20 Years at the Fringe

To celebrate two decades of music making at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, ROSL will be hosting a special gala concert as part of this year's concert series in the Scottish capital. Artistic Director Geoff Parkin plots the growth of this much-loved series and outlines the plans for this year's celebrations. 

A Day in the Life: Fringe Benefits

As we're now only a week away until the start of 'ROSL Recitals' at the Edinburgh Fringe, we look back on what went into making the two weeks of classical concerts last year. Remember, for 2018 we're in a new venue at the Royal Scots Club.

Fringe 2019: The Story So Far

Our 2019 ROSL Recitals series at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is now well-underway, with our exceptional AMC alumni and scholars coming together to delight the crowds. 

Fringe Benefits: Ashley Fripp

Winner of the piano section at the 2011 Annual Music Competition, Ashley Fripp has been a staple of ROSL's concert series at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for several years. Returning again for the 2018 festival in August, Ashley gives us a behind-the-scenes glimpse into what it's like to perform as part of ROSL Recitals

Fringe Benefits: Decades in the Making

2018 marks the 19th year ROSL has returned to Scotland for its annual award-winning series of concerts at the Fringe, but our connection to the Edinburgh International Festival actually goes back much further. 

Fringe Benefits: Get Your Golden Ticket

ROSL Recitals is returning to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe next month and this year we feature not one, not two, but three Annual Music Competition (AMC) Gold Medal winners. It is your chance to see some of the finest classical musicians the Commonwealth has produced. With 30 concerts spread over two weeks, the Royal Scots Club will be filled with mellifluous music from Monday 6 to Friday 7 August. 

Fringe Benefits: Korimako Piano Trio

As well as playing host to prizewinners from the Annual Music Competition, ROSL's Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme is also a chance for ROSL-backed scholars from around the Commonwealth to gain invaluable international performance experience and exposure. From the University of Auckland, the 2018 recipients of the ROSL/Pettman Scholarship for a New Zealand Chamber Ensemble are the Korimako Piano Trio. 

Fringe Benefits: Luís Santos

ROSL Recitals is now just days away! Starting on Monday 6 August at the Royal Scots Club, ROSL ARTS prizewinners and scholars will be taking to the stage three times a day, for 30 concerts in two weeks. Today, we speak to bassoonist Luís Santos, one of our scholars currently visiting the UK from Perth, Australia. Recently studying at the University of Western Australia, after his month-long trip he will begin studying at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam under the tutelage of Simon van Holen. 

Fringe Benefits: ROSL Recommends

The best thing about the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the huge diversity of shows on offer, with the roster seeming to grow in number and variety with every year. Where else can you see music, cabaret, dance, comedy, and theatre all in a day? 

Fringe Benefits: The Audience's Perspective

Over the last few weeks you've heard us wax lyrical about the many amazing musicians, both prizewinners from ROSL's Annual Music Competition (AMC) and scholars from across the Commonwealth, that are taking to the stage at the Fringe. With 'ROSL Recitals' now underway in Edinburgh, we can hear what the audience had to say about the first few concerts. 

Fringe in Numbers

We're now just days away from the start of ROSL's programme of Fringe recitals on 11 August at our clubhouse home here in London. Check out the key stats from the packed schedule. 

Fringe: Fueled By Coffee and Custard Creams

As the ROSL ARTS team come to the end of their time in Edinburgh, let's have a look behind the scences at what a day in the life at the Fringe Festival entails. 

Fringe: The Countdown Has Begun

Its now only a matter of days until the ROSL Recitals series of concerts returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for more than 30 concerts across two weeks. Running at the Royal Scots Club from Monday 5 to Friday 16 August 2019, ROSL Recitals is your chance to hear some of the best classical music available anywhere on the Fringe. 

Fringe: The Gold Standard

Next month, ROSL returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for its 20th anniversary concert programme, featuring a huge selection of past ROSL prizewinners and scholars from around the Commonwealth. The standard is incredibly high and among them, some five Annual Music Competition Gold Medal winners will be performing, showing that ROSL Recitals are really the best at the Fringe. Let's find out who the five winners returning this year are.

Fringe: The Reviews Are In

ROSL is lucky enough to see some of the same faces year after year at our concert series at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. This year, regular concert-goer Douglas Paton gave us his thoughts on the programme. 

ROSL On The Road: Buxton International Festival

One of ROSL's founding principles, as enshrined in our Royal Charter, is to promote international friendship and understanding. This is achieved through our many international branches, our education projects and our arts programme. The latter provides scholarships for international musicians and visuals artists and performance opportunities around the world, to get ROSL out beyond the four walls of the clubhouse. This weekend, two ROSL Annual Music Competition headed to the Buxton International Festival. 

Sage Advice From AMC Alumni

It's now less than a week until the start of the 2020 Annual Music Competition Section Finals! Each week from 11 February, exceptionally talented young musicians taking to the stage of the Princess Alexandria Hall to compete for a place in the Gold Medal Final. As final preparations get underway for our soloists, we ask previous winners how they dealt with the nerves and what advice they have for this year's entrants. 

The Fringe in Pictures

As the dust settles on another successful concert series at the Edinburgh Fringe, we take a look back at some of the memorable moments from the past two weeks. 

Watch: EdFringe in London

Over the past week, the clubhouse has been buzzing with the sounds of Chopin, Mozart, Gershwin and more as 15 concerts have taken place for our ROSL Recitals Fringe series. In case you missed any of the concerts, or would just like to hear these exemplary musicians again, you can watch them here. 

Watch: Relive the AMC Gold Medal Final

Missing your musical fix today? Then why not relive all the excitement of the 2019 Annual Music Competition (AMC) Gold Medal Final, which took place at the Southbank Centre in May. Watch the future of classical music compete for the £15,000 first prize. And don't forget ROSL will be bringing together its AMC alumni for two weeks over concerts next month at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Take a look at the programme here