From Season 3, straight into the next, HND1 student Joan kicks off season 4 of The Music Box Sessions with an improvised piano piece. He says "I was inspired by Bill Evans romanticism and from one of his pieces Called "Bill's hit tune". I wanted to use this piece as a starting point and then take a Journey through Improvisation, adding some flamenco hints inspired by Chano Dominguez (Flamenco Jazz Pianist). I was also inspired by Keith Jarret Piano Solo Improvisation." The Music Box Sessions is our award winning, long running, weekly series highlighting the talent and creativity of students from Edinburgh College’s Music department. From classical ensembles to pop bands and solo artists, each performance is professionally filmed and recorded by lecturer Scott Hannah and learning assistant Sarah May. The sessions give students essential studio experience and a platform to share their music. Featuring a diverse range of genres, the sessions offer a glimpse into the vibrant music scene at the college. Be sure to check out new performances every Friday live at 5pm. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EdinburghCollegeMusic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edinburghcollegemusic YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/EdinburghCollegeMusic #livemusic #musicvideo #edinburghmusic #music #jazzmusic #piano

This week’s Music Box Session features LA Wizard with an original song ‘Fever Dream’. The band is made up of Daniel from UAL3, Brodie from HND1, part time BA student Brenna and Murray and Martin who graduated the BA last year. It’s fantastic to see students across all levels and disciplines working together! LA Wizard have their first gig coming up at La Belle Angele on the 28th of September as part of Rockinburgh. You can get tickets here: https://www.rockinfortots.co.uk/events/ And check out the band’s Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/la_wizard_band/ The Music Box Sessions is our award winning, long running, weekly series highlighting the talent and creativity of students from Edinburgh College’s Music department. From classical ensembles to pop bands and solo artists, each performance is professionally filmed and recorded by lecturer Scott Hannah and learning assistant Sarah May. The sessions give students essential studio experience and a platform to share their music. Featuring a diverse range of genres, the sessions offer a glimpse into the vibrant music scene at the college. Be sure to check out new performances every Friday live at 5pm. #livemusic #musicvideo #edinburghmusic #music #metal #rock

This week’s Music Box Session features BA student Glengo performing a cover of 'Don't Go Away' by Oasis. Glengo says "I have been working on an arrangement of this song for a few months, and the recent Oasis fever has encouraged me to make a recording of this Be Here Now classic. I wanted to explore the themes of emotional separation & longing by being more free with the tempo & metre than it appears in the original track." Check out Glengo on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gllenngo/ The Music Box Sessions is our award winning, long running, weekly series highlighting the talent and creativity of students from Edinburgh College’s Music department. From classical ensembles to pop bands and solo artists, each performance is professionally filmed and recorded by lecturer Scott Hannah and learning assistant Sarah May. The sessions give students essential studio experience and a platform to share their music. Featuring a diverse range of genres, the sessions offer a glimpse into the vibrant music scene at the college. Be sure to check out new performances every Friday live at 5pm. #livemusic #musicvideo #edinburghmusic #music #oasiscover #piano #singer

This week’s Music Box Session features Fingertraps performing an original song 'Y Tú'. Fingertraps includes BA student Mateo and HND1 student Joan. Joan says: "Y Tú" is a song that was born more than a year ago. Mateo (the guitar from Fingertraps) based on a Brazilian piece "Xodo da Baiana by Dilarmando Reís" Work out this arrangement and Joan, lead vocal and pianist of Fingertraps, wrote the lyrics. Firstly, born for two guitars, started shifting as we begun to add drums with @Xabivillares (the drummer of Fingertraps) We moved from two melodic guitar to one guitar, one piano and drums. The piece started shifting from bossa nova/pop, to son/Cuban influenced music. This influenced started being more noticeable as we added a montuno for the piano, and we highlighted the rhythm section in a Cuban fashion. We were looking for something fresh an original and willing to work with other musicians! Then, we contacted Dominica. With Domi, we started working with the Voices arrangement and her bass line, she brought so much light, beautiful and powerful hints as a singer and as a bass player! We dreamt of having some brass and winds and we contacted with Javier and Victor. With Javier we worked out beautiful arrangement. He is such a talented musician and his ability to merge and adapt with his flute to any giving piece is beyond amazing, he added some flamenco and organic melodies. With Victor, (the trumpet player) we were aiming to have a reliable and professional trumpet player with a wide experience in Latin as well as Jazz music, hence, add this amazing strength and vibrancy to the piece. Altogether has been a beautiful experience working with such an amazing beings and musicians! Thanks!" Check out Fingertraps on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fingertrapsmusic/ The Music Box Sessions is our award winning, long running, weekly series highlighting the talent and creativity of students from Edinburgh College’s Music department. From classical ensembles to pop bands and solo artists, each performance is professionally filmed and recorded by lecturer Scott Hannah and learning assistant Sarah May. The sessions give students essential studio experience and a platform to share their music. Featuring a diverse range of genres, the sessions offer a glimpse into the vibrant music scene at the college. Be sure to check out new performances every Friday live at 5pm. #livemusic #musicvideo #edinburghmusic #music #latinmusic #cubanmusic #singer

