Scotland is very fortunate in the depth and strength of its traditional musicians. At any given time, there are several generations working in the music sector and as the workforce naturally changes through time, older musicians have different priorities to their younger colleagues. In order to better appreciate these differences, Hands Up for Trad are […]
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Loud and Clear: The event letting disabled people’s music be heard
This article was taken from CreativeScotland.com In February, an event to celebrate and promote disabled persons music was held in the Scottish Parliament. Loud & Clear: Let Disabled Peoples Music Be Heard, was organised by fiddle player David Nicolson and sponsored by Rachael Hamilton MSP. It aimed to raise awareness of the barriers that disabled […]
Some Of The Biggest Names In Scottish Folk Music Announced For Brand New One Day Festival – Live By The Loch
Broadwood Stadium will welcome some of the biggest names on the Scottish music scene for brand new one day festival Live by the Loch. This unmissable event will take place at Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld on Saturday 2nd June 2018. Broadwood: Live by the Loch will welcome some of the best Scottish musical talent for a […]
Donald MacLeod (Portnahaven) RIP
From Arthur Cormack Very sad to hear tonight of the passing of the great Portnahaven Gaelic singer, Donald MacLeod. Just at New Year his grand-daughter Tweeted a message to say how much he was enjoying Cèilidh na Bliadhn’ Ùire on BBC ALBA and it was great to know he was watching. It was a privilege […]
New Artistic Programmer announced as part of the Year of Young People Initiative for Tiree Music Festival
Tickets go on sale for Tiree Music Festival (TMF) onThursday 1st March 2018. The festival will run from Friday 13th – Sunday 15th July 2018. Early bird tickets sold out in less than 48 hours in November for the multi award-winning festival. Brand-new to TMF 2018 will be the ELEVATE STAGE. This new outdoor stage […]
5th Edinburgh “FluteFling” – now with whistles !!
Now in its’ 5th year, the 2018 Edinburgh “FluteFling” returns on Sat. 21st April, with a major expansion in that this year we will also be providing tuition for a “Beginner’s” level of flute class, as well as “Intermediate / Improvers” level – plus, for the first time, tuition in whistles, both “soprano” and “low” […]
RCS April to June 2018 upcoming traditional music performances
Traditional Music An Evening of Traditional Music A lively evening from the Traditional Music department, featuring students from across the department. Thu 3 May / 7.30pm Ledger Recital Room £5 – £10 (£7.50 concessions) Traditional Music Vocal Showcase Students from our Traditional Music department present an evening of acoustic song at Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church. […]
Plastic bottles banned from Hebridean music festival
Article taken from scotsman.com The HebCelt festival in Stornoway, which axed plastic straws in 2014, has now banned plastic bottles. Picture: Contributed One of Scotland’s biggest outdoor music festivals is set to impose a ban on plastic bottles this year. The Scottish Government has urged other event organisers to follow the lead of the Hebridean […]
Learn clarsach and fiddle on Hands Up for Trad’s Youtube channel
We have uploaded 3 great music courses onto YouTube. Why not take a minute and improve your skills! Courses uploaded so far are: Corrina Hewat’s Scottish Harp (clarsach) intermediate course Jenna Reid Shetland Fiddle Intermediate Course Alasdair White West Highland Fiddle Teaching Course
A Life In Trad Music – A new series about musicians
Scotland is very fortunate in the depth and strength of its traditional musicians. At any given time, there are several generations working in the music sector and as the workforce naturally changes through time, older musicians have different priorities to their younger colleagues. In a new feature for Hands Up for Trad and in order […]