Music Box Sessions are back for Season Three! This year as well as a new season, we have two brand new courses. Our NC 5 and 6 is now UAL (University of the Arts London) Level 2 and 3. We were delighted that our current level 3 students were ready to kick off the new season of sessions. Alex, Connel, Declan and Callum perform with their band NØMAD and their original song 'Get High Get Saved'. We're looking forward to seeing what else they come up with this year. You can check out their socials here: https://www.facebook.com/alexrentonmusic The new UAL courses allow projects like this to be embedded into the framework, giving students real life, practical and collaborative experiences throughout their time at college. The Music Box Sessions showcases everything we do at The Music Box - Edinburgh College’s purpose-built music teaching hub in West Edinburgh. These weekly sessions give a platform to our classical ensembles, popular music bands, singer songwriters and solo artists to perform their work and have it featured on our social media channels. Filmed and edited by music lecturer Scott Hannah, recorded and mixed by learning assistant Sarah May, The Music Box Sessions give our students essential studio experience, a performance to work towards and a valuable platform for promoting and sharing the music they make. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EdinburghCollegeMSP Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edinburghcollegemusic

This week's Music Box Session features Madelvic performing their original song Lizzie. Madelvic includes HN1 students Caleb and Andrew with ECSA officer Jon. Check out their Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madelvic_band/ The Music Box Sessions showcases everything we do at The Music Box - Edinburgh College’s purpose-built music teaching hub in West Edinburgh. These weekly sessions give a platform to our classical ensembles, popular music bands, singer songwriters and solo artists to perform their work and have it featured on our social media channels. Filmed and edited by music lecturer Scott Hannah, recorded and mixed by learning assistant Sarah May, The Music Box Sessions give our students essential studio experience, a performance to work towards and a valuable platform for promoting and sharing the music they make. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EdinburghCollegeMSP Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edinburghcollegemusic

This week’s Music Box Session is something a little different. UAL Level 3 student, Xander McCausland asked us to help record and produce his latest single ‘Scared to Love Again’. Over a number of weeks, we have worked with Xander to build up his track ready to film for the Music Box Session. The video captures a glimpse of the process on the day that we recorded Xander’s vocals. Xander is a prolific singer songwriter, and you can find out more about his projects on his social media pages here: YouTube: @xandermccausland6209 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rednax12344 We really enjoyed working together with Xander on this project. A Music Box Session is usually a capture of a live session, but we would like to work on more projects like this in the future. If any student singer songwriters would like to work on something similar, please do get in touch on the usual channels or by DM. We are of course always keen to work with bands and artists on the live takes and usual format too. The Music Box Sessions showcases everything we do at The Music Box - Edinburgh College’s purpose-built music teaching hub in West Edinburgh. These weekly sessions give a platform to our classical ensembles, popular music bands, singer songwriters and solo artists to perform their work and have it featured on our social media channels. Filmed and edited by music lecturer Scott Hannah, recorded, and mixed by learning assistant Sarah May, The Music Box Sessions give our students essential studio experience, a performance to work towards and a valuable platform for promoting and sharing the music they make. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EdinburghCollegeMSP Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edinburghcollegemusic

This week's Music Box Session features BA student Bekah Robertson performing her original song, Ivy. Bekah says, “I wrote 'Ivy' in 2021 after my friend and I talked about a recurring dream she had and I so happened to have a similar one which turned into my single, 'Gold'. It's just a simple love song about being away from the world and just existing with someone else.” You can check out Bekah’s album on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/track/7hXJKGLVN7WnnMjzcqBHHv?si=kVbOazS3SxyR7iTBwz6efQ And her Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/bekah.robertsonn/ The Music Box Sessions showcases everything we do at The Music Box - Edinburgh College’s purpose-built music teaching hub in West Edinburgh. These weekly sessions give a platform to our classical ensembles, popular music bands, singer songwriters and solo artists to perform their work and have it featured on our social media channels. Filmed and edited by music lecturer Scott Hannah, recorded, and mixed by learning assistant Sarah May, The Music Box Sessions give our students essential studio experience, a performance to work towards and a valuable platform for promoting and sharing the music they make. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EdinburghCollegeMSP Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edinburghcollegemusic

