Oi Musica, the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland, Scottish Ballet’s participation groups and piping supergroup Tryst will create an exciting large-scale performance outside the Scottish Parliament on Monday 19th August (4pm), as part of the Edinburgh International Festival.
The first-ever Healing Arts Scotland will launch as part of the Edinburgh International Festival 2024, a week-long celebration of arts and health events highlighting the joy they bring to those who take part, and their importance to the nation’s physical, mental and social health. The opening event will unite 250 performers in music and dance, with massed brass & drums from Oi Musica, playing an original piece co-composed with young people from Edinburgh’s Brass Blast project, and featuring 150 players from across Central Scotland. Scottish Ballet will present a specially commissioned dance piece featuring an ensemble cast of community performers, including Scottish Ballet’s Youth Exchange company, NHS staff, Dance Base’s PRIME Elders Dance company and Dance for Parkinson’s Scotland group. The work will be performed to the song Mackay’s Memoirs by the late Scottish Celtic fusion artist Martyn Bennett. The performance will crescendo with music from Tryst and the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland, and a Finale played by all musicians together. The performance is free, accessible and family friendly.
