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The University of St Andrews Music Society The largest provider of student music groups in St Andrews. Music Society, or MusSoc, consists of six groups and almost 200 members.

With five auditioned ensembles (Big Band, Chamber Choir, St Andrews Strings, Symphony Orchestra and Ukelear Fusion) and one unauditioned ensemble (Wind Band), we welcome students of varying abilities and backgrounds into our musical community. Groups rehearse weekly, working towards an end of semester concert with tickets open to the public. Each is rehearsed/conducted by students, with the except

ion of our Symphony Orchestra who employs professional conductor Iain McLarty. Group socials usually take the form of a trip to the pub following rehearsals but may also include pub quizzes, pizza nights and pot-lucks. In addition to these, there are several Society-wide socials throughout the year, including BBQs, black-tie dinners and ‘flat crawls’. At the start of each academic year, MusSoc organises a large ‘Music Fayre’ with up to 30 different musical groups from across St Andrews attending. Coming along to this is a great way to find out about all of the musical opportunities the town has to offer and sign-up to auditions. Look out for our lunchtime concert series during term, which raises money for Music in Hospitals. Concerts take place on a Friday from 1:10 - 1:50pm in the Laidlaw Music Centre and are entirely free to attend. For more information about Music Fayre, membership, auditions and more, please visit our website.

14/02/2025

All of our concerts are totally free, but we do take donations for Music in Hospitals and Care. if you like what you saw today, please consider donating!

https://gofund.me/dae65fd6

13/02/2025

Now announcing all our concerts for semester 2!

~Ukelear Fusion: 7.30pm on Friday 4th April 2025 in the McPherson Recital Room

~St Andrews Symphony Orchestra: 7.30pm on Saturday 19th April 2025 in Holy Trinity Church

~A Night with the Bands: 7.30pm on Tuesday 22nd April 2025 in Holy Trinity Church

~St Andrews Strings and Chamber Choir: 7.30pm on Thursday 24th April 2025 in the McPherson Recital Room

Tickets are available to purchase now (giving you lots of time to get excited for these performances and put them in your calendar) over on the Music Society union website and in our linktree! We hope to see you all there 🎶

06/02/2025

There is still space to perform in the informal, student-run piano marathon! Raising money for Sistema Scotland 'Big Noise' project, the piano marathon will run alongside a sheet music drive and will be incorporated into the The University of St Andrews Music Society Friday Lunchtime concert. Sign-up information can be found in our Linktree - linktr.ee/laidlawmusiccentre

⏰ Friday 7 February, 09:00 - 16:30
📍Laidlaw Music Centre, McPherson Recital Room
🎟️ FREE

31/01/2025

21/01/2025

All the photos, taken by Hermione () from our 2024 ceilidh! Thank you all for coming and we hope to see you all soon in our ensembles and at the 2025 music ball!

23/12/2024

Reminder to get your merch before the deadline tomorrow!

18/12/2024

Music society merch for next year is now available 🧦! To get yours, please fill out the form https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=yyZW-KgN00mqWGTvZ47wGthow52jWIpGkbUtp-Or5RxUNFE5NlcyMVVRNFZFQVFLNUlYMklaNlFTRi4u before the 24th December.

29/11/2024

Days and Nights (London Brass Ensemble Series)
-arr. Christopher Mowat

Duo Concertante
Daniel Schnyder

Devil’s Walz
Steven Verhelst

09/11/2024

The biggest music society social event of the semester is back! Join us at our annual Ceilidh on November 16th 7-10pm in the Holy Trinity Church Hall for a night of dancing and music you won’t forget 💃🕺. And if that’s not enough, we will also be holding our traditional Symphony of Lash flat crawl following this event (which you don’t need tickets for).

Tickets for the ceilidh are £18, including complementary alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks 🥂 and this is a set price regardless of whether you have membership or not so invite all your friends along with you!

The tickets are out now and selling quickly at
www.yourunion.net/events/6642/2634/ See you all there! 🎶

18/10/2024

Week 5 Lunchtime Concert: St Andrews Student Bassoonion

Following up on their groundbreaking, critically-acclaimed (insert citation here), "Jarring and Unexpected" concert, the University of St Andrews' Student Bassoonion is back with a new logistical nightmare. Featuring even more bassoons than ever before, they’re proud to present an unmissable programme spanning some of the most pivotal pieces in musical history, such as the “Wallace & Gromit” theme, to the more modern “Sonata Pian e Forte” by Giovanni Gabrielli.

Program:

· Wallace and Gromit – Nott (arr Portus) (2’)

· Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Dukas (arr Portus) (6’)

· Billie Jean – Jackson (arr Hill) (4’)

· Sonata Pian e Forte – Gabrielli (transposed Waterhouse) (6’)

17/10/2024

Now announcing our brand-new youtube channel 🎶⏯ https://m.youtube.com/-StA

This channel is going to be used to livestream our ltcs and main group concerts in the future and already contains many videos of concerts from the last year - perfect viewing for a study break! Click on the link here or on our linktree to start streaming 🥳

Address

Queen's Terrace
St Andrews
KY169QF

Website

https://linktr.ee/standrewsmusicsociety

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Videos

Lunchtime Concert Week 3 - All you reed is love!

All of our concerts are totally free, but we do take donations for Music in Hospitals and Care. if you like what you saw today, please consider donating! https://gofund.me/dae65fd6

Live January 31

Lunchtime Concert Week 11: Joe and Paul Solo Recital

Days and Nights (London Brass Ensemble Series) -arr. Christopher Mowat Duo Concertante Daniel Schnyder Devil’s Walz Steven Verhelst

Week 5 Lunchtime Concert: St Andrews Student Bassoonion

Week 5 Lunchtime Concert: St Andrews Student Bassoonion Following up on their groundbreaking, critically-acclaimed (insert citation here), "Jarring and Unexpected" concert, the University of St Andrews' Student Bassoonion is back with a new logistical nightmare. Featuring even more bassoons than ever before, they’re proud to present an unmissable programme spanning some of the most pivotal pieces in musical history, such as the “Wallace & Gromit” theme, to the more modern “Sonata Pian e Forte” by Giovanni Gabrielli. Program: · Wallace and Gromit – Nott (arr Portus) (2’) · Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Dukas (arr Portus) (6’) · Billie Jean – Jackson (arr Hill) (4’) · Sonata Pian e Forte – Gabrielli (transposed Waterhouse) (6’)

Lunchtime Concert Week 3: Violin and Harp showcase.

Lunchtime Concert Week 3: Violin and Harp showcase. Program Emily Maxwell Nocturne, op.43 (Alphonse Hasselman) On the Water (Monika Stadler) My Favourite Things (Richard Rodgers, arr. Skaila Kanga) Daria Kesselmann (Lucy Juraveck acc.) Scène de ballet, Op.100 (Charles-Auguste de Bériot)

Music Society Lunchtime Concert Week 2: Jazzworks

Music Society Lunchtime Concert Week 2: Jazzworks Lunchtime Concert Week 2 - Jazzworks The JazzWorks house band returns for another lunchtime concert playing Spain, Sing a song of song, Days of wine and roses and Scrapple from the apple. Please consider donating to the wonderful charity Music in Hospitals and Care through our GoFundMe link here: https://gofund.me/26574a9f.