This week’s Music Box Session features HN1 student Lucy Gordon performing a stripped back acoustic cover of Little Mix's 'Touch'. You can check out Lucy's socials here: YouTube: @lucygordon113 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lucy_gordon.performing/ This week Scott played and Sarah recorded a custom backing track for Lucy. If any student singer songwriters would like to work on something similar, please do get in touch on the usual channels or by DM. We are of course always keen to work with bands and artists on the live takes and usual format too. The Music Box Sessions showcases everything we do at The Music Box - Edinburgh College’s purpose-built music teaching hub in West Edinburgh. These weekly sessions give a platform to our classical ensembles, popular music bands, singer songwriters and solo artists to perform their work and have it featured on our social media channels. Filmed and edited by music lecturer Scott Hannah, recorded, and mixed by learning assistant Sarah May, The Music Box Sessions give our students essential studio experience, a performance to work towards and a valuable platform for promoting and sharing the music they make. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EdinburghCollegeMSP Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edinburghcollegemusic

This week’s Music Box Session features the Christmassy Flute Ensemble with Chloe and Riordan, lead by lecturer Katrina. They play Tchaikovsky's 'Dance of the Reed Flutes' from The Nutcracker. This arrangement is for flute trio by RR Guenther. You can see the flute trio as well as our other ensembles perform at the Winter Ensembles Concert on the 18th December at the Greyfriar's Charteris Centre in Edinburgh. You can find out more info and buy tickets for the event here: https://www.citizenticket.com/events/creative-industries-edinburgh-college/large-ensembles-winter-concert/ The Music Box Sessions showcases everything we do at The Music Box - Edinburgh College’s purpose-built music teaching hub in West Edinburgh. These weekly sessions give a platform to our classical ensembles, popular music bands, singer songwriters and solo artists to perform their work and have it featured on our social media channels. Filmed and edited by music lecturer Scott Hannah, recorded, and mixed by learning assistant Sarah May, The Music Box Sessions give our students essential studio experience, a performance to work towards and a valuable platform for promoting and sharing the music they make. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EdinburghCollegeMSP Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edinburghcollegemusic

This week’s Music Box Session features HN2 student Michael Fallemann and his band Groove Down performing their original song 'Somebody'. They say "'Somebody' is an original song about romance at the club gone wrong. Featuring funky riffs, tight rhythms and gritty soul, the Groove Down original will be available for streaming in early 2024." Check out their social media here: @groovedown https://www.facebook.com/groovedown https://www.instagram.com/groovedownband The Music Box Sessions showcases everything we do at The Music Box - Edinburgh College’s purpose-built music teaching hub in West Edinburgh. These weekly sessions give a platform to our classical ensembles, popular music bands, singer songwriters and solo artists to perform their work and have it featured on our social media channels. Filmed and edited by music lecturer Scott Hannah, recorded, and mixed by learning assistant Sarah May, The Music Box Sessions give our students essential studio experience, a performance to work towards and a valuable platform for promoting and sharing the music they make. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EdinburghCollegeMSP Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edinburghcollegemusic

This week’s Music Box Session features the return of the Edinburgh College Traditional Music Band, lead by Laurie, performing a trio of Irish Polkas - 'Paddy the Caffler' (Trad. Irish) - 'Glen Cottage Polka' (Trad. Irish) - 'Tolka Polka' (Donal Lunny). Enjoy! The Music Box Sessions showcases everything we do at The Music Box - Edinburgh College’s purpose-built music teaching hub in West Edinburgh. These weekly sessions give a platform to our classical ensembles, popular music bands, singer songwriters and solo artists to perform their work and have it featured on our social media channels. Filmed and edited by music lecturer Scott Hannah, recorded, and mixed by learning assistant Sarah May, The Music Box Sessions give our students essential studio experience, a performance to work towards and a valuable platform for promoting and sharing the music they make. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EdinburghCollegeMSP Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edinburghcollegemusic

This week’s Music Box Session features the return of Dun Eideann. They perform their original song 'Colour Tree'. They say "Colour Tree attempts to convey the untapped creative potential within all of us using the metaphor of a tree, which despite starting off small, grows steadily over time in a similar way to our ideas when given the correct attention and support." Give them a follow on Instagram! www.instagram.com/duneideannband The Music Box Sessions showcases everything we do at The Music Box - Edinburgh College’s purpose-built music teaching hub in West Edinburgh. These weekly sessions give a platform to our classical ensembles, popular music bands, singer songwriters and solo artists to perform their work and have it featured on our social media channels. Filmed and edited by music lecturer Scott Hannah, recorded, and mixed by learning assistant Sarah May, The Music Box Sessions give our students essential studio experience, a performance to work towards and a valuable platform for promoting and sharing the music they make. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EdinburghCollegeMusic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edinburghcollegemusic YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@EdinburghCollegeMusic