From Sally Beamish We are delighted to announce the online launch of Sally Beamish’s solo harp piece, Awuya. Performed by the outstanding young harpist, Anne Denholm, the piece was commissioned by Glasgow University for Professor Keith Vickerman, to celebrate his groundbreaking research in the field of African Sleeping Sickness. Awuya is inspired by the changing […]
Opportunity for young women composers (under 30)
YMT’s Triptych Programme is a three-year project offering three commissions a year to women composers under the age of 30, offering them the opportunity to write new work for some of the UK’s most talented young performers. Triptych 1 will be held in Belfast (2014), with Triptych 2 & 3 in Edinburgh (2015) and London […]
Interdisciplinary Residency Programme 2014
Hospitalfield Arts are establishing, during the spring and summer of 2014, an Interdisciplinary Residency Programme that they believe will appeal to a far wider range of groups and individuals working in the arts. These are lovely months to be here working on the east coast of Scotland and their aim is to make the wonderful […]
Enter the Distil Showcase
Distil is looking for composers to take part in our 2014 Showcase on the 9th May 2014 in Stirling’s Tolbooth. This popular event has been running for the last few years and we have heard some brilliant compositions, If you would like to write music for a string quintet + a solo musician (or any […]
Photos from our 2013 Distil Residential
Well we had another fantastic time at Distil. As usual everything was great at about it! Thanks to Chris Wood, Brian Irvine and Joost Buist for being great and inspiring workshop leaders. Here are some photos from the event taken by Martin Forry. [AFG_gallery id=’4′]
20 for 14 Funding Opportunity
The 20 for 14 programme is aimed at giving individual artists a voice and profile within the Glasgow 2014 Cultural Programme by supporting the development of new work responding to, or reflecting upon, the unique cultural, social, political and historical contexts of the Commonwealth and Glasgow’s hosting of the Commonwealth Games in 2014. The programme […]
Great blog on free improvising
Dave Francis sent me this blog called “The reward from art is experiencing yourself opening up” (Joe Morris interviewed by Doug Fischer)” For one reason or another, this blog turns its attention to free jazz infrequently. That’s too bad. In a nutshell, I think it’s a lot harder to write smartly — especially with the […]
Composition opportunity (with money attached…)
To all musicians, Announcing an exciting award for young composers aged between 16-25. £500 prize money plus a performance at the 33rd Edinburgh International Harp Festival in April 2014. Closing date is Friday, 29 November 2013. It is not necessary for the composer to be a clarsach player. For more information, please open the attached document […]
Critical Response
As a follow up to the recent Showcase, Distil has been looking at an initiative called Critical Response Process, a method of giving feedback to artists developed in the US by the choreographer and dancer Liz Lerman. It has being picked up here in the UK by the theatre community in Scotland, through the Federation […]
BEYOND BORDERS: UK-wide new music funding opportunity – grants of up to £15,000 available
Following the success of three previous editions, PRS for Music Foundation is again teaming up with funding partners Arts Council of Wales, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Creative Scotland, and Colwinston Trust to run the Beyond Borders UK-wide funding programme. What activity can Beyond Borders support? In a change from previous editions, organisations and groups […]