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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250816T100000
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SUMMARY:South Asian Heritage Month Community Day
DESCRIPTION:Join us on the 16th of August 2025 for our first ever South Asian Heritage Month Community Day! We have a great line-up of performers\, workshops and tours to showcase the vibrant and diverse practices that are tied to our collections are still very much alive today. There will also be a mehndi artist on site\, and our various family trails available as well. Tickets are free\, but we encourage you to book ahead to avoid any disappointment! All performances and workshops are drop-in and will be first come\, first served.\n\nFull programme will be shared closer to the day.\n\n\n\nBook Your Tickets Here
URL:https://www.stcecilias.ed.ac.uk/event/south-asian-heritage-month-community-day/
LOCATION:St Cecilia’s Hall\, 50 Niddry St\, Edinburgh\, Scotland\, EH1 1LL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Community Day
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ORGANIZER;CN="St Cecilia's Hall%3A Concert Room & Music Museum":MAILTO:schevents@ed.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250815T150000
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SUMMARY:Sounds of St Cecilia’s III: The Early Jazz Clarinet
DESCRIPTION:This concert will pay homage to jazz clarinettists of the 1920/30s including Benny Goodman and Barney Bigard. Featuring an exciting young trio of Glasgow’s finest jazz musicians: Tom Gibbs (clarinet)\, Alex Handyside (guitar) and Timmy Allan (bass). The performance will include period instruments from University of Edinburgh’s world-famous Musical Instrument Collection\, notably a clarinet from the Shackleton Collection. Supported by The University of Edinburgh and the Shackleton Fund.\n\n\n\n\n\nBook Your Tickets Here
URL:https://www.stcecilias.ed.ac.uk/event/sounds-of-st-cecilias-iii-the-early-jazz-clarinet/
LOCATION:St Cecilia’s Hall\, 50 Niddry St\, Edinburgh\, Scotland\, EH1 1LL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Concert
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ORGANIZER;CN="Friends of St Cecilia's Hall":MAILTO:FriendsOfStCeciliasHall@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250814T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250814T190000
DTSTAMP:20260523T133121
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SUMMARY:Jacobites\, Italians and Music in Edinburgh
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, 14th August at St Cecilia’s Hall for one of our informal talk series lectures\, with Dr Brianna Robertson-Kirkland who will explore the story of the first generation of the Corris through images\, storytelling and song.\n\nFrom the Italian Jacobite court to Edinburgh’s St Cecilia’s Hall\, in 1771\, Charles Edward Stuart’s personal musicians\, Domenico and Francesca Corri\, travelled with their brother/brother-in-law\, John\, to start a new musical life in Scotland. Despite their Jacobite links Roman Catholic faith\, and many scandals that included bankruptcy and legal battles\, they emerged as one of the most important and powerful musical families in Scotland. Indeed\, their story reveals much about Edinburgh’s musical history. Join Dr Brianna Robertson-Kirkland as she explores the story of the first generation of the Corris through images\, storytelling and song.\n\nDr Brianna E. Robertson-Kirkland is a Lecturer in Historical Musicology at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland . She has sung in master classes and private lessons with early music specialists including Emma Kirkby\, Nicholas Clapton and Robert Toft and regularly performs lecture-recitals at conferences and events.\n\n\n\nBook Your Tickets Here
URL:https://www.stcecilias.ed.ac.uk/event/jacobites-italians-and-music-in-edinburgh/
LOCATION:St Cecilia’s Hall\, 50 Niddry St\, Edinburgh\, Scotland\, EH1 1LL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="St Cecilia's Hall%3A Concert Room & Music Museum":MAILTO:schevents@ed.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250813T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250813T160000
DTSTAMP:20260523T133121
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SUMMARY:Sounds of St Cecilia's II: Delights for Violin and Harpsichord
DESCRIPTION:George Weir\, a young violinist at present studying at the RCS in Glasgow\, performs music for violin and harpsichord by Bach (Sonata in G BWV 1021)\, Handel (Sonata in D major) and Corelli (Sonata op. 6 no. 5)\, as well as an unaccompanied violin piece by the little-known Austrian composer Johann Vilsmayr. John Kitchen accompanies on the 1755 Kirkman harpischord.\n\n\n\nBook Your Tickets Here
URL:https://www.stcecilias.ed.ac.uk/event/sounds-of-st-cecilias-ii-delights-for-violin-and-harpsichord/
LOCATION:St Cecilia’s Hall\, 50 Niddry St\, Edinburgh\, Scotland\, EH1 1LL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Concert
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ORGANIZER;CN="Friends of St Cecilia's Hall":MAILTO:FriendsOfStCeciliasHall@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250810T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250810T210000
