ALISON McNEILL

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“bold and stylish with impressive technique and control.”          Bob Chilcott, Soloist in Choir of the Year Competition.

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Alison sings Canteloube’s Chants d’Auvergne with the Glasgow Chamber Orchestra

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Alison and Claire Howard in the Conservatoire of Music in the State of Mexico.

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Alison and Claire Howard in St Mary’s at Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Alison McNeill pic (colour)

Concert Dates

JANUARY 2010                                          

02/01/10, 3pm                                             Soprano Soloist in Handel’s Messiah at Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow, Scotland.

16/01/10, 7.30pm                                           Soprano soloist & Fiddler accompanied by Eleanor Holley (clarsach) in Burns Supper for Cumbernauld Rostrum Club, Cumbernauld, Scotland.

20/01/10, 8.15pm                                         Alison McNeill         Soprano                          Carina Vinke             Mezzo                           Rixt van der Kooij     Piano                             Recital of music by Rodrigo in Haagse Kunstkring, The Hague, The Netherlands                                                                     25/1/10, 7.30pm                                           Alison McNeill   Soprano Soloist and Fiddler Eleanor Holley   Clarsach                         Burns Supper in Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s House for an Art Lover, Glasgow, Scotland.

FEBRUARY 2010                                   

06/02/10, 6pm                                             Private Burns Supper in Hafton Castle, Dunoon, Scotland.

21/02/10, 11am                                           Alison McNeill       conductor                         St John’s Youth Choir                                Performance to celebrate first Sunday in Lent in St John’s Episcopal Church, Greenock, Scotland.

MARCH 2010                                            

14/03/10, 11am                                           Alison McNeill       conductor                         St John’s Youth Choir                                Performance to celebrate Mothering Sunday in St John’s Episcopal Church, Greenock, Scotland.

27/03/10, 7.30pm                                       Alison McNeill         Soprano                          Ben McAteer            Baritone                      Cupar Choral Society                                 Brahms Requiem in The Corn Exchange, Cupar, Scotland.

APRIL 2010                                              

01/04/10, 3pm                                             Alison McNeill       Soprano                         Maunday Thursday Service in St John’s Episcopal Church, Greenock, Scotland.

02/04/10 - 07/04/10                                 Alison McNeill Easter Fiddle Workshops, Gourock, Scotland.

04//4/10, 11am                                       Alison McNeill         conductor                       St John’s Youth Choir                                Performance to celebrate Easter Sunday in St John’s Episcopal Church, Greenock, Scotland.

MAY 2010                                                  

08/05/10, 7.30pm                                         Alison McNeill         Soprano 1 Soloist          Colin McKay             Conductor                 Glasgow Cathedral Choral Society           Scottish Classical Players                     Mozart’s Mass in c minor                               Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow, Scotland.

 

 

 

Concert Dates from 2009

JANUARY 2009                                      

02/01/09, 3pm                                                                 Soprano Soloist in Handel's Messiah in Glasgow Cathedral
 

16/01/09, 7.30pm                                                           Soloist accompanied by Eleanor Holley (clarsach) and Julia Lynch (piano) the at ExxonMobil Burns Supper in Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland.

17/01/09                                                                                               Soloist accompanied by Eleanor Holley (clarsach) for the Rostrum Club Burns Supper in The Wynd, Cumbernauld, Scotland.

MARCH 2009                                            

31/03/09, 1pm                                                       Alison McNeill (soprano & fiddle) & Eleanor Holley (clarsach). Recital of Celtic Music in Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow, Scotland.

APRIL 2009                                                

04/04/09, 2pm                                                                                  Recital of Scots Song and fiddle music with Eleanor Holley (clarsach) in Kirkcaldie Museum and Art Gallery, Kirkcaldie, The Kingdom of Fife, Scotland.

06/04/09 - 17/04/09                                                     Tour of America with Scottish Voices.

08/04/09, 8pm             Goucher College, Baltimore
09/04/09, 8pm             Univ of Delaware, Newark
14/04/09, 9pm             Bluegrass Night, The Coffee Mill                                                         Radford, Virginia.                  15/04/09, 1pm & 8pm Radford University Concert Hall,                                                         Radford, Virginia.                      16/04/09                       Recording Session in Radford                                                             University Concert Hall,                                                                        Radford, Virginia.


MAY 2009                                                                

02/05/09, 7.30pm                                                           Alison McNeill (soprano & fiddle), Fiona McNeill (guitar) and German Folk Band Concert at Hafton Castle, Dunoon, Scotland.

