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Thanks to Mike Kearney for this fantastic video of the Tinderbox Orchestra gearing up for the Hidden Door Fundraiser Party on the 17th of May. We’re on at 7pm so make [...]

A gem of an article on the wonderful Professor Nigel Osbourne who we are working with for Journey of a Thousand Wings... [...]

The Tinderbox Orchestra had our first rehearsal last Sunday and got the musical side of this ambitious project started with a little help from Professor Nigel Osbourne, Mike Kearney and some visitors from the Transatlantico Ensemble de Folk Chileno! [...]

Tinderbox's Chilean friends are visiting so come and celebrate the final performance of the Ensamble's week long Chilean folk music course! [...]

TINDERBOX ORCHESTRA AUTUMN COURSE 2013 'Journey of a Thousand Wings', performance at the Queen's Hall AUDITIONS NOW OPEN! 21st and 28th Sept 2013 [...]

The Scotsman has written a lovely wee piece about the Kelburn Garden Party, which we had the pleasure of performing at. [...]

Tinderbox have joined forces with the Edinburgh Art Festival to deliver a series of 4 workshops on artists Sarah Kenchington's extraordinary commission for the festival. [...]

Join us for the day 10.30am-5pm to find out what Tinderbox is all about and play amongst the energetic Mike Kearney Katet for a day of orchestral improvisation! [...]

Edinburgh Contemporary Music Ensmble and young Tinderbox musicians and composers collaborated for a performance in the Reid Concert Hall, giving Tinderbox more of a classical twist than usual! [...]

What do you get if you cross a classical orchestra, a jazz band and a rock group? If you put professional musicians next to scarily talented teens? If you enlist some of the coolest, hippest bands Edinburgh has to offer and then stick a thoroughly nervous me in the middle? [...]