacock Visual Arts, 21 Castle Street, Aberdeen Tickets: £6 on the door
Saturday 4th November | 8pm Fabiana Galante, piano
Argentinean pianist and sound artist, Fabiana Galante, joins us for an evening featuring South-American contemporary composers and including two short films filmed in South America by the Scottish theatre company Dudendance, with music by Fabiana. Woodend Barn, Banchory Ticket prices: £8, £5 conc, £2 student & under 18s To book: 01330 825431
Sunday 5th November | 3pm Hebrides Ensemble and Scottish Dance Theatre
Wednesday 8th November | 5.15pm Symposia
Symposia are a new music group created in 2002 from some of Scotland’s best young instrumentalists to perform works written within the last 10 years. Programme will include Alasdair Spratt Mind Restless Seeking, Gareth Williams Ness, Drew Hammond Three Moths and Jim Black Relays as well as works composed by students at the University of Aberdeen.
The Hebrides Ensemble and the Scottish Dance Theatre collaborate in works by Arvo Pärt alongside music by Kurtag, Berio and the Concert Suite of Stavinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale. Woodend Barn, Banchory Ticket prices: £10, £7.50 conc, £2 students and over 12s, free for 12 and under Woodend Music Society (WMS) members: £7.50, £5 To book: 01330 825431
MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen Admission free (donations)
Tuesday 7th November | 7pm Sonic Postcards
Wednesday 8th November | 8pm Pumajaw + Support
Pupils from Banff and Macduff primary schools have been working with composers from Sonic Arts Network on the acclaimed national UK project Sonic Postcards. Their work is performed alongside works by composers Pippa Murphy, Diana Simpson, Pete Stollery and Erdem Helvacioglu.
Stunning vocals meet looped guitar, concertina, lyre and electronic, pagan rhythms to create a unique sound which has earned the duo a fearsome live reputation. John Will’s on-stage techno-wizardry and Pinkie Maclure’s intense on-stage presence keep audiences frozen in anticipation, often with mouths hanging open. Promoted by Interesting Music Promotions.
Duff House, Banff Admission free (donations)
Tuesday 7th November | 9pm Live Electronics at St Andrew’s Cathedral
Bill Thompson and guests present an evening of visceral, live electronic music using everything from laptops to circuit bent toys, all within the beautifully subdued walls of St Andrew’s Cathedral. St Andrews Cathedral, King Street, Aberdeen Admission free (donations)
The Tunnels, Carnegie’s Brae, Aberdeen Tickets: £6 on the door The Edinburgh Quartet
Friday 3rd November | Doors 8pm Isan + Tomcats In Tokyo
As part of their association with the University of Aberdeen, the Edinburgh Quartet will play a work by student Simon Willson - A Slight Angle to the University - as well as Beethoven’s String Quartet in C minor Op.18 no.4 Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen Admission free
Thursday 9th November | 7.45pm Edinburgh Quartet
Saturday 11th November SCORE! Composers workshop day
The Scottish Ensemble (photo by John Paul Photography)
Thursday 9th November | 12.45pm Edinburgh Quartet
Organised in partnership with the spnm (the Society for the Promotion of New Music) and the Scottish Ensemble. With guest composers James Clapperton, Graham Fitkin and James MacMillan. A day for everyone interested in composers and composing comprising:
To celebrate the release of their new contemporary Scottish composers CD, the Quartet will play three works from it: Kenneth Dempster String Quartet no 4 (The Cold Dancer), Judith Weir String Quartet (1990), Edward Harper Three Folk Settings (The Lowlands of Holland, The Ash Grove & Mhairi’s Wedding) – as well as Beethoven’s String Quartet in E minor Op.59 no.2
Blue Lamp, 121 Gallowgate, Aberdeen Ticket prices: £10, £8 conc To book: 01224 641122 or www.abdnboxoffice.com
Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen Tickets: £7.50, £5 conc, £2.50 under 18s To book: 01224 641122 or www.abdnboxoffice.com
The composer James Clapperton, who was born and brought up in the North East of Scotland, returns to give a talk on his string quartet The Great Divorce. This will be followed by a performance by the Edinburgh Quartet.
