News
More Prizewinners announced!
We had so many quiz sheets from our Let It Snow! and Bongos and Brass concerts to look at, and you all did extremely well. We really enjoyed all the tiebreaker answers and as usual it was very hard to pick our prizewinners, but here they are!
Let It Snow! Glasgow: Millie Grover from Helensburgh and Isabell from Glasgow
Let It Snow! Edinburgh: Tamzin McQueenie and Ben Emmerson, both from Edinburgh
Bongos and Brass Glasgow: Peter Retson from East Kilbride and Kumi McKenna from Airdrie
Bongos and Brass Galashiels: Adam John Fawcus from Berwick-upon-Tweed and Aidan Reed from Biggar.
Well done everyone!
Tons of fun to come!
Venues have been announced for Bongos and Brass and Sticks and Strings - our new series of chamber concerts where you can get up-close and personal with Owen and Olly!
The Bongos and Brass Bus will be stopping off in Glasgow, Stirling and Galashiels while Dundee will be treated to the newest concert in the series, Sticks and Strings.
Prizewinners Announced...
Hundreds of you filled in our fun quiz sheet at the Magic and Monsters concerts, and we had the difficult job of choosing the winners. Five lucky young people tickled us with their tiebreaker answers and won the special Children's Classic Concerts prizes. They are:
Ishbel Dickson from Peebles, Sarah Johnston from East Kilbride, Kim Hunter from Edinburgh and Emma and Shaun Edmond from Glasgow. Well done to them all!
Magic and Monsters Photos Up!
We've uploaded some news and photos from our Magic and Monsters concert in Glasgow on 31st October. Click here to hear about the concerts and see if you can spot yourself in a photograph!
The Glasgow and Edinburgh concerts were hugely successful and thanks to everyone who came along - we were so impressed with all your fancy dress costumes!
Below on the left you can see one of our Glasgow Fancy Dress Prizewinners, Ailish Douglas, who we're sure you'll agree looked absolutely amazing! Well done Ailish. And on the right, there's Clare Matheson, who was our talented Mini-Maestro at the Glasgow concert, looking delighted to meet Owen, Olly and James Mackenzie. Lucky devil!
Nicola Benedetti
Superstar violinist and Classical Brit Award Winner Nicola Benedetti will be returning to the Children's Classic Concerts stage in December for Let It Snow! in Glasgow.Saturday 20th December 2009, 1pm and 3pm
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Owen and Olly will be dashing through the snow with the Orchestra of Scottish Opera to bring you a cracker of a Christmas concert. There'll be singing, dancing and jingling all the way with festive favourites including The Nutcracker, Home Alone and Frosty the Snowman.
For details on how to book tickets, please click here.
To find out more about Nicola Benedetti, click here.
The latest on Magic and Monsters...
Here's a sneak peek at what will be going on at the opening concert of our new season!Magic and Monsters will be full of spine-tingling musical treats with just a few tricks to add to the family fun. Top tunes include John Williams' brilliant film music for Harry Potter and Jaws but the highlight of the show will be James McKenzie, aka CBBC's Raven, narrating Misterstourworm with music by award-winning composer Savourna Stevenson and words by Stuart Patterson, top Scottish film and theatre writer. In this scary tale for Hallowe'en, James will tell of Coran, a young warrior from the land of Tiree, and his challenge to set his people free from a horrible sea monster.
Why not start your Hallowe'en celebrations by coming to Magic and Monsters in costume, and see what Children's Classic Concerts' presenters Owen and Olly, not to mention all the players of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra will be wearing!
To find out how to book tickets for Magic and Monsters, please click here.
See Raven Live!
CBBC's Raven, aka James Mackenzie, will be joining Owen and Olly on stage for our new Magic and Monsters concerts!
Saturday 31st October 2009, 3pm, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Sunday 1st November 2009, 3pm, Edinburgh Usher Hall
There will be no tricks, just treats at Owen and Olly's wicked Hallowe'en concerts! Come in costume to join in the fun and enjoy a spooktacular celebration featuring a special guest appearance by CBBC's Raven.
Mini Maestros
Congratulations to our first Mini Maestros at Sleigh Ride in December!
Here's Minty Scott Watson conducting the Classic Concerts Orchestra at the Queens Hall in Edinburgh...
Below on the left you can see Phoebe Crehan conducting at the 1pm show...
...and on the right, Molly Whitney meets Olly in Glasgow after she conducted the Orchestra of Scottish Opera for the Overture to William Tell.
Well done to our first Mini Maestros - and we look forward to welcoming Double O Club members to our stage at The Wow Factor!
Could you be a CCC Mini Maestro?
Win the chance to conduct the orchestra for our CCC signature finale piece, The Overture to William Tell!
Be our star guest conductor and join Owen and Olly onstage to show us how it's done!
Join our exciting new Double O Club to win this exclusive opportunity...more info
Talented Turnbull
Turnbull High School were a huge hit with us all at CCC and with the audience in the foyer at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Everyone was in the festive spirit and ready for Sleigh Ride!
Many thanks to Turnbull High and we look forward to seeing more great foyer entertainment from Lenzie Jazz Band at Crash Bang Wallop in March.
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