Music - singing and choral

2025 sees the welcome return of the Big Hymn Sing In! A fun community music event for anyone who enjoys singing hymns, in the glorious setting of the University Chapel. Join members of the Chapel Choir and their director Katy Lavinia Cooper for an evening of heartwarming hymnody. Music/lyrics and refreshments provided. Merchandise available! DONATIONS […]

Join vocal ensemble Cantus Firmus, in the University of Glasgow's beautiful Memorial Chapel, as they explore renaissance choral polyphony from Scotland and France. French masterpieces by Nicolas Gombert and Josquin des Prez will be paired with thrilling works by Scottish composers Ramsey and Carver and accented with modern gems from Olivier Messiaen and Frederick Rimmer. […]

Glasgow Chamber Choir invites you to an evening of choral music that drifts between stillness and flight. At the heart of the programme is The Blue Bird by Charles Villiers Stanford — a work of exquisite restraint and luminous beauty, evoking the silent arc of a bird over water.  Alongside this, the serene polyphony of […]

An evening of fun and song with the wonderful a cappella harmonies of Close Shave Chorus. This multi award winning group give their annual summer concert as part of West Fest. For tickets, contact info@closeshavechorus.com Fb: closeshavechorus

Strathclyde University Chamber Choir present an evening of glorious choral music featuring traditional and original texts celebrating the Virgin Mary and Saints Columba, Mungo and Andrew. The programme will include pieces by Górecki, Poulenc, Morten Lauridsen as well as contemporary original texts by Steve King, Philip Stopford and Ken Johnston together with Britten’s Hymn to […]

The landscape of Scotland’s music is vast and diverse. From the ancient Songs of Ossian, the Bothy Ballads of the North East, the classical arrangements of Dr. Marjory Kennedy-Fraser, etc, Scotland has it all! Mòd Gold Medallists Ruaridh Gray, Annie Catriona MacDonald and BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2025 Ellie Beaton present to […]

Join Glasgow Madrigirls for a fun singing workshop where they will be sharing some of their favourite music - from medieval ditties to Scottish song and folk music from around the world - in a friendly and relaxed environment. No need to read music and no experience necessary - all voices welcome! Workshop participants will […]

Westfest regulars Glasgow Madrigirls are back with a concert of a cappella vocal music inspired by Glasgow's 850th anniversary. The varied programme, which the group are also releasing as a series of EPs this year, includes a mix of music from across the centuries - from medieval and Scottish song to lively folk arrangements, sea […]

Our summer concert features two dramatic pieces demonstrating the triumph of the human spirit in adversity. Cherubini's beautiful but rarely performed Requiem in C Minor was praised by Beethoven, Schumann, Berlioz and Brahms and played at Beethoven's funeral. We're pairing this with "Feel the Spirit" a cycle of spirituals arranged by Sir John Rutter and […]

In a world that seems increasingly dominated by strife, division and hostility, can singing each other's songs bring people together? Join Glasgow's world music community choir in the glorious setting of the Kibble Palace for a feast of unaccompanied singing from around the world. Donations invited to Refuweegee, extending a Glasgow welcome to displaced people. […]

Join Cathures Chamber Choir as we take you on a musical journey inspired by the architecture and outstanding stained-glass windows of Glasgow’s own Saint Chapelle - Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church. The programme includes music by Tchaikovsky, Mealor, Stainer, Mozart, and the first performance of a setting of Rosetti’s poem Maundy Thursday by Julie Cavanagh. Please […]

Please join us for our summer concert where we offer an exciting collection of jazz, acapella and popular songs in 3 part harmony and then we invite you to sing a few tunes along with us. We are always happy to welcome new members! Fb: JazzGlow Community Choir

The Chapel Choir’s annual late-night concert for the longest day, this year including John Rutter’s Hymn to the Creator of Light, and highlights from the Chapel Choir’s upcoming tour to the Outer Hebrides. Free concert, no advance booking needed but strictly first come, first served. Arrive early to avoid disappointment! Fb: guchapelchoir

Our entertainments committee will host an open mic/live music which will be student-led in the historic Beer Bar.