DTSTAMP:20260523T133121
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SUMMARY:Classical Bagpipe Music – Scotland’s Hidden Treasure
DESCRIPTION:In this concert you will hear a variety of piobaireachd\, the classical music of the great Highland bagpipe\, Scotland’s national instrument. The musicians\, Alasdair Henderson\, John MacDonald and Brodie Watson-Masse\, are all leading exponents of this wonderful music. The tunes will be played in continuous fashion\, giving a unique musical experience. Most piobaireachd are composed using pentatonic scales or variations thereof\, so although the pipe has a limited number of notes\, a wide variety of tonal mood is possible\, as you will hear at this concert.\n\n\n\n\n\nBook Your Tickets Here
URL:https://www.stcecilias.ed.ac.uk/event/classical-bagpipe-music-scotlands-hidden-treasure/
LOCATION:St Cecilia’s Hall\, 50 Niddry St\, Edinburgh\, Scotland\, EH1 1LL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250809T150000
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SUMMARY:Sounds of St Cecilia's I: Clair-Obscur
DESCRIPTION:Marin Marais\, Silvius Leopold Weiss and J.S. Bach\, recognised for the extraordinary beauty of their works\, were first admired as virtuosos of their respective instruments: viol\, lute\, and keyboard. As composers and as improvisers\, they took inspiration in each other’s harmonic language and flourishing and particular ornamentation. These three composers are brought together again\, with clair-obscur pieces of indescribable darkness and melancholy\, in contrast with moments of brightness and serenity. Alongside Bach’s keyboard suites\, Khou has adapted for harpsichord some particularly touching pieces by Marais and Weis. Supported by the Keyboard Charitable Trust.\n\n\n\nBook Your Tickets Here
URL:https://www.stcecilias.ed.ac.uk/event/sounds-of-st-cecilias-i-clair-obscur/
LOCATION:St Cecilia’s Hall\, 50 Niddry St\, Edinburgh\, Scotland\, EH1 1LL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Concert
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ORGANIZER;CN="Friends of St Cecilia's Hall":MAILTO:FriendsOfStCeciliasHall@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250808T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250808T161000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250808T150721Z
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SUMMARY:From Cleopatra with Vengeance\, an Abbreviated Opera
DESCRIPTION:One day only. When Ptolemy tries to usurp the throne\, Cleopatra seduces Caesar to win it back. A one-hour reduction of Handel’s most performed opera\, Giulio Cesare. An Operaland production featuring Michael Temporal-Darrell (baritone) as Caesar\, Alice Wang (soprano) as Cleopatra\, with Miguel Carranza’s inspired costume and stage design. The music will be performed on early period instruments from St Cecilia’s instrument collection\, is part of The Cantata Series and all proceeds benefit the hall. Performed in Italian with English subtitles. \n\n\nBook Your Tickets Here
URL:https://www.stcecilias.ed.ac.uk/event/from-cleopatra-with-vengeance-an-abbreviated-opera/
LOCATION:St Cecilia’s Hall\, 50 Niddry St\, Edinburgh\, Scotland\, EH1 1LL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250808T113000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250808T124000
DTSTAMP:20260523T133121
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SUMMARY:From Cleopatra with Vengeance\, an Abbreviated Opera
DESCRIPTION:One day only. When Ptolemy tries to usurp the throne\, Cleopatra seduces Caesar to win it back. A one-hour reduction of Handel’s most performed opera\, Giulio Cesare. An Operaland production featuring Michael Temporal-Darrell (baritone) as Caesar\, Alice Wang (soprano) as Cleopatra\, with Miguel Carranza’s inspired costume and stage design. The music will be performed on early period instruments from St Cecilia’s instrument collection\, is part of The Cantata Series and all proceeds benefit the hall. Performed in Italian with English subtitles. \n\n\nBook Your Tickets Here
URL:https://www.stcecilias.ed.ac.uk/event/weekly-tour/
LOCATION:St Cecilia’s Hall\, 50 Niddry St\, Edinburgh\, Scotland\, EH1 1LL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Concert
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250805T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250805T120000
DTSTAMP:20260523T133121
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SUMMARY:Magical Melodies: Musical Storytelling
DESCRIPTION:From fiddlers in fairy hills to golden harps and magic geese\, Scotland is filled with fantastical folklore of magical musical adventures. Join storyteller and musician Ailsa Dixon\, in the music museum St Cecilia’s Hall\, for a fun-filled family friendly romp through myth and legend. From learning a wee bit of Scots and Gaelic folksong\, to hearing jigs\, reels and legends of magical ceilidhs\, this is a wonderful and accessible introduction to Scottish music for wee ones. Tales of pipers\, harpers and curious melodies abound in this hour of enchanting story and song.
