- Local Ensembles
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Inverurie Concert Band: https://www.inverurieconcertband.co.uk/
Inverurie Concert Band (formerly Inverurie Wind Band) is YOUR local community band and welcomes woodwind, brass and percussion players of all ages and standards. The band repertoire provides wide range of music from classical to contemporary, suites to film themes. They perform several concerts each year, so check the site for the late?st dates and venues!
Rehearsals are on Wednesdays at 7:30pm at the Thainstone Exchange, Inverurie.
Inverurie Choral Society: www.inveruriechoral.co.uk/
We are a friendly and welcoming bunch of folk who enjoy singing together every week under the baton of Faith Ockwell, our new MD, putting on concerts at Christmas and in June, as well as giving performances in community settings and public places.
We also enjoy a bit of socialising, everything from joining fellow singers for a coffee or a pint, to a celebration party, BBQ or a Burns Supper.
Collaboration with Inverurie Orchestra has been a particular treat, most recently with a full performance in 2018 at Inverurie Town Hall of Haydn's ‘Creation'.
Aberdeenshire Saxophone Orchestra: www.aberdeenshiresaxorchestra.co.uk/
Aberdeenshire Saxophone Orchestra is the only saxophone orchestra in Scotland covering the full instrumental range from bass to sopranino saxophones. They are a non-audition ensemble and new players are always welcome!
Rehearsals are one Sunday a month in the Hopeville, Inverurie from 10am - 4pm.
Under the direction of Richard Ingham, the orchestra explores a diverse repertoire of music from classical arrangements to bespoke compositions. For those inclined, there is the chance to also experience conducting, arranging and composing for a large ensemble.
Aberdeen City Orchestra: www.aberdeenchamberorchestra.co.uk/
Originally formed in 1982 by a group of friends, the Aberdeen City Orchestra has been performing in the city for over 40 years. Formally known as Aberdeen Chamber Orchestra, it has grown in size and continues to attract the finest local talent to its ranks,
Guided by experienced conductor, Gareth John, and leader, Jean Fletcher, the orchestra regularly performs large-scale works. In recent years, they have performed Beethoven's Choral Symphony at the Aberdeen Music Hall, the Emperor Piano Concerto with Nigel Clayton, a semi-staged production of Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream and Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade. The popularity of their diverse and engaging concerts, many of sell out, has enabled collaboration performances such as with Con Anima choir for Handel's Messiah in 2019.
It's most recent addition is the Aberdeen City Orchestra Youth Emsemble, directed by Chris Gray, which was set up to provide playing opportunities for young people since the closure of the region's music centres.
- Other Music
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Inverurie Music: inveruriemusic.org/
Inverurie Music was established in 1999 due to local enthusiasm for high quality live music in the classical tradition performed in rural settings and to a variety of age groups (including working with the local community to arrange concerts in a Value of Age festival). The main aim of the group is to bring concerts given by professional musicians to audiences in and around the Inverurie area. Inverurie Music also promotes educational musical activities, including workshops delivered by professional musicians in schools and other venues in Aberdeenshire.
New members are always welcome and a seasonal concert subscription can be purchased at a discounted rate.
Classical Music Network NE Scotland: www.facebook.com/groups/929803447072862
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