Robert Burns News

The concert featured songs from Sirota’s newest musical, A Good Day as well as songs from Sirota’s Off-Broadway hit Frankenstein, Your Name On My Lips and Go, My Child.

The concert will feature songs from Eric Sirota's newest musical, A Good Day. The program will also include songs from Sirota's Off-Broadway hit Frankenstein, Your Name On My Lips and Go, My Child. This event is produced by John Lant and Tamra Pica in association with Write Act Repertory.

The concert will feature songs from Sirota's newest musical, A Good Day.  The program will also include songs from Sirota's Off-Broadway hit Frankenstein, Your Name On My Lips and Go, My Child.

The concert will feature songs from Sirota's newest musical, A Good Day. The program will also include songs from Sirota's Off-Broadway hit Frankenstein, Your Name On My Lips and Go, My Child.

Artistic Director of Collingwood Summer Music Festival Daniel Vnukowski will host Summer Solstice Series this month. The four-part presentation will include Celebrating Robert Burns with R.H. Thomson and Mr. Vnukowski (June 16, 7 p.m. EDT) and more.

One of Scotland's greatest living female voices Eddi Reader will be celebrating  her 40th year on stage with a ‘40 Years Live’ concert, which tours to the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill on Tuesday 5 October 2021. Support comes from prestigious Scottish folk artist Findlay Napier.

On Saturday January 30th, Heresy Records' recording artist, Caitríona O'Leary, will perform the 35th installment of Unaccompanied her weekly series of micro-concerts live-streamed on Facebook every Saturday at 2:30 PM Dublin time (GMT+1:00). 

The famous statues that have welcomed audiences to the Citizens Theatre for decades have been restored by Scottish sculptor David J Mitchell and were dramatically returned to site as work redeveloping the iconic building in the Gorbals continues.

Sir James MacMillan today launches a major initiative aimed at putting Scotland centre stage in the world of composition. As a composer with global acclaim, Cumnock will become a centre of excellence in the learning and teaching of composition, not limited to Scotland but for teachers and composers across the world.

Celebrated singer-songwriters Lucy Kaplansky, Richard Shindell, and Dar Williams, who together make up the acclaimed folk-pop collaboration Cry Cry Cry, have announced the digital release of Live @ the Freight, available now (here), recorded at the last show of their sold-out, 20-year reunion tour in 2018. The band's first full-length release in decades includes selections from their eponymous debut, favorites by each of the individual songsmiths, and some choice new-to-the-band tunes. The group made its mark uncovering hidden gems, bringing attention to fellow songwriters, and continued that process with these new arrangements of songs composed since 2000.

Returning for the fifth season, Repertory Dance Theatre presents an evening of choreography by the RDT dancers and Artistic Staff that audiences can enjoy from their homes. EMERGE, an on-demand, virtual performance beginning January 16, features all-new work. 

What better way to celebrate the close of 2020 than with the most popular song of New Year's Eve? 'Auld Lang Syne' has long been considered the official tune of the holiday, but do you know why? Let's break it down...

Scotland's largest contemporary Burns celebration joins forces with Scotland's much loved comic hero of 2020, Janey Godley as Big Burns Supper goes digital for 2021.

Acclaimed singer-songwriters Lucy Kaplansky, Richard Shindell, and Dar Williams, who together make up the celebrated folk-pop collaboration Cry Cry Cry, are thrilled to announce the digital release of Live @ the Freight.

Scottish National Jazz Orchestra will present a special livestreamed concert in honor of its 25th anniversary, titled SNJO 25 Jazz: Past, Present, Future.

The British Museum and the Marsh Christian Trust have announced the winners of 2019 volunteer awards celebrating the work and achievements of museum volunteers across the UK.

In celebration of the 6th annual World Ballet Day, Peninsula Ballet Theatre today announced the launch of The Chrysalis Project and the premiere of six new ballets featuring principal dancers Léna Alvino, Aline Carili and Robert Burns Lowman.

Marking the moment when this year's Cumnock Tryst would have begun (1 October) Sir James MacMillan looked forward to 2021 and shared a glimpse of what we can expect next year revealing that music fans would be rewarded for their wait with not just one, but two festivals in 2021.

In the second of The Cumnock Tryst's series of online workshops, a part of the A Musical Celebration of the Coalfields community opera project, much-loved Scottish author Alexander McCall Smith will be on hand to share his literary expertise with 50 lucky individuals on 7 October from 7.30pm.

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