An immersive learning experience

Introducing Immerse, SCO’s acclaimed orchestral programme for young people. Immerse is a unique orchestral experience for upper secondary music and art pupils that enables students to experience the excitement of a live orchestra in concert and explore the relationship between music and art. The programme at Borders Music Festival 2026, features The Origin of Colour by […]
Astonishing theatrical power and beauty

Introducing mezzo soprano Catherine Backhouse and Emotionally Volatile Productions. Emotionally Volatile Productionswas founded by Catherine Backhouse and named after a 19th century critic’s hilarious claim that women were “too emotionally volatile for the exact science of composition”. She hopes this will be the first of many resourceful performer-led passion projects in Scotland. ‘sung by the […]