Alasdair was the Artistic Director of the Adventure Concerts for the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra for eight consecutive years and is responsible for the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s highly successful Phil Power series, listed as the first of Julian Lloyd Webber’s “twenty-one reasons to be cheerful about classical music”.  He has devised and presented original programmes featuring themes ranging from bugs to carnival, mathematics or sports with the Hallé, Children's Classic Concerts, Raymond Gubbay, Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia, RTE Orchestra in Dublin, London Mozart Players, and Opera North.

Abroad, Alasdair is a guest of the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra (the première of his highly acclaimed ‘Bugs!!’ programme organised by the Shanghai Sunspirit Cultural Development organization won the National Silver award for best national performance for children in 2005), the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, the Orchestra Philharmonique de Strasbourg and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo.

As a Glass Harmonica specialist, and to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of Mozart, Alasdair created a special programme ‘At Home with Mr Mozart’, which he performed at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Snape Proms, St John’s Smith Square and St George’s Bristol.  One can also hear this magical sound in the two most recent Harry Potter films and on numerous tracks including Icelandic pop star Björk’s recordings.  Alasdair also premiered two works for Glass Harmonica and orchestra by David Horne: Vapours and Fireflies, with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

Last but not least, Alasdair is principal percussionist of the BBC Concert Orchestra with whom he frequently appears as a soloist and for special projects such as the ‘BBC Family Prom in the Park’ in Hyde Park as part of the BBC Proms, of which he has also been a special guest (Blue Peter).

July 2008