ALLY ROBERTSON

Photograph courtesy of Rae Phillips-Smith.

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Ally Robertson studied Cello with David Smith at Cheltenham's School of Music. He then continued to study music at Glasgow University where he was awarded the Muriel Thorne Hague Memorial Prize for Greatest Distinction in Performance and Course Work.   For two years running he was the Musical Director of Glasgow University's Opera Society, conducting performances of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor and Holst's Savitri. Ally also continues to collaboratively lead sessions with the Glasgow University Community Choir as well as regularly performing -and helping to organise concerts - with early music ensembles Iuchair and Cantus Firmus. Additionally, Ally regularly sings with various other choirs and groups, including the Paisley Abbey  Choir and the a cappella group, Muldoon's Picnic. He also works as a music teacher; teaching cello, piano and music theory.