We’re excited to welcome Matthew Brook to Cumnock, as he will be performing as part of James MacMillan’s Since it was the day of Preparation alongside Dunedin Consort and Hebrides Ensemble.
Read MoreSir James MacMillan and The Cumnock Tryst glittered among a galaxy of stars at the Sky Arts Awards!
Read MoreWe are delighted to introduce the eight successful participants who will be joining us at our first International Summer-School for Composers.
Read MoreOur tenth birthday festival programme is here! Between 2 - 6 October 2024, we'll be welcoming world-renowned talent, with local and international musicians, to East Ayrshire.
Read MoreWe chatted with composer Gillian Walker, who has led our latest project East Ayrshire Young Composers, working with Higher and Advanced Higher Music pupils at St Joseph's Academy over the course of 10 weeks, teaching them how to compose their own music.
Read MoreThe Cumnock Tryst is proud to be marking its 10th Birthday Festival this year, and to be once again providing a feast of music making from 2nd to 6th October 2024. This festival has always been indebted to the kindness and spirit of its audiences, and this year the team at The Cumnock Tryst need your help to ensure that this vital meeting place for music lives on for another ten years.
Read MoreApplications are open worldwide to aspiring talented composers between the ages of 18 and 30 and successful composers will get the rare opportunity to work one-to-one with Tryst Founder and Artistic Director Sir James MacMillan and composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir.
Read MoreThe Cumnock Tryst returns for four days of extraordinary music making from 5 - 8 October 2023, with world premieres, international acclaimed artists, exciting emerging talents, and our biggest community project yet!
Read MoreEdinburgh University Chamber Choir, a longstanding point of pride for the institution, are bringing their divine sound to Cumnock, performing as part of The Cumnock Tryst on Saturday 11th March 2023
Read MoreRyan Corbett will soon be bringing an array of his musical stylings to The Cumnock Tryst on Saturday 18th February 2023.
Read MoreOur Compose the Environment project saw us work with pupils from Lochnorris Primary School for the first time, culminating in a wonderful performance featuring music written by the pupils themselves.
Read MoreCompose The Environment is an exciting and ground-breaking musical project that aims to explore the process of regeneration of the landscape left scarred by the collapse of the open cast coaling industry in East Ayrshire.
Read MoreFrom Thursday 29 September to Sunday 2 October 2022, we welcomed audiences to the heart of East Ayrshire for a celebration of music and community.
Read MoreA truly exceptional celebration of the life of Scott Riddex and his beloved friends and community.
Read MoreA special project as part of the Coalfields Community Landscape Partnership, A Musical Celebration of the Coalfields sees community groups from Cumnock and Doon Valley create music reflecting reflecting their own response to their landscape, social history, community, people, and place.
Read MoreThere has been a change to the start time of Blue Sky Counterpoint at this year’s Cumnock Tryst.
Read MoreThe Cumnock Tryst is delighted to announce a concert with British Sign Language interpretation.
Read MoreOn Friday 22nd April 2022, young musicians from across the south of Scotland joined percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie and composer Sir James MacMillan to create new music together from scratch, which they performed in a public event that evening in Dumfries House. A very special experience for all of those involve, have a look at the inside the workshop. Sponsored by Trinity College London.
Scottish Young Musicians Solo Performer of the Year is a new Scotland-wide music competition launched by The Music Education Partnership Group, Scotland's only music competition where funding and expertise is offered to every school and Local Authority, giving all pupils in the country the chance to take part.
After much anticipation, the full list of prizes for the competition can now be announced. The Cumnock Tryst is delighted to be giving the opportunity for the competition winner to take one of the recital slots at the festival to be held in Dumfries House on Sunday 8th October 2023.
Sir James Macmillan said: "We are excited to offer the chance to perform at The Cumnock Tryst to the winner of Scottish Young Musicians Solo Performer of the Year. This new competition will be of immense help and encouragement for the aspirations of thousands of young musicians, and we are delighted to support the ambitions of young soloists from around the country."
The final, which will take place on Sunday 29 May 2023 at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, will be presented by Jamie MacDougall and feature a special welcome by international classical violinist Nicola Benedetti.
You can find out more at their website: https://www.scottishyoungmusicians.com/
James MacMillan launched Cumnock as a Centre of Excellence in the learning and teaching of composition back in 2021 and his work with the Tryst in promoting creativity in the classroom continues around the globe. Earlier this year he was invited by Music Masters to work with a group of young musicians from Ashmole Primary School in London, to help them develop their own piece of music on the spot. Watch below to see how pulse, drones, dancing violins and the tiniest musical fragments can come together to create something very special.
Founder and Artistic Director: Sir James MacMillan CBE | Patron: Nicola Benedetti CBE
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