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DareToDream

What stories would you tell to the world today, from the future of your dreams? #DareToDream is an outreach initiative that book-ends and runs alongside the Scottish International Storytelling Festival (a ten day festival running from Fri 21 – Mon 31 Oct). Inspired by Scotland’s Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design 2016, we invite schools […]

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Inaugural Concert for Royal Scots Club’s Young Musicians

A new scheme to support four young players of Scottish traditional instruments was launched this year by The Royal Scots Club in Edinburgh. The scheme is being paid for by members and is designed to encourage, support and develop traditional Scottish music. The young musicians’ Inaugural Concert is being held at the Club on Tuesday […]

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Tickets Selling Well As Blas 2016 Prepares To Launch

Tickets are already selling well as communities across the Highlands and Argyll prepare to celebrate Highland culture at this year’s Blas Festival which takes place between 2 and 10 September. Fèisean nan Gàidheal, who operate the festival in a partnership with The Highland Council, have put together a programme with a generous helping of cèilidhs, […]

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Job Opportunity: Festival Arts Director, Haddo Arts Festival (Aberdeenshire)

The Haddo Arts Festival is an established annual event at Haddo House with a growing reputation with the local audience. The organising committee is seeking to appoint a Festival Arts Director to help organise the 2017 festival taking place in October 2017. The successful applicant will join an established enthusiastic committee to identify and engage […]

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Job Opportunity: Musical Director, Hadley Court Singers

The Hadley Court Singers seeks a new Musical Director, commencing September 2016. The choir values musical education highly, both to our singing members and the wider community in general. With this in mind the Musical Director is required to: Rehearse the choir on a weekly basis from September to June, including arranging and remunerating substitute […]

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Job Opportunity: Events Manager, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

We are: looking for an experienced and enthusiastic events professional to deliver and further develop the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s Events and Conference Programme. You’ll have operational responsibility -for the successful planning, execution, monitoring, control and closure of each project within the diverse events programme for one of Scotland’s most dynamic arts and education institutions. […]

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Job Opportunity:Events Assistant Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

We are: looking for an enthusiastic individual to play a part in delivering the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s Events and Conference Programme. You’ll play an important role in the successful planning, execution, monitoring, control and closure of each project within the diverse events environment for one of Scotland’s most dynamic arts and education institutions. The […]

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FTP Magazine Submissions – Calling all writers, artists, musicians and general creative wizards

Are you sick of the lack of diversity in our creative industries? Are you fed up of being told you have to contour your face in order to have self worth? Are you keen to see a world wherein people of all ages, ethnicities, genders, sexualities, abilities and backgrounds have equal rights and opportunities? Then […]

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Large Office Space in Creative Environment

From mid August 2016 we have an unfurnished large room available in our office in South Edinburgh. Very bright office space (dimensions 4m x 6m) is a part of Meow Studios – creative media company and complex of photographic studios. Located at 3rd floor of historic building, Causewayside Edinburgh, offers fantastic access to city centre […]

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Don’t be late! Entries for 2016 Collection closes at the end of month

Do you write tunes in a Scottish traditional style? Hands Up for Trad are looking for the top 20 tunes of 2016 for their 2016 Collection. They can be anything from reels to jigs to airs to waltzes and anything in between! All you have to do is to upload them to MusicHub! All the […]

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