Red Note

13 Vices - National Concert Hall, Dublin
2015-04-11 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Inspired in part by Mihail Chemiakin’s ‘Children are the victims of adult vices’ (a series of grotesque sculptures located in a park in Bolotnaya Square, Balchug, 800 metres south of the Moscow Kremlin) this unique work is the result of a collaboration between two of Ireland’s most dynamic compositional voices – Brian Irvine and Jennifer Walshe. 13 Vices melts down the boundaries between disciplines and dominates the space that lies somewhere between theatre, contemporary classical, free improvisation, opera, conduction, poetry, thrash and trash!

Red Note Ensemble Performers:
Violin Jackie Shave
Viola Max Baillie
Cello Robert Irvine

Prices TBC
Box Office: +353 (0)1 417 0000

13 Vices - King's Place, London
2015-04-12 16:00 - 19:00 | King’s Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG, United Kingdom
Inspired in part by Mihail Chemiakin’s ‘Children are the victims of adult vices’ (a series of grotesque sculptures located in a park in Bolotnaya Square, Balchug, 800 metres south of the Moscow Kremlin) this unique work is the result of a collaboration between two of Ireland’s most dynamic compositional voices – Brian Irvine and Jennifer Walshe. 13 Vices melts down the boundaries between disciplines and dominates the space that lies somewhere between theatre, contemporary classical, free improvisation, opera, conduction, poetry, thrash and trash!

Red Note Ensemble Performers:
Violin Jackie Shave
Viola Max Baillie
Cello Robert Irvine

Tickets £9.50
Box Office: 020 7520 1490

Plug Festival Opening Concert: Simply Red Note
2015-05-05 19:30 - 22:00 | Ledger Recital Room, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, G2 3DB, United Kingdom
Plug is back! The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s festival of new music is a celebration of potential. As Associate Contemporary Ensemble, we work alongside student composers and guest artists and soloists. Plug starts with intent, and we get our hands on the first new scores at Scotland’s festival. #Plug2015

Programme:
Nicholas Olsen New Work
Thomas Brown New Work
Donagh Marne New Work
Jay Richards New Work
Robert Allan New Work

Red Note Ensemble Performers:
Flute Ruth Morley
Clarinet Yann Ghiro
Percussion Tom Hunter
Violin Nicolas Miribel
Cello Robert Irvine
Piano Simon Smith

Tickets £9.50 / £7.50

Plug Festival Closing Concert with MusicLab
2015-05-08 19:30 - 22:00 | Stevenson Hall, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, G2 3DB, United Kingdom
The programme features a large-scale composition from doctoral student Colin Broom, as well as last year’s winner of the prestigious Craig Armstrong Prize, Jay Capperauld. #Plug2015

Programme:
Colin Broom 7 Pictures of an Electronic Life
Jay Capperauld New Work
Jamie Wilson New Work

Red Note Ensemble Performers:
Flute Ruth Morley
Sax Gareth Brady
Percussion Tom Hunter
Piano Simon Smith
Cello Robert Irvine

Tickets £9.50 / £7.50

Leverhulme Fellows Concert - RCS, Glasgow
2015-05-13 18:00 - 20:00 | Ledger Recital Room, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, G2 3DB, United Kingdom
Two pieces from Kagel’s Windrose series and two new student compositions using the same salon orchestra set the scene for this concert to head in almost any direction!

Red Note Ensemble Performers:
Flute Ruth Morley
Violin Nicolas Miribel
Viola Jessica Beeston
Cello Robert Irvine
Bass Rick Standley
Percussion Tom Hunter
Piano Simon Smith
Harmonium Julia Lynch

Tickets £8.50

Watching Over You with Karen Cargill - Glasgow
2015-05-19 19:30 - 22:30 | St Andrews in the Square, 1 Saint Andrews Square, Glasgow, G1 5pp, United Kingdom
The premiere of a new song cycle by Scottish composer Rory Boyle, setting a specially-written set of poems by Dilys Rose, for Scottish Mezzo Soprano Karen Cargill and the Red Note Ensemble. The seven songs tell, in honest first-person detail, of the joys and trials of early motherhood. The programme also includes Janacek’s deep and personal string quartet, Intimate Letters.
Red Note Ensemble conducted by Jean-Claude Picard

Tickets £15 / £10
Box Office: 0141 559 5902

Classical:Next
2015-05-20 - 2015-05-23 | De Doelen International Congress Centre, Schouwburgplein 50, Rotterdam, 3012 CL, Netherlands
Classical:NEXT unites the global classical community, creating a worldwide movement to explore potential paths forward into the future. Red Note Ensemble CEO and Artistic Co-Director, John Harris, has been selected to present a video showcase highlighting some of the ensemble’s live performances from 2014.
www.classicalnext.com
For information only, not a public performance.

