Jess Turner from Kingussie enjoyed a week's work experience in the SCO office and spent time with all the departments, from Connect to Concerts and Marketing.
Since day one at the SCO office I decided that this was a great career to be involved in. The SCO office staff work extremely hard to get everything running and in proper order and they do it with smiles on their faces!
This weekend (19/20 November) SCO gives the UK premiere of The Enchanter by Albert Schnelzer. Commissioned by the SCO and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, the piece was influenced in part by Salman Rushdie’s The Enchantress of Florence.
The concerto was written especially for guest soloist, François Leleux, internationally recognised as the finest oboist of his generation. Schnelzer believes that the work’s title reflects Leleux’s playing: “He enchants his audience and it is a near magical experience to hear him play”.
As I rummage deep in my gig bag, searching for some make-up to hide the shadows under my jet-lagged eyes, I throw out on to the floor a weighty bundle of black material - one floor-length satin-edged evening dress.
Did I mention we were here in the US to do some concerts? Those of us on the train to New York yesterday, were pretty pleased to be arriving in the city on the same day as being in the paper.
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