The Auricle Ensemble is a chamber ensemble based in Scotland. It was created by a co-operative of professional musicians working in the UK in 2007 and has become known for its diverse programming.
The group is based in the West End of Glasgow, with rehearsal space and administration based at St. Bride's Church, Glasgow

St. Bride's Church, Glasgow

St. Bride's Episcopal Church is situated in the Hyndland area of the West End of Glasgow, Scotland.-History:In the late nineteenth century, a number of temporary church buildings were erected in the new suburbs developing around the West End of Glasgow. St. Bride's began its life as one of these...

. The Auricle Ensemble performs throughout the year as a resident ensemble in the St. Bride's at 7 series, and repeats these concerts across Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

, in places such as Edinburgh University, Falkirk

Falkirk

Falkirk is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies in the Forth Valley, almost midway between the two most populous cities of Scotland; north-west of Edinburgh and north-east of Glasgow....

 Town Hall, Byre Theatre

Byre Theatre

The Byre Theatre is a theatre in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. The original Byre Theatre was founded in 1933 by Alexander B Paterson, a local journalist and playwright, with help from a theatre group made up from members of Hope Park Church, St Andrews....

 St. Andrews, Isle of Bute

Isle of Bute

Bute is an island in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland. Formerly part of the county of Buteshire, it now constitutes part of the council area of Argyll and Bute. Its resident population was 7,228 in April 2001.-Geography:...

, Wigtown

Wigtown

Wigtown is a town and former royal burgh in the Machars of Galloway in the south west of Scotland. It lies south of Newton Stewart and east of Stranraer. It has a population of about 1,000...

 Book Festival.

It performs annually at Glasgow's West End Festival

West End Festival

The West End Festival is an annual festival in the West End of Glasgow, Scotland.-History:The West End Festival in Glasgow was started in 1996 by Michael Dale as a small local festival centred on Byres Road....

 and Edinburgh Festival

Edinburgh Festival

The Edinburgh Festival is a collective term for many arts and cultural festivals that take place in Edinburgh, Scotland each summer, mostly in August...

, and received critical attention with its tour of Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire

Pierrot Lunaire

Dreimal sieben Gedichte aus Albert Girauds 'Pierrot lunaire' , commonly known simply as Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21 , is a melodrama by Arnold Schoenberg...

. The ensemble's family concert with its orchestral octet performances for young audiences narrated by Balamory

Balamory

Balamory was a live action television series on British television for pre-school children, based around the fictional small island community of Balamory in Scotland. It was produced between 2002 and 2005 by BBC Scotland, with 254 episodes made...

 actress, Juliet Cadzow

Juliet Cadzow

Should We Go Home Elizabeth Smith2011 Fast RomanceGabriella Catalano2009 New Town Mrs Showalter2008 Stone of DestinyIan's Mother2007 Wedding Belles Kelly's Ma2006 Still Game Conductress / Gorgeous woman...

 has been performed in festivals and venues across Scotland.

The Auricle Ensemble's 2010/2011 season features a Mini-Mahler series wherein all of Gustav Mahler

Gustav Mahler

Gustav Mahler was a late-Romantic Austrian composer and one of the leading conductors of his generation. He was born in the village of Kalischt, Bohemia, in what was then Austria-Hungary, now Kaliště in the Czech Republic...

's reduced works created for Arnold Schoenberg

Arnold Schoenberg

Arnold Schoenberg was an Austrian composer, associated with the expressionist movement in German poetry and art, and leader of the Second Viennese School...

's Society for Private Musical Performances

Society for Private Musical Performances

The Society for Private Musical Performances was an organization founded in Vienna in the Autumn of 1918 by Arnold Schoenberg with the intention of making carefully rehearsed and comprehensible performances of available to genuinely interested members of the musical public...

 are being performed over Mahler's two anniversary years.

'Auricle', is defined as "external part of ear; atrium of heart"

External links

• http://www.auricleensemble.org.uk
• http://www.chambermusicscotland.org.uk/p/auricle_ensemble/