Thursday 9th November | 8.30pm Trianglehead
Featuring Martin Kershaw (saxes), Paul Harrison (keys), and Stuart Ritchie (drums). sound and Jazz Aberdeen present Trianglehead, one of the UK’s leading contemporary jazz groups in concert. Three of Scotland’s most creative jazz musicians came together to create this exciting new group which has been stunning audiences throughout the UK with their extraordinary music. Their album “Maths” was given a 4 star review by Jazzwise magazine. Further information at www.jazzaberdeen.com.
Friday 10th November | 12-1pm James Clapperton and the Edinburgh Quartet workshop and recital
MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen Admission free
Friday 10th November | 2-4pm Young composers workshop
The Edinburgh Quartet works with young composers from the University of Aberdeen MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen Admission free
• One to One Sessions (am & pm) - A unique opportunity to meet and discuss your own compositions with your choice of the day's guest composers in an individual 20 minute one to one session. • Workshops (pm) - Open to all, workshops on a variety of different composing subjects led by our eminent guest composers. • Advanced Workshops (am & pm) - By advance application, a small group of composers will be invited to work closely with the full Scottish Ensemble, their Artistic Director Jonathan Morton and guest composers for advanced study of composition. As a result of the day, two composers will be invited to complete new works for future public performance by the Scottish Ensemble. Observers welcome. Please check our website for further details nearer the time: www.sound-scotland.co.uk The MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen. There will be a participation fee of £4 for workshops. Pre-booking for one-to-one sessions essential. To take part contact info@sound-scotland.co.uk
Strathdee Music Club (SMC) welcomes the Edinburgh Quartet back to Aboyne to play a programme including local composer James Clapperton’s The Great Divorce, as well as Ravel’s String Quartet in F, and Beethoven’s Quartet in E minor Op.59 no.2 “Rasoumovsky”. Pre-concert talk by James Clapperton at 6.45pm.
Aboyne Community Theatre, Aboyne Ticket prices: £9, £7 for members of SMC, free for children To book: 013398 86222
Sunday 11th November | 8pm Heather Corbett, percussion
Inverurie Music hosts a recital by the principal percussionist of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra with a colourful programme including contemporary works.
Sally Beamish (photo by Jim Four)
St. Andrew’s Church, Inverurie Ticket prices: £8, £6 conc, £1 students and schoolchildren To book: 01467 624629
Sunday 12th November | 3pm Talk at 2.15pm Da Vinci Trio – Sally Beamish Tribute
For Sally Beamish’s 50th birthday year, Woodend Music Society presents a tribute to her. Sally
Beamish Piobaireachd (piano trio), Debussy Selected piano solos, Sally Beamish Gala Water (cello solo), Debussy Violin sonata, Sally Beamish Cello Sonata, Debussy Piano Trio. Pre-concert talk by Sally Beamish at 2.15pm. Woodend Barn, Banchory Ticket prices: £10, £7.50 conc, £2 students and over 12s, free for 12 and under To book: 01330 825431
Sunday 12th November | 7.30pm Mark O’Keeffe, trumpet, Pete Stollery, electronics and University of Aberdeen Brass Ensemble
(Commission supported by the National Lottery through the Scottish Arts Council) Programme to include the world premiere of new work by Pete Stollery, composed especially for Mark O’Keeffe to exploit the wonderful acoustic in the atrium of the University’s Institute of Medical Sciences. Also works by Jonathan Harvey, Stephen Gardner and Gabrielli. Institute of Medical Sciences, Forresterhill, Aberdeen Admission free (donations)
Tuesday 14th November | 7pm The Uncommon Harp: Ruth Wall at Duff House
Scottish harpist Ruth Wall performs in this beautiful 18th century country house. Ruth specialises in the performance of traditional and new music on the 33-string Scottish lever harp, and much of her programme has been composed especially for her, comprising music from some of the most exciting
Pete Stollery
Saturday 11th November | 7.30pm Talk at 6.45pm Edinburgh Quartet
composers working with tonality and modality today. The Lament for the Harp Key arr. by Alison Kinnaird, Graham Fitkin Skirting, Michael Parsons Variations and October Dance, Graham Fitkin Variant on Y Gog Lwydlas (for bray harp), Ruth Wall Sibling 5, Philip Glass Opening, Graham Fitkin Wynter. Duff House, Banff Ticket prices: £8, £3.50 under 16s To book: 01261 818181
Tuesday 14th November | 7.30pm Aberdeen Sinfonietta, conducted by Roger Williams, with Rohan de Saram, cello.
