Holy Trinity Arts
Handel's Messiah
Performance of Handel's Messiah within Holy Trinity Church featuring the Holy Trinity Festival Choir and Orchestra conducted by Archie Thom. Details of the soloists are not available at present.
Holy Trinity Church, Ayr, Photograph ©Mike Bailey
Holy Trinity Arts
Handel's Messiah,
Holy Trinity Church,
Ayr
2nd June, 2013
7.30pm
Tickets £10.00
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Ayr Town Hall
The Organist Entertains
The Fort, Seafield and Wallacetoun Community Council have arranged another season of Monday lunchtime organ concerts at Ayr Town Hall. Over the coming weeks a variety of organists will present programmes of popular and classical music on the Lewis Pipe Organ.
The organ is an original Victorian pipe organ that was built by Messrs Lewis and Company Limited in 1903. The organ, now fully restored, is of very high quality and admirably suited to the outstanding acoustics within the hall.
This year the concerts will start at midday and should last about 60 minutes.
Photograph ©Mike Bailey
27th May, 2013 ~ Jeremy Cull
3th June, 2013 ~ Bill Hutcheson
10th June, 2013 ~ David Hamilton
17th June, 2013 ~ Gordon Cree
23th June, 2013 ~ Gordon Frier
The organist Entertains: Recitals on the Lewis Pipe Organ
Town Hall,
Ayr
noon
Tickets £2.00
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Music at Ayr Gaiety Theatre
Mr McFall's Chamber: Baltic Passion
The pioneering Scottish ensemble Mr McFall’s Chamber, with their guests Cyril Garac (violin) and Maria Martinova (piano), delve into the fascinating diverse musical culture of the Baltic States, to explore it's rich emotional landscapes and colourful mix of musical styles.
The concert features pieces from Estonian minimalist Arvo Pärt with works by Zita Bružaitė and Erkki-Sven Tüür, a helping of music from Scandinavia and a haunting sextet arrangement of Sibelius’ Einsames Lied and Olli Mustonen’s fiery Toccata for piano and strings.
Renowned for their performances of tango music, McFall’s Chamber will also explore the world of Finnish tango, joined by two tango musicians of international renown, violinist Cyril Garac and pianist Maria Martinova, for two classics of Finnish traditional tango, and Aulis Sallinen’s take on the Finnish tango tradition, Introduction and Tango Overture.
Baltic Passion
Mr McFall's Chamber
Gaiety Theatre
Ayr
15th June, 2013
7.30pm
Tickets £14.50 (Concessions £13.50)
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Gypsy Jazz and Latin Swing
An intimate evening with Gypsy guitar legend, outstanding composer, and guitarist, Lulo Reinhardt, combining pure gypsy-swing music with elements of Latin music such as flamenco, tango, and bossa nova
. 
Guitarist Lulo Reinhard. Photograph ©Lulo Reinhard.
Lulo is the grand-nephew of jazz legend Django
Reinhardt, and the nephew of the gypsy violin master Shnuckenack Reinhardt.
The evening will
feature Lulo Reinhardt: Germany (guitar), Daniel Weltlinger: Sydney, Australia (violin), Harald
Becher Ragusi: Germany (bass), Uli Kramer: Germany (drums) and Winfried Schuld: Germany
(keyboards).
Gypsy Jazz and Latin Swing
Gaiety Studio
Ayr
4th June, 2013
7.30pm
Tickets £12.00
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Exhibitions in Ayr and Girvan
Maclaurin Art Gallery and Rozelle House
The 2013 exhibition programme for the Maclaurin Art Gallery has been published, together with the first edition of the Maclaurin Trust's Quarterly Magazine.
The magazine provides up to date information on development and activities at the gallery together with information on exhibitions and artists throughout Ayrshire
The 2013 programme includes the first Maclaurin Open Exhibition.
These items can be viewed by following the links below.
For further information on the Maclaurin Art Gallery Programme, please follow this LINK
For further information on the Rozelle House Gallery Programme, please follow this LINK
For further information on the Maclaurin Art Gallery Magazine, please follow this LINK
For further information on the Rozelle House Gallery Programme, please follow this LINK
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Informal Conversations in Ayr
ayr converses and Ayrshire Arts Network at su casa.
ayr converses + Ayrshire Arts Network (AAN) joint open house gatherings
third Monday of each month, 4pm – 6pm, su casa.
you are warmly invited to the first open house in a new series of monthly open house gatherings that ayr converses and Ayrshire Arts Network (AAN) are holding at su casa in Ayr.
the open house is intended as an informal gathering / networking session for all those who would like to drop in for conversation – spirited & relaxing in equal measure – with friends old & new. We will be in the upstairs room where you can order up one of su casa’s legendary coffees/teas/soft drinks + cake.
we look forward to seeing you between 4pm & 6pm at su casa on the third Monday of every month.
su casa is located in the Lorne Arcade, Ayr.
ayr converses + Ayrshire Arts Network (AAN) joint open house gathering
su casa coffeehouse
Lorne Arcade
Ayr
17th June , 2013
4pm - 6pm
Future dates:
The September gathering will include the AAN AGM
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Rotary Club of Alloway
Charity Concert
The Rotary Club of Alloway is collaborating with the Rotary Club of Bogota and two Rotary clubs in California to raise funds for a cold room and a lorry to store and distribute food to children cared for by a charity in Bogota.
