Call for entries for Funding through the Awesome Foundation Glasgow The Glasgow Chapter of the Awesome Foundation are giving £500, no-strings-attached mini-grants to cool projects that will make the world, and Glasgow, more Awesome! The Awesome Foundation Glasgow gives £500 away every two months for people to do awesome things in their community, no-strings-attached, so […]

WOMEX – the World Music Expo – is the most international music meeting in the world and the biggest conference of the global music scene, featuring a trade fair, talks, films and a showcase festival This year, we are heading to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, from 24 to 28 October 2018 and we […]

WHAT IS THE TRANSMISSION FUND? The Transmission Fund is designed to help you build your career by providing grants of £500 – £1500 to fund opportunities allowing you to focus on developing your artistic and professional development at a crucial point in your career. We can support opportunities such as short courses, workshops, training and […]

Edinburgh Colleague of Art at the University of Edinburgh seeks a pro-active and dynamic colleague to coordinate and support the research project, ”Music as Social Innovation’, funded by the Scottish Government. Music as Social Innovation is a one year project providing access to, and evaluating the impact of, music activities for disadvantaged groups. The post holder […]

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland are looking for a Research Assistant to join their team for a major strategic project on music education and young people’s music making in Scotland: “What’s Going On Now?” Research Assistant ‘What’s Going On Now?’ Research and Knowledge Exchange Full Time, Fixed Term (until end October 2018) Salary: £24,362 – £29,930 […]

On Wednesday 23 May 2018 the Frisian capital Ljouwert/Leeuwarden will host the 12th edition of European minority language song contest Liet International, the song contest for singers and bands who sing in a European regional or minority language, already since 2002. After eleven previous editions in Friesland, Swedish Sápmi, Brittany/Breizh (France), Udine in Italy, Xixón/Gijón […]

  If you’ve got a great idea for a business, we’ve got a great opportunity that could help you make your dream a reality. We have a fantastic opportunity to get 18-30 year olds in to business. Innovate UK have teamed up with The Prince’s Trust on our Young Innovators Programme campaign to help the […]

Administrator Needed Now ! Unfortunately, after smoothly running the GFW office for 18 months, our current administrator, Katrina, is moving away and we need to find a suitable replacement as quickly as possible. The GFW board have updated the administrator role and person descripton, which you can read below, and/or download the PDF. The administrator […]

As part of the 25th anniversary Celtic Connections festival, Showcase Scotland are teaming up with Help Musicians UK to present a day of panels and information sessions on January 31, for Scottish artists looking to maximise their international careers. Leading figures from the Scottish, UK and international music industries have kindly agreed to lend their expertise […]

Nevis Ensemble (Artistic Directors: Holly Mathieson and Jonathan Hargreaves) is a brand new Street Orchestra for Scotland, which will see its debut in August 2018 as part of the Cultural Programme running alongside the first ever European Championships hosted jointly between Glasgow and Berlin. Removing barriers to accessing orchestral music means bringing it to where […]