To celebrate both their 20th anniversary and their 10th season of concert-giving in the Music Hall, Aberdeen Sinfonietta will perform two of the greatest and best-loved works in the orchestral repertoire: Elgar’s Cello Concerto, with the brilliant soloist Rohan de Saram, and Tchaikovsky’s passionate Fourth Symphony. The programme opens with John Hearne’s atmospheric overture Into uncharted seas. Music Hall, Aberdeen Ticket prices: £10, £8 conc, £5 students / children. To book: 01224 641122 or www.abdnboxoffice.com
Composer Graham Fitkin’s rhythmic and multi-layered music is performed by Ruth Wall on three harps with live digital manipulation from the composer. The intimate sound of the harp is taken out of its comfort zone into a new world of pixellated timbres and scattered beats.
Woodend Barn, Banchory Ticket prices: £9, £6 conc, £2 under 18s. To book: 01330 825431
The Tunnels, Carnegie’s Brae, Aberdeen Tickets: £6 on the door
Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen Admission free
A decade ago the Third Piano Sonata by John McLeod created something of a sensation on its premiere in Aberdeen. It is thus with great anticipation we are looking forward to the world premiere of its successor, to be played by the outstanding Scottish pianist Sam Haywood who presently lives in Germany. Chopin’s mighty second piano sonata - the one with the funeral march - will also be featured, together with smaller works of each composer. Pre-concert talk by John McLeod on his new work, introduced by Roger B. Williams at 6.30pm.
Thursday 16th November | 7.30pm Tabula Rasa The Winter Room
Picture Gallery, Mitchell Hall, Aberdeen Tickets: £7.50, £5 conc, £2.50 under 18s To book: 01224 641122 or www.abdnboxoffice.com
Thursday 16th November | 12.45pm Joseph Long, piano, and Margaret Preston, flute The popular local duo will perform music by George MacIlwham, Eddie McGuire and Joseph Long.
The Winter Room is a poetic interpretation through dance, visual images and music of a Northern winter, of solitude, of our desire and need to keep warm. John McLeod
An enigmatic and intriguing work performed by Brian Hartley and Claire Pençak with a new music commission by Malcolm Lindsay.
Sunday 19th November | 11am A day with Graham Fitkin
(Supported by the Aberdeen Endowments Trust) Graham Fitkin will work with local musicians on his work Ring Cycle, to be performed in the evening. Music Hall, Aberdeen Admission free on presentation of a ticket for the evening concert. Limited places - booking necessary with: info@sound-scotland.co.uk
Thursday 16th November | 7.45pm Talk at 6.30pm Sam Haywood, piano
Saturday 18th November | 4pm The Uncommon Harp: Ruth Wall at Migvie Church
(Supported by the Astor of Hever Trust) Scottish harpist Ruth Wall plays in this beautiful and atmospheric church. See November 14th for programme details. Come equipped with warm clothes! Migvie Church, Migvie, Tarland Tickets: £5, £4 conc, £2 children To book: 01330 825431
Ruth Wall
Wednesday 15th November | 8pm Graham Fitkin & Ruth Wall - Still Warm plus support
Sunday 19th November | 3pm The Uncommon Harp: Ruth Wall at Monymusk
Monymusk Arts Trust invites Ruth Wall to perform a programme of contemporary harp music. See November 14th for programme details. Monymusk Arts Trust, Monymusk Tickets: £7, £5 conc. To book: 01224 641122 or www.abdnboxoffice.com
and vocabularies and ultimately, towards evolving new musical “languages”.
