Hands Up for Musicians

Scottish musicians expanding their creative horizons into other other areas of musical practice.

Bursaries available to support attendance at Buain

Twenty bursaries of up to £350 each are available to support Gaelic Arts Workers to attend Buain 2024 at Grinneabhat, Isle of Lewis, Wed 18 Sept 2024. Tha fichead bursaraidh de suas ri £350 an urra rim faighinn gus taic a thoirt do Luchd-obrach nan Ealan Gàidhlig airson a bhith an làthair aig Buain 2024 […]

How Musicians Use AI to Create Music

This is a controversial subject but always good to read and listen to what other people are saying! Technology is changing everything, including music. Artificial intelligence has become an absolute game-changer for many popular musicians, helping them create, produce, and share their music in new ways. Who wouldn’t want to have a creative partner who […]

Scotland’s National Music Prize Opens Album Submissions For £20k Prize

0th July – Scotland’s national music prize, The Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award, has launched for 2024, inviting artists, music fans and labels to submit eligible albums and be in the running for the prestigious prize. Returning to Stirling’s Albert Halls for the third year running, The SAY Award will celebrate the cultural impact and contribution of outstanding Scottish […]

Connections Through Culture Grants, Asia-Pacific

Connections Through Culture grants support creative collaborations between Asia-Pacific and the UK.  Connections Through Culture grants support creative collaborations between Asia-Pacific and the UK.  We support artists and cultural organisations working across all art forms to create new connections and collaborative projects.  Our Connections Through Culture grants help artists and cultural organisations to bring their […]

Young People’s Engagement Officer

Develop and run our year-round programmes with 15-25-year-olds Wigtown Festival Company is looking to appoint a Young People’s Engagement Officer to develop and run our year-round programmes with 15-25-year-olds. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape a fresh way of working with our target group of 15-to-25-year-olds at Wigtown Book Festival and around the […]

SCSG International Travel Survey – Launch date: Weds 10 July

Hello, The Scottish Classical Sustainability Group has asked me to forward information about their International Travel Survey, in the hope that this can be shared widely with musicians of all genres working in the UK.  International touring is a key part of the music industry. It’s shares brilliant work and enables cultural exchange. But it’s also one […]