Musicians play part in Orkney festival
A Dunblane-based musical ensemble will be taking part in a concert at the Orkney International Science Festival next month.
Nordic Viola was founded in 2016 by viola player with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Katherine Wren, and will also feature Helen Brew of Balfron on flute, David Martin of Dunblane on viola, Anne Bunemann on viola, Ruth Rowlands on cello, Emily Nenniger on violin and David Hubbard on bassoon.
The online performance on September 4 at 8.30pm features women composers from the islands of the North Atlantic and is part of Scotland’s Year of Coasts and Waters.
The programme of music reflects on the female experience of landscapes and community from the Northern Isles to Greenland.
Nordic Viola have twice been shortlisted in the New Music Scotland Awards‘making it Happen’category for promoting contemporary music and its relationship to traditional music from the North Atlantic region and for working with musicians from Scotland, the Faroes, Iceland and Greenland.
Katherine said:“nordic Viola attracts an open and engaged international audience who are captivated by the landscapes and histories of the far north.
“In collaboration with our many partners, we work to create experiences that resonate with our audiences and inspire them to share their own stories of the north with us.”
Katherine’s piece‘mjørkaflókar’was co-written with pupils of Lerwick’s Anderson High School in 2016.
The September concert is part of a programme of events from September 3 to 9 from Orkney International Science Festival which includes workshops, performances, talks and virtual walks around Orkney.
The full programme can be found at www. oisf.org.