|
Welcome
Page
About
Us
Products
& Services
In the
News
Ask the
Experts
Guest
Book
Job
Opportunities
|
|
 F
e a t u r e s
News
about students past and present
P
r e s s R e l e a s e s
- Ex-student Steve Lawson is to support Level 42 on
their forthcoming 'Greatest hits' tour - interrupted only
by solo bass gigs with Michael manring and David Freisen
- Steve recentlydelivered a clinic at his alma mater, and
we were very impressed by how much he'd learnt since he
left!
- Exand current Perth students 'The hours' are
supporting Jim Mullen's organ trio i Glasgow this
month.
- 3rd year BA student Brian Hurren has joined Runrig,
due to the recent election of their keyboard player Pete
Wishart as MP for Tayside North. They are toruing
Scotland, Germany and Denmark.
- Jazz fusion stars Jim Mullen
and Lawrence Cottle are conducting guitar and bass
workshops at Perth in early May.
- Roland UK hosted a demo of
their new guitar amps and guitars - featuring digital amp
and guitar modelling.
- Ex-student Tom Urie - seen in
STV's 'Chewin' the fat', 'Singalonga Sound of music'
among others - is featured as the eponymous 'head' in
channel 4's new comedy series.
- Perth's Samba band, Rhythm
Wave, have a busy winter - playing at light-switching-on
ceremonies in Glasgow and Perth, Hogmanay in Perth. This
brings to a close a busy year for the band, which saw
them winning third prize in the world carnival
championships in Alborg, Denmark, playing at Glastonbury
and many other gigs.
- After the sad death of
Nazareth's drummer earlier this year, ex-student Lee
Agnew took over the drum chair, joining fellow ex-student
Jimmy Muirison in the still-successful Scots-based rock
band,just back from a British tour and shortly off for a
summer tour of the states.
- Ex Perth Band Annie Christian
recently returned to Edinburgh after a successful tour
supporting Echo & The Bunnymen - now recording their
second album for V2 records. Manager Bruce McLean and
guitarist Laurence Lean paid the college a visit to see
the plans for the new building and say hello to old
friends.
- Bass Player Steve Lawson, now
also journalist and educator, is currently on tour with
Howard Jones, as well as playing with his own mystical
Indian/western group Ragatal, teaching at Drum Tech and
writing for Guitar Player Magazine.
- Singer/songwriter Helen Currie
is in the USA being 'developed' by Sony on a possible new
project - good luck to her.
- Singer Norman Bowman, after a
few years playing Marius in the West End production of
Les Miserables is currently touring with The Pirates of
Penzance.
|
