A TRIO of musicians have come together to create a piece of music named after a county bus route.

Peter Galinsky, of Edinburgh, wrote ‘The 8.14 to Ormiston’ and named it after the Lothian Country Buses journey he takes to visit Lou Johnston Todhunter and Ray Todhunter, who live on the county village’s Main Street.

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The trio performed the piece, which is about seven minutes long, at the Edinburgh Society of Musicians, on the Capital’s Belford Road, on Tuesday night.

Clarinettist Peter said: “I have known Lou for a long time and she plays the violin.

“She moved to Ormiston and married Ray, who plays the trumpet.

“She moved away from Edinburgh and had a child and we got back to playing a little bit together.

“What happens is on a Friday morning, which seems to be the time we all can manage it from time to time, I take the bus out to Ormiston and we play together. I don’t have a car, so, I get the bus.”

Mr Galinsky said the piece of music needed a name and so he decided to name it after his bus journey.

Speaking to the Courier on Tuesday, Lou, who moved to the village six years ago, was looking forward to performing the piece in front of an audience for the first time.

She said: “This is the first time we have performed publicly together for a few years. Peter and I performed some of his pieces in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

“That was music inspired by art, so this is the first time the three of us have performed together.”

A spokeswoman for Lothian Country Buses was thrilled with the performance and to see the 113 service immortalised.

She said: “We love hearing about how much our customers enjoy our routes but this is the first time we’ve inspired a piece of music!

“We are delighted that Lothian Country Buses have provided inspiration for this piece of work and we thank Mr Galinsky for immortalising us in his composition.”