Watching Over You with Karen Cargill - Edinburgh
2015-05-20 19:30 - 22:30 | The Queen’s Hall, 85-89 Clerk Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH8 9JG, United Kingdom
The premiere of a new song cycle by Scottish composer Rory Boyle, setting a specially-written set of poems by Dilys Rose, for Scottish Mezzo Soprano Karen Cargill and the Red Note Ensemble. The seven songs tell, in honest first-person detail, of the joys and trials of early motherhood. The programme also includes Janacek’s deep and personal string quartet, Intimate Letters.
Red Note Ensemble conducted by Jean-Claude Picard
Tickets £15 (£10 concession)
Box Office www.thequeenshall.net/about/the-box-office or call 0131 668 2019

Sounding Brass - Bath International Music Festival
2015-05-24 | Cleveland Pools, Hampton Row, Bath, Somerset, BA2 6QS, United Kingdom
An open air concert in the atmospheric setting of Cleveland Pools, the only remaining Georgian Lido in the UK, set by the River Avon close to the centre of the world heritage city of Bath.
Red Note Ensemble Performers to include:
Trumpet Mark O’Keeffe
Percussion Tom Hunter

Afternoon concert – Time TBC
Tickets £10
Bath Festival Box Office www.bathboxoffice.org.uk or call 01225 463362

Lâchez Tout! (Enough Already) – Rotterdam, Netherlands
2015-05-30 20:15 - 21:40 | Operadagen Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
François Sarhan, composer in residence at the National Theatre in Orleans between 2009 and 2012 is simultaneously a cellist, composer, author, encyclopaedist, and a creator of stop motion animation and film. Lachez Tout is a concert and silent film with live music, actors and two foley (film sound-effect) artists, with François Sarhan himself performing on stage. Circassian actor Claudio Stellato plays Bobok, the central character of the film, and the Foley Artists create the sounds of the doors slamming, the footsteps and the passing trucks. Lachez Tout is a total experience halfway between a detective story and a philosophical tragicomedy.
This production was originally premiered at the Tramway in Glasgow, and subsequently performed at Summerhall in Edinburgh and at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2013.
“Enough Already plays serious games with what we know, or think we know, exists” (**** Herald)
Red Note Ensemble Performers:
Violin Jackie Shave
Saxophone Gareth Brady
Guitar Malcolm MacFarlane
Percussion Tom Hunter
Synthesizer Simon Smith
Foley Artists Julien Baissat, Celine Bernard
Tickets €22 / €16

Red Note Ensemble Improv Music Theatre
2015-06-12 20:30 - 22:00 | Cottier’s Theatre, 93-95 Hyndland St, Glasgow, G11 5PU
Composer, pianist and Belfast Music Laureate Brian Irvine joins the players of Red Note and our cast of actors for a night of improvised contemporary music theatre. Past years have seen trips to Mars, the French revolution, the banking crash and an unlikely romance in Paisley…who knows what 2015 will hold?!
Artists:
Brian Irvine Piano/director
Greg Lawson Violin
Robert Irvine Cello
Andy Saunders Horn
Ticket Price: £6.00 – £10.00 Box office call 0333 666 3366 or book online at
www.cottierchamberproject.com

Bach to Bartok - Lismore Hall, Isle of Lismore
2015-06-22 19:30 - 21:30 | Lismore Hall, Isle of Lismore, United Kingdom
Red Note String Quartet perform an exciting programme of 20th Century masterworks interspersed with quartet transcriptions of Bach’s iconic ‘Goldberg Variations’. The Bach fragments frame the sumptuous delicacy of Webern’s 5 Movements, Lutoslawski’s seminal Quartet and the virtuosic passion of one of the greatest works ever written for quartet; Bartok’s amazing second quartet.
Programme:
Bach ‘Goldberg Variations fragments’ arrangement for string quartet
Webern 5 Movements for String Quartet
Bach ‘Goldberg Variations fragments’ arrangement for string quartet
Lutoslawski String Quartet
Bach ‘Goldberg Variations fragments’ arrangement for string quartet
Bartok String Quartet No 2.
Red Note Ensemble Performers:
Jackie Shave violin
Tom Hankey violin
Rachel Roberts viola
Robert Irvine cello

Lismore Hall, Isle of Lismore – 22 June 7.30pm (£10/£5)
An Cridhe, Isle of Coll – 23 June 8.00pm (£10/£5)
Cottiers Theatre, Glasgow – 24 June 8.30pm (£12/£7)
Woodend Barn, Banchory – 25 June 8.00pm (£10/£5)
Club Inégales, London – 26 June 8.00pm (£12/£7)

Bach to Bartok - An Cridhe, Isle of Coll
2015-06-23 20:00 - 22:00 | An Cridhe, Isle of Coll, PA78 6SY, United Kingdom

