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Around the World in Eighty Minutes

We’re delighted to be taking our musical tour of the globe to venues in Scotland over the next month – Friday October 5 – Motherwell Saturday October 27 – The Big Shed, Tombreck (Loch Tay) Hope to see some familiar faces in the audiences…

Scottish Premiere of The Parlour Guide to Exo-Politics

SCQ is extremely happy to announce that its latest commission, The Parlour Guide to Exo-Politics, will be given its Scottish première this November at Scotland’s festival of new music, Sound. This concert, an all-Matt Rogers programme, has been made possible by the generous support of Creative Scotland, the Hope Scott Trust, and the Sound festival. […]

Gameshow Outpatient Commission

Inspired by video games and the theme of extraterrestrial contact, SCQ’s latest commission combines music from composer Matt Rogers (recent recipient of a prestigious Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Artists) with live video from international prize-winning filmmaker Matt Hulse. The project has been made possible through the generous support of Creative Scotland. Rogers has previously […]

Glasgow Southside Festival

We’ve been asked to take part in Glasgow’s Southside Festival this May. It’s a fast-growing festival with plenty of local support, and with two of the quartet being Southsiders we’ll be very happy to perform. Watch this space for further details! For concert details click here.  

Osprey Music

We’re currently preparing for this weekend’s recital up in Boat of Garten in the Highlands, and are really looking forward to a trip up north! Especially as we gather that the ospreys are currently in residence.

SCQ welcomes Sally Day

It’s always sad when someone leaves, and SCQ is sorry to announce that after nine years with the group founder member Andrew Langford has decided to relinquish his chair in the quartet. That’s the bad news. The good news is that we’re being joined by Sally Day. Sally has played with us before in Dundee […]