St Cecilia's Hall: Concert Room & Music Museum

23/01/2025

It's official - the full lineup for our 2025 Women's History Month celebration week is finalised and all tickets are now on sale!!🥳🎉

Grab your tickets now - https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/womens-history-month-celebrations-2025-2916149?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=creatorshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=odclsxcollection&utm-source=cp&aff=escb

23/01/2025

Due to the red weather warning issued by the Met Office, St Cecilia’s Hall will be closed on Friday the 24th of January. We will reopen as usual at 10am on Saturday the 25th of January. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

22/01/2025

Join us this February for four more FREE Weekly Tours! Book your ticket now to avoid missing out🎶

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/weekly-tours-at-st-cecilias-hall-february-tours-tickets-1217733857749?aff=oddtdtcreator

14/01/2025

Did you miss our November talk - Faust and Furious: Class and Art in the Development and Destruction of Edinburgh? Not to worry! The full talk is now available to watch on our YouTube channel.

https://youtu.be/kE4w_S8LpOQ?si=F2ecwILMRrVSkNCv

13/01/2025

Join us this Women's History Month for a series of events celebrating women in music! Talks, tours and live music there's something for everyone!

Visit the link below to book your tickets and to find out more.

https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/womens-history-month-celebrations-2025-2916149?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=creatorshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=odclsxcollection&utm-source=cp&aff=escb


Visit the link below to book tickets and for more information.

10/01/2025

Looking for some fun FREE activities for the family this Lunar New Year? Look no further! Join us between the 29th of January and the 8th of February to take part in our Lunar New Year Family Trail to help Cecilia the dragon find her eight missing eggs and answer her questions about the collection, and join us on the 1st and 8th of February for a FREE Lunar New Year crafting session - try your hand at making your own paper chain snakes and Angpow Fishes - all materials provided!

Click the link to secure your place now!
Family Craft Afternoon tickets - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lunar-new-year-family-craft-afternoons-tickets-1143921713639?aff=oddtdtcreator

Family Trail Tickets - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lunar-new-year-family-trail-tickets-1107043810839?aff=oddtdtcreator

09/01/2025

Live in the Edinburgh area? Why not join our friends St Cecilia's Hall: Concert Room & Music Museum on the 27th of February for the first of their 2025 informal talks? JP Reid, our Exhibitions and Interpretation Manager at Culture Perth & Kinross, will be joining them to explore a group of musical instruments collected by the Perth Literary and Antiquarian Society, examining their stories and the circumstances of their ‘acquisition.’

Tickets are now available via Eventbrite: https://buff.ly/3BW2J9R

07/01/2025

Happy New Year! Have you missed us, because we've sure missed you! St Cecilia's Hall is officially open for 2025 and we can't wait to welcome you all back through our doors.

Interested to see what we've got coming up this next year? Head over to our What's On Page to discover our line-up for 2025, and grab your tickets now! https://www.stcecilias.ed.ac.uk/whats-on/

#2025

27/12/2024

Join us on the 27th of February for the first of our 2025 informal talks. JP Reid, Exhibitions and Interpretation Manager for Culture Perth & Kinross, joins us to explore a group of musical instruments collected by the Perth Literary and Antiquarian Society, examining their stories and the circumstances of their ‘acquisition.’

Tickets are now available via Eventbrite - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/loot-curating-empire-at-the-new-perth-museum-tickets-1104494876909?aff=oddtdtcreator

21/12/2024

And with that, 2024 at St Cecilia's Hall comes to a close! We will now be closed for the festive period until Tuesday the 7th of January 2025 for a well earned rest after what has been an incredibly busy and exciting year. We want to thank each and every one of our visitors who have shown up and made 2024 one to remember at St Cecilia's Hall.

From our team to you, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and we will see you all in 2025 for another jam packed year of music and fun!

20/12/2024

Samuel Diz is a multiple award-winning concert guitarist and researcher of 20th-century Spanish music who specialises in the music of the Spanish Generation of 1927. This video, recorded during an artist in residency at St Cecilia's Hall in November 2024, features MIMEd 1598, a guitar made by Manuel Ramírez in 1914.

Samuel Diz is a multiple award-winning concert guitarist and researcher of 20th-century Spanish music who specialises in the music of the Spanish Generation ...

20/12/2024

Weekly Tours are back for 2025! Join us in January for four FREE tours of St Cecilia's Hall. Topics and guides vary week by week so feel free to book on to more than one!

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/weekly-tours-at-st-cecilias-hall-january-tours-tickets-1114825375709

18/12/2024

We are looking forward to all of the wonderful concerts happening this spring at the inaugural Music Festival in partnership with Institut français d'Ecosse.

18/12/2024

Finishing off 2024 at St Cecilia's Hall the right way 😊

What were your favourite memories at our museum this year?

16/12/2024

It's our birthday!! Today marks 261 years since the very first concert was held at St Cecilia's Hall back in 1763. We've had many lives since then so we thought what better way to celebrate than to travel back in time with some photos of our building over the years.

1. Drawing of the Historic Entrance to St Cecilia's Hall, (with modern birthday-themed additions).
2. The interior of the Concert Room when it was Dr Bells School, c. 1844.
3. The exterior of the building when it was The Bridges Bar, c. 1950s.
4. The exterior of the building when it was Excelsior Ballroom, c. 1940s-50s (copyright Canmore).
5. The Concert Room when it was the Excelsior Ballroom, c. 1940s-50s (copyright Canmore).
6. The 1812 Gallery as it looked in 1968, 1968.
7. The Sypert Concert Hall as it looked before our 2017 redevelopment, c. 2010s.
8. The Historic Foyer as it looked before our 2017 redevelopment (note the absence of the Wolfson Gallery), c. 2010s.
9. The Sypert Concert Hall today, 2023.
10. St Cecilia's Hall Exterior (Niddry St.) today, 2023.

14/12/2024

Please note: we will be closing at 1pm on Tuesday the 17th of December for our office Christmas party. As always we're hoping to get just as festive as our favourite edit of our Andreas Rucker's harpsichord from 1608!

05/12/2024

01/12/2024

Searching for the perfect gift to give to the music lover in your life this festive season? Look no further! Our 2024 Festive Gift Guide is here - from serpent ties, to Christmas cards to mugs - we've got something for everyone!🎁