We love events, concerts, performances, rehearsals, workshops, flashmobs and any opportunities to be musical and share the joy of music with an audience! Here’s an archive of our public events over the last few years. If you’d like to see what’s coming up, visit our Events page.
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2024 events
28th Oct 2024 – Love Music Choirs in concert, Usher Hall & online
Love Music Community Choir & Junior Choir | Stephen Deazley CC director | Clare Bauld & Sally Jaquet JC leaders | Dave Milligan piano | Fionnlagh Mac A’Phiocar Scottish smallpipes
2nd – 4th Aug 2024 – Edinburgh International Festival Opening Event at George Heriot’s School
Stephen Deazley & Love Music led a community choir of singers from across Edinburgh to perform in EIF’s 2024 Opening Event
17th Jun 2024, Love Music Choirs in concert, Usher Hall & online
Love Music Community Choir & Junior Choir | Stephen Deazley CC director | Clare Bauld & Sally Jaquet JC leaders | Dave Milligan piano | Andy McTaggart voice | Edinburgh Guitar Orchestra, led by Mike McGeary
11th Mar 2024, Truth Seekers, Usher Hall & online
Love Music Community Choir & Junior Choir | Stephen Deazley CC director | Sally Jaquet JC leader | Dave Milligan piano | John Kitchen organ | Steven Polwart guitar
2023 events
6th Nov 2023, Love Music meets Tinderbox, Usher Hall & online
Love Music Community Choir & Junior Choir | Tinderbox Orchestra | Stephen Deazley CC director | Darla Eno & Sally Jaquet JC leaders | Dave Milligan piano
21st Jun 2023, Reception at Holyrood Parliament for Making Music‘s Make Music Day
Members of Love Music Community Choir ~ Stephen Deazley musical director | Edinburgh Ukrainian Choir ~ Karina Cherviakova conductor | Members of The Shunpike Social Club | Kat Brooks voice | Mike Kearney piano
19th Jun 2023, Edinburgh Sings! A celebration of community singing concert, Usher Hall & online
Love Music Community Choir ~ Stephen Deazley musical director | Edinburgh Ukrainian Choir ~ Karina Cherviakova conductor | The Phoenix Choir Edinburgh ~ Kat Brooks choir director | Soundhouse Choir ~ Heather Macleod musical director | Karine Polwart voice | Siobhan Miller voice | Dave Milligan piano | Oi Musica brass section | The Shunpike Social Club ~ directed by Marcus Britton & Sam Ward-Hardy
12th June 2023, Flashmob outside the Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Love Music Junior Choir | Darla Eno & Sally Jaquet choir leaders
6th Mar 2023, Concert at Usher Hall, Edinburgh & live-streamed online
Love Music Community Choir & Junior Choir | Newtongrange Silver Band | Matt Hickman of Brownbear | Stephen Deazley CC director | Dave Milligan piano | Anne Crookston MD of Newtongrange Silver Band | Darla Eno & Sally Jaquet JC leaders
2022 events
7th Nov 2022, Concert at Usher Hall, Edinburgh & live-streamed online
Love Music Community Choir & Junior Choir | Stephen Deazley CC director | Dave Milligan piano | Ranjana Ghatak voice | Darla Eno & Sally Jaquet JC leaders
24th & 25th Sept 2022, Comfort Of Voices, Maryhill Burgh Halls Glasgow & online
A two-day national gathering for Scotland-based song and choir leaders to support post-Covid-19 recovery across our sector for leaders at any level of experience and working in any genre.
18th Sept 2022, The Edinburgh Kiltwalk
Some of our team and choir members took part in the Kiltwalk to raise funds for Love Music – thanks to all our generous supporters who sponsored us!
20th Jun 2022, Concert at Usher Hall, Edinburgh & live-streamed online
Love Music Community Choir | Stephen Deazley director | Dave Milligan piano
16th Jun 2022, This School’s Got Soul, at Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Lea Cornthwaite singer, song leader | Lisa Lathwell singer | Dave Milligan keys | Daniel Crichton guitar | Lorna Thomas bass | With 450 singers and choirs from: Corstorphine, Echline, St John’s RC, St Mark’s RC, Sciennes, The Royal High and Trinity Primary Schools
Supported by the City of Edinburgh Council and the Usher Hall
5th Jun 2022, Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebration, Ross Bandstand, Princes St Gardens, Edinburgh
Love Music Community Choir | Stephen Deazley director | Paul Harrison keys
27th Mar 2022, Outside Singing Event, Usher Hall steps, Edinburgh
Love Music Community Choir | Stephen Deazley director
2021 events
Dec 2021, launch of Love Singing commissions, online
5 new unique songs written by Scotland-based songwriters especially for and with community choirs, alongside learning resources that all choir leaders can use for free with their own choirs
15th Nov 2021, Open Rehearsal, Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh & online
Love Music Community Choir | Stephen Deazley director | Dave Milligan piano
2020 events
12th Dec 2020, Festive House Party, online
Love Music Community Choir | Stephen Deazley director | Dave Milligan piano | The Jellyman’s Daughter voice, guitar, cello | Tim Licata actor | Sally Jaquet voice
8th Aug 2020, Come & Sing Ave Maria, online
Stephen Deazley director
2019 events
2nd Dec 2019, On This, A Winter’s Night, The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh
With 200 singers and choirs from: Castleview, Corstorphine, Oaklands, Pencaitland, St John Vianney RC, St Mark’s RC and The Royal High Primary Schools | Stephen Deazley director | Louis Abbott and Sarah Hayes from Admiral Fallow | Dave Milligan piano | Richard Kass percussion | Tom Lyne bass | Supported by The Cruden Foundation, Grant’s of Bathgate, Culture & Business Fund, Scotland, Dr David Summers Charitable Trust, The Ettrick Trust and Queen’s Hall Members | Presented by The Queen’s Hall in collaboration with Love Music
4th Nov 2019, Love Music Choirs & Special Guests, Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Love Music Community Choir | Love Music Junior Choir | Stephen Deazley director | Dave Milligan piano | Karine Polwart voice | Beth Taylor mezzo-soprano | Sally Jaquet trainee choral leader
24th Jun 2019, Songbirds & Troubadours, Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Love Music Community Choir | Love Music Junior Choir | Stephen Deazley director | Darla Eno trainee choral leader | Dave Milligan piano | Siannie Moodie clarsach | Hailun Hu & Andy Wong from The City of Edinburgh Primary Music School piano | Fenella Kerr narrator | Jillian Bain trumpet
21st Jun 2019, 80 members of Love Music Community Choir & 4 members of Love Music Junior Choir performed on the roof of Waverley Mall as part of Make Music Day.
