Hands Up for Trad are very happy to announce the winners of our Community Music Awards 2018. All the nominees (read about them here) do amazing work that support the whole community throughout Scotland. The winners are: Community Music Teacher of the Year: Katy Lavinia Cooper Community Music Project of the Year: Protest in Harmony […]
Blazin’ Fiddles Celebrate Their 20th Year With Summer Tour And Special Guest Vocalist Karen Matheson
Scotland’s most celebrated fiddle band Blazin’ Fiddles will join together with the remarkable vocalist Karen Matheson for a special one-off Scottish tour. Blazin’ Fiddles celebrate 20 years of touring and recording and are delighted to honour this birthday with a string of special performances throughout Scotland with special guest singer Karen Matheson. Having performed their […]
Tinto Summer School daily vlogs
We had a fantastic week at our annual Tinto Summer School. It’s a brilliant week of tutors and young people learning Scottish music and song. We posted a daily vlog of our activities on Facebook and YouTube to keep people keep up todate. You can also see them below. Last week we posted a link […]
Renewing the Tradition final report
Renewing the Tradition, devised by Hands Up For Trad as part of their ongoing Scotland Sings activities began in 2015 with a vision to remember and celebrate Robert Burns’ work within the context of Scotland’s choral and harmony singing network. Over the next four years some of Scotland’s most prominent traditional songwriters were commissioned to […]
Dumfries & Galloway dancers prepare to compete at Minnigaff this weekend – 5th annual traditional music and dance festival set to welcome Highland dancers from all over the UK.
Newton Stewart & Minnigaff Traditional Music & Dance Festival gets under way this weekend, over the 6th-8th July 2018 and, with a new title, is hosting its first ever Scottish Highland dancing competitions; part of another packed festival programme of music and events. The festival kicks off on Friday 6th July with a guitar workshop […]
Hands Up for Trad Quiz episode 6 – Fiddlers vs Bagpipers
Watch the latest July Hands Up for Trad quiz featuring fiddlers vs bagpipers. Can YOU answer the questions? Teams are Adam Sutherland, Ross Couper, Gillian Frame (fiddlers) vs Allan Henderson, Annie Grace and Ailis Sutherland. Subscribe to our Hands Up for Trad YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/handsupfortrad More about Hands Up for Trad: http://www.handsupfortrad.scot https://facebook.com/handsupfortrad http://www.twitter.com/handsupfortrad http://www.instagram.com/handsupfortrad […]
Hands Up for Trad Community Music Award Nominee 2018: Katy Lavinia Cooper
The aim of the Hands Up for Trad Community Music awards is to showcase and celebrate the outstanding practice and great things going on in Scotland’s community music sector to the wider public and media. Congratulations to Katy Lavinia Cooper who have been nominated in the Community Music Teacher of the Year category. Vote for […]
Scotland Live 2018 – The New Clubs
Hands Up for Trad are very pleased to announce the two brand new clubs taking part in our Scotland Live projects. Scotland Live is a project to encourage new promotors to put on gigs in Scotland. Each club gets £1600 over a year to help get them started. The clubs are: Sundown Song Nights (Glasgow). […]
Tinto Summer School is next week! Watch last years vlogs!
It’s always an exciting time of year when Tinto Summer School comes round and loads of young people head to Wiston Lodge, Wiston, South Lanarkshire to learn music for the first week of July. Last year we made a daily vlog and they’re all below for you to get a feel the fun of the […]
Congratulations to Dr Karine Polwart and Christine Primrose MBE
Congratulations to Dr Karine Polwart who has just been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Glasgow. Read more about the award winning Karine Polwart and her songs at www.karinepolwart.com. You should also sign up for her newsletter – it’s great! Congratulations to Gaelic singer Christine Primrose MBE, who has been awarded an MBE […]