Shawfest #2 will take place September 24th & 25th ’16. The inaugural Shawfest took place September last year and was a great success. The aim of the festival is to raise funds for the Fraser Shaw Trust (www.frasershawtrust.com), which was set up in memory a much loved guy and wonderful musician who passed away in […]
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Playing for Dance
Pat Ballantyne has written this interesting blog for Tracs on playing for dance. In my recently completed PhD thesis, I considered the attitudes of Scottish traditional musicians towards dance and dancers towards music, and assessed how these attitudes might have evolved. A common theme emerged from the musicians and dancers I interviewed: to play successfully […]
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra: WANTED – Emerging UK-based Composers
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) today (Tuesday 9 August) launches the second annual initiative to develop the talents of emerging composers, RSNO Composers’ Hub. Aimed at composers in the early stages of their career, this bespoke scheme is an opportunity for a group of composers to write for orchestra in a range of different […]
Instrumental Teachers & Workshop Leaders (Dunbar Music School)
Instrumental Teachers – Piano, Violin, Drums, Guitar, Vocals, Wind instruments. Workshop Leaders – musicianship, theory, composition, creative ensemble, kodaly/colourstrings. Dunbar Music School will be launching in September 2016 with a programme of high-quality individual and group instrumental tuition, classes and workshops. Dunbar is situated on the beautiful East Lothian coastline only 20 minutes by train […]
Need Help? Check Out Help Musicians UK
I was looking at the brilliant Help Musicians UK website the other day and it was good see all the different kinds of financial help they can give to musicians who are in need. Read about them below. We help musicians from a wide range of backgrounds and all musical genres. It’s vital that we […]
Folk Alliance International Official Showcase Application
Applications are open June 15 – October 3, 2016. Many musicians in the past have applied to Creative Scotland for funds to travel to this event. Eligibility Membership is not required to submit an application. All selected artists and accompanying musicians are required to be paid registrants of the conference. You do not need to […]
Singing Out!
Learn the techniques of singing in a fun, relaxed environment. Our Singing Classes in Edinburgh are aimed at singers (or those wanting to sing) who want to learn how to sing but also have fun! Students practice singing and vocal exercises, learn songs and also get the chance to perform in a show. Classes are […]
Disability Rights UK AGM and Conference
Members, Disability Rights UK AGM and Conference on Equal participation for all – together we can be stronger This event will take place on November 7th in London Come and debate how we can work together for equal participation: bringing all our different experiences – of different impairments and health conditions, different regions, communities and […]
It’s All About The Bass! Workshops for Singers
This year at our Scotland Sings Autumn workshops we’re focussing on getting more men through the door to enjoy singing in harmony. We have 3 great workshop leaders lined up: Bill Henderson, Harry Campbell and Rory Haye ready to lead songs from around the world with really great bass and tenor lines. And of course […]
Lyth Arts Centre Charity Trustees/Board Members
Lyth Arts Centre is the UK’s most northerly, mainland, Arts Centre, providing year on year high quality programming including music, dance, theatre and the visual arts from across the UK and beyond. Due to the current Directors imminent retirement, LAC is moving forwards into a new stage of development and delivery. As such, there is […]