Hands Up for Musicians

Scottish musicians expanding their creative horizons into other other areas of musical practice.

Battle of The Folk Bands 2019 is open for entries!

Hands Up for Trad are inviting bands to send in a demo to take part in The Battle of the Folk Bands 2019 competition to be held at Glasgow’s Celtic Connections Festival on Saturday January 19th 2019. ENTER HERE If you are in a band or have an idea for a band that you haven’t tried out yet this could be for you! We want musicians to take a chance and make a band that you might … [Read More...]

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Clarsach Society Annual Scholarship Award and The Young Composer Award

The Young Composer Award The Young Composer Award is an annual competition based award issued by The Clarsach Society. This year the award name has been updated in … [Read More...]

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Distil Showcase 2018

Distil Showcase 2018: Where’s My Hat? by Luc McNally

The Distil Showcase will return again to the Tolbooth in Stirling on Friday 6th April 2018 at 8pm. The concert showcases the new and exciting music of traditional … [Read More...]

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Do It Differently – A new fund from Help Musicians UK for all ages

From Help Musicians email. This year we've been listening to music creators and representatives from across the industry and have gained invaluable insights to inform our thinking about the need for a truly holistic package of support for independent music … [Read More...]

Monetise your work with SoundCloud Premier

I received this email the other day. It's good news for anyone who puts music on SoundCloud (at bloody last). I don't know if it has rolled out to everyone (I don't have it yet) or what the criteria is however it is good to be aware of it. This is from their … [Read More...]

See Learn Share – Creative Learning Fund

The See Learn Share fund aims to support better Creative Learning activity. See Learn Share is a small fund to enable freelance artists or creative learning staff in arts organisations to spend time working with people from another sector, observing work and … [Read More...]

Showcase Scotland @ Celtic Connections 2019 TRADE FAIR

THE TRADE FAIR The 2018 Trade Fair takes place on Friday 1st February 2019 between 9.30am and 2.30pm: bookings are now open for trade stands (which may be shared by more than one business*). Spaces are limited and will be allocated on a first come, first … [Read More...]

The Gift Of Music – getting live music into care homes across the country at Christmas

From Suzanne Houston. Dear players/singers, I'm thinking of organising a festival over 27th-28th December "The Gift Of Music", getting live music into care homes across the country. A funny time of year when we're often at a loose end between Xmas and … [Read More...]

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