18th Mar 2019, 50 members of Love Music Community Choir performed on stage with iconic indie/pop/rock band JAMES for their 3 encores, Usher Hall, Edinburgh | Stephen Deazley director
18th Mar 2019, Love Music Community Choir FLASH MOB to welcome JAMES to the Usher Hall, Edinburgh | Stephen Deazley director | Daniel Crichton guitar
11th Mar 2019, Love Music Junior Choir FLASH MOB, outside the Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Stephen Deazley director | Darla Eno trainee choral leader | Daniel Crichton guitar
11th Mar 2019, Love Music Community Choir, Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Stephen Deazley director | Steve Hamilton piano | Daniel Crichton guitar
2018 events
3rd Dec 2018, On This, A Winter’s Night, The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh
With 200 singers and choirs from: Broughton, Buckstone, Granton, Oaklands, Taobh na Pàirce and Trinity Primary Schools | Stephen Deazley director | The Jellyman’s Daughter | Brian McAlpine piano | Richard Kass percussion | Tom Lyne bass | Supported by The Cruden Foundation & The JKLM Trust | Presented by The Queen’s Hall in collaboration with Love Music
12th Nov 2018, Love Music Choirs & Special Guests, Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Love Music Community Choir | Love Music Junior Choir | Dave Milligan piano | Steven Blake bagpipes | John Kitchen organ | Stephen Deazley director
11th & 12th Aug 2018, Beautiful Bones, Merchant City Glasgow
Pandora’s Box | Aeris Brass Quartet | London Metropolitan Brass | Community Trombone Orchestra from across Scotland | Supported by Creative Scotland’s Open Project Fund | Delivered in partnership with Surge & Merchant City Festival
11th Jun 2018, Dave Milligan Trio & Love Music Choirs, Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Love Music Community Choir | Love Music Junior Choir | Stephen Deazley director
With special guests – spoken-word artist Dizraeli and, on cello and musical saw, Su-a Lee
12th Mar 2018, Edinburgh Sings! A celebration of community singing, Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Love Music Community Choir Stephen Deazley director | The Soundhouse Choir Heather Macleod director | Sangstream Corrina Hewat director | SongTribe Alison Burns director | Edinburgh Gay Men’s Chorus James Wilkinson director | Dave Milligan piano | Oi Musica brass sextet
2017 events
6th Nov 2017, Love Music Community Choir with Love Music Junior Choir, Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Stephen Deazley director | Dave Milligan piano
13th Jun 2017, Punks, Rebels & Radicals, Usher Hall, Edinburgh
60 Punkiteers from Clovenstone & Sighthill Primary Schools | Love Music Community Choir | Stephen Deazley director | Joby Burgess percussion | Dave Milligan piano | Love Music Band
21st Apr 2017, Voices of Midlothian, Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh
In partnership with Midlothian Council, Stephen Deazley worked with choirs in 6 secondary schools culminating in a concert featuring all choirs performing 2 songs each and a 200-strong massed choir Adele mash-up finale.
2016 events
7th Nov 2016, Love Music Community Choir, Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Stephen Deazley director | Dave Milligan piano
2-week run in Oct 2016, a group from Love Music Community Choir – The Suppliant Women (as The Wise Women of Argos), a play by David Greig, The Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
2nd Sept 2016, Love Music Community Choir – BIG SONGS celebration as guests of The BIG Project, Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh
21st Aug 2016, Love Music Community Choir – Edinburgh International Festival’s Songlines, St John’s Church, Edinburgh
6th Aug 2016, Punkit, Brunswick Stage, Merchant City Festival, Glasgow
30 Punkiteers from across Glasgow City | Joby Burgess solo percussion | Stephen Deazley director | Love Music Band
2nd Jul 2016, Love Music Community Choir – Opening of the Fifth Session of the Scottish Parliament
13th Jun 2016, Love Music Community Choir, Usher Hall Edinburgh
Stephen Deazley director | Dave Milligan piano
21st Apr 2016, Punkit, Linenhall Theatre, Castlebar, Mayo, Ireland
60 Punkiteers from Castlebar primary schools | Joby Burgess solo percussion | Stephen Deazley director | Love Music Band
19th Apr 2016, Punkit, Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo, Ireland
60 Punkiteers from Sligo primary schools
Joby Burgess solo percussion | Stephen Deazley director | Love Music Band
23rd Mar 2016, Punkit, Bedford Corn Exchange
90 Punkiteers from Harrold Priory Middle School | Joby Burgess solo percussion | Stephen Deazley director | Love Music Band
7th Mar 2016, Love Music Community Choir, Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Big Project Youth Choir | Guitarists from Edinburgh’s secondary schools | Stephen Deazley director | Dave Milligan piano