One of the main funding raising events will be this concert in Alloway Parish Church with performances by:
Athenaeum Winds
Ayrshire Symphony Chamber Group
Dalmellington Junior Band
Lewis Banks (Saxophone)
Wendy-Anne Duncan (Soprano)
Rotary Club of Alloway
Charity Concert,
Alloway Church,
Ayr
15th June, 2013
7.30pm
Tickets £10.00 (Concessions £8.00)
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Conference: Representing Ayrshire
John Galt and his successors
John Galt called his novels set in the west of Scotland 'theoretical histories'. His native Ayrshire was a place of geographical contrasts, and it had been affected by the major historical movements of modern Scotland, from the Reformation to post-industrialism. It lends itself, therefore, to the novel which most characteristically has rich social and historical settings, theoretical and otherwise.
It is no surprise, then, that Ayrshire has proved a fruitful setting for a wide variety of popular and literary novelists born there, on whom Galt's example was often an enduring influence, or for those others who have used it as a backdrop for realism or romance. What is surprising, perhaps, is that this conference is the first one devoted to those novelists who represented Ayrshire.
The conference will be an examination of the novel in Ayrshire in its historical contexts, mindful that Scottish Literature is now a compulsory element in the English Higher and National 5 Examinations. Beginning with Galt, it will come right up to date, to writers such as William McIlvanney, Janice Galloway and Andrew O'Hagan.
Ayrshire Federation of Historical Societies' conference this year is being held jointly with the Association for Scottish Literary Studies and with the support of the University of the West of Scotland.
Conference: Representing Ayrshire
University of the West of Scotland
Ayr Campus
8th June, 2013
Reduced rate (ASLS/AFHS members/unwaged): £15 each
Full rate: £20 each
(coffee/tea and lunch included)
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South Ayrshire History Fair
History on Your Doorstep!
This fair is a must for anyone interested in family history and their Ayrshire roots. The South Ayrshire History & Family History Fair has something for everyone. There is free access to a wide range of stalls which include local and national family history societies, historical groups and societies, Antiquarian and specialist Scottish book stalls and Commercial Advice
Talks will be held throughout the day. The speakers are:
Dauvit Broun, Professor of Scottish History, University of
Glasgow
'Recently discovered documents on Wallace and Bruce'
Tom Barclay, Local Studies Librarian, South Ayrshire Council.
'1263 and All That: Ayrshire and the War with Norway'
Chris Paton, Lecturer in Genealogy, University of Strathclyde
'Irish Genealogy and the Internet'
Terence Christian, Doctoral Candidate, Centre for Battlefield Archaeology, University of Glasgow
'Flying the Ayrshire Hump: Prestwick Airport, Wartime flights and crash sites'
There will be a large range of stalls available from 9.00am until 4.00pm. These will include: Family History Societies, Local and National History Organisations and professional and commercial businesses. There will also be a specialist Scottish bookshop present.
South Ayrshire History Fair
Walker Halls
Troon
1st June 2013
9.00am - 5.00pm
Prices for talks are £10.00 for the day. Single talk tickets are also available priced £3.00 for one or-£5.00 for two.
Admission to the stalls is free.
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Drama at the Gaiety Theatre
The Reduced Shakespeare Company: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
All 37 Plays in 97 Minutes!
An irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard’s plays, ‘The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)’ was London’s longest-running comedy having clocked a very palpable nine years in London’s West End at the Criterion Theatre. Now revised for 2013 with the same recycled jokes – just put in a different order.
Join these madcap men in tights as they weave their wicked way through all of Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories and Tragedies in one wild ride.
The Reduced Shakespeare Company is a three-man comedy troupe. Photograph ©Reduced Shakespeare Company
The Reduced Shakespeare Company is a three-man comedy troupe that takes long, serious subjects and reduces them to short, sharp comedies. Since 1981, ‘The Bad Boys of Abridgement’ have created eight stage shows, two television specials, several failed TV pilots and numerous radio pieces – all of which have been performed, seen, heard and translated into Klingon the world over.
The company’s first three shows, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), The Complete History of America (abridged) and The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged) enjoyed a nine-year run at the Criterion Theatre in Piccadilly Circus. Not only were they London’s longest-running comedies, but at one point the Reduced Shakespeare Company had more shows running in the West End than Andrew Lloyd Webber. Some of them were funnier too.
Written by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield. Directed by Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor.
The Reduced Shakespeare Company: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
Gaiety Theatre
Ayr
19th June, 2013
7.30pm
Tickets £16.00
(Concessions £14.00)
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May 22, 2013