Thanks to the Spotify COVID-19 Music Relief Fund and generous donations from members of the public, PRS Foundation is able to support artists, songwriters and composers to create and develop when they need it most. With their support we have launched the Sustaining Creativity Fund: Designed for music creators experiencing hardship from loss of work due […]

NMH has a vacant fellowship position for a folk musician on the PhD programme in artistic research affiliated to the three-year artistic research programme Craftsmanship. Application deadline is 15 June 2020. The Norwegian Academy of Music (NMH) is a higher education institution specialising in arts and science. The NMH is recognised internationally as a leading […]

Study music, creativity and sustainable creative enterprise ‘off-campus’ from anywhere with an accredited masters degree through the University of the Highlands and Islands. The MA Music and the Environment provides an excellent foundation for musicians to develop new paths for their creative entrepreneurial activity. This MA equips musicians to enable the sustainability of their creative […]

As Covid-19 continues to disrupt the music industry worldwide, the one thing we can all still do is seek out and share the best music around. Shared with more than 30 countries around the world, Selector Radio connects a global audience to anything and everything that’s exciting in the UK right now. We take you […]

Introducing our 2020 PERFORMANCES AWARD The GDMT are here to help. If you are a self-employed, professional Scottish musician who has limited savings; please consider applying for a GDMT award if you require financial assistance during this extremely difficult time. Please visit our website for full details on how to apply. https://www.gordonduncan.co.uk/get-funded/2020-awards/ If you would […]

The Traditional Music Forum have two workshops left in the Professional Development series which were originally planned to take place in Inverness. Instead of cancelling these events we have moved them to online webinars. Please book in advance through Eventbrite and on the day of the event we will send you a link to join […]

Thank you to everyone who has submitted a request to the Bridging Bursary (Arts and Creative) funding programme to date. We will respond to all requests as soon as possible and within the four-week timeframe indicated. Please do not submit another request if you made one in the previous round. The response to the first […]

From Spotify. As part of our efforts to support the global music community during this unprecedented crisis, today, we’re rolling out a new feature, which enables you to add a fundraising destination to your profile through Spotify for Artists. In this first iteration of the feature (available to all artists globally), you can submit a […]

Starcatchers is offering professional development bursaries worth £200 for artists in Scotland who work with and for babies and young children 0-5. This resource can support any form of professional development that can be undertaken within the limitations currently placed on all of us. This might be research, time spent in (remote) discussion with other […]

We want to celebrate all the big and small ways you’ve been making it through the last few weeks indoors – to raise money to fight homelessness. Made at Home is a fundraising book, harnessing the explosion of domestic creativity to help people facing homelessness during the coronavirus. We’ve been baking, sewing, doodling, writing, crafting […]