Bubblyjock Collective

The Bubblyjock Collective, formed in 2023, is an ensemble dedicated to promoting and performing music by composers born or based in Scotland. The trio performing for us tonight consists of Neil Sutcliffe (accordion), Jessica Leary (soprano) and Anna Michels (piano). Their name is a nod to a 1966 setting of a Hugh McDiarmid poem by Scottish composer Ronald Stevenson, and according to the group, sums up their ethos as “playful and serious, comic and daring, absurd and precise - and not least full of great Scots vocabulary!” They close our festival in a vibrant way, encouraging us all to explore the repertoire more deeply and discover composers we have never heard before.