Graham Fitkin
Monday 20th November 11am Talk | 12pm Performance Rohan de Saram, cello – Berio Sequenza XIV
Aberdeen Business School, The Robert Gordon University, Garthdee Road, Aberdeen Admission free (donations)
Talk by cellist Rohan de Saram on Berio‘s Sequenza XIV, the last of Berio’s sequenzas which was written for Rohan and incorporates Kandyan drum rhythms from Sri Lanka. Talk at 11am followed by discussion; performance at 12pm.
Soloists: Graham Fitkin and Ruth Wall. Conductors: Graham Fitkin, Chris Cadwur James, Pete Stollery. Performers: University String Ensemble, University Symphony Orchestra, Bon Accord Silver Band, Granite City Brass Band, young musicians from local schools, the university, Aberdeen College, Aberdeenshire and Aberdeen Music Centres, and a large number of local accordionists, saxophonists, and percussionists! As part of this year’s sound festival, the University of Aberdeen and a number of local bands and musicians have teamed up to bring a concert with a contemporary Cornish feel to the North East of Scotland. Arnold Four Cornish Dances, Bax Tintagel, Chris Cadwur James Furv, Graham Fitkin Slow , Graham Fitkin Ring Cycle (world premiere) Music Hall, Aberdeen Tickets: £7.50, £5 conc, £2.50 under 18s To book: 01224 641122 or www.abdnboxoffice.com
Masterclass with cello students, open to the public
MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen Admission free
NK1, New Kings, University of Aberdeen Admission free (donations)
Tuesday 21st November | 7.45pm Organ and electroacoustics
Thursday 23rd November | 1pm Rajesh Mehta @ Gray’s
with Roger Williams, organ, featuring new works for organ and electronics by Claire Singer and Bill Thompson.
Musician and composer Rajesh Mehta talks about his sounding buildings project. Gray’s School of Art, Garthdee Road, Aberdeen Admission free
Kings College Chapel, University of Aberdeen Admission free (donations)
Wednesday 22nd November | 6pm Trio ORKA-M
In this innovative trio, musician and composer Rajesh Mehta, hybrid trumpets, is joined by Rohan de Saram, cello, and Jayachandra Rao, mrdangam (south Indian percussion). It brings together the three vital influences on Mehta’s musical thinking: improvised music, contemporary composed music, and Carnatic (south Indian) music, and demonstrates the creative musical possibilities harnessing the collective creative energies that the musicians bring from their respective musical traditions and experiences in order to generate new musical forms
Rajesh Mehta
Sunday 19th November | 7.30pm Extremities
Thursday 23rd November | 11am Rohan de Saram cello masterclass
Mark Kidel’s documentary introduced by Xenakis’ biographer, Nouritza Matossian, with a Q & A session following the film. Belmont Picturehouse, Aberdeen Admission free
Friday 24th November | 7.45pm Rohan de Saram, cello
A rare opportunity to hear a solo recital by this outstanding cellist. Bach’s Suite No.2 in D minor will be followed by Berio’s Sequenza XIV which was written for Rohan in 2002 not long before the composer’s death. The programme will conclude with Kodaly’s Sonata Op.8, a work which Rohan had the opportunity to play to the composer when Kodaly was visiting Oxford in the 1960s. Woodend Barn, Banchory Ticket prices: £10, £7.50 conc, £2 students and over 12s, free for 12 and under. Woodend Music Society members: £7.50, £5 conc. To book: 01330 825431
Saturday 25th November | 4.15-6pm The World of Xenakis: Image, music and text by his biographer Nouritza Matossian and cellist Rohan de Saram Conductor: John Harris. In an exciting new mixed media concert, two outstanding artists collaborate to present Xenakis’
Rohan de Saram
Friday 24th November | 4pm Something Rich and Strange – film documentary on Xenakis
revolutionary ideas, architecture and music, through live narration, image, film and performance. Nouritza Matossian, biographer and friend of Xenakis, talks about the composer, his innovative approach, and introduces three compositions for cello. Rohan de Saram, maestro of classical and contemporary cello repertoire, plays musical examples and performs three compositions, Nomos Alpha and Kottos for solo cello and Epicycles for 13 instruments. Rohan is joined in Epicycles by 12 local musicians who will have worked with Rohan and conductor John Harris prior to the talk. MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen Admission free (donations)
Saturday 25th November | 8pm Experimental Music
