Listings: Morning events

A video reconstruction of the landmark 1977 production Rumstick Road which combined audio taped conversations, family letters, dance, 35mm slides and the writing of Mary Baker Eddy to construct a response to the suicide of Spalding Gray’s mother. 'A brilliant and engrossing work; one whose abstraction and complexity…

Tron Kirk, 10.30-4pm, £10 (or individually priced slots); 10.30-11.30am Sandy Tweeddale solo Blues guitar and vocals – classic blues tunes (£2); noon-1pm Richard Michael History of Jazz Piano Award-winning romp through the musical DNA of the great pianists (£4); 1.30-2.30pm Subie Coleman & Kevin Mackenzie Rich, smoky…

Tron Kirk, 10.30-4pm, £10 (or individually priced slots); 10.30-11.30am Rosie Nimmo & Stuart Allerdyce Rosie’s smouldering jazz, blues vocals and Stuart’s singing guitar (£2); noon-1pm The Gramophone Jass Band Oldtime swinging traditional jazz from young Edinburgh band (£4); 1.30-2.30pm Sean Gibbs Quintet contemporary…

In this workshop led by Chris Speed, you can play at 3D Chinese whispers, adapting objects and artefacts using time-lapse technology until they no longer resemble their original form.

One show, three comedians, all burgeoning stars, we promise.

Tron Kirk, 10.30-4pm, £10 (or individually priced slots); 10.30-11.30am Sleepy Eyes Nelson solo Delta blues guitar and vocals (£2); noon-1pm Stephanie Trick Amazing American piano star – stride to ragtime (£4); 1.30-2.30pm Mike Rogers Great vocals – hits from the great American songbook (£4); 3-4pm Stephanie Trick solo…

Tron Kirk, 10.30-4pm, £10 (or individually priced slots); 10.30-11.30am Sandy Tweedale solo Blues guitarist paying a mix of blues, country and rag (£2); noon-1pm Alison Affleck & Vieux Carre Inspired by 1930s-50s swing - Billie Holiday and Peggy Lee tunes from the great American songbook (£4); 1.30-2.30pm Tom Finlay…

In this lecture demonstration Alan Murray, Head of the School of Design at ECA, shows us how synthetic biologists, designers, artists, engineers and computer scientists can work together.

Expert on the New Orleans clarinet style, Evan Christopher has an unrivalled knowledge of early jazz clarinet. He talks about the New Orleans musical heritage and jazz clarinetists.

Tron Kirk, 10.30-4pm, £10 (or individually priced slots); 10.30-11.30am Sleepy Eyes Nelson solo Guitarist serving up some great delta blues (£2); noon-1pm Dr. Lee's Prescription Infectious fun from a quintet of Scotland’s leading swing to bop jazz players (£4); 1.30-2.30pm Subie Coleman & Kevin Mackenzie Beguilingly…

A video of the 2002 OBIE winning production of Racine’s Phèdre, set in a mobile modernist landscape of sliding Plexiglass panels, omnipresent monitors, hidden cameras, and badminton … ‘This blend of ironic seriousness, heightened theatricality and multimedia ballet has developed into one of the sharpest of theatrical…

Tron Kirk, 10.30-4pm, £10 (or individually priced slots); 10.30-11.30am Al Hughes solo Gritty Delta blues and eerily atmospheric acoustic slide guitar (£2); noon-1pm SZK Sizhukong Beautiful fusion of jazz and Chinese music (£4); 1.30-2.30pm Paolo Alderighi solo Ebullient swinging stride piano from Italian maestro (£4)…

French soprano Véronique Gens forged her international reputation as an inspirational singer of Baroque music, and she brings the same lucid purity so valued in that repertoire to a recital of Romantic, 19th-century songs from her homeland, accompanied by the delicate playing of Susan Manoff. Gens combines stylish poise…

Tron Kirk, 10.30-4pm, £10 (or individually priced slots); 10.30-11.30am Bury Youth Band Experience the joy of a young big band in full flight (£2); noon-1pm Cindy Douglas & Alan Benzie Smart, sparkling singer with classic tunes (£4); 1.30-2.30pm Stephanie Trick solo A force to be reckoned with from ragtime to stride…

The lyrical Lieder performances of acclaimed German tenor Werner Güra take listeners on a spiritual and emotional journey. His glowing voice’s remarkable shadings only add to his dramatic yet subtle vocal œdeliveries. With pianist Christoph Berner, Güra begins his concert with songs of love and longing by Beethoven, from…

World-renowned violinist Pinchas Zukerman has been a soloist of international stature for decades, admired for the sincerity and technical brilliance of his playing, but he is also a respected educator and conductor. He formed the Zukerman Chamber Players in 2002 with protégés from Canada’s National Arts Centre, and their…