06/05/09, 7.30pm                                                                               Alison McNeill (soprano & fiddle), Eleanor Holley (clarsach), Fiona McNeill (guitar, mandolin) &The Wherries in Finnert St. Paul’s Church, Greenock, Scotland.

09/05/09, 7.30pm                                                           Soprano 1 Soloist in Charpentier’s Te Deum with the Scottish Classical Players Orchestra in Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow, Scotland.

24/05/09, 8pm                                                       Alison McNeill (fiddle), Fiona McNeill (guitar &mandolin) & Scott McLean (drums). Ceilidh in Hafton Castle, Dunoon.

 

JUNE 2009                                                   

06/06/09, 6.30pm                                                         Alison McNeill (soprano & fiddle) & Eleanor Holley (clarsach) Speaker: Scottish MSP Nicola Sturgeon in The New Town Hall, Cumbernauld, Scotland.

14/06/09, 2.30pm                                                                     Alison McNeill (soprano), Callista Nurse (piano) and John Roy Garrod (piano).  Music written by composers John Roy Garrod and Christopher Duncan.                                                                        New Music for Voice and Piano at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.

21/06/09, 11.30am                                                                             Alison McNeill (conductor) of St John’s Episcopal Youth Choir at St John’s Episcopal Church, Greenock, Scotland.

27/06/09 - 29/06/09, 10am - 3pm                                            Alison McNeill Summer Fiddle Workshops, Gourock, Scotland.

JULY 2009                                                 

19/07/09, 6pm                                                                                     Alison McNeill (soprano) & Claire Howard (piano)                   Spanish Song Recital for the Interpretation of Spanish Song Festival in Granada, Spain.

20/07/09, 8pm                                                                           Public Masterclass with pianist Jorge Robaina in Teatro Caja Granada, Granada, Spain.

SEPTEMBER 2009                                    

6/09/09, 3pm                                                             Ceilidh Band Reely Jiggered play at Gig on the Green, Greenock, Scotland.

19/09/09, 7.30pm                                                                                   Alison McNeill (soprano),  Steven van Gils (tenor) & Rixt Spry (piano).   Recital of Songs by Joaquin Rodrigo in The Hague, The Netherlands.

OCTOBER 2009                                        

02/10/09, 7.30pm                                                         Alison McNeill (soprano & fiddle) & Eleanor Holley (clarsach) at Sandiford Burns Club, Glasgow.

02/10/09, 9pm                                                         Ceilidh Band Reely Jiggered play on the Tall Ship, Glasgow.

09/10/09, 7.30pm                                                                                   Alison McNeill (soprano & fiddle) & Eleanor Holley (clarsach) and The Wherries in Concert Celebrating the life and work of Robert Burns in the Arts Guild Theatre, Greenock, Scotland.

Celtic Magic Duo Tour of England

15/10/09, 1pm                                                                               Alison McNeill (Soprano and Fiddle) & Eleanor Holley (clarsach) Recital “A Collection of songs and music from around Celtic Britain” in St Mary’s Cathedral, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. www.livearts-at-stmarys.co.uk

16/10/09, 7.30pm                                                   Alison McNeill (Soprano and Fiddle) & Eleanor Holley (clarsach) Recital “A Collection of songs and music from around Celtic Britain” in Winston Steiner School, Gloucestershire, England.                                                

17/10/09, 7.30pm                                                   Alison McNeill (Soprano and Fiddle) & Eleanor Holley (clarsach) Recital “A Collection of songs and music from around Celtic Britain” in St Bartholomew’s Church, Murchmarcle, Herefordshire.                                                  

18/10/09, 7.30pm                                                   Alison McNeill (Soprano and Fiddle) & Eleanor Holley (clarsach) Recital “A Collection of songs and music from around Celtic Britain” in  Sheepscomb Village Hall, Cotswolds, England.                                                                                                                                                              25/10/09, 6pm                                                                 Alison McNeill (soprano) & Mexican Early Music Ditirambo Ensemble in Hafton Castle, Dunoon.

28/10/09, 7.30pm                                                         Alison McNeill (soprano) & Mexican Early Music Ditirambo Ensemble in St John’s Episcopal Church, Greenock, Scotland.

31/10/09, 4pm                                                           Alison McNeill (soprano) & Mexican Early Music Ditirambo Ensemble at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow, Scotland.                                                                                                                                                                                                        NOVEMBER 2009                                   

01/11/09, 3pm                                               Alison McNeill (soprano) & Mexican Early Music Ditirambo Ensemble at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow, Scotland.

