{"id":3447,"date":"2022-02-28T09:46:54","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T09:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/?p=3447"},"modified":"2022-02-28T09:46:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T09:46:54","slug":"new-musical-work-sought-to-celebrate-year-of-stories-this-years-blas-festival-will-commission-a-new-piece-of-music-to-coincide-with-scotlands-year-of-stories-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/new-musical-work-sought-to-celebrate-year-of-stories-this-years-blas-festival-will-commission-a-new-piece-of-music-to-coincide-with-scotlands-year-of-stories-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"New musical work sought to celebrate Year of Stories This year\u2019s Blas Festival will commission a new piece of music to coincide with Scotland\u2019s Year of Stories 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iconic stories, people and places across the Highlands and Islands will be celebrated this year in a new piece of music to be performed during this September\u2019s Blas Festival.
\nIn conjunction with Scotland\u2019s Year of Stories, the organisers of this year\u2019s Blas Festival are seeking proposals from musicians and composers for the creation of a new piece of music celebrating Highland stories. The Highland and Islands are home to a wealth of iconic stories, legends and tales, some of which have become famous around the world, and the organisers are encouraging musicians to submit their proposals to create a 40-minute piece of music based on the themed year.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Blas Festival, which began with small-scale events in 2004 celebrates Highland music, Gaelic language and culture and will host the premiere of this new piece of work during the festival which will run from 2 – 10 September this year. Last year\u2019s commission celebrated the 200th anniversary of M\u00e0iri Mh\u00f2r nan \u00d2ran and was led by Gaelic singer, Kim Carnie.<\/span><\/p>\n

The festival, organised by Gaelic arts organisation F\u00e8isean nan G\u00e0idheal, in partnership with The Highland Council, has commissioned many new works over the years, including last year\u2019s commission by Kim, multi-instrumentalist and producer, Mike Vass (2020), Gaelic song expert, Jo MacDonald (2019) and Gaelic singer, Mischa Macpherson (2018). The musician awarded the commission this year will have a budget of up to \u00a33,000 which will support them to compose new material or arrange existing material and prepare for a number of performances at Blas.<\/span><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s festival will feature a host of much-loved traditional musicians from across Scotland as well as featuring many young musicians from F\u00e8isean across the Highlands. It is expected that significant birthdays of some of Scotland\u2019s most treasured tradition bearers will be celebrated. As well as around 30 live events, there will be an extensive education and communities programme and online workshops, talks and livestreamed concerts.<\/span><\/p>\n

Calum Alex Macmillan, Blas Festival organiser,<\/b> said: \u201cWe are delighted to be returning to our traditional September dates for this year\u2019s Blas Festival, visiting communities across the Highlands with a programme that will celebrate our rich Gaelic culture and heritage. The annual commission is always a highlight of the festival offering, and we are so pleased to be able to give artists the chance to create and showcase new work again this year. We are excited to be incorporating the theme of Scotland\u2019s stories within this year\u2019s commission and look forward to seeing what the successful musician will create.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Proposals should be submitted by e-mail to Blas Festival, <\/span>blas@blas.scot<\/span><\/a>, by 5:00pm on Monday 14th March 2022. For more information and proposal guidelines, please visit www.blas.scot\/commission<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Further information about this year\u2019s festival will be available in the coming months at <\/span>www.blas.scot<\/span><\/a>
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