This fund is run by Creative Scotland for artists, groups, and creative organisations who are looking to apply for money to support them on their artistic or creative projects. https://www.creativescotland.com/funding/funding-programmes/open-project-funding Anyone can come to Creative Scotland with their ideas, and this fund will support a wide range of things, from small one-off events to longer […]

A creative boost with an intensive five-day composition course. Alasdair Nicolson will offer friendly and supportive advice to composers at all stage of their developments. Focus on string writing Treat yourself this New Year to a gigantic creative boost with CoMA’ intensive mid-winter five-day composition course. With a track record for taking composers onto an […]

This course is designed to introduce students to the Alexander Technique for performance. It will cover the theory and practice of Alexander Technique and explore how it can be applied in a variety of Alexander Technique is an educational process which incorporates hands-on work, movement skills and mindfulness. It is unique in its emphasis on […]

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 creators. We have created the brand new Do It Differently Fund, which launched this week and […]

£500, no-strings-attached mini-grants to cool projects that will make the world – and Glasgow – more Awesome! We’re the Glasgow Chapter of the Awesome Foundation. A fun way of giving £500, no-strings-attached mini-grants to cool projects that will make the world – and Glasgow – more Awesome! Remember: Awesome Glasgow gives £500 away every two […]

This Trad Talk, of special interest to early-career musicians, will focus on the challenges that musicians experience beyond music-making, with talks from professionals in the field. The easy, and fun, bit of being a folk musician is creating the music, but where do we go from here? This Trad Talk, of special interest to early-career […]

Musicians required for Dance for Parkinson’s national programme! The Dance for Parkinson’s Scotland programme is a joint initiative managed by Dance Base, Scotland’s National Centre for Dance and Scottish Ballet, Scotland’s National Dance Company, and delivered in partnership with Parkinson’s UK. This national programme originally delivered in Glasgow and Edinburgh for several years now, has […]

BBC ALBA are looking for vibrant, compelling ideas from Gaelic writers for the 2019 EBU (European Broadcasting Union) children’s short drama scheme. 2019 EBU (European Broadcasting Union) children’s short drama scheme BBC ALBA are looking for vibrant, compelling ideas from Gaelic writers for the 2019 EBU (European Broadcasting Union) children’s short drama scheme. • Theme: […]

Better be quick! Funded place for a young woman working in the creative industries aged 18-26 to attend the Southbank Centre’s Women of the World (WoW) Festival in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil from 14-18 November 2018. As part of British Council Scotland’s work to create new international opportunities during Scotland’s Year of Young People, we […]

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 memory of John Macleod. The Award is now called The Iain Macleòid Young Composer Award. Composers aged between 16 & 25 years of age are invited to […]