Mon 18 May
|Scottish Music Centre Ltd
Bubblyjocks @ Hopekirk Festival
The Bubblyjock Collective celebrate the 170th Anniversary of Helen Hopekirk, Edinburgh-born pianist and composer.
Time & Location
18 May 2026, 19:00
Scottish Music Centre Ltd, 100 Candleriggs, Glasgow G1 1NQ, UK
About the event
Event Link and Ticketing: Buy tickets – Bubblyjock Collective: Helen Hopekirk and Quines – Scottish Music Centre
Doors open 18:45
In this concert, The Bubblyjock Collective celebrate Helen Hopekirk’s legacy alongside the music of other female Scottish composers. The programme will feature selections of Hopekirk’s piano music and some of her settings of well-known Scottish Folk Songs, as well as songs and instrumental music by Claire Liddell (b. 1937), Marie Dare (1902-76) and Isobel Dunlop (1901-75).
Born in Portobello in 1856, Hopekirk went on to become one of the most celebrated pianists of her generation, yet her music remains largely unknown and unperformed in Scotland today. This concert offers a rare opportunity to hear her work brought back to life alongside that of other forgotten Scottish women composers.
This concert is part of the Helen Hopekirk Festival Competition, celebrating the 170th anniversary of her birth.