NEWS & EVENTS

Sypert Concert Programme for June 2018 has been announced - see News and Events page for more details.

14 June - Binchois Consort: Hearing Historic Scotland
Bringing the sounds of Scotland's history to life. The critically acclaimed Binchois Consort under Andrew Kirkman will be performing music from the 'Space, Place, Sound and Memory: Immersive Experiences of the Past' project (University of Edinburgh and Abertay University), which seeks to use cutting-edge Virtual Reality technology to recreate experiences of historic performances and performance venues. 
For information and tickets follow this link
 ​Welcome to the Friends' website

The Friends work to :
  • raise funds to buy instruments
  • acquire books and other material about the history of the instruments
  • organise and promote educational projects
  • help generally with the work of the Hall and the Collection.
  • provide student bursaries for early music and early music technology.

Our main fundraising effort is our series of concerts for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 

In addition, we sell books connected with the collection, plus technical drawings, data-sheets and photographs of instruments in the Collection.

The major program of restoration and redevelopment on the building is now complete.  The opening concert took place on Wednesday 10th May in the Sypert Concert Room where the Edinburgh University Principal thanked all those who donated funds and those involved in the restoration project. John Kitchen played harpsichord and organ.
Bursaries application closing date Friday 27th April 2018
Background music sampler.
From - Rodger Mirrey Collection

​Paix du Parasse-Sonade en trio - Vivement - John Kitchen - LucyCarolan

Fantasia in C (Hob. XVII/4) &
Mortlack's Ground
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John Kitchen MBE - ​Delphian recording​.
Sample photos shown below from the museum collection.
Cick photos and use  right/left arrows. 

Use below link to see full collection
http://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed
A new chairman for the Friends
Eleanor Smith, our new chairman, introduces herself :-

My involvement in the Friends has been long-standing – from selling CDs to visitors, helping Dianne and Sheila put out biscuits at concerts (and working the old dishwasher), to putting together the programmes for the Festival concerts and indeed editing Soundboard for a number of years. 

I hope as the new chair of the Friends I can carry on Pam’s legacy by supporting the work of the staff at the museum, and by continuing to support research and performance using all the fine instrument collections that are now brought together under one roof in St Cecilia’s Hall Concert Room and Music Museum. Use below button for about more about Eleanor .