McLellan Festival Joanna Nicholson: Altachorvie Tuesday 2nd September. 7.30

“virtuoso” – Sound Festival website, October 2011
“enthralling” – The Herald, June 2011 
“quicksilver” – The Herald, August 2008
“superb” – The Scotsman, August 2007

Clarinettist Joanna Nicholson graduated from the Royal College of Music in 1992 as an Exhibition Scholar, and has since pursued a lively freelance career based in Scotland as a performer and educator.

She performs extensively with numerous major UK orchestras and ensembles, most regularly the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and Scottish Chamber Orchestra, as well as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Ulster Orchestra, Red Note Ensemble and Daniel’s Beard.  As a concerto soloist, she has performed with the BBC SSO at London’s Albert Hall’s famous Proms concerts, and with the BT Scottish Ensemble.  She regularly gives solo and chamber music concerts in classical style as well as contemporary, folk and world influenced music.

Joanna will be playing a range of lovely Scottish music on Tuesday 2nd September at Altachorvie at 7:30pm. On the same evening the new and important volume of Collected Works of Robert McLellan will be launched with readings by Eddie Stiven. An event not to be missed.