Lids Open Days
Our last Lids Open Day in 2023 was at City Halls in both the Grand Hall & Recital Room on Sunday September 3rd. This was a moment to celebrate our 10th year of activity and brought together singers and players who know our project well and new people attending. It was a beautiful day with brilliant musical moments that you can now watch a few versions of on our youtube channel . . . here.
Our next Lids Open Day will be on Sunday 24th March ( 10.30am till 4pm )
at Pollokshields Burgh Hall ( 70 Glencairn Dr, Glasgow, G41 4LL ) 2 minutes walk from Maxwell Park train station
Please register to attend by emailing us the time you would like to play at: info@glasgowpianocity.org
Pollokshields Burgh Hall
'Big Mary' will be available to play from 10.30am till 4pm. Please check the slots below and email us with your preferred time.
1 . . . Galina 2 . . . 10.45am till 11.00am 3 . . . 11.00am till 11.15am 4 . . . 11.15am till 11.30am
5 . . . 11.30am till 11.45am 6 . . . 11.45am till 12.00pm 7 . . George 8 . . . 12.15pm till 12.30pm
9 . . . Andy 10 . . . Kris 11 . . . Stan 12 . . . 1.15pm till 1.30pm
13 . . . Mabi 14 . . . 1.45pm till 2.00pm 15 . . . . Chloe 16 . . . Carrie
17 . . . 2.30pm till 2.45pm 18 . . . 2.45pm till 3.00pm 19 . . . Kirsten 20 . . . 3.15pm till 3.30pm
21 . . . 3.30pm till 3.45pm 22 . . . 3.45pm till 4.00pm
Lids Open Days began in the Grand Hall, City Halls, at the 2013 'Festival of the Piano'. It has grown into a highly successful event offering a rare chance for musician, instrument and audience to connect without the usual pressures or expectations to perform. Click on the image of the Grand Hall above to take a virtual tour of the space . . . on the right are David & George in the Recital Room..
Our first Lids Open Day of 2023 was held in 'The Glasgow Room' at the Mitchell Library on Saturday 4th March with 30 people attending and our 2nd LOD of the year, in association with Glasgow Life as part of the 15 yr anniversary of Unesco 'Glasgow City of Music', was in 'The Recital Room', City Halls on May 5th with a beautiful Steinway Concert Grand. We had 25 people and many of our senior players including: Harry, George, Alan, David, Paul, Andy, Stan & Hugh . . . with over 500 years experience in their fingers - some photos below.
Ugnius
Stan
Grainne
Harry
Our most recent evening event was held under GAIA at Mackintosh Queens Cross . . . below are 2 videos of players from that night
Our events are intended to welcome imperfection and expand widen our experience of listening to ourselves and others playing music in public. Wherever possible, we also aim to offer participants a choice about whether they want to invite along family & friends, maybe have some informal tuition or just enjoy 12 - 15 mins playing time on a beautiful piano, without a paying audience or any ears that might be carrying the usual expectation of a performance or waiting to be . . . entertained.
If you have never attended one of our LOD's before you can get a sense of the event by listening to Anna Magnusson's radio interview with participants at our 2019 event in the Glasgow Room or watching the short film above, from Mackintosh Queens Cross in 2015.
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