Motion: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Celebrates 10 Years in the Glasgow City Halls

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Celebrates 10 Years in the Glasgow City Halls

Lodged by Anne McTaggart Standard Motion 29 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament welcomes the 10-year anniversary of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in the Glasgow City Halls; believes that the Merchant City hub was built in 1841 and has been a theatre venue, a granary and a fruitmarket and has played host to Hollywood stars, politicians and circus acts; understands that, in 2003, the halls were handed over to Glasgow Cultural Enterprises, operators of the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, and renovation works began to transform the halls into a venue suitable for the orchestra; notes that the project took two years to complete and cost £15 million, paid for by Glasgow City Council, Scottish Enterprise Glasgow, the BBC and the Scottish Arts Council, with input from Historic Scotland and the Townscape Heritage Initiative; understands that the orchestra performs in the region of 75 live recordings a year for the BBC and plays around 65 live concerts, as well as touring and outreach work with the likes of the children's orchestra, Big Noise; recognises that, to mark the occasion, Ilan Volkov, who conducted the first public concert in the revamped venue on 12 January 2006, is conducting a concert on 14 January 2016, almost exactly 10 years to the day later, and wishes the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra every success in the future.

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