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 successful series - Phil Power, which was Reason Number One, according to Julian Lloyd Webber, to be optimistic about the future of classical music in Great Britain. He has devised and presented original programmes with The Hallé, Children's Classic Concerts, Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia, RTE Orchestra in Dublin, London Mozart Players and Opera North in Leeds.

Abroad, Alasdair has been a regular guest with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra since 2002.  In China, Alasdair’s premiere of his highly acclaimed programme ‘Bugs!!’ under the umbrella of Shanghai Sunspirit Cultural Development organisation won the National Silver award for the best national performance for children in 2005. He has continued to broaden his Asian connections and has worked with both the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta; he made his a third appearance with the latter last November. Alasdair has also appeared in France with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo and Orchestre National de Bordeaux-Aquitaine.

As a Glass Harmonica specialist, in celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the birth of Mozart and the 300th of the birth of Benjamin Franklin who invented the instrument, Alasdair performed his programme ‘At Home with Mr Mozart’ at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Aldeburgh festival (Snape Proms), St John’s Smith Square in London and St George’s in Bristol.  Alasdair also premiered both David Horne's Vapours and Fireflies with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra respectively. One can also hear its magic sound on a number of tracks including two of the recent Harry Potter films and Icelandic pop star Björk’s recordings.

Alasdair has worked with the BBC Philharmonic for the Blue Peter children's PROMS at the Royal Albert Hall under the baton of Yan-Pascal Tortelier, and appears annually for Raymond Gubbay in Christmas concerts at both the Royal Festival Hall and the Royal Albert Hall.  He is also a presenter and performer with Sinfonia Viva for concerts especially designed for children as young as several months! His festival appearances include Bury St Edmunds, Chester, Henley, Arundel, Lichfield and Risør in Norway.

Last but not least, Alasdair is principal percussionist of the BBC Concert Orchestra with which he frequently appears as a soloist and for special projects such as the ‘BBC Family Prom in the Park’ concert series in Hyde Park as part of the BBC Proms.