Rowan Singers Concert

The Rowan Singers invite you to attend their Spring Concert on Friday 12th April 2013 at 7.30pm in the Arran High School Community Theatre. A ticket costs £8 (adult) and £3 (child), which includes a programme and refreshments. Proceeds will be donated to Marie Curie Cancer Care. Our programme includes sacred songs, folk songs, traditional songs and songs from the shows. There are songs from America, England and Scotland.

Making a welcome return to Arran is Kerrie Calder, a gifted flautist who will perform at the concert as well as singing with the choir. Those of you who have attended previous Rowan Singers’ concerts or Lochranza Choir concerts, will have heard Kerrie’s hauntingly beautiful renditions on the flute.

We are delighted to welcome John Harrington back to Arran to join us in concert. Everyone who attended the McLellan festival concert in 2012 will know what a splendid viola player he is and the warmth of tone he gets from his viola. He played the famous Meditation from Thais by Massenet, usually played on the violin and it was a real treat to hear it played by him on the viola.

John began learning piano at the age of six and violin at eleven. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, joined the BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra as violinist and then gained valuable experience in Chamber Music, joining the “Ad Solem Ensemble” which was affiliated to Manchester University. John left Manchester in 1973 to become Principal Second violin with the SNO under Sir Alexander Gibson. In 1977 he became Principal Viola, and continued to hold that position until his retirement last year.

What better way to celebrate the beginning of spring than with what promises to be a most enjoyable evening ~ come and sample the Rowan Singers’ Springtime Selection. There’s something for everyone!