Very soon I’ll be updating you on two very exciting projects that I’m involved in over the summer, but with the first of our summer concerts looming, I wanted to tell you first a little bit about a new series of concerts in Glasgow.
Glasgow Royal Infirmary: Music in the Museum – 31st May 1pm
Nordic Viola are very honoured to have been asked to perform in the inaugural Music in the Museum series organised by doctor and cellist Arthur Doyle for the Friends of Glasgow Royal Infirmary. We’ll be performing some of the flute/2 viola/bassoon repertoire from our Elsewhere, Elsewhen album available to buy on the link. We love playing with this unusual and colourful combination of instruments and will be playing some of our favourite works from the Faroes, Iceland and Greenland as well as Scotland.
There will be a medical slant to our programme with music by Ailie Robertson, who trained as a geneticist before becoming a composer, and Arthur will be reflecting on the medical service in Greenland.
Performing in medical settings is something that’s important to all four of us: Helen Brew (flute), David Martin (viola) and David Hubbard (bassoon) as well as myself. Our work as musicians involves working with organisations such as Tayside Health Arts Trust in hospitals and the community and working one to one with clients. We are keenly aware of the joy and memories that music brings and we are delighted to team up with Arthur and the Friends of GRI for this concert.
The series
The series starts this Friday 16th May with ensemble in residence, the Resol Quartet and you can find details of all the programmes here.
Throughout the series there will be reflections on the work and history of GRI as well as music by composer-medics, so if you live in or near Glasgow, please do come down to the Infirmary and support this new set of concerts. I know that a lot of work has gone into compiling these wonderful programmes.
Series supported by Creative Scotland and The Hugh Fraser Foundation
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That sounds so amazing and should bring some ray of joy and hope into a place, which I remember as driest and I wondered when going to some wards , if I had got lost as they looked so dark and disheartening more like a morgue.
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Hi Claudia
Thank you and yes, I hope it does bring joy. All credit to Arthur Doyle, a doctor and amateur musician, for setting up the series.
Kx
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