One to watch this month 👇
A Viking queen, reborn in the modern world.
Visionary feminist leader... or psychotic contract killer?
Aud the Deep Minded is a bold and unsettling new chamber opera by Scottish New Music Awards shortlisted composer @joanna.nicholson.clarinet , where myth, identity and morality collide 🐦🔥
Featuring:
Clíona Cassidy (soprano)
Andy Saunders (horn)
Joanna Nicholson (clarinet & spoken word)
Alistair MacDonald (electronics)
Projection art by Kirsty Anderson
“This is art going where neither the humanities nor science can begin to tread.”
- The Quintessential Review
An immersive, genre-defying experience blending music, text and visual art.
📍 Corrie Hall, Arran, Friday 10 April, 7.30pm
📍 Gertrude Street Theatre, Riga (Latvia), Wednesday 15 April, 7pm
Presented by Arran Theatre and Arts & Baltic Music Days 2026 🎵
⚠️ Contains strong language
Supported by the Made In Scotland Onwards Touring Fund (Riga) and Arran Active (Arran)
#newmusic #scotland #opera #touring
Here's an excerpt of 'The fiery life' and 'O splendidissima gemma' from Ecstatic Visions, performed by @col0ratura@suzi.vc and @electromacd , with music by Alistair MacDonald and Hildegard von Bingen. Performed at @inspaceedinburgh as part of album launch show Ecstatic Visions (released on @neumarecords ). Link to performance video and to the full album in bio!
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Pleased to share an improvised piece by @col0ratura and @electromacd , responding to @oana.asta 's artwork Stai în banca ta (Behave). Performed at @inspaceedinburgh as part of album launch show Ecstatic Visions. Link to full improvisation in bio, and more clips from the show coming soon!
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Thank you to everyone who came to our album launch show of ✨Ecstatic Visions✨! The evening was filled with lots of joy and wildness, and I couldn't be more proud to perform alongside brilliant artists @suzi.vc and @electromacd . Many thanks to @inspacegallery for hosting our event, @chrisandhiscamera for these wonderful photos, and Chris Adams for filming the event. Video excerpts from the show will be available soon! ⚡💎🌺
In the meantime, please please please take a listen to our album Ecstatic Visions, which is now available on Spotify, and if able, consider purchasing a digital or physical copy of this record on Bandcamp! Links in bio. 🔗
Ecstatic Visions, released on @neumarecords , is graciously supported by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Athanaeum Award, the Vaughan Williams Foundation, and Inspace Gallery. @rcs_innovationstudio@rcsengage@vwfndn_@rcsofficial@inspacegallery
🎶 Music clip over this post is "Cosmic Tongues" from @postcoalpromqueen 's fantastic album Music for First Contact, for which I provided some ghostly operatic vocals 👻
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Later this week we are delighted to host Ecstatic Visions live album concert performance by soprano @col0ratura Stephanie Lamprea and electronic musician @electromacd Alistair MacDonald, presenting a curated exploration of feminine vocality, technology, and creation myths, featuring dance performance by @suzi.vc Suzi Cunningham, video art by @oana.asta Oana Stanciu and creative captions by Lamprea.
Singing worlds into existence, from Medieval mystics to AI oracles, Ecstatic Visions offers a shining gateway into other realms. The five transcendental works on the album forge a deep connection between Stephanie Lamprea’s visceral vocal presence and the live electronics of composer Alistair MacDonald, playing with how the voice is embodied or liberated by technology. Sourcing texts from 12th-century mystic Hildegard von Bingen and proto-feminist poet Juana Inés de la Cruz to AI-generated narratives, the album places historical visionaries and modern technology side by side as sacred oracles.
The performance will be followed by a Q&A, with Lamprea, MacDonald and Cunningham moderated by @tkoterwas Theodore Kotwerwas and reception.
Performance details
📅 Fri 27 Feb 2026
⏰ 18:00-20:30
📍 Inspace, 1 Crichton St, Edinburgh, EH8 9AB
🎟️ FREE tickets in link in bio
Inspace is run by the Institute for @designinformatics based at the @schoolofinformatics and @edinburghcollegeofart at the @edinburghuniversity . Our programme unlocks digital technologies, tools and data and explores their role in society through a creative lens.
