On Saturday 21 March we held the first of our workshops for this year. We’ve been wanting to hold a ‘Playing in small ensembles’ workshop for a while and we finally managed to run one. The attendees were allocated quartets, quintets and one trio. These   grouping were changed twice during the day so we got to play with   different people. We’d been given lots of music, of varying levels of   difficulty in advance so we could familiarise ourselves.  Richard dashed about from r

Richard Scholfield Richard Scholfield is an award-winning Scottish saxophonist praised for his "silken" sound (The Scotsman) and engaging stage presence. As a professional saxophonist he has toured Scotland, the UK and more widely in Europe, collaborating with various other musicians and ensembles. Richard is also a talented arranger so these tours often feature his own arrangements. He has performed with many of the country’s prestigious orchestras such as the Royal Scottish

Our Sax and Sing Xmas Carol event on 6th December made a lovely evening. We held this concert to raise money for the Archie Foundation- specifically for the Aberdeen Children’s Hospital Burns Unit. We were joined by young singers from MJR Vocal Tuition and their coach Matthew Rose who all treated us and the audience to beautiful solo singing and encouraged the audience in carol singing. Our guest conductor, Rachel Mackison managed the feat of conducting players, singers and a

Saturday 6th December Phoenix Centre Newton Dee Bieldside AB15 9DX Join the Aberdeenshire Saxophone Orchestra and youth vocalists from MJR Vocal Tuition for an evening of festive music in support of The Archie Foundation. The evening concert will feature a selection of pieces from the orchestra and performances by MJR’s talented young vocalists, followed by a sing-along of much-loved Christmas carols. Conducted by Rachel Mackison. There will be a bake sale, craft sale and raf