St Cecilia’s Hall in Edinburgh was originally commissioned by the Edinburgh Musical Society (EMS) and designed by Robert Mylne. It became the first purpose-built concert hall in Scotland when it was completed in 1763, not far behind the first in Europe, the Holywell Music Room in Oxford, built in 1748. The last EMS concert was held in 1798, though momentum had been waning since the opening of the New Town Assembly Rooms in 1787 and the construction of the South Bridge in 1788.