Only a few weeks left to this deadline. You don’t want to miss it! Have you released an album between September 2015 and August 2016? Why not submit your album into our 2016 Album of the Year competition. Based on the excellent Scottish Album of the Year Award organised by Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA), […]
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Open call for sound works
Fort Process is an expansive multi-disciplinary music and arts festival that takes place in the evocative spaces of Newhaven Fort in East Sussex, UK. After an acclaimed, sold-out debut in 2014 the festival is back for a second edition on September 3rd 2016 with an extensive international programme of performances, site-specific sound installations, talks, films, […]
Bard Music West Call for Scores 2016-2017
Overview Bard Music West is pleased to announce our inaugural call for scores! The selected composer will be composer-in-residence at Bard Music West 2017 and will be commissioned to write a fifteen-minute original score to Samuel Beckett’s mime play Act Without Words I, which will be premiered in a production of the play at Bard […]
Call for Duets [1 Piano/4 hands] : Existing works for album project
Kate Halsall & Fumiko Miyachi piano duo are putting together an album of piano duets (1 piano/4hands). We’re really interested to know if you have existing works you would like to submit for this project, which we will be recording at Birmingham Conservatoire. NB: Please only submit pieces that are not currently released on disc […]
Music Instructor (Lower Strings) – Aberdeen City
We are looking to recruit a Music Instructor (Lower Strings) to deliver quality music tuition to assigned pupils on an individual or group basis, and to contribute to the professional and corporate life of the Music Service in relation to pupils, parents, staff and schools. The post holder will be expected to: • Delivery of […]
Vacancy – Piano Accompanist – The Pentland Singers
The Pentland Singers is a successful community based, non auditioned SATB choir with about 80 members. We sing a wide repertoire, from traditional large-scale choral works, to choral arrangements of folk, jazz and popular music. We are seeking to appoint an experienced piano accompanist to accompany our rehearsals and concerts, starting Tuesday 27 September 2016. […]
Cultural Office Space Available
WASPS Artist Studios are pleased to let a bright 1-2 person office based in the beautiful 1873 Briggait Hall. The Briggait is home to 24 creative charities and cultural enterprises creating a warm, collaborative environment to work. We offer 24 hour access, 2 bookable meeting spaces and competitive connectivity options. Flexible lease terms are also […]
Scottish tour directory – venues and promoters required!
As part of the ongoing development of our information provision for touring musicians we are currently in the process of building a Scotland wide Touring Directory. The Directory will be available online for touring musicians to easily access. Initially it will be used as a platform for venues, promoters and festivals to share information on […]
Bursaries for postgraduate study (Queen Margaret University)
QMU are offering £2200 bursaries to support selected cultural organisations in offering CPD opportunities to their existing team. While the remaining fees (£1100 for each of the two years) can be paid by the organisation or student, the organisation must commit to supporting their staff member through allowing them to attend campus one day a […]
Practical Musicianship: 3rd & 4th August (University of Edinburgh Short Courses)
This looks useful if you need to quickly learn more about reading music and scales DAY 1 MORNING ◾Introducing basic concepts: pitch, beat and rhythm ◾Basic units of simple time: crotchet, quaver, crotchet rest ◾The pentatonic scale: reading and singing la, so and mi ◾How to organise music-staves, time signatures and bar lines AFTERNOON ◾Extending […]