This week’s Music Box Session features HN1 student Kateryna Perepechaeva-Myrcheva performing an original composition called 'Liberation'. The Music Box Sessions is our award winning, long running, weekly series highlighting the talent and creativity of students from Edinburgh College’s Music department. From classical ensembles to pop bands and solo artists, each performance is professionally filmed and recorded by lecturer Scott Hannah and learning assistant Sarah May. The sessions give students essential studio experience and a platform to share their music. Featuring a diverse range of genres, the sessions offer a glimpse into the vibrant music scene at the college. Be sure to check out new performances every Friday live at 5pm. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EdinburghCollegeMusic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edinburghcollegemusic YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/EdinburghCollegeMusic #livemusic #musicvideo #edinburghmusic #music #piano

This week’s Music Box Session features HN1 student Fearne Tomás Summersgill. She performs her original song 'Wreckage' and says "I wanted my song to reference the concept of time and mortality as I had all these existential thoughts that I felt I had to put into words. I was also playing with the concept of time throughout the song - how life is short, but also not moving quickly enough when wanting to distance myself from painful experiences. I guess my message is supposed to be that I'm not going to live forever, and I need to stop wasting my time trying to be someone else to please others and instead follow my 'truth'. I'm influenced mainly by my mum Holly Tómas as she was a songwriter too!" Give Fearne a follow on Instagram: mhttps://www.instagram.com/fearne_music/ The Music Box Sessions is our award winning, long running, weekly series highlighting the talent and creativity of students from Edinburgh College’s Music department. From classical ensembles to pop bands and solo artists, each performance is professionally filmed and recorded by lecturer Scott Hannah and learning assistant Sarah May. The sessions give students essential studio experience and a platform to share their music. Featuring a diverse range of genres, the sessions offer a glimpse into the vibrant music scene at the college. Be sure to check out new performances every Friday live at 5pm. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EdinburghCollegeMusic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edinburghcollegemusic YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/EdinburghCollegeMusic #livemusic #musicvideo #edinburghmusic #music #piano #singersongwriter

This week’s Music Box Session features HN1 student Daniil Apakitsa performing Bach's 'Sinfonia In A Minor '. The Music Box Sessions is our award winning, long running, weekly series highlighting the talent and creativity of students from Edinburgh College’s Music department. From classical ensembles to pop bands and solo artists, each performance is professionally filmed and recorded by lecturer Scott Hannah and learning assistant Sarah May. The sessions give students essential studio experience and a platform to share their music. Featuring a diverse range of genres, the sessions offer a glimpse into the vibrant music scene at the college. Be sure to check out new performances every Friday live at 5pm. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EdinburghCollegeMusic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edinburghcollegemusic YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/EdinburghCollegeMusic #livemusic #musicvideo #edinburghmusic #music #piano

This week’s Music Box Session features the Edinburgh College Street Band - StreetMash! Lead by lecturer Rocio, StreetMash perform 'Mambo No 5'. If you'd to see more, you can see StreetMash and all of our ensembles including Strings, Trad and Choir live at Old Saint Paul's at our Winter Ensembles Concert this coming Monday! All the details and tickets are available here https://www.citizenticket.com/events/creative-industries-edinburgh-college/winter-ensembles-concert/ The Music Box Sessions is our award winning, long running, weekly series highlighting the talent and creativity of students from Edinburgh College’s Music department. From classical ensembles to pop bands and solo artists, each performance is professionally filmed and recorded by lecturer Scott Hannah and learning assistant Sarah May. The sessions give students essential studio experience and a platform to share their music. Featuring a diverse range of genres, the sessions offer a glimpse into the vibrant music scene at the college. Be sure to check out new performances every Friday live at 5pm. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EdinburghCollegeMusic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edinburghcollegemusic YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/EdinburghCollegeMusic #livemusic #musicvideo #edinburghmusic #music #streetband

This week’s Music Box Session features the Edinburgh College String Ensemble performing 'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik' by Mozart. We'd like to wish all of our students, staff and followers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and are looking forward to seeing you all in 2025! The Music Box Sessions is our award winning, long running, weekly series highlighting the talent and creativity of students from Edinburgh College’s Music department. From classical ensembles to pop bands and solo artists, each performance is professionally filmed and recorded by lecturer Scott Hannah and learning assistant Sarah May. The sessions give students essential studio experience and a platform to share their music. Featuring a diverse range of genres, the sessions offer a glimpse into the vibrant music scene at the college. Be sure to check out new performances every Friday live at 5pm. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EdinburghCollegeMusic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edinburghcollegemusic YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/EdinburghCollegeMusic #livemusic #musicvideo #edinburghmusic #music #strings #mozart