This year’s project is slightly different to recent mass choir campaigns, as organisers want to hear from people from Wales – and the world – to join an ambitious international choral project, heralding a brand new partnership with the National Arts Centre in Canada, with its premiere on Friday 6 August as part of this year’s […]

Making Tracks 2021 will take place between mid October and mid November this Autumn. It will comprise a two-week residency on the west coast of Scotland followed by a two-week UK tour, during which each selected Fellow will take part in 10 public concerts and contribute to three youth music workshops. It is essential that […]

Make Music Day (MMD) is a global DIY grassroots celebration of music on 21 June. Make Music Day UK (MMD UK) supports and facilitates thousands of events and activities on 21 June across the UK. 2021 was the fifth nationally coordinated MMD in the UK. Participation has grown exponentially since it started in the UK, […]

Organised by the Traditional Music Forum, these online workshops are for tutors to develop skills in working with groups of neurodiverse musicians and learners. As non-formal teaching organisations look to work with more diverse groups of learners, tutors will need to acquire new skills. One of those groups is the neurodiverse. The term neurodiversity covers […]

Don’t miss this great event – online again in 2021 – Glasgow Songwriting Festival. They’ve introduced a “pay it forward” scheme to help out musicians affected by Corona Virus. You can pay it forward HERE or EMAIL to claim a funded or free place.  Find out more www.glasgowsongwritingfest.com

The University of St Andrews Music Centre and Centre for Energy Ethics are looking to commission four composers to create new work for a concert on Friday 19 November as part of Fringe of Gold, the University’s wind, brass and percussion festival. The concert will be in the McPherson Recital Room of the Laidlaw Music […]

Wide Days have opened applications to Wide Days 2021 artist development programme. The programme is supported by PRS Foundation, aiming to develop international opportunities for six acts based in Scotland, and is open to solo musicians, bands, songwriters and producers/DJs who make original music. It offers a professionally filmed live show which will be broadcast as part of […]

Held during the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow this November, The New York Times Climate Hub will bring together business and technology leaders, policymakers, academics, COP26 delegates and the wider community to navigate a purposeful, measurable path for our future. We’re planning an exciting program for the NYT Climate Hub, which will be located at […]

With support from Creative Scotland and other funders, Fèisean nan Gàidheal have recently announced ‘Treòir’ a new and exciting project for 2021 and Fèis Phàislig are delighted to be a part of it. Treòir, a Gaelic word meaning “Guide; Direction; Energy”, will allow Fèisean to host two new paid posts – a musician-in-residence and a […]

From Showcase Scotland Expo Dear artist We are organising a BREXIT information day on June 30th at 2pm (BST). Guest speakers will include Sebastian Hoffman whose biography is below, but he is able to provide advice on more than just Germany.  We will run through what you need to do to deal with Brexit and […]