✨ A wonderful start to the end of the first day of Speech competitions at St Matthew’s Church, Tay Street! 🎤🏆 These talented young competitors (aged 9-10) from Strathallan School, Madderty Primary, Craigclowan School, and the Community School of Auchterarder showcased their impressive knowledge of the Scots language through heartfelt recitations of Burns and Soutar verse. 📖👏 A huge thank you to our adjudicator, Judey Struth, for her … Read More
Exhibition at St John’s Centre and Book Launch marks the end of 100 year celebrations
Marking the end of its 100th anniversary year, the organisers of the Perthshire Music (Competition) Festival are sharing a treasure trove of photos and memories documenting the event’s rich history since its inception in 1921. The centennial celebrations were launched last year with an exhibition of memorabilia and a concert series at St Matthew’s Church. They showcased the journey of the … Read More
2025 Syllabus
Now available online and in in printed form at Perth’s Concorde Music Shop (Scott Street) and Wilkies (Canal Street). Patrons should have already received their copies.
Encore Choir – vacancies
Encore choir conductor and accompanist Encore is a community choir that meets from August to April every Wednesday evening in Scone. We are seeking a conductor (musical director) and accompanist to replace current post-holders, both retiring as of April 2025. We are an enthusiastic choir of mixed levels of musicianship singing easy 3/6 part harmony of mixed genres. Our annual … Read More
Our Exhibition Souvenir Book is now available
At the start of Perform in Perth’s 100th Festival year we were delighted with the response to our Exhibition in St Matthew’s Church, Tay Street. Together with the displays which traced the history of the Perthshire Musical Competition Festival from its earliest years through to the present time, the local groups who came along to perform in the series of … Read More
Talent shines out as Festival escapes power cut by minutes
Perform in Perth – summary, results, final night and special awards “The hundredth Perthshire Musical (Competition) Festival, now referred to as ‘Perform in Perth’ but also known as Perth Festival in past years, came to its conclusion in St Leonard’s-in-the-Fields Church on Saturday 16 March, narrowly avoiding, by about 20 minutes, the power cut which was the result of a … Read More
February deadlines for own choice entries
A gentle reminder about our deadlines for your ‘own choice’ pieces – thanks to our young ambassador. Please update our digital platform with you choices – and then email your scanned .pdf copies, including your with Class No. and Entry Name.
Entries Open Now for 2024
Thanks to Millie Nicolson, one of Perform in Perth’s Young Ambassadors, for promoting entries to our 100th Festival. https://www.perthshire-music-festival.org.uk/how-to-enter/