Bach to Bartok - Cottiers Theatre, Glasgow
2015-06-24 20:30 - 22:30 | Cottier’s Theatre, 93-95 Hyndland St, Glasgow, G11 5PU

Bach to Bartok - Woodend Barn, Banchory
2015-06-25 20:00 - 22:00 | Woodend Barn, Burn O’ Bennie, Banchory, AB31 5QA, United Kingdom

Bach to Bartok - Club Inégales, London
2015-06-26 20:00 - 22:00 | Club Inegales, 180 North Gower Street, London, NW1 2NB, United Kingdom

Sounding Brass - BRASS Festival, Durham
2015-07-17 18:00 - 19:30 | Durham Town Hall, Market Place, Durham City, Durham, DH1 3NJ, United Kingdom
BRASS runs from Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 July 2015 across Durham county and Durham’s stunning city centre, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
For the first time Classical Music will be celebrated in a strand of concerts all over four packed days. Great musicians from around the UK and the world will come together to celebrate everything Brass – from traditional brass music and swing bands to brass street music from Romania to Portugal and the best in contemporary brass sounds.
Taking place in the historic surroundings of Durham Town Hall, Red Note’s Sounding Brass is an evening of established classics and new compositions spanning 500 years including works by Gabrieli, Dowland, Britten, Harvey and Birtwistle.

A celebration of our first two CDs with Delphian Records - Moments in Time and Entangled Fortunes
2015-08-14 14:00 - 15:00
Moments in Time and Entangled Fortunes have been extremely well reviewed in the national press and are enjoying significant success. We are thrilled that these Scottish composers are receiving such well-deserved attention and to celebrate, Red Note are hosting an informal event in the surroundings of the beautiful, Phoebe Anna Traquair-decorated Song School of St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh on Friday 14th August from 2pm – 3pm.
Red Note Ensemble will perform works from both CDs, and both John McLeod and Eddie McGuire will be present. Drinks will be served and we will have copies of the CDs available for purchase at the special price of £10 per copy.
Please note that admission is FREE but by invitation only: please RSVP by email to Katja Armknecht, Administrator, Red Note Ensemble Ltd (katja@rednoteensemble.com) by Tuesday 11th August if you wish to attend.
We look forward very much to seeing you there to celebrate with us!

Red Note Autumn 2015 Brochure
2015-09-15 - 2015-11-30
Click HERE to view or download Red Note’s Autumn 2015 Brochure.

Artlink Edinburgh & Lothians
2015-09-16 08:00 - 2015-11-04 17:00
Robert and Ruth will work with individual service users to explore sound and music together in a series of creative sessions. Over the course of the sessions, we hope that all involved will gradually learn how to read and respond to each other, using music as a medium.
For more information on Artlink Edinburgh & Lothians please visit http://www.artlinkedinburgh.co.uk
To discuss this and our other Access, Engagement and Participation projects, please contact out Director of AEP, Louise Martin on louise@rednoteensemble.com

Noisy Nights Junior
2015-09-30 18:30 - 20:00 | Kings Park Secondry School, Glasgow
Over a series of four sessions, each pupil will create their own new piece of music with support and guidance from the whole team, culminating in an informal performance, by Red Note Ensemble musicians and the Kings Park music team, of new music from these emerging composers.
For information only, not a public performance.

Go Compose at sound festival
2015-10-13 18:00 - 19:30 | Woodend Barn, Burn O’ Bennie, Banchory, AB31 5QA, United Kingdom
Over the 3 days, students create an original piece of music, working with professional composers Oliver Searle and Usui Shiori and the musicians from Red Note Ensemble, culminating in a live performance of their new works.
Red Note Ensemble Performers:
Flute Ruth Morley
Trumpet Mark O’Keefe
Cello Robert Irvine
Aberdeen Box Office: 01224 641122 / www.boxofficeaberdeen.com
For more information www.sound-scotland.co.uk

Noisy Nights Aberdeen - Call for Scores
2015-10-16 | The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen, AB24 5AT
A general call for scores is made, maximum length 5 minutes. Maximum instrumentation Fl / Afl / Picc (Ruth Morley), Vc (Robert Irvine), Vibraphone (Tom Hunter) + tape. Full score and parts in pdf format to be submitted to John Harris (john@rednoteensemble.com) by close of business on Friday 16th October. Late submissions will not be accepted.

