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Elena Piras to support Vamm live @ Mareel & Fetlar Hall this weekend

Posted by on May 21st, 2013 No Comments

Shetland Arts presents Vamm with support from Elena Piras live at Fetlar Hall this Saturday, 25 May, and live at Mareel this Sunday, 26 May.
Conjoining the sound of their own musical traditions, Vamm is an exciting string trio who weave together melody and harmony creating a rich sound, bursting with texture and groove. Newly…

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DF Concerts & Events in association with Shetland Arts present Ricky Ross

Posted by on May 16th, 2013 No Comments

Deacon Blue front man Ricky Ross travels to Shetland as he tours his new album Trouble Came Looking, to perform songs from his solo career and Deacon Blue, and to tell the stories behind the songs.
DF Concerts & Events in association with Shetland Arts present Ricky Ross live at Mareel on Tuesday 19 November…

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Mareel music students launch first recording

Posted by on May 15th, 2013 No Comments

Battery Park Records in conjunction with Renemal Productions present an evening of music from Wind-Up Projectiles who are launching their 6 track E.P. An Explosion of Dirty Rhythm on the 25 May in Mareel’s Main Auditorium.…
Wind-Up Projectiles comprise young musicians Joe Watt on lead vocals and guitar, Hayden Hook on double bass, Chris Thomson

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Shetland Arts’ presents the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain

Posted by on May 15th, 2013 No Comments

Shetland Arts’ presents the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain live at Mareel on Thursday 3 & Friday 4 October 2013. The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain is a group of all-singing, all-strumming Ukulele players, using instruments bought with loose change, which believes that all genres of music are available for reinterpretation, as long as they…

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Shetland Arts’ Summer of Classical Music

Posted by on May 14th, 2013 No Comments

The summer of 2013 will include a celebration of classical music at Mareel beginning with Matthew Barley: Around Britten on Tuesday 4 June; a concert by virtuoso cellist Matthew Barley in celebration of Benjamin Britten; followed the Edrom String Quartet… on Friday 7 June; a performance from world-renowned musicians Lucy and Maeve Auer, Ferdinand Erblich,

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