URL:https://www.stcecilias.ed.ac.uk/event/magical-melodies-musical-storytelling/
LOCATION:St Cecilia’s Hall\, 50 Niddry St\, Edinburgh\, Scotland\, EH1 1LL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Family Activity
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250801
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250823
DTSTAMP:20260523T133121
CREATED:20250717T122233Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250807T154432Z
UID:5458-1754006400-1755993599@www.stcecilias.ed.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Highlight Tours of St Cecilia’s Hall
DESCRIPTION:Each tour takes place at 2pm and lasts approximately an hour. \nJoin us on these guided tours of the musical treasures on display at St Cecilia’s Hall\, Scotland’s oldest concert hall and home to the University of Edinburgh’s Musical Instrument Collection. Topics and guides vary daily – see the schedule below for details.
URL:https://www.stcecilias.ed.ac.uk/event/highlight-tours-of-st-cecilias-hall/
LOCATION:St Cecilia’s Hall\, 50 Niddry St\, Edinburgh\, Scotland\, EH1 1LL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Tour
ORGANIZER;CN="St Cecilia's Hall%3A Concert Room & Music Museum":MAILTO:schevents@ed.ac.uk
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250626
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250830
DTSTAMP:20260523T133121
CREATED:20250717T121431Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250827T110453Z
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SUMMARY:Summer Family Trail
DESCRIPTION:Join us this Summer for a free\, fun Summer-themed family trail! Following the usual route around the museum\, see if you can spot all 8 buckets & spades hidden throughout the galleries and answer some music-related questions to win a Summer-themed sticker at the end! \n\n\nBook Your Tickets Here
URL:https://www.stcecilias.ed.ac.uk/event/summer-family-trail/
LOCATION:St Cecilia’s Hall\, 50 Niddry St\, Edinburgh\, Scotland\, EH1 1LL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Family Activity
ORGANIZER;CN="St Cecilia's Hall%3A Concert Room & Music Museum":MAILTO:schevents@ed.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210604T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210604T113000
DTSTAMP:20260523T133121
CREATED:20210415T092114Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240201T121757Z
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SUMMARY:Dementia Social: Instruments of Rock
DESCRIPTION:From electric guitars to synthesizers\, learn how musical instruments shaped the sounds of rock and roll.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur Social Programme creates a friendly environment where everyone is welcome\, and all contributions are valued. Sessions are online via Zoom. We will start with a time to chat and share a virtual tea and cake. This will be followed by a short presentation by the Learning Engagement Curator of St Cecilia’s Hall around the theme of the session. A lived streamed musical performance rounds off the session with a bit of time at the end for questions for our musicians. All our Social programmes are inspired by our collections\, build confidence\, inspire creativity\, and are focussed on having fun. They are suitable for those who might be regular visitors\, those who have always loved visiting\, as well as those who have never come to our museum before. \nRegister here \nJoining instructions and Zoom link will be emailed with confirmation of registration to the event.
URL:https://www.stcecilias.ed.ac.uk/event/dementia-social-instruments-of-rock/
LOCATION:St Cecilia’s Hall\, 50 Niddry St\, Edinburgh\, Scotland\, EH1 1LL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Museum Social
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210507T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210507T113000
DTSTAMP:20260523T133121
CREATED:20210415T091546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240201T121821Z
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SUMMARY:Dementia Social: The music and instruments of Mary\, Queen of Scots
DESCRIPTION:Discover the musical world of Renaissance Scotland and listen to some of the instruments that Mary\, Queen of Scots would have played.\n\n\n\n\n\nMusic was an important part of the royal court of Mary Stuart and she herself played the lute and the virginal. Learn about the music and musical instruments played during her lifetime and enjoy a performance of Renaissance music.\n\n\nOur Social Programme creates a friendly environment where everyone is welcome\, and all contributions are valued. Sessions are online via Zoom. We will start with a time to chat and share a virtual tea and cake. This will be followed by a short presentation by the Learning Engagement Curator of St Cecilia’s Hall around the theme of the session. A lived streamed musical performance rounds off the session with a bit of time at the end for questions for our musicians. All our Social programmes are inspired by our collections\, build confidence\, inspire creativity\, and are focussed on having fun. They are suitable for those who might be regular visitors\, those who have always loved visiting\, as well as those who have never come to our museum before. \nRegister here \nJoining instructions and Zoom link will be emailed with confirmation of registration to the event.
URL:https://www.stcecilias.ed.ac.uk/event/dementia-social-the-music-and-instruments-of-mary-queen-of-scots/
LOCATION:St Cecilia’s Hall\, 50 Niddry St\, Edinburgh\, Scotland\, EH1 1LL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Museum Social
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