The 2019 Glasgow Short Film Festival programme was released today, 6 February, and it was announced that the Glasgow School of Art Choir will make its debut performance at the 5-day festival in March 2019, performing the world première of “Accents”, a new film / music project by Glasgow’s UNESCO City of Music artist-in-residence, Richy [...]
The Glasgow School of Art Choir has been invited by artists, Ross Birrell and David Harding, to perform at the Edinburgh Art Festival 2018, as part of their new work, Keep me like the echo. During their 12 year collaboration the artists have explored the thresholds between music and politics, poetry and place, composition and [...]
Ahead of the 2018:19 Season, join the GSA Choir for an open rehearsal and the chance to sing two contemporary choral works: James MacMillan’s “O Radiant Dawn” and Samuel Barber’s “Sure on this Shining Night”. Work with the ensemble’s Musical Director, Jamie Sansbury, and experience the thrill of singing with one of Glasgow’s largest choirs: formed in 2012 the [...]
The trustees of the Glasgow School of Art Choir are delighted to announce that Amanda MacLeod joins the ensemble’s Board of Trustees with immediate effect. Amanda is a freelance mezzo-soprano and arts professional, and has worked with organisations such as the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra Chorus, the National Youth Choir of [...]
In January 2018, an extract of the world premiere recording of Continuum was played on BBC Radio 3, alongside a short series of interviews with the conductor (and Musical Director of the Glasgow School of Art Choir), Jamie Sansbury, and composer, Shona Mackay. The work - written for unaccompanied chorus and pre-recorded audio - was composed for the ensemble as part [...]
Jay Capperauld has been commissioned by the Glasgow School of Art Choir to compose a new choral work with lyrics from Edwin Morgan’s poem, The Unspoken. Music is famed for being the most sociable of the arts: anyone can enjoy being part of an ensemble (even without formal training) and anyone can appreciate a performance as an audience member. In the [...]
Ahead of their 2017:18 Season, join the GSA Choir for an open rehearsal and the chance to sing two contemporary choral works: John Tavener’s “Hymn to the Mother of God” and Eric Whitacre’s “Lux Arumque”. Work with the ensemble’s Musical Director, Jamie Sansbury, and experience the thrill of singing with one of Glasgow’s largest choirs. [...]
The Glasgow School of Art Choir is delighted to announce that the world premiere recording of Light Through Tall Windows was released today, 27 March 2017. The choral work - written about the Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art - is a collaboration between two alumni of the School, and was recorded in June 2016. [...]
The official poster for the Glasgow School of Art Choir Fifth Anniversary Gala Concert features a detail from "Angel's Army" by the 14th Century Italian painter, Guariento di Arpo. The 'army' comprises a chorus of angels, which features in the final movement of Maurice Duruflé's "Requiem", which will be performed by the choir alongside the Rogue [...]
The Glasgow School of Art Choir is pleased to announce the news that Creative Scotland, the public body that supports the arts, screen and creative industries, has awarded part-funding towards the Glasgow School of Art Choir Fifth Anniversary Gala Concert. Funding from The National Lottery, through Creative Scotland's Open Project Fund, is supporting the performance [...]