 

DECEMBER 2009                                                       

20/12/09, 7.30pm                                                                                 Soprano Soloists in Carols by Candlelight Concert in aid of Save the Children Charity in St John’s Episcopal Church, Greenock, Scotland.

24/12/09, 4.30pm                                                                                     Christmas Eve Service. Alison McNeill (conductor) and St John’s Church Youth Choir at St John’s Episcopal Church, Greenock, Scotland.

JANUARY 2010                                                          

02/01/10, 3pm                                                                               Soprano Soloist in Handel’s Messiah at Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow, Scotland.

MAY 2010                                                                  

08/05/10, 7.30pm                                                                             Soprano 1 Soloist in Mozart’s Mass in c minor in Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow, Scotland.

 

 

 

Concert Dates from 2008.                                        

APRIL 2008                                                                   1st,7.30pm                                                                       Concert of Spanish Music in Consevatorio de Musica del Estado de Mexico, Toluca, Mexico Alison McNeill (soprano), Claire Howard(piano) & Javier Hernandez Tagle (guitar)

2nd, 11am                                                                       Television Interview on Mexican Television Show Televanta.

2nd, 5pm                                                                         Concert of Spanish Music in Consevatorio de Musica del Estado de Mexico.

3rd, 12.30pm                                                                   Concert of Spanish Music in Sala “Juan Sebastian Bach”, Mexico.

18th, 7.30pm                                                                   Glasgow Philharmonic Male Choir concert in the RSAMD. (Guest Soloist)
 

19th, 7.30pm                                                                   Glasgow Philharmonic Male Choir Concert in the RSAMD. (Guest Soloist)

26th, 7.30pm                                                                   Soprano Soloist with Troon Choral Society. Vivaldi Gloria and Opera Gala.

MAY 2008                                                                    18th, 3pm                                                                       Recital of Spanish Music in Hafton Castle, Dunoon.Alison McNeill (soprano), Laura Husbands (guitar),  Anne MacGregor (piano).

25th, 7.30pm                                                                   Voice and Fiddle Soloist in the Festival Finale of the Burns 'n a' that Festival, Ayr.

31st, 8pm                                                                         Recital of Spanish Music in St John’s Episcopal Church, Greenock.

JUNE                                                                       3rd, 7.30pm                                                                   Guest Soloist for the Inverclyde Voices Concert, St Columbas Church, Largs.
 

JULY 2008                                                                     
17th - 26th
                                                                     
Concerts and Masterclasses in Madrid, Spain.
 

19th, 8pm                                                                       Recital with Tomas Basovilbaso (piano) in Sala de Falla, Madrid.

31st, 8pm                                                                         Spanish Song Concert at the Gaelic Centre, Isle of Islay.                 Alison McNeill (soprano), Claire Howard (piano) & Javier Hernandez Tagle (guitar)

AUGUST 2008                                                             

1st, 8pm                                                                           Music in the Port Charlotte Hotel, Island of Islay.

3rd, 6pm                                                                         Private Concert in Hafton Castle, Dunoon.

5th, 8pm                                                                         Spanish and Celtic Music Concert in St John’s Episcopal, Greenock, Scotland. Alison McNeill (soprano), Javier Hernandez Tagle (guitar),  Eleanor Holley (clarsach)

SEPTEMBER 2008                                                        

1st, 11am                                                                         Concert of Celtic music in Highlanders Academy, Greenock.
 

OCTOBER 2008                                                            

4th                                                                                 Soloist with Glasgow Male Voice Choir in Prince’s Square, Glasgow.

31st, 12.45pm                                                                     Lunchtime Recital of Celtic Music in Paisley Abbey with Eleanor Holley (clarsach). Young Artists Recital Series, Paisley Voices Festival.
 

NOVEMBER 2008                                                       
3rd, 11am
                                                                     
Concert in Highlanders Academy School, Greenock

6th, 7.30pm                                                                     Viva Espana Concert for Voices in Paisley Festival.
 Alison McNeill (soprano), Carina Vinke (mezzo), Jonas Skielboe (guitar) & Anne MacGregor (piano)

9th, 2.30pm                                                                     Afternoon Recital for Beith Music Society
Alison McNeill (soprano), Terence Ayebare (baritone) & Sam Hutchings (piano)
 

DECEMBER 2008                                                      

21st, 7.30pm                                                                   Soloist in Carols by Candlelight Service with harpist Eleanor Holley and the Winter Ensemble in aid of Save the Children Charity in St John’s Episcopal, Greenock.