OUT NOW! Stephanie Lamprea and Alistair MacDonald: Ecstatic Visions.
Singing worlds into existence, from Medieval mystics to AI oracles, Ecstatic Visions offers a shining gateway into other realms.
The five transcendental works on the album forge a deep connection between Stephanie Lamprea’s visceral vocal presence and the live electronics of composer Alistair MacDonald, playing with how the voice is embodied or liberated by technology. Sourcing texts from 12th-century mystic Hildegard von Bingen and proto-feminist poet Juana Inés de la Cruz to AI-generated narratives, the album places historical visionaries and modern technology side by side as sacred oracles.
The album’s program is a curated exploration of feminine vocality, technology, and creation myths. It includes:
• Angélica Negrón’s atmospheric Letras para cantar, a sensual setting of poetry by 17th century nun from New Spain, Juana Inés de la Cruz.
• Alistair MacDonald’s immersive Ecstatic Visions, commissioned for the Glasgow Cathedral Festival. It forges Lamprea’s voice with the sound of the cathedral’s great bell and Hildegard von Bingen’s writings on gemstones and visions, creating a series of kaleidoscopic, multi-channel illusions.
• Wende Bartley’s Ellipsis maps the three phases of the moon (waxing, full, and waning), in association with three archetypes of woman (virgin, mother, and crone).
• Eric Chasalow’s The Fury of Beautiful Bones, a powerful setting of Anne Sexton’s raw confessional poetry, where the electronic part stretches the voice into impossible, resonant shapes.
• Robert Laidlow’s Post-Singularity Songs, a monodrama featuring a creation myth co-authored with ChatGPT. The work blends Laidlow’s writing with poetry by Emily Dickinson and John Donne, and text from a specially created poetry-generating AI, exploring themes of dust, death, and free will in a digital universe.
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🔊 Sound on! 🔊
At the end of this month, @electromacd and I are giving two concert performances of our album Ecstatic Visions, and we'd love to see you there! These performances, taking place in Glasgow and Edinburgh, will also include dance performance by @suzi.vc , video art by @oana.asta , and creative captions made by yours truly. ✨💎
GLASGOW SHOW: 26 February, 18:00 at @rcsofficial
EDINBURGH SHOW: 27 February, 18:00 at @inspacegallery
🔗 Information and tickets for each show are in the link in bio. 🔗 This is a special album filled with incredible music by @little_miss_echo Alistair MacDonald @ericchasalow Wende Bartley and @robert_laidlow - we're looking forward to sharing it with you!
Ecstatic Visions, an album of new works for voice and electronics released via @neumarecords on 20 February, is graciously supported by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Athanaeum Award, the Vaughan Williams Foundation, and Inspace Gallery. @rcs_innovationstudio@rcsengage@vwfndn_
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Today is Bandcamp Friday. Once a month Bandcamp waives its fees and pays it all to the artists so if you were thinking of buying our new album, today would be a great day to do it! Ecstatic Visions with the fabulous @col0ratura Stephanie Lamprea.
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I'm absolutely thrilled that Ecstatic Visions, the album Stephanie Lamprea and I recorded last year is now available on bandcamp. Thanks to Oscar Dash Tom Macfadyen and Tim Cooper for recording and mixing, and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland for support.
Official CD launch date is 20 February with live gigs planned the following week.
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Experience an afternoon of bold contemporary music with Stephanie Lamprea and Alistair MacDonald at The Anatomy Rooms, Aberdeen.
Programme includes the World Premiere of She, Miracle by Asta Hyvärinen and Ecstatic Visions by Alistair MacDonald for voice and electronics.
📅 Saturday 1st November, 4-5pm
📍The Anatomy Rooms, Aberdeen
For more information and tickets, link in bio!🎟️
A Northern Connection commission.
#soundfest25 #newmusic #aberdeenevents #soprano #electronics
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for ‘Aud the Deep Minded’ by Scottish New Music Awards
📝 “The most beautiful moments of the piece are the stretches of voice accompanied by clarinet and horn, creating a soundscape that encapsulates the power and enormity of Aud’s life and will.” - James Platt
Catch ‘Aud the Deep Minded’ at theSpace Triplex at 11:15 until August 17th
#edinburghfringe #edinburghfringefestival #edfringereview
