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A Baroque Christmas - 15th December

3 December 2012

The Bach Consort will be giving a concert in St Paul's Meadowside on Saturday 15th December at 6pm. The main work will be Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi by Schutz. Worls by JS and JCF Bach and Buxtehude will also be performed. Tickets are £5 and can be bought on the door or from Ticketsource .
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Concert Band/Gospel Choir - 5th December

19 November 2012

The above groups will be giving their first Christmas Concert in St Paul's Cathedral on Wednesday December 5th. The concert starts at 7.30pm and tickets are £7, £5 (concession), £3 (student) and include refreshments.
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Evensong

19 November 2012

Advent Evensong will be held in the Chaplaincy Centre on Tuesday 27th November at 5.15pm. The Bach Consort will sing Ecce concipies by Jacob Handl and Wachet Auf by JCF Bach. All welcome.
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Christmas Concert

13 November 2012

The University Music Society will be giving a Christmas Concert in Dundee Parish Church (St Mary's) on Saturday 1st December at 4pm. The programme will consist of music from the lighter side of Christmas featuring Christmas at the Movies, A Musicological journey through the 12 days of Christmas, The 12 days after Christmas as well as numbers from the Big Band and Chamber Choir. Tickets are £7, £6 (concession) and £3 (students) and available from members of the society or on the door.
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A Family Affair

15 October 2012

The University Choirs and Orchestra will be putting on their first concert of the year on Wed October 24th at 7pm. The concert will tale place in St Paul's Cathedral, Castlehill and consist of music by lesser known composers of famous musical families: Bach, Haydn and Mozart. 2 of the major works are the Grand Piano Concerto in Eb by FXW Mozart (son of WA) and a Requiem by Michael Haydn (brother of FJ). Also included are pieces by J Christian Bach (son of JS), J Christoph Bach (1st cousin 1 removed of JS) and J Ludwig Bach (2nd cousin of JS ). Tickets are £7, £6 (concession) and £3 (students).
Mikado in 24 hours

2 October 2012

Starting at 7.30pm on Friday 5th October, students from the University will rehearse Simon Gallaher's arrangement of G & S's Mikado for a performance on Saturday 6th October. Although the principals have had a chance to look at their parts, all the direction, chorus work and band call will be done in 24 hours. Tickets for the final performance will be available on the door or from www.dundeebox.co.uk
Music Groups

3 September 2012

All the music groups start rehearsing the week starting Monday 10th September: Monday 7pm - Chamber Choir (Chaplaincy Centre) Monday 7.30pm - Concert Band (Music Rooms) Tuesday 7pm - OPSOC (Dance Studio in the Dalhousie Building) Tuesday 7.30pm - Choir (Music Rooms) Wednesday 7pm - Orchestra (Music Rooms) Thursday 7.30pm - Big Band (Music Rooms) Friday 7pm - Gospel Choir (Music Rooms)
Autumn Season

10 August 2012

All the concerts have now arranged for the upcoming season. Please go to the lunchtime concert and/or forthcoming events pages to see what we have lined up for the coming season.
Chamber Concert

13 July 2012

There will a one-off lunchtime concert in the Chaplaincy Centre at 1.20pm on Thursday 26th July. Gillian Craig (clarinet), Angela Stevenson (cello) and William Stevenson (piano) will be performing music by Glinka, Leighton and Juon. Entry free.
Bach Consort

15 March 2012

The Bach Consort will be performing Bach's St John Passion BWV245 on Saturday April 7th in St Paul's Meadowside. The Evangelist part will be sung by Jonathan Matheson-Dear and Christus by Jonathan Kobine. Tickets are £5 and are available on the door or from here: Ticketsource
University Choir and Orchestra

15 March 2012

The University Choir and Orchestra will be giving their final concert of the year on Thursday, March 29th at 7pm in St Mary Magdalene's. The programme will include Rossini's Overture to La Gazza Ladra, Grieg's Peer Gynt Suites and Holst's setting of the old English ballad King Estmere. Tickets, £7, £6 (concession) and £3, (student), are available from members of the Music Society or on the door.
University Concert Band and Gospel Choir

