Christmas concerts

Inter Alios Choir Christmas Concerts 6th and 7th December The Inter Alios Choir, a joint choir of Churchill and Murray-Edwards colleges of Cambridge University are visiting Arran this month. They will be singing in Brodick Church on Wednesday 6th December at 7pm, and then at Lochranza Church on Thursday 7th December at 3pm.  The choir …

Stroud Zhang duo

On Saturday 21st October, the Stroud Zhang Duo will be playing at Arran High School Theatre in Lamlash, 7.30pm Tunnell Trust Award winners Daniel Stroud and Hanzhi Zhang – violin and piano. Scottish violinist Daniel Stroud (22), recently graduated from the Royal Academy of Music with First Class Honours. Having won the Harrison Gowland Scholarship, …

Concerts in September

Music Arran is holding two concerts in September. See below for more details: The first, on Saturday 9th September, as part of the McLellan Arts Festival and featuring the Scottish Ensemble. is in Brodick Hall, starting 7.30pm The String Quartet: A Blueprint. Four exceptional musicians; an intimate performance; a deep connection. The performance includes: – …

Flamenco with Music Arran

The Daniel Martinez Flamenco Company  The Daniel Martinez Flamenco Company is a Spanish flamenco company based in Edinburgh. Alongside flamenco Spanish guitarist Daniel Martinez, the company also hosts professional flamenco guitarists, singers, dancers and musicians, offering some of the best flamenco music in the UK. Daniel founded the company in 2017 after moving to the …

Isle of Arran youth piping and drumming workshops

Summer piping and drumming workshops for Arran youngsters thanks to music funding Piping and drumming students on the Isle of Arran will get the chance to take part in summer workshops thanks to co-funding from the Scottish Schools Pipes and Drums Trust, the Isle of Arran Music School and local sponsors. The six-day workshops will …

Arran Folk Festival 2023

The Arran Folk Festival is a weekend of live music events held on the beautiful Isle of Arran, every June. This year it will be held on 9 – 11th June. The 27th festival will see some free-to-attend afternoon sessions with Uncle Keith at the Douglas and Ormidale Hotels, evening concerts in Brodick Village Hall …

Concert with Christine Bovill

  Music Arran Welcomes Christine Bovill 17th June 2023 Arran High School, 7.30pm Award winning chanteuse, Christine Bovill returns for her third visit to Arran. In a year whose highlights include an international theatre tour of her Piaf and Paris shows, coupled with the launch of her new show at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe, Christine …

A Fiddlers’ Fling

Come to Whiting Bay Hall on 27th May for the Fiddlers’ Fling – a concert by young folk from around Ayrshire playing traditional music. Tickets from Arran Active and on the door.  

The Seal-Woman

A Celtic Folk Opera by Marjorie Kennedy-Fraser and Granville Bantock Thursday 16th March, in Brodick Hall, 7.30pm The Scots Opera Project presents Marjory Kennedy-Fraser and Granville Bantock’s Celtic folk opera, The Seal-Woman. This opera, which was first performed in 1924, is based on the folk legend of the mythical Selkie and is inspired and created …

Music Arran concerts

Music Arran are holding two concerts this month, one with Scots Baroque and the other with Mirror Visions Ensemble: The first concert with Scots Baroque is on Friday 17th March in Brodick Hall, at 7.30pm Scots Baroque are: László Rózsa – Recorders, Aaron McGregor – Violin, Lucia Capellaro – Cello, and Alex McCartney – Theorbo & …