Performances as part of SoundAsArt by Keith Rowe, Bill Thompson, Patrick Keenan, and others. Installations by Giancarlo Toniutti, James Wyness, and others. MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen Admission free (donations) To book: soundasart@urbannovember.org
Sunday 26th November | 1.30pm invisiblEARts
As part of the SoundAsArt conference, Scottish acousmatic ensemble invisiblEARts will perform works over a multi-channel loudspeaker diffusion system by Pippa Murphy, Diana Simpson, James Wyness, Robert Dow, Pete Stollery, Alistair
MacDonald and special guest Jonty Harrison. MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen Admission free (donations) To book: soundasart@urbannovember.org
Sunday 26th November | 2.30pm Spectrum Donald Hawksworth, piano
Donald Hawksworth introduces and plays Schumann’s Scenes from Childhood interspersed with contemporary short pieces from the innovative and exciting SPECTRUM publications of the Associated Board. This informal recital will be of interest to all music lovers, but particularly to piano teachers. Followed by afternoon tea. North East of Scotland Music School, Huntly Street, Aberdeen Admission free (donations) with pre-booked ticket only To book: 01224 649685
Sunday 26th November | 6.30pm Her Noise documentary
Peacock visual arts presents a film by Electra with Emma Hedditch. The film features live performances and interviews with women in experimental music. Her Noise is a project started in 2001 which encompassed events, films, and exhibitions. This exclusive documentary features new footage never shown before. Belmont Picturehouse, Aberdeen Ticket prices: £4, £3 conc. To book: 01224 343536 or www.picturehouses.co.uk
On Mondays at 6.30pm throughout the festival we will be organising informal themed discussions with a musician or composer. Please check our website www.sound-scotland.co.uk in October for details. Belmont Picturehouse, Aberdeen Admission free – all welcome
Saturdays 12-12.30pm Contemporary music @ St Andrew’s
On Saturday lunchtimes throughout the festival, there will be a contemporary element to the recitals in St Andrew’s Cathedral. The first two (Saturday 4th and 11th) will be concerts of contemporary liturgical organ music performed by George Chittenden. Please check our website www.sound-scotland.co.uk in October for details St Andrew’s Cathedral, King Street, Aberdeen Admission free (donations)
Friday 10th & 17th November Newton Dee concerts
Newton Dee is a Camphill community in Milltimber, Aberdeen. During sound they will be hosting two concerts at their own community centre – the Phoenix Hall.
Woodend Bar, Banchory
• Friday 17th November at 7.30pm The Uncommon Harp: Ruth Wall See November 14th for programme details.
Friday 24th to Sunday 26th November SoundAsArt Conference: Blurring of the Boundaries
Soundwalks, presentations, installations, and performances. Presenters to include Keith Rowe, Jonty Harrison, Rajesh Mehta, Giancarlo Toniutti, Bill Thompson, and others.
Migvie Church, Tarland
Mondays | 6.30pm sound café debates
• Friday 10th November at 7.30pm Edinburgh Quartet Haydn String Quartet Op.54 no.4 in G, Ronald Stevenson Recitative and Air, Tchaikovsky String Quartet No 2 in F
MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen Conference free to public, booking required. More info at: http://soundasart.urbannovember.org/
Schools workshops
Workshops for schools will take place during sound with the following artists and composers: Symposia, Graham Fitkin, Ruth Wall, Rohan de Saram, Rajesh Mehta. There will also be reduced price tickets for many performances for school children. For more details, please see our website: www.sound-scotland.co.uk For schools who are interested in taking part, please contact info@sound-scotland.co.uk
Duff House, Banff
other events taking place during sound...
accommodation & travel... Hotel / ticket deals
During the festival we are pleased to be able to offer weekend packages comprising B+B at the Aberdeen Douglas Hotel (near Aberdeen station) and tickets for all performances on those days:
by air
Aberdeen Airport is situated 7 miles north west of the city. It is served by flights from throughout the UK, including daily flights to and from London, as well as international destinations such as Amsterdam, Dublin, Esbjerg, Paris and Stavanger. Aberdeen Airport Tel: 01224 722331 www.baa.co.uk
King’s College Chapel University of Aberdeen, High Street Aberdeen AB24 3FX MacRobert Building University of Aberdeen, St Machar Drive Aberdeen AB24 3FX Migvie Church Migvie, Tarland, Aberdeenshire
1 night £40 per person 2 nights £62 per person
the venues...
