I can’t believe one year has passed and it is now nearly time for our Distil Residential! In 2002 thanks to the then Scottish Arts Council (SAC) and PRS Foundation we hosted our first residential. Dave Francis and I had an idea to make a National Scottish traditional music orchestra (or something like that) and we went […]
Distil and Drake Music Scotland
We really enjoyed our workshop with Drake Music Scotland on Friday 12th June in Edinburgh. The idea of the workshop was to work on making traditional music that was totally inclusive and could be performed by musicians with disabilities. Attending the workshop was for Distil was Karen Marshalsay, Alana MacInnes and Simon Thoumire. Attending for […]
Mr McFall’s Chamber celebrates its 20th Birthday
Dressing up in lavish costumes, playing music upside down, shouting at the audience and someone dancing to Webern – a Mr McFall’s Chamber concert is not your average night out. But neither is this your average chamber group. Over the years, McFalls has performed everything from Astor Piazzolla to Frank Zappa, from Puccini to Captain […]
Distil Scratch Day No 2
Last Wednesday 6th May was our second Distil Scratch Band day. Four composers were getting the chance to try out ideas writing for drums, piano, double bass and fiddle. The day wasn’t about writing a complete piece of music but more about learning how to notate the music so it could be performed by any […]
Distil Showcase 2015
Well what a night we had on Friday 10th April in Stirling Tolbooth! As usual the music was standout and the musicianship was outstanding. Mr McFall’s Chamber did their usual excellent job of putting the musicians at ease whilst performing their works with aplomb! The running order was: Guttersnipe (Laura Wilkie) Borderline (Callum Armstrong) A […]
Don’t miss Distil Showcase 2015 – 9 brand new pieces of music
Hands Up for Trad started in 2002 to host two projects – BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award and Distil. It’s hard to believe that we’ve been running Distil for 13 years now. The Distil Showcase started sometime in the mid 2000s to give composers the opportunity to use the skills they had learnt […]
Distil String Writing Day 2015
Thanks to everyone who turned up to our string writing day with Mr McFall’s Chamber. As usual there was so much learned from this fabulous quintet. Here are some extra string writing links for you provided by Robert McFall. http://andrewhugill.com/manuals/violin/harmonics.html http://www.violinonline.com/additional skills.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_musical_symbols
Planetarium & The Red Planet Suite
Don’t miss Planetarium & Red Planet Suite this Monday 9th March at The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, EH8 9JG. Continuing Drake Music Scotland’s long term relationship with City of Edinburgh Council, “Planetarium” & “The Red Planet Suite” bring together pupils from nine Special Schools alongside a composer and mainstream ensemble, which is a first for this […]
Writing for Disabilities workshop
I just attended the amazing workshop on writing for disabilities hosted by Drake Music Scotland. I learnt so much and witnessed some brilliant music making from Rhona on a Fiona Rutherford piece. Fantastic! Thanks to everyone who attended. I look forward to taking this further 🙂
Music Omni – opportunity
Every summer, Music Omi invites approximately a dozen musicians — composers and performers from around the globe — to come together for two and a half weeks in a unique collaborative music making residency program. Music Omi encourages its participants to share ideas; perform each other’s works and write music for one another while exploring […]
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