Every semester, a series of concerts are held at University venues as well as other venues around the city. Many of these concerts, particularly those held at lunchtime, are free to attend.
Previous concerts
Spring/Summer 2025
Mon 30 June | Plus Minus Ensemble concert: The Mad Moon and the Owls | Reid Concert Hall | 7pm
Sypert Summer Concert Series 2025
A series of three early music concerts at St Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh.
Sat 7 June | Sypert summer concert: InAlto Ensemble | St. Cecilia's Hall | 7.30pm
Sat 14 June | Sypert summer concert: Azur Ensemble | St. Cecilia's Hall | 7.30pm
Sat 21 June | Sypert summer concert: Jacqueline Ross and Artem Belogurov | St. Cecilia's Hall | 7.30pm
Thu 16 Jan | Welcome Back concert: Timothy Cooper and Ensemble 1604 | Reid Concert Hall | 7pm
Tue 28 Jan | Lunchtime concert: Students from the Reid School of Music | Reid Concert Hall | 1.10pm
Tue 11 Feb | Lunchtime concert: Reid Memorial Concert | Reid Concert Hall | 1.10pm
Tue 25 Feb | Lunchtime concert: Students from the Reid School of Music | Reid Concert Hall | 1.10pm
Wed 26 Feb | Tovey Memorial Prize Competition Final 2025 | Reid Concert Hall | 2pm
Tue 11 Mar | Lunchtime concert: Students from the Reid School of Music | Reid Concert Hall | 1.10pm
Autumn/Winter 2024
Thu 19 Sept | Welcome Concert: Harp and Fiddle/Vocal Duo, Twelfth Day | Reid Concert Hall | 7pm
Wed 9 Oct | Plus Minus Ensemble concert: Action Music | Reid Concert Hall | 7pm
Tue 15 Oct | Lunchtime concert: Performances by students from the Reid School of Music | Reid Concert Hall | 1.10pm
Tue 29 Oct | Lunchtime concert: Performances by students from the Reid School of Music | Reid Concert Hall | 1.10pm
Thu 31 Oct | Meta-Xenakis concert and book launch | Reid Concert Hall | 7pm
Tue 12 Nov | Lunchtime concert: Performances by students from the Reid School of Music | Reid Concert Hall | 1.10pm
Tue 26 Nov | Lunchtime concert: Performances by students from the Reid School of Music | Reid Concert Hall | 1.10pm
Spring/Summer 2024
Mon 22 Jan | Re-Ghoster Extended - Improvising Acoustic / Electronic Quintet | West Court, Edinburgh College of Art | 7.30pm
Tue 6 Feb | Double Portrait Concert: Patricia Alessandrini and Rebecca Saunders | West Court, Edinburgh College of Art | 8pm
Tue 13 Feb | Reid Memorial Concert | Reid Concert Hall | 1.10pm
Tue 5 Mar | Lunchtime concert: Nishlyn Ramanna and Paul Harrison - Jazz piano summit | Reid Concert Hall | 1.10pm
Fri 8 Mar | Lunchtime concert for International Women's Day: Ingrid Sawers and Alexandra Mackenzie | Reid Concert Hall | 1.10pm
Wed 13 Mar | Plus Minus Ensemble concert : Harrison / Finnissy | Reid Concert Hall | 7pm
Tue 19 Mar | Lunchtime concert: Students from the Reid School of Music | Reid Concert Hall | 1.10pm
Tue 26 Mar | Lunchtime concert: Chris Baxter | Reid Concert Hall | 1.10pm
Thu 28 Mar | First Among Equals: Chamber Solos | Reid Concert Hall | 7pm
Tue 2 July | Plus Minus Ensemble: Cage, Stiegler, Rodgers, Ustvolskaya | West Court, Edinburgh College of Art
Tue 9 July | Maggie Nicols with the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra plus guests | Reid Concert Hall
Sypert Summer Concert Series 2024
A series of three early music concerts at St Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh.