Mitchell Hall Marischal College, University of Aberdeen Broad Street, Aberdeen AB10
(Based on two people sharing. There is a single supplement of £15 per night)
Aberdeen Business School The Robert Gordon University, Garthdee Road Aberdeen AB10 7QE
Monymusk Arts Trust Monymusk, Aberdeenshire AB51 7HJ
Valid for Friday, Saturday, Sunday nights. If you are interested please email info@sound-scotland.co.uk
Travel information by road
Aberdeen is accessible by road from Edinburgh or Glasgow in around 2 1/2 hours. From Glasgow take the M8/M80-A80/M9-A9 north to Perth or from Edinburgh the A90-M90 north to Perth, and then the A90 trunk road to Aberdeen. Alternatively from Perth, take the more scenic A93 over Glenshee and via Braemar.
by rail
There is an overnight sleeper service from London to Aberdeen, hourly trains from Glasgow and Edinburgh or direct services from London, Birmingham, Plymouth, Newcastle, York... For more info visit www.firstgroup.com/scotrail www.nationalrail.co.uk (route planner)
Aboyne Community Theatre Aboyne Academy, Bridgeview Road Aboyne AB34 5JN Belmont Picturehouse 49 Belmont Street, Aberdeen AB10 1JS Blue Lamp 121 Gallowgate, Aberdeen AB25 1BU Cowdray Hall Schoolhill, Aberdeen AB10 1FQ Duff House Banff AB45 3SX Gray’s School of Art The Robert Gordon University, Garthdee Road Aberdeen AB10 7QD Institute of Medical Science University of Aberdeen, Foresthill Aberdeen AB25 2ZD
Music Hall Union Street, Aberdeen AB10 1QS Newton Dee Community Bieldside, Aberdeen AB15 9DX North East of Scotland Music School 21 Huntly Street, Aberdeen AB10 1KJ Peacock Visual Arts 21 Castle Street, Aberdeen St Andrew’s Cathedral 28 King Street, Aberdeen St Andrew’s Church High Street, Inverurie AB51 3QJ The Tunnels Carnegie’s Brae, Aberdeen AB10 1BF Woodend Barn Burn O’Bennie, Banchory, Aberdeenshire AB31 5QA
sound is the North East of Scotland’s contemporary music festival. Following a pilot event, “Upbeat” in 2004, the first festival was launched in November 2005. sound aims to make contemporary music more accessible to audiences of all ages and backgrounds by presenting an eclectic but very broad range of contemporary music - classical, traditional, popular, jazz, experimental – through a wide range of events including concerts, talks, electroacoustic installations, and workshops. sound, an initiative of Woodend Arts Association in collaboration with the University of Aberdeen, operates largely as a network of local organisations. The 2006 network also includes Aberdeen Business School at The Robert Gordon University, Banchory Academy, Belmont Picturehouse, Duff House, Gray’s School of Art, Interesting Music Promotions, Inverurie Music, Jazz Aberdeen, Monymusk Arts Trust, Newton Dee Community, North East of Scotland Music School, Peacock Visual Arts, Strathdee Music Club, urbanNovember and Woodend Music Society. sound gratefully acknowledges the support of: Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeenshire Council, Aberdeen Endowments Trust, Astor of Hever Trust, Batty Charitable Trust, D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust, EventScotland Regional Events Programme, FirstGroup, Hugh Fraser Foundation, PRS Foundation, Scottish Arts Council and Shell U.K. Limited.
Events in the brochure reflect our programme as of July 06. This is subject to change and more events may be added. For current programme details and updates please see www.sound-scotland.co.uk If you’d like to be on our mailing list and receive updated information, please email us at: info@sound-scotland.co.uk
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