Just days after the successful Composeher world premiere concert, the GSA Choir has announced that it will be recording all seven pieces later this year. The news will extend the reach of the project, raise the profile of the work and enable other choirs to consider programming these wonderful compositions in future. Commenting on the news, GSA Choir [...]
The ground-breaking Composeher project, devised by the Glasgow School of Art Choir, is in the final stages of rehearsal for a world premiere concert to be held on 27 May 2023 at Glasgow City Halls. The concert of new work has already garnered international interest and involvement, with demand for tickets, which go on sale [...]
The Glasgow School of Art Choir presents the world premiere recording of The Present, by renowned Scottish composer, Sir James MacMillan, with lyrics by Francis Henry Newbery. The release celebrates the 10th anniversary of the ensemble. Discussing the release, Musical Director, Jamie Sansbury, says, "Over the last ten years the GSA Choir has developed into one of Glasgow's largest [...]
Join us as we perform live for the first time in two years, kicking off the festive celebrations by performing our ever-popular, festive concerts in one of Glasgow’s finest choral venues. The concerts will feature a mix of classical and contemporary choral works, as well as some show-stopping festive medleys containing well-loved standards from the [...]
The Glasgow School of Art Choir (GSA Choir) has announced its most ambitious project to date to commission, perform and promote seven new pieces of choral music created by leading contemporary composers. Entitled Composeher, the initiative aims to address the under-representation of female composers that is evident across the music industry. With backing from Creative Scotland, the GSA [...]
Tickets for the Glasgow School of Art Christmas Concerts on Saturday 7 December 2019 are available to purchase online now. More information about the concert and where to purchase tickets can be found below. Once again, we will be kicking off the festive celebrations by performing our ever-popular, festive concert in one of Glasgow’s finest choral venues. [...]
The Glasgow School of Art Choir today announced it will release its third album, Radiant Dawn, on 27 September 2019. The CD is available to pre-order online now. The album takes its inspiration from the idea of conflicting but simultaneous phenomena – light and dark, night and day, warm and cold, life and death. Throughout [...]
Ahead of the 2019:20 Season, join the GSA Choir for an open rehearsal to sing Maurice Duruflé’s “Quatre Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens”, works containing some of the best-loved choral music of the last century. Work with the ensemble’s Musical Director, Jamie Sansbury, and experience the thrill of singing with one of Glasgow’s largest choirs: [...]
Furthering the ensemble’s commitment to new music, the GSA Choir is delighted to announce that it has co-commissioned American composers, Sarah Rimkus and Thomas LaVoy, to compose two new choral works based upon poems by the renowned American poet, Dana Gioia. The two 5-minute works will take as their texts, The Stars Now Rearrange Themselves… and The Burning Ladder, [...]
Tickets for the Glasgow School of Art Summer Concert on Saturday 25 May 2019 are available to purchase online now. More information about the concert and where to purchase tickets can be found below. Night and day. Sunrise, sunset. Throughout history the closing of the day, arrival of night, and transition back to day again [...]
