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University of St Andrews Music Centre The University of St Andrews Music Centre based in the award-winning Laidlaw Music Centre

The University of St Andrews Music Centre provides facilities for enjoying music in all its forms to all sections of the St Andrews community. Located in the new state-of-the-art Laidlaw Music Centre, we offer facilities and opportunities for individual and group practice, tuition and performance, concert-going and formal academic training.

As well as our weekly events, we also host a wide range of music groups and ensembles here at the Music Centre!We have s...
20/10/2026

As well as our weekly events, we also host a wide range of music groups and ensembles here at the Music Centre!

We have something for everyone with our community orchestra StAFCO, Baroque Ensemble, Piano Club, Guitar Ensemble, Flute, Clarinet, and Saxophone Ensembles, and more 🎵

For a full list, and how to get involved, see our website or our pinned post!

Our next celebrity concert is fast approaching! Join us next month for an unmissable concert by cellist Hugh Mackay.With...
17/10/2026

Our next celebrity concert is fast approaching! Join us next month for an unmissable concert by cellist Hugh Mackay.

With appearances at Wigmore Hall, the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie and the Palace of Versailles to his name, the young Scottish cellist Hugh Mackay makes his St Andrews debut in a solo recital marking the 50th anniversary of Benjamin Britten’s passing. Britten’s first suite for solo cello is juxtaposed with Zoltán Kodály’s herculean, and rarely heard, Sonata for solo cello op. 8, before Mackay is joined by a coterie of the Music Centre’s most talented student cellists in music by Arvo Pärt and the great 19th century Czech cellist David Popper.

🗓️ Saturday 14 November, 19:30

📍McPherson Recital Room, Laidlaw Music Centre

🎟 Admission: £20, £16 (Music Centre members) £6 (students and children)

Tickets available in advance from the Byre Theatre Box Office on 01334 475000, in person at the Byre, and at byretheatre.com/upcoming. Tickets may also be available on the door at the venue before the performance begins (subject to availability).

www.hughmackaycellist.com

The results are in for this year's Music Society and Music Centre Concerto Competition! 🎉First place: Melvin ChanSecond ...
13/10/2026

The results are in for this year's Music Society and Music Centre Concerto Competition! 🎉

First place: Melvin Chan
Second place: Ben Thomas
Third place: George Huberty

Congratulations to Melvin on a fantastic performance- we look forward to hearing his performance as a soloist with the St Andrews Symphony Orchestra! Congratulations also to Ben and George for their amazing work.

A massive well done to everyone who participated- the standard this year was exceptional. We can't wait to hear even more musical talent next year!

We are delighted to be welcoming the Atelier Ensemble to the Music Centre tomorrow for our Wednesday Lunchtime Concert!T...
13/10/2026

We are delighted to be welcoming the Atelier Ensemble to the Music Centre tomorrow for our Wednesday Lunchtime Concert!

The Atelier Ensemble performs a programme of stylistic contrasts: from the sultry rhythms of Piazzolla’s Verano Porteñ – his dazzling reimagining of Vivaldi’s seasonal world through the lens of Buenos Aires’ nuevo tango – to Britten’s youthful Introduction and Allegro, whose sparkling interplay pays tribute to the great English string tradition. The concert concludes with Paul Schoenfield’s exuberant Café Music, inspired by the composer’s experiences performing in American jazz clubs.

🗓️ 14 October, 13:10
📍McPherson Recital Room

🎟️ £5 and FREE to Music Centre Members

We have an exciting set of lunchtime concerts this week, as well as the return of the Music Society and Music Centre Con...
10/10/2026

We have an exciting set of lunchtime concerts this week, as well as the return of the Music Society and Music Centre Concerto Competition!

This Tuesday we have our very own Claire Innes-Hopkins performing our Organ Concert at 1.10pm, in St Salvator's Chapel.

At 3pm on Tuesday at the Music Centre we have the Music Society and Music Centre Concerto Competition, in which gifted student musicians compete for the opportunity to perform as a soloist with the St Andrews Symphony Orchestra, as well as future performance opportunities in the Music Centre.

On Wednesday the Atelier Ensemble will perform our Lunchtime Concert, presenting a programme of stylistic contrasts including Piazzolla, Britten, and Schoenfield.

Finally, on Friday the Accidentals will perform for the Music Society Lunchtime Concert.

Don't miss St Salvator's Chapel Choir, St Andrews' echanting performance of Bach’s Cantata no. 47 Wer sich selbst erhöh...
10/10/2026

Don't miss St Salvator's Chapel Choir, St Andrews' echanting performance of Bach’s Cantata no. 47 Wer sich selbst erhöhet, at the Bach Cantata Service led by the University Chaplain, the Rev. Dr Donald MacEwan.

🗓️ Sunday 11 October, 11.00

📍 St Salvator's Chapel

🎟️ FREE

Welcome to all prospective students visiting St Andrews this weekend and in the coming weeks!Here is some key informatio...
10/10/2026

Welcome to all prospective students visiting St Andrews this weekend and in the coming weeks!

Here is some key information about the Music Centre, and the range of musical opportunities that St Andrews has to offer 🎶

08/10/2026

Hear from one of the St Andrews Chamber Orchestra conductors, Bede Williams, giving some insights on the programme for the orchestra’s upcoming concert this Sunday!

Sunday 11 October, 4pm
Holy Trinity Church
Admission: £16, £13 (Music Centre members), £6 (students)

Tomorrow, prize-winning soprano and opera-maker, April Koyejo-Audiger, performs Aaron Copland's settings of poetry by Em...
06/10/2026

Tomorrow, prize-winning soprano and opera-maker, April Koyejo-Audiger, performs Aaron Copland's settings of poetry by Emily Dickinson, alongside accompanist Ailsa Aitkenhead.

🗓️ 7 October, 13:10
📍McPherson Recital Room

🎟️ Tickets on the door, £5 and FREE to Music Centre Members

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Laidlaw Music Centre, Queen’s Terrace
St Andrews
KY169QF

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Monday 9am - 10pm
Tuesday 9am - 10pm
Wednesday 9am - 10pm
Thursday 9am - 10pm
Friday 9am - 8pm
Saturday 9am - 4pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

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