BASCA Opens Entries for the 2017 British Composer Awards. Anyone, including the composer, can enter eligible works across eleven award categories. The British Composer Awards promote the art of composition, recognise the creative talent of composers and sound artists, and bring their music to a wider audience. They are unique in making contemporary music, jazz […]

Basic sound engineering for musicians Saturday 12th August 10am – 12.30pm at The Sonic Lodge, Edinburgh In this workshop we look at mixing techniques, you will learn: • What all the knobs do on a mixing desk • How to use an EQ to improve sound and avoid feedback • Learn about different makes of […]

MU Officer Louise Stanners Pow, along with colleagues from MCPS and PRS for Music invite you to book a 1-2-1 advice session. You may have questions about your career as a musician and how best to move forward or, perhaps you have a project which you would like to get up and running but need […]

Although this says Music Manager this is an article worth reading for all. Artist managers have always been at the epicentre of the business of artists. As the administrator, communicator and negotiator of all the facets that make up an artist business, you have a vast workload and numerous relationships to manage. Today, the role […]

The International Showcase Fund offers vital support for artists, bands, songwriters and producers based in England and Scotland who have been invited to play an international showcasing festival or conference.and are able to build further opportunities to network and creatively collaborate around these showcase and conference commitments. Grants of up to £5,000 are available to […]

Help Musicians UK (HMUK), the leading independent music charity, is proud to launch the Jazz Promoters Fellowship today—a new pilot programme in partnership with internationally recognised and award-winning jazz composer, educator and record producer, Issie Barratt. This fully-funded HMUK Fellowship has been developed out of the need to create a gender balance within the jazz […]

New funding to nurture the creative talents of young people and a new National Youth Arts Advisory Group for Scotland have been announced by Creative Scotland and Young Scot. Over the next two years, a National Youth Arts Advisory Group (NYAAG) will issue £40,000 to support young people’s creativity through a new Nurturing Talent Fund. […]

Enterprise Music Scotland, Scotland’s national body for chamber music, are pleased to announce that registration for our Tours Book 2017 is now open! The Tours Book will feature chamber music ensembles and musicians available for touring in Scotland in 2018/19. The directory is used for concert planning by our network of over 75 Scottish chamber […]

Arts and Business Scotland are delighted to confirm that bookings are open for upcoming training events Introduction to Fundraising (Tuesday 13 June in Edinburgh) and A General Tax Guide for Arts and Heritage Organisations (Wednesday 21 June in Glasgow and Friday 23 June in Perth). Introduction to Fundraising Tuesday 13 June 2017 | Arts & Business […]