2015 sound Festival: Griffyn Ensemble and Red Note Ensemble
2015-10-22 19:30 - 21:00 | King’s College Chapel, Umiverstity of Aberdeen, 52 College Bounds , Aberdeen, aberdeenshire, AB24, United Kingdom
This concert, which marks the start of a new relationship between Australia’s The Griffyn Ensemble and Scotland’s Red Note Ensemble, brings Estonian composer, Urmas Sisask’s Southern Sky from Australia to Aberdeen, to be partnered with a new work by Norwegian-based composer James Clapperton co-commissioned by sound and Red Note Ensemble with the support of The Leche Trust. Concert presented in association with University of Aberdeen

Urmas Sisask Southern Sky (UKP)
James Clapperton Northern Sky (WP)*

Further information: www.sound-scotland.co.uk

2015 sound Festival: Red Note Ensemble: Noisy Nights!
2015-10-23 22:00 - 23:55 | The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen, AB24 5AT
They’re a place to meet music-lovers, curious minds, musicians, composers and artists in an informal space and hear some of the best examples of brand new music while having a beer. They’re fun, free and your chance to listen to (and compose for!) the musicians of Red Note. Event presented in association with New Music Scotland.
Further information: www.sound-scotland.co.uk

2015 sound Festival: 13 Vices
2015-11-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Woodend Barn, Burn O’ Bennie, Banchory, AB31 5QA, United Kingdom
13 Vices explores the weird, humorous, dark and exotic world of contemporary vices – the bad habits, the guilty pleasures, beloved deadly sins, the inane and profound proclivities we all share. Think Pierrot Lunaire meets ape-shit jazz – think re-imagined scenes from your favourite trash TV programme or the gentle hypnotic dialogue of beauty product ads as sung by Edith Piaf – think wild sonic explosions of Ornette Coleman mashed up with the frustrated sentimental lyricism of John McCormick as heard from a dodgy, stuttering CD player.
Food is served from 7pm, followed by the performance.
Part of Curious – a curated season contemporary music, dance and physical theatre. Presented In association with Woodend Barn, NEAT and Buchanan Food
13 Vices is supported through Beyond Borders from the PRS for Music Foundation, Creative Scotland, Arts Council of Ireland, Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the Arts Council of Wales.
Further information: www.sound-scotland.co.uk

Noisy Nights Edinburgh - Call for Scores
2015-11-16 | Summerhall, Summerhall Pl., Edinburgh, EH9 1QH, United Kingdom
A general call for scores is made, maximum length 5 minutes. Maximum instrumentation Accordion (James Crabb), Vc (Robert Irvine), Tpt (Mark O Keefe) (no tape). Full score and parts in pdf format to be submitted to John Harris (john@rednoteensemble.com) by close of business on Monday 16th November. Late submissions will not be accepted.
A composer’s handbook (written by James Crabb) on writing for the accordion is attached HERE: HANDBOOK FOR CL.ACC-English

Noisy Nights
2015-11-30 20:00 - 22:30 | Summerhall, Summerhall Pl., Edinburgh, EH9 1QH, United Kingdom
They’re a place to meet music-lovers, curious minds, musicians, composers and artists in an informal space and hear some of the best examples of brand new music while having a beer. They’re fun, free and your chance to listen to the musicians of Red Note.
Scottish accordionist James Crabb joins the ensemble for an evening of virtuosity and versatile musicianship in the Anatomy Lecture Theatre in Summerhall. Our 10 Minute Composer’s Challenge, gives you the chance to write your own piece to be played by the ensemble after the interval.
If you’re a composer, visit http://www.rednoteensemble.com/events/category/calls-for-scores/ to find out the instrumental line-up and how to submit your scores.
Register for your free tickets here – https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/red-note-noisy-nights-tickets-18933452466?

Noisy Night Call for Scores Summerhall
2016-01-25
Submit your score to be performed at Summerhall, Edinburgh on 1st February 2016, as part of Red Note’s ‘Noisy Nights’ series.
A general call for scores is made, maximum length 5 minutes. Maximum instrumentation Violin, Flute (can double piccolo and alto flute as required) and Trombone. Full score and parts in pdf format to be submitted to John Harris (john@rednoteensemble.com) by close of business on Monday 25th January!

Noisy Nights, Summerhall Edinburgh
2016-02-01 20:00 - 22:00 | Summerhall, 1 Summerhall Place, Edinburgh, EH9 1QH
They’re a place to meet music-lovers, curious minds, musicians, composers and artists in an informal space and hear some of the best examples of brand new music while having a beer. They’re fun, free and your chance to listen to the musicians of Red Note. Tonight’s ensemble features Red Note’s Jackie Shave (Violin) and Ruth Morley (Flute) together with John Kenny (Trombone) in the Anatomy Lecture Theatre in Summerhall. Our 10 Minute Composer’s Challenge, gives you the chance to write your own piece to be played by the ensemble after the interval.
If you’re a composer, visit http://www.rednoteensemble.com/events/category/calls-for-scores/ to find out the instrumental line-up and how to submit your scores.”
