Edinburgh College Music & Sound Production

25/06/2026

Some pictures from the first day of our recent Edinburgh College Ensembles Tour. We delivered workshops and performed to children in Halyrude Primary School in Peebles and West Linton Primary School. Great fun!

05/06/2026

This week's Music Box Session features HND student Juan as part of FrancoJones and Taylor Wilson performing their version of Peces de Ciudad by Joaquin Sabina.

The Music Box Sessions is our award winning, long running, weekly series highlighting the talent and creativity of students from Edinburgh College’s Music department. From classical ensembles to pop bands and solo artists, each performance is professionally filmed and recorded by lecturer Scott Hannah and learning assistant Sarah May. The sessions give students essential studio experience and a platform to share their music. Featuring a diverse range of genres, the sessions offer a glimpse into the vibrant music scene at the college. Be sure to check out new performances every Friday live at 5pm.

01/06/2026

29/05/2026

This week's Music Box Session features Doolalie with their cover of The Lost Words Blessing by Spell Songs. Doolalie is made up of HND students Maisie, Lorna and Zoe, along with music graduates Eli and Jakub.

The Music Box Sessions is our award winning, long running, weekly series highlighting the talent and creativity of students from Edinburgh College’s Music department. From classical ensembles to pop bands and solo artists, each performance is professionally filmed and recorded by lecturer Scott Hannah and learning assistant Sarah May. The sessions give students essential studio experience and a platform to share their music. Featuring a diverse range of genres, the sessions offer a glimpse into the vibrant music scene at the college. Be sure to check out new performances every Friday live at 5pm.

27/05/2026

In June our annual Ensembles Tour kicks off once again! Our Ensembles will be visiting Peebles, Dumfries and Moffat and performing a mixture of well loved pieces and fresh takes. On Wednesday the 17th of June at 7pm, we will be performing a fundraising concert at Moffat Town Hall Redevelopment Trust in aid of Spike Aware UK Page.

Spike Aware UK are the only not for profit registered charity and support network for victims of spiking in the UK. They aim to provoke action to prevent spiking crime in the UK, build a movement to empower victims of spiking crime and campaign locally and nationally to spread awareness.

Tickets are just £5 and every penny of ticket sales will go to Spike Aware UK so please come along and support us if you can! It will be a fun and fantastic night of music! https://www.citizenticket.com/events/creative-industries-edinburgh-college/music-ensembles-concert-moffat/

22/05/2026

This week's Music Box Session features The World Before with their original song '_Shame_'. The World before is made up of current HND student Joan on keys with EC Music graduates Mateo and Michael on bass and guitar, as well as Xabier on drums and frontwoman Rue on vocals and who also wrote the song's lyrics. Rue says “_Shame_ is a song that emerged out of a previous original called _Just A Little Bit_. We liked the overall structure and some parts of the melody, but something about how the song came together during live performances felt disjointed.

We started by doubling the amount of time spent on each chord in the verse, resulting in the fitting suspension heard in the verses. The lyrics, penned by frontwoman Rue, are written from the perspective of her father. The first verse details Rue’s view on how she feels her dad related to his own father, and the second verse expands on how that father-son dynamic affects his current bond with her.

_Shame_ is a song about the generational cycles that influence who we are, and speaks to the overwhelming pressure that can exist within family relationships.

_Shame_ will be released as a full single later this summer. Keep up with The World Before The World Before

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The Music Box Sessions is our award winning, long running, weekly series highlighting the talent and creativity of students from Edinburgh College’s Music department. From classical ensembles to pop bands and solo artists, each performance is professionally filmed and recorded by lecturer Scott Hannah and learning assistant Sarah May. The sessions give students essential studio experience and a platform to share their music. Featuring a diverse range of genres, the sessions offer a glimpse into the vibrant music scene at the college. Be sure to check out new performances every Friday live at 5pm.

15/05/2026

This week's Music Box Session features the Flute Ensemble lead by Katrina performing Trio No. 1, Op. 83 by James Hook.

Watch and Share on YouTube: https://youtu.be/5R3eqAT6pp0

The Music Box Sessions is our award winning, long running, weekly series highlighting the talent and creativity of students from Edinburgh College’s Music department. From classical ensembles to pop bands and solo artists, each performance is professionally filmed and recorded by lecturer Scott Hannah and learning assistant Sarah May. The sessions give students essential studio experience and a platform to share their music. Featuring a diverse range of genres, the sessions offer a glimpse into the vibrant music scene at the college. Be sure to check out new performances every Friday live at 5pm.

12/05/2026

Summer Ensembles Concert - Accomplished!

Huge well done to all the students and ensembles that performed at our Summer Ensembles Concert last night at ! And it was lovely to see many people come along to support them too!

Lots more more photos coming soon!

11/05/2026

Day 4 - And that's a wrap!

What an absolutely amazing week we had at Out The Box Fest 2026! The bands on Saturday night were incredible, as were the fourth sell out audience that came out to support them!

A huge thanks to the staff for hosting us all week and looking after us so well! A massive thanks to the staff that organised it all and to the four sell out audiences that came to support, nearly 1000 people total! And lastly thanks to all the students and their 20 bands that played across the festival. You guys absolutely smashed it and made this year's festival one to remember forever!

The website has been updated with live videos of all the bands. The remaining studio sessions and hundreds of photos will start appearing in the next few days/ weeks and if you'd like to remember Out The Box 26 forever, t-shirts are now available at Music Box Reception for £10, grab yours before they're gone!

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08/05/2026

Out The Box night 3 - Completed!

Another incredible sell out night at ! Everyone put on such an amazing show, again! Well done to all the bands that played and a huge thanks to the audience for coming along to support them! Loads more photos to come, soon!

OTB is taking a break tonight but will be back one final time on Saturday night with five more bands ready to rock. And it's already sold out! Again a huge thanks to everyone that has bought tickets and come to support, it really does make a huge difference!

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