NEWS

In the Footsteps of The Beatles

64 years and 7 days after an early iteration of the Beatles appearing there, we played St. Thomas’ Hall in Keith. We received a much...

Sax in the Shire Concerts

We are delighted to announce our forthcoming dates and venues for our Sax in the Shire Concerts. We shall be preforming in a whistle stop...

January Rehearsals - A Tall Order!

After our successful Sax & Song concert with Inverurie Choral Society we have started the New Year with several new members. Here are the...

Early Bird Discount - Xmas Concert

Last chance! Hurry to get your Early-Bird tickets at £7. Special online offer until Saturday 18th November! Book NOW at Ticket Source for...

Aberdeen Sinfonietta’s Christmas Concert

Tickets are now available for Aberdeen Sinfonietta's Christmas Concert. They can be purchased from www.aberdeenperfomingarts.com (search...

Tickets for Inverurie Concert Band Christmas Performance

Tickets are now on sale for the Inverurie Concert Band Christmas Performance at www.inverurieconcertband.co.uk or from their Facebook...

Christmas Concert With The Inverurie Choral Society

We are honoured to be the guests of Inverurie Choral Society at their Xmas concert December 9th at 6:30 pm in the Acorn Centre Inverurie...

SAXcess Story

The perfect example of how the orchestra works for youngsters aiming for a career in music. Our Ben Armstrong joined Aberdeenshire Sax...

A Small Idea.....A Great Collaboration.

It was hilarious watching the photographer’s face as an apparently infinite number of saxophonists with saxes of every possible size...

June Concerts

We have two concerts coming up in June. They are both on the weekend of the 3rd and 4th June. Our counterparts Phoenix Sax Orchestra...

Saxophone Workshop - 15th April 2023

Saturday 15th April 2023, eight members of ASO attended another of our series of saxophone technique workshops. Mike Brogan was leading...

Summer of 2022

In a break with tradition, we decided not to stop over the summer but to carry on with rehearsals. In spite of people’s summer holidays...

June Rehearsal

19th June - A day of innovations ASO’s new team organisational structure was put to the test. Our Dots Wrangler was suddenly unable to...

May Rehearsal

And yet another MD! ASO are so lucky that we’ve been able to find excellent replacements for our recently retired MD Richard Ingham. We...

Sounding the Final Notes - The Presentation Cowbell

Richard remains as our friend, patron and visiting tutor.

Performance at the Acorn Centre, Inverurie

The successful première of Ben Lunn’s Rhymes and Recollections, composed in collaboration with us and Ugie Voices also signalled the...

New Music for an Old Poet

So here we are, Saxophone Orchestra and Choir woven into one! Our new music, composed by Ben Lunn, is written in celebration of William...

Self Help Sunday

Sometimes we arrange an extra "self help" rehearsal, particularly in the run up to a recording session. These tend to be smaller,...

January Rehearsal

We had a wonderful turnout today from both Ugie Voices Choir and the Sax Orchestra. There were a couple of Covid absences but we’ve been...

Merry Saxmas

Carol singers outside in the snow? No - It’s Ugie Voices rehearsing with us on December 5th with the doors and windows open! Thanks to...