NEWS

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

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...

Richard remains as our friend, patron and visiting tutor.

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

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

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

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...

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...

Well, we didn’t win the award but being nominated and then placed on a shortlist of 6 groups from around the entire country is surely...

The whole month was a Sax-Fest for some of us. 10th-12th was the annual saxophone weekend at The Burn. This weekend was run by Cat and...

This nomination is in recognition of our cross-border project, produced for Make Music Day in June this year. We got together with...

23rd May and finally Aberdeenshire Saxophone Orchestra got together to rehearse again. Of course it had to be outside and of course there...

Several members of the orchestra attended a Zoom rehearsal with Phoenix Saxophone Orchestra this morning. Phoenix very kindly invited us...

The course at the RNCM is performance based, and I will be studying with Rob Buckland and Carl Raven. My performance studies will include...

Aberdeenshire Saxophone Orchestra, Ugie Voices and Ben Lunn had several discussions about the sort of material that everyone would find...

We recently enjoyed our first rehearsal of 2021, and as we’re still in lockdown we Zoomed in what has now become the usual way. Musical...

Sunday 6th December marked Aberdeenshire Saxophone Orchestra’s last rehearsal of the Autumn term and of 2020: a very strange year but...

All sort of things have been happening this month. BBC Radio Scotland picked up the story of our Easter Aquorthies video and Foss and...

It had been fun doing the Bakehouse of Fleet Lockdown video so we decided to make another one. This would also be one of Richard's...

Emily Manson An Aberdeen saxophonist has joined up with a group of other young musicians around Scotland to create a multimedia...