Hands Up for Trad’s Ignition Award is an award for musicians and bands who put the charge into the tradition. At Hands Up for Trad we like to celebrate innovation so we have brought forward this award to celebrate those musicians who take chances and in doing so make Scottish trad music an exciting place […]
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A fantastic opportunity for young fiddlers in Edinburgh!
The Scots Fiddle Festival are looking for talented young fiddlers/violinists aged 12-18 to be part of the Scots Fiddle Festival Outreach Project & perform at the Scots Fiddle Festival at The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh on the 19th of November. The concert will be celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the festival and the outreach project […]
Live Music Now Auditions
Live Music Now is one of the best performance opportunities for musicians. The closing date for applications is Wednesday 5th October 2016. To get an application form email auditions@livemusicnow.org or call 02920554298. Musicians joining LMN have generally finished their advanced musical training and are beginning to establish themselves are professional performers. They are usually between […]
Tasgadh – Small Grants for Traditional Arts
Don’t miss this opportunity. Tasgadh is a fund devolved from Creative Scotland, managed by Fèisean nan Gàidheal and open to organisations and individuals. Tasgadh is designed to provide support for traditional artists and organisations to create, perform, tour and showcase work. The fund can also support professional development and learning projects. Tasgadh cannot support the […]
Musicians’ Union events
The Musicians’ Union promote a great range of learning events across the UK. Check out what they have on here. http://www.musiciansunion.org.uk/Events.aspx
Freelance Project Co-ordinator
Impact Arts is looking for new talented Freelance Project Co-ordinators to work on a variety of young people projects across all of our sites (Glasgow/Edinburgh/Ayrshire). If you have an interest in community or arts based charities and have experience in project co-ordination you may be who we are looking for! For further information about the […]
The 2016 Maverick Award (Tom McGrath Trust with The Saltire Society)
The Tom McGrath Trust is set up to honour the life and legacy of Tom McGrath, poet, playwright and creative maverick, who died in 2009. Inspired by Tom’s boundless generosity of spirit and his passion for supporting Scottish playwrights, the Trust aims to be a source of inspiration, stimulation and support for artists seeking to […]
Stories, Stones and Bones
As part of the Scotland-wide celebrations of the Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology 2017, we want to inspire people to get involved in learning about and enjoying their heritage for the first time. Stories, Stones and Bones will encourage people in communities across Scotland to dig deeper into their past and to find out […]
October Gathering – Scottish Borders Cultural Forum
The Scottish Borders Cultural Forum supports the work of the local cultural sector by creating a space for networking, sharing concerns, ideas and resources and finding solutions to common problems. It comes together informally on a monthly basis in different locations linked to a key cultural event in the area and provides a social get […]
NYOS Classical Applications for 2017 Now Open
The National Youth Orchestras of Scotland It truly has been a landmark year for The National Youth Orchestras of Scotland (NYOS), with NYOS Symphony Orchestra and NYOS Jazz Orchestra both performing stand-alone concerts at the BBC Proms. That’s two performances, in two different genres, for one youth arts organisation. Musicians can apply to audition for […]