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Findlay Napier’s Glasgow Songwriting Festival 2016

The exciting news is that Glasgow Songwriting Festival 2016 is GO! The website is ready, the venues are booked and we have three exceptional tutors ready to teach you the art of songwriting. The opening concert featuring your tutors Louis Abbott (Admiral Fallow), Donna Manioca, Dave ‘Solareye’ Hook (Stanley Odd) and Findlay Napier is in […]

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Adopt a Composer – Scottish pairing

The Adopt a Composer scheme pairs six amateur choirs, orchestras and ensembles with an emerging composer for a year. The project is run by Making Music in partnership with Sound and Music, in association with BBC Radio 3, and funded by the PRS For Music Foundation, the Philip and Dorothy Green Music Trust, and now […]

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Job Opportunity: Comar General Manager, Mull Theatre And An Tobar

The General Manager role is a new and vital management position within the company, reporting to the Artistic Director and working alongside senior creative staff to secure resources for our high quality programme, while ensuring that our team of marketing, administrative, financial, venue and other staff are performing well and are supported in their own […]

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New Music Scotland Opportunies for Musicians and Composers

Check out the links below with some great opportunities for performers and composers on New Music Scotland’s website. Composers Performers

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Songwriting Mentorship Programme

This unique mentoring project offers up and coming songwriters in the Glasgow area the opportunity to receive one to one songwriting master classes with some of Scotland’s most successful songwriters. Successful applicants will have the opportunity to experiment, collaborate and perform, encouraging new creative approaches to song writing and building a career in the music […]

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SoFar Sounds Online Video Concerts

Catriona Price flagged up SoFar Sounds to me the other day. It’s an opportunity to be part of a world wide organisation of online shows. Here is their FAQ. This is Catriona (Twelfth Day’s) video for SoFar. WHAT IS SOFAR SOUNDS? Founded in London in 2010 and now based in over 200 cities around the […]

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Gymboree Play & Music Early Years Teacher

Gymboree Play & Music Glasgow are looking for someone who has dynamic energy, strong singing voice & wants a career working with children. The successful applicant will be fun, bubbly, confident, energetic, hardworking and dedicated. You will be comfortable performing and leading dynamic play sessions. Please be aware that you must be available for at […]

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Using Music in Dementia Care Course

This half-day course will be of interest to anyone wishing to enhance and expand their use of music as a communication tool for adults living with dementia. This course will involve creative music-making provide attendees with ideas and suggestions for meaningful interactions through effective music-making. The training will look at ways in which music can […]

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Radiophrenia – announce an open call for sound and transmission artworks

This is great! I took part in it last year. You can make something experimental and have it broadcast on the radio! Radiophrenia – announce an open call for sound and transmission artworks for their upcoming broadcasts in August and September 2016. Radiophrenia is an artist run FM radio station broadcasting in Glasgow and online. […]

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Great gadget – Digital Music Score!

Ooh check this! It’s like a score that you can rest on piano / music stand but it is digital! Here’s the video below. You can check it out at http://www.gvido.tokyo

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