Sad news indeed. Will also miss seeing him at home in the village.

The Voyage of The Fox Captain McClintock’s voyage to the Arctic in search of the lost Franklin expedition is told through poetry and music for viola and clarinet.

2/2 Tickets and more info for The Voyage of the Fox in Dunblane from www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-voyage... Supported by @hinrichsenfoundati.bsky.social and @foundationscotland.bsky.social

1/2 A week to go to The Voyage of The Fox in Dunblane. Today I'm introducing our poet, Lesley Harrison. Lesley's poem on McClintock's Voyage is filled with musical references that inspired the music. 31st Aug 8pm Weigh Ahead Gallery, Dunblane. @dunblaneinfo.bsky.social @whatsonstirling.bsky.social

Delighted to say that we've had to open up a second performance at 8pm! Get your tickets on this new link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-voyage... @dunblaneinfo.bsky.social

2/2 Then I travelled to Ireland to work with @powercomposer.bsky.social on a new project for @soundscotland.bsky.social Using field recordings from the polar regions we were engaged in deep listening learning how the timbres of the viola weave with the changing ice. @creativescots.bsky.social

1/2 It's been a summer of music-making and travel. In July I performed with @amsouth.bsky.social Aya Kobayashi and Nerea Bello in artist Samantha Gare's Keening - Song of the Stranding on the Isle of Lewis. Beautiful, emotional and community-based. Photos by Phil Hall. @creativescots.bsky.social

This looks gorgeous. If I weren't at work....

I've avoided playing Mendelssohn's Elijah for decades as it hurts so much to play (much stamina required!) but ahead of @rsno.bsky.social 's performance at #EdinburghInternationalFestival I'm listening to it and reminding myself what a gorgeous, lush piece of music it is. Can't wait!

The Voyage of The Fox with poetry by Lesley Harrison and music by me and @amsouth.bsky.social is in Dunblane on 31st Aug before we take it to Orkney Science Festival. Tickets very limited so get them now! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-voyage... @newmusicscotland.bsky.social @dunblaneinfo.bsky.social

We're looking for a confident freelance leader to guide our Get Creative Ensemble, a talented group of young musicians who meet 6 times a year in Aberdeen to play and create new music together.

⏰ Deadline: Sunday 3rd August 2025

To find out more: sound-scotland.co.uk/news/job-vac...

#opportunity

It was lovely to perform "The Pilgrim's Path" by Gemma McGregor surrounded by these beautiful pieces of art.

An absolute pleasure to premiere Gemma McGregor's The Pilgrim's Path at @stmagnuscathedral.bsky.social for St. Magnus International Festival in Orkney last week. @scottishmusic.bsky.social @newmusicscotland.bsky.social @musicnewsscotland.bsky.social Supported by @creativescots.bsky.social

Exactly a month today until Keening - Song of the Stranding happens on Traigh Mhòr, Tolsta, Lewis. Excited to be part of the music team with @amsouth.bsky.social and Nerea Bello www.northharrisstudio.co.uk/music @newmusicscotland.bsky.social @scotmus.bsky.social #westernisles #hebrides

Book your ticket for the performance @stmagnuscathedral.bsky.social stmagnusfestival.com/festival-pro...

YouTube video by Katherine Wren Introduction to Carry His Relics Gemma McGregor

25th June @stmagnuscathedral.bsky.social Gemma McGregor and I will premiere The Pilgrim's Path at St Magnus International Festival. Here's my reflections from the last piece in the set from when we performed it @edfringe.bsky.social Supported by @creativescots.bsky.social youtu.be/O0evPp1EVQM?...

Did you catch The Resol Quartet and their debut performance in the museum as our new resident artists? Or maybe @nordicviola.bsky.social last weekend?

Magnificent! If you missed them don't panic😅

Here are details of the next concerts in our series #musicinthegri

@whatsonglasgow.bsky.social

Looking forward to seeing you all at this concert for @friendsofgri.bsky.social on Sat at 1pm. Here's a wee taster from the #Faroes soundcloud.com/user-5672974...
@musicnewsscotland.bsky.social @scotmus.bsky.social @creativescots.bsky.social

William Heinesen - Variations on A Faroese Hymn Tune arr. K Wren Nordic Viola will take you on an extraordinary journey in words and music to the Faroe Islands, Orkney and Shetland, Iceland and Greenland.

We're really looking forward to playing for @friendsofgri.bsky.social on Sat 31st May at 1pm in the GRI Museum. Here's a wee taster soundcloud.com/user-567297431/william-heinesen/s-VqtJHDNmyWg
@scotmus.bsky.social @creativescots.bsky.social

-the new forest- by Charles Ross performed at The Barn, Banchory in On A Wing and A Prayer features on this week's Modern Notebook from @classicalwsmr.bsky.social and @tylerkline.bsky.social Listen here: exchange.prx.org/pieces/57116... @scottishmusic.bsky.social

Come and hear us play at Glasgow Royal Infirmary on 31st May. New and old music from the Faroe Islands/Iceland and Greenland as well as a great piece from geneticist turned composer Ailie Robertson. @friendsofgri.bsky.social @creativescots.bsky.social @scottishmusic.bsky.social

Delighted that Nordic Viola will be performing in this series on 31st May. The first concert in the series, by the Resol Quartet, takes place this Friday 16th May at 1pm. Funded by @creativescots.bsky.social and The Hugh Fraser Foundation.

I am delighted that this September I will be performing The Voyage of the Fox with @amsouth.bsky.social and poet Lesley Harrison at Orkney International Science Festival
Funded by Cockaigne Fund, administered by Foundation Scotland, and @hinrichsenfoundati.bsky.social
@scottishmusic.bsky.social

It's been lovely meeting a new community of musicians, artists and environmentalists (as well as others) over here on Bluesky. Have you had chance to hear our music yet? This #bandcampfriday why not pop over to nordicviola.bandcamp.com and treat yourself to one of our albums.

@emilydoolittle.bsky.social @neilbanas.bsky.social I love this! Gentle, clever, beautiful and engaging.

Today is #EarthDay Last year Lisa Robertson composed ar lùths (Our Power) in celebration of the community hydro schemes in her local community #Morvern Here is the final section. tinyurl.com/5y7r556c Supported by @creativescots.bsky.social @hinrichsenfoundati.bsky.social

An incentive, if I even need one, to walk the St. Magnus Way. Orcadian composer Gemma McGregor and I will perform The Pilgrim's Path based on 6 stages of the walk at #stmagnusfestival this June in @stmagnuscathedral.bsky.social @scottishmusic.bsky.social

Thank you to @classicalwsmr.bsky.social and @tylerkline.bsky.social for playing Uyeasound Nocturne by Adrian Vernon Fish on Modern Notebook. You can find our album Elsewhere Elsewhen at
nordicviola.bandcamp.com/album/elsewh...

Enjoyed this very much @tylerkline.bsky.social Peaceful, spacious. Solitude in the calmest sense.

@scottishmusic.bsky.social

What others have said: "a moving, evocative portrait of the land, plants and animals. In a way it is a love letter to them, as an expression of understanding something deep about them, and our connection and commitment to them.”