Music Aberdeen

16/08/2025

Join us in a beautiful art deco venue and listen to some calming marimba music in a truly unique acoustic and space.

04/05/2025

Out enjoying some Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon at the Blue Lamp. Amazing performance by the Matthew Kilner Quartet!

09/02/2025

Check out this amazing recording from one of our local brass bands Granite City Brass. If you've got 10mins or so, it's well worth taking time out of your day to listen to this!

Granite City Brass playing Arthur Butterworth's Passacaglia on a Theme of Brahms, November 2024 at Perth Concert Hall. Conducted by Bruce Wallace

09/02/2025

Music Aberdeen's first year has been a really busy one. Whether it's the hundreds of you that have subscribed to our mailing list, or the many thousands of you who return regularly to check in our website, we're thrilled that we've been able to make such an impact to the music scene in this amazing city.

Stats:
1. Total visits 30k
2. Page views 83k
3. Google impressions 354k*

Our most popular pages:
1. Cowdray Hall Lunchbreak Concert Series
2. Ensembles
3. Cathedral at Noon

Our most popular events by page views:
1. Best of Hans Zimmer - Candlelight
2. University of Aberdeen Carol Service - University of Aberdeen Chapel Choir
3. Stabat Mater - Eleanor Dunnet

We are also excited to have shared what's going on in our city with visitors from all over the world (67 countries!). We enjoy getting messages from people who are looking to perform here and need advice on where to look, or people who have moved here and want to know how best to get involved in the music scene.

Our website continues to develop, with plans to integrate ticket sales more deeply and to provide access to our members to add and edit their own events and profiles. Recently, we also secured storage space for orchestral sheet music which we hope will become a central resource that all local ensembles can use, helping you cut costs and save on wasteful printing. Once this is a bit more established, we'll be in touch with our local groups!

We would love to hear from you, too! What has Music Aberdeen's impact been for you or your group? Is there anything we can do better? Let us know!

*Corrected from 121k which was the figure for the last 3 months.

14/12/2024

There's something a bit different happening in Aberdeen tonight. 👀

Aberdeen City Orchestra will be performing 'A Winter Meditation' set to fantastic lightscapes pictured below. Featuring the popular music of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite, it also has some lesser well known works that evoke strong images of winter.

Tickets are available from the link below and include mulled (non-alcoholic) wine and warm mince pies. Under 18s, as always for ACO concerts, are free. So, if you're at school and youre learning an orchestra instrument, get yourself there tonight for an unforgettable evening!

We were VERY excited to try out our ambient lighting for tonight’s concert at our rehearsal last night! It’s shaping up to be a fabulous time for all, complete with stunning music, atmospheric lighting and festive refreshments at the interval! Tickets are still available on the door or online: https://www.aberdeencityorchestra.co.uk/concerts/winter-meditation

24/09/2024

Lots of excellent concerts this weekend in Aberdeen, including Aberdeen City Orchestra's performance of Brahms Symphony No. 3 - not to be missed!

More information here: https://musicaberdeen.com/events/2024/aberdeen-city-orchestra

Plus you can check what else is on here: https://musicaberdeen.com/events

Don't forget to use our filters so you can find the kinds of music you're interested in!

19/09/2024

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19/09/2024

On the 8th of October at 7.30pm we will be having a "Come Sing With Us" session where we learn a song together from scratch. This is a good opportunity for newcomers to singing to pick up the hobby and learn alongside the chorus. So please register your interested on this post, message us on Facebook, email us, or phone our number below, and come along to our open evening! We look forward to seeing you there.

19/09/2024

The Sound Festival 2024 is out! You can check out what's in store at https://musicaberdeen.com/festivals-series/soundfestival-2024

We’re thrilled to announce that the soundfestival 2024 programme is now live!✨

This year marks our 20th anniversary, and we’re celebrating with events running from Friday 19th - Sunday 27th October across the North East of Scotland.

Join us for a memorable journey, featuring beloved returning artists and composers, as well as introducing some new faces. We can’t wait to celebrate two decades of incredible new music with you!

Check out the full programme and links to tickets here: https://sound-scotland.co.uk

A huge thank you to all our funders and partners.

20/08/2024

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Choir rehearsals for our next session will commence on Tuesday 20th August 2024 in our new venue, The Sanctuary within Mannofield Church.