who has been chosen as part of PRS Foundations 2012-13 Adopt a Composer scheme. Amble will be working with Tŷ Cerdd. Here’s more information http://www.prsformusicfoundation.com/Partnerships/Residencies/Adopt-a-Composer/Adopt-a-Composer:-2012-13-Participants-
Blog from Andro Biswane
Distil was like a gift to me in turbulent and unsecure artistical times. Musicians from all over the world can meet, sit, talk, jam and exhange ideas and knowledge as equals and inspire each other deeply. The location, the staff and the nature contributed to the depth of this experience. My Scottish/Englisch colleagues have made […]
Maeve Mackinnon Blog
I’ve been hearing about Distil for several years so I felt very honoured to be invited onto Distil Residential 2012. My compositional experience spans a measly two years but I’ve also been afforded the privilege of showcasing and broadcasting my work relatively quickly. As my own worst critic I am more than aware that this […]
Amy Duncan Blog
I am feeling greatly inspired after the Distil Residential. It has been a wonderful opportunity to develop composition ideas in a supported and accepting environment. I haven’t had much experience in writing for many instruments other than voice, guitar, piano and double bass. Earlier this year I wrote string parts for my forthcoming album ‘Cycles of Life‘, […]
Innes Watson Blog
I have been lucky enough to attend 2 Distil residentials now and also Distil Electronic. I have not yet written any blog about any of my experiences so this is gonna be packed with tails of exploration, inspiration and innovation! The first Distil I took part in (Distil 10 in 2009) featured the composer Stephen […]
Andro with Distil again
Here’s another great video of Andro singing with the participants of Distil and their G&Ts…
Distil Day 3
Day 3 was another varied affair. We started off the day with a workshop on stage technique from Kath Burlinson and after a few 1-1 sessions we embarked on our Creative process workshop. We had 3 wonderful results A musical discursive on all things USA An Alice in Wonderland world of mirrors and wishes A […]
Great tunes in the bar at our Distil Residential in New Lanark.
Some classic tunes performed last night in the bar at New Lanark. As usual trad music drew in all the punters in the bar who ended up tapping their feet and smiling along with music. Some great sets of tunes were played including a mammoth set of strathspeys and 2/4 marches. Today we ‘ve been […]
Distil day 1
We’ve had a great time here at Distil Residential so far. We’ve been coming to New Lanark for 10 years now and apon chatting to Dave Francis it turns out that this is our 20th Distil Residential when you include the residentials we held in England and Wales. Amazing stuff! Anyway we started of the […]
No blogs yet…
but hopefully soon 🙂