Killin Music Festival is returning to the festival calendar in June 2016. Run by a modern, energetic team, the festival will bring multiple headline talents to the stage in Killin. In our maiden year we will welcome Skipinnish, Trail West, BBC Radio Scotland’s Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2015 – Claire Hastings and her […]
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Do you like sun and music? Check out Barga 2016 School of Traditional Song, Music and Dance
This looks good! Learning Scottish traditional music and song in the Italian sun with piper Hamish Moore and friends! (not a Hands Up for Trad event) Barga, Italy, 19-23rd September 2016 Bookings now being taken! (11th January 2016). See below for details. Learn and share Scots and Gaelic traditional song, music and dance in a […]
Gaelic Psalm Singing Summer School
An Lanntair The course, which will be led by Calum Martin and Dr Margaret Bennett, will explore the musical and historical application of this important part of our heritage. Although essentially a vocal tradition performed in Gaelic, lack of fluency in the language should not be considered a barrier to taking part in the course. […]
Tips to Funding & Grant-writing Success workshop
Truffle Pig is a grant-writing and business development consultancy, working with creative and community projects to identify suitable opportunities and create the applications, pitches and proposals to secure revenue. Recent clients include First Steps Future Training (Glasgow), Play Pieces Ltd (Inverness), PAN Studios (London), Bright Night International (Glasgow), Full Cirqle Centre for Circus Arts (Portobello), […]
CALL FOR WORKSHOP LEADERS/TUTORS
The Rockfield Centre, Oban We are a new community-owned cultural space in the heart of Oban and are looking to run a programme of creative classes and workshops over the coming year. We aim to nurture and develop the creative scene in Oban by offering the community the opportunity to experiment, learn new skills and […]
Colour Keys Piano Teacher Training
Introduction to Colour Keys – a 5 day course giving an overview of the Colour Keys method of piano teaching for young children. Training in Edinburgh 31st July to 5th August. Location: Edinburgh City For further information, please contact kindergarten@colourstrings.co.uk or visit http://www.colourstrings.co.uk/Teacher%20Training.htm The deadline is Friday 29 July 2016 at 12:30. From Creative Scotland Opportunities
Introduction to Sponsorship
Wednesday 12 October 2016 Arts & Business Scotland, 1st Floor Rosebery House, 9 Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh EH12 5EZ Registration: 10.45am | Event: 11am-4.30pm This seminar is aimed primarily at those who have no or very little sponsorship experience. It is also a great refresher for those who need reminding of the basic principles and practice […]
Nurturing Talent Fund
Better be quick – if you are between 14 and 20 you may get some money towards a music demo. Deadline: 08 May 2016 at 23:55 The Nurturing Talent Fund provides the money needed to help grow your talent in a number ways – from recording a demo with your band, to putting on an […]
Fèis Rois 1986 – 2016 Landmark Award Presentation
I headed up to beautiful Ullapool last weekend to teach at Fèis Rois’s Adult Feis and present the organisation with one of our Landmark Awards. I hadn’t been before but what an event! 265 adults in Ullapool learning traditional music – how amazing is that?! I was working with the groupwork classes and had a […]
Trad Music Spotlight: RURA
Hands Up for Trad’s Trad Music Spotlight is a monthly feature on a band or solo artist. It was first launched in February 2015 and features musicians who are working in the trad scene – both in Scotland and around the world. We asked RURA a few questions. What’s happening? We’re touring the UK in […]