The Music of
Land Reclamation
By young composers from Robert Burns Academy
A celebration of music, photography and creativity
Thursday 3rd October 2024 2.30pm
Barony Hall, Barony Campus, Auchinleck Road, KA18 1RS
This concert is the culmination of a composition project for Higher and Advanced Higher Music students at the Robert Burns Academy, led by Sir James MacMillan and Gillian Walker. The students will submit these short works as part of their portfolio submissions to the Scottish Qualifications Authority. The Cumnock Tryst has a commitment to help music teachers in Scotland deliver this part of the curriculum. Based on photographs of the local area taken by celebrated photographer and musician Simon Butterworth, the young composers have responded to this extra-musical stimulus which has helped them think creatively. The photographs became the starting point of their own compositions. Simon’s series is called Abstract Excavationism: The Art of Industrial Land Reclamation.
Led by Gillian Walker and James MacMillan with the Higher and Advanced Higher Music students at the Robert Burns Academy
Event information
2.30pm on Thursday 3rd October 2024
Approximate running time 1 hour, no interval
Tickets: FREE
Barony Hall
Barony Campus, Auchinleck Road, KA18 1RS
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