Sat 1 June | Sypert concert: Fretwork Viol Consort | St. Cecilia's Hall | 7.30pm
Sat 8 June | Sypert concert: Bojan Cicic and John Kitchen | St. Cecilia's Hall | 7.30pm
Sat 15 June | Sypert concert: Les Cuivres Romantiques featuring Jean-Francois Madeu | St. Cecilia's Hall | 7.30pm
Autumn/Winter 2023
Thu 21 Sept | Welcome Concert: Dreamstate-New music for viola & guitar by Graeme Stephen | 7pm
Tues 31 Oct | Lunchtime concert: New works for flute, guitar, cello and theorbo | Reid Concert Hall | 1.10pm
Tues 14 Nov | Lunchtime concert: Performances by students from the Reid School of Music | Reid Concert Hall | 1.10pm
Fri 8 Dec | Lunchtime concert: Spinacino Consort | Saint Cecilia's Hall | 1.10pm
Spring/Summer 2023
Thu 19 Jan | Marcin Pietruszewski - The New Pulsar Generator (nuPG) Recordings in Concert | West Court, Edinburgh College of Art | 7pm
Tues 14 Feb | Lunchtime concert: Reid Memorial Concert | Reid Concert Hall | 1.10pm
Fri 24 Feb | Lunchtime concert: Emma Abbate and Julian Perkins piano duet | St Cecilia's Hall | 1.10pm
Wed 1 Mar | Tovey Memorial Prize Competition Final 2023 | Reid Concert Hall | 2pm
Fri 10 Mar | Lunchtime concert: Organ Recital by Ciaran Walker | McEwan Hall | 1.10pm
Tues 14 Mar | Lunchtime concert: Concerto for improviser, synth and chamber ensemble | Reid Concert Hall | 1.10pm
Tues 21 Mar | Lunchtime concert: Thomas Metcalf Works for Piano | Reid Concert Hall | 1.10pm
Tues 28 Mar | Lunchtime concert: Students from the Reid School of Music | Reid Concert Hall | 1.10pm
Sat 1 Apr | PN Ensemble:an audiovisual performance | West Court, ECA | 7pm
Wed 3 May | Plus Minus Ensemble concert: Bernhard Lang portrait | Reid Concert Hall | 7pm
Fri 12 May | Jean-Francois Laporte concert / workshop | Alison House, Atrium | 7pm
Wed 17 May | BMus students final Recitals | Reid Concert Hall | 11am
Thu 18 May | BMus students final Recitals | Reid Concert Hall | 10am
Fri 19 May | BMus students final Recitals | Alison House, Atrium | 11am
Thu 6th July | Plus Minus Ensemble concert: Music for cello and live electronics | West Court, Edinburgh College of Art | 7pm
Sypert Summer Concert Series 2023
A series of three early music concerts at St Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh.
Sun 4 June | Sypert concert: Ensemble Stravaganza | St. Cecilia's Hall | 7.30pm
Sun 11 June | Sypert Concert: Scots Baroque | St. Cecilia's Hall | 7.30pm
Sun 2 July | Sypert concert: The Prince Regent's Band | St. Cecilia's Hall | 7.30pm
Autumn/Winter 2022
Tue 27 Sept | Lunchtime concert: Reid Memorial Concert | Reid Concert Hall | 1.10pm
Tue 4 Oct | Lunchtime concert: Louise McMonagle | Reid Concert Hall | 1.10pm
Tue 25 Oct | Lunchtime concert: Phamie Gow | Reid Concert Hall | 1.10pm
Fri 4 Nov | Lunchtime concert: John Kitchen | Reid Concert Hall | 1.10pm
Fri 11 Nov | Lunchtime concert: Tom Wilkinson | Reid Concert Hall | 1.10pm
Tue 15 Nov | Lunchtime concert: The Andrew Robb Trio featuring Sam Braysher | Reid Concert Hall | 1.10pm
Tue 22 Nov | Lunchtime concert: Reid School of Music students | Reid Concert Hall | 1.10pm
Tue 6 Dec | Lunchtime concert: Plus Minus Ensemble | Reid Concert Hall | 1.10pm
A further archive of concerts at the University can be found at the Reid Concerts website