Hands Up for Musicians

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

Noisy Nights Calls for Scores

Dear Everyone The next Noisy Nights Calls for Scores are given below. If you’re a composer – or you know someone who is – please do pass this on. Spread the word as far and wide as you wish …. Warmest wishes to you all from all at Red Note Towers! www.rednoteensemble.com CALLS FOR SCORES […]

Distil and Drake Music Scotland

We really enjoyed our workshop with Drake Music Scotland on Friday 12th June in Edinburgh. The idea of the workshop was to work on making traditional music that was totally inclusive and could be performed by musicians with disabilities. Attending the workshop was for Distil was Karen Marshalsay, Alana MacInnes and Simon Thoumire. Attending for […]

Mr McFall’s Chamber celebrates its 20th Birthday

Dressing up in lavish costumes, playing music upside down, shouting at the audience and someone dancing to Webern – a Mr McFall’s Chamber concert is not your average night out. But neither is this your average chamber group. Over the years, McFalls has performed everything from Astor Piazzolla to Frank Zappa, from Puccini to Captain […]

Publishing advice

One of the questions I get asked alot is “How do I find a good publisher?” I never really have a good answer so I asked publishing guru Duncan McCrone of MCPS. Here is the conversation. Me: Many folks ask me how to find a publisher that will push their music to the right agencies. Do […]

Distil Scratch Day No 2

Last Wednesday 6th May was our second Distil Scratch Band day. Four composers were getting the chance to try out ideas writing for drums, piano, double bass and fiddle. The day wasn’t about writing a complete piece of music but more about learning how to notate the music so it could be performed by any […]

Distil Showcase 2015 – The Photos!

Here are Martin Forry’s great collection of photos from Distil Showcase 2015 in Stirling Tolbooth. If you haven’t heard the music yet you can do so here! Default Gallery Type Template This is the default gallery type template, located in: /home/projects/public_html/wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery/products/photocrati_nextgen/modules/nextgen_gallery_display/templates/index.php. If you’re seeing this, it’s because the gallery type you selected has not provided […]

Distil Scratch Band May 2015

Our second Distil Scratch band day is coming up on the 6th May! Again we will all head to Lo-Fi Rehearsal Studios in George Square, Glasgow for a day of experimenting with different sounds and techniques. Our composers are: Tina Rees Steven Blake Emma Tomlinson Grainne Brady Tina, Emma and Grainne took part in the […]

Distil Showcase 2015

Well what a night we had on Friday 10th April in Stirling Tolbooth! As usual the music was standout and the musicianship was outstanding. Mr McFall’s Chamber did their usual excellent job of putting the musicians at ease whilst performing their works with aplomb! The running order was: Guttersnipe (Laura Wilkie) Borderline (Callum Armstrong) A […]

Radiophrenia

If you like your music / culture experimental then check out this radio station. Radiophrenia will be broadcasting from midnight on the 12th April to midnight on the 19th April, 24-hours a day.In Glasgow you can listen on 87.9fm or to listen to the live webstream see the ‘Listen’ page on our new website:www.radiophrenia.scotHere you will also find […]

Distil Showcase this week!

The first week of April is always an exciting week for Distil. The showcase commissions muscians who attended our residential week in October to write music for Mr McFall’s Chamber which is performed in a concert at Stirling Tolbooth. This is the 9th year of Distil Showcase and in 9 years we have commissioned nearly […]