Our Friday Lunchtime Concerts are held from 1:10 - 1:50pm every Friday. Entry is free and we accept donations in support of Music in Hospitals & Care Scotland.

2024/2025 programme

Evening Concerts

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Tickets are available online or on the door (where cash is preferred). (Note: If you are purchasing in advance but are not a student, you will need to make a guest account with the Student Union first (see HERE).

Doors will open 30 minutes prior to the start of each concert.

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2024/2025 programme

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Friday 4th April 2025

Ukelear Fusion: Knowing Me Knowing Uke  

19:30-20.30

Mc Pherson Recital Room, Laidlaw Music Centre  

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Ukelear Fusion, St Andrews’ ukulele band, is back for their end-of-semester concert: Knowing Me, Knowing Uke. In the spirit of the family created within ukes, the group will be performing some songs about love, family, friendship and community. The group are so excited to share what they’ve been working on over the past months and hope you’ll enjoy as much as they enjoy bringing their concerts to life.

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£8 General, £4 Student (including children), £1 Music Society Member

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Saturday 19th April 2025

St Andrews Symphony Orchestra  

19:30-21:30

Holy Trinity Church, St Andrews

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​Join the largest professionally conducted group in St Andrews for a concert bringing together the musical earth and heavens. The St Andrews Symphony Orchestra invites you to listen to the dancing rhythms of Márquez’s Danzon No. 2 featuring jazzy melodies as a new staple of the orchestral repertoire. We then feature the winner of the St Andrews concerto competition, Joe Atkinson, Grøndahl Trombone Concerto, adding the introspective and deeply human warmth of emotion. We will close with the iconic orchestral piece, Holst’s the Planets. With an expanded orchestra and chorus, we will bring our fascinations to the skies with an epic of grandeur and intrigue.

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£10 General, £5 Student (including children), £1 Music Society Member

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​​​​​​​​​Tuesday 22nd April 2025

A Night With The Bands  

19:30-21.30

Holy Trinity Church, St Andrews

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The University of St Andrews Big Band specializes in jazz, bringing you everything from timeless classics by legends like Charlie Parker to vibrant contemporary works by composers such as Alan Baylock, and features some of the most talented musicians in St Andrews. The University of St Andrews Wind Band is the Music Society’s only non-auditioned ensemble and plays a diverse array of music, ranging from thrilling film scores to traditional Military Band pieces.

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Both ensembles are completely student run and are sure to leave you toe-tapping as they showcase their incredible range and talent.

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£10 General, £5 Student (including children), £1 Music Society Member

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​​​​​​​​Thursday 24th April 2025

St Andrews Strings and Chamber Choir  

19:30-21:00

McPherson Recital Hall, Laidlaw Music Centre

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Strings will be performing some of the most popular pieces of concert repertoire. From Bach’s Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring to the romantic classic of Tchaikovsky’s Serenade, including ventures into film and contemporary music, this programme will be an exciting exploration of old and new which is not to be missed. Chamber Choir will present a concert exploring the theme of pairs, featuring works grouped in twos. The program includes two compositions by Ivo Antigonini and two different settings of the Lord's Prayer. Strings and Chamber Choir will continue their collaboration by finishing with a joint performance of John Ireland’s Greater Love Hath No Man.

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£8 General, £4 Student (including children), £1 Music Society Member

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