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 at the Distil Residential. All these years on we’ve commissioned nearly 100 pieces of new music and formed a great partnership with Mr McFall’s Chamber. McFall’s work with the composers on finalising their pieces giving lots of helpful and practical advice to help the composers along the way.
Distil Showcase 2015 will be held in Stirling Tolbooth on Friday 10th April at 8pm. Why not come along for a listen. You can buy a ticket here.
The composers are below. Click on the links to read about their new music.
- Conrad Molleson
- Emma Tomlinson
- Callum Armstrong
- Neil Ewart
- Kate Young
- Grainne Brady
- Chris Grieve
- Cammy Maxwell
- Laura Wilkie
As usual the compositions will be performed by the fabulous Mr McFall’s Chamber. Check out our Distil Showcase Archive.