The PSP Arts Festival is an exciting week of musical events, free lunchtime concerts, sing-along events and fantastic showpiece concerts.
- To celebrate and enjoy what God has given us in creativity
- To build up our strategy of engaging with the community through the
- arts
- To grow awareness of and participation in the community arts groups
- who use our halls
- To have a great time!
- To really enjoy the playing of fantastic guest musicians
- To show off our excellent organ to a wider audience
- To make best use of our wonderful buildings
The Festival ran from 9-15 May during 2010.
The publicity leaflet for the festival can be found here - 9 May 11am Festival Opening Service
guest speaker Donald Smith (Scottish Storytelling Centre)
- 10 May 1pm Free Concert – Dr John Kitchen (Edinburgh City Organist)
Music by Handel, Lully, Mendelssohn and Eric Coates - 11 May 1pm Free Concert – Chris Dyter (former organist at PSP now Director of Music at Murrayfield Parish Church)
Music by Guilmant, bonnet and Boellmann
- 12 May 11am Open Doorway come in for a coffee, have a look round the church with its spectacular interior and Daniel Cottier stained glass
- 5pm Vocal Vibes – free mini concert and sing-along
- 6.30pm An evening of Argentine Tango with Jenny Frances and Ricardo Oria £5 per person in the main hall
- 7.15pm All women are invited to have a go at singing with Wildfire Women’s Choir in the Session Room (free)
- 7.30 Come and Sing Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus with members of the Leith forum Chorus in the Church (free)
- 13 May 1pm Free Concert – Shiela Robertson (St Peter’s Episcopal Church, Lutton Place)
Music by Muffat, Franck, Walther, Tambling, Buxtehude and Bach - 14 May 11am Open Doorway – come in for a tea or coffee and look around the church
- 15 May 10am Open Doorway – come in for a tea or coffee and look around the church
- 12 noon Free Organ Concert – Andy Caskie (former organist at PSP, now Director of Music, Palmerston Place Parish Church)
Music by Vierne, Dubois and Sullivan
- 7.30pm Guitar Concert with Ben Kearsley (Tickets £5 at the door)