13 March 2012

The University Concert Band and Gospel Choir will be giving a concert in St Paul's Cathedral on Tuesdat March 20th at 7.30pm. Tickets are £7, £5 (concession) and £3 (student) and include a glass of wine.
University Chamber Choir

5 March 2012

The University Chamber Choir will be giving a concert in the Chaplaincy Centre on Sunday March 11th at 6pm. The programme will include Palestrina's Missa Aeterna Christi Munera as well as madrigals by Thomas Bateson and Vaughan-Williams' Five English Folk Songs. Tickets are £5 and are available on the door or from here: Ticketsource
OPSOC

28 February 2012

OPSOC's production of "Spring Awakening" opens on Wednesday 7th March and runs until Saturday 10th March in the Bonar Hall. Tickets are available on the door or from here: Ticketsource
University Music

12 January 2012

The University music groups all resume rehearsals the week beginning January 16th. A very busy term is in prospect with OPSOC putting on Spring Awakening, the music society preparing a concert of music by Holst, Rossini and Grieg and at the beginning of April, the Bach Consort will be performing Bach's St John Passion.
Music Society

2 December 2011

The Music Society will be giving their annual Christmas Concert on Saturday 3rd December at 4pm in Dundee Parish Church (St Mary's). The University Choirs, Orchestra and Big Band will all be performing - music will include Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on Christmas Carols as well as popular favourites such as Winter Wonderland and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Tickets availble on the door.
University Music

28 October 2011

The Music Society will be giving their first concert of the year on Wednesday November 2nd. Titled "Nautical but nice", works to be performed include Sullivan's "Overture to the Pirates of Penzance", music from "Pirates of the Caribbean" and Stanford's "Songs of the Fleet". The concert starts at 7pm in St Mary Magdalene's, Dudhope Crescent Road and tickets are £7, £6 concession and £3 for students.
University Music

15 September 2011

We are putting on a performance of Tomfoolery on Friday October 14th in the Bonar Hall at 7.30pm. A comedy revue based on the songs of Tom Leher, numbers include "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park", "I got it from Agnes" and "The Vatican Rag". Monies raised will go towards Million for a Morgue. Tickets available here.
University Music

13 September 2011

The University music groups all resume the week beginning September 12th. OPSOC will be starting work on Spring Awakening and the choirs and orchestra are working towards their Nautical but Nice concert on November 2nd.
University Choir and Orchestra

14 March 2011

The University Choir and Orchestra will be giving their final concert of the session on March 23rd at 7pm in St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee. The programme consists of Guilmant's Symphony for Organ and Orchestra No. 1 and Haydn's Nelson Mass. The soloists for the Haydn will be drawn from our own students but we're delighted to welcome back a former organ scholar, Neil Smeaton as the soloist for the Guilmant. Tickets available on the door.
Jesus Christ Superstar

28 Feb 2011

OPSOC's production of Jesus Christ Superstar opens on Wednesday 16th March and runs until Saturday 19th March. The show takes place in the Bonar Hall at 7.30pm each night. Tickets available from here.
Chamber Choir CD

11 Jan 2011

The Chamber Choir CD has finally been released. Recorded in March 2010 it features Victoria's Missa O quam Gloriosum as well as part songs/madrigals by composers such as Morley, Wilbye, Sullivan Stanford.
Chamber Choir Concert

7 March 2011

Chamber Choir will be giving a concert in the University Chaplaincy Centre on Sunday 13th March at 5pm. Music to be performed includes numbers from Parry's Songs of Farewell as well as worked by Mendelssohn, Dowland and Campion.
Associate Members Concert

3 March 2011

Music Society will be putting on a concert to thank their associate members on Saturday 5th March. The event begins at 12pm and there will be a short concert at 1pm. This will take place in the new Music Rooms in Cross Row.
Music Rooms

17 Feb 2011

Music Society and OPSOC have now moved from their old rehearsal space in Airlie Place to new premises in the Microcomputing Centre. Despite some soundproofing issues, everybody is very happy with the increased amount of space for both rehearsing and storage.
Rehearsals

Date: 11 Jan 2011

All rehearsals will resume again the week beginning Monday 17th January apart from Concert Band which will resume on Monday 24th.