{"id":11083,"date":"2018-03-18T11:25:44","date_gmt":"2018-03-18T11:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/?p=11083"},"modified":"2018-03-20T11:25:54","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T11:25:54","slug":"new-artistic-programmer-announced-as-part-of-the-year-of-young-people-initiative-for-tiree-music-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/new-artistic-programmer-announced-as-part-of-the-year-of-young-people-initiative-for-tiree-music-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"New Artistic Programmer announced as part of the Year of Young People Initiative for Tiree Music Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tickets go on sale for Tiree Music Festival (TMF) onThursday 1st March 2018. <\/strong>The festival will run from Friday 13th \u2013 Sunday 15th July 2018. Early bird tickets sold out in less than 48 hours in November for the multi award-winning festival.<\/p>\n

Brand-new to TMF 2018 will be the ELEVATE STAGE<\/strong>. This new outdoor stage will showcase the best talent on the Scottish music scene with its line-up focusing on up-and-coming Scottish artists. As well as opportunities for young musicians performing on the stage, the festival has also appointed a Youth Artistic Programmer to take the lead on the programming of this stage.<\/p>\n

Thirteen young people applied for the role of Youth Artistic Programmer<\/strong> at TMF and the organising team were amazed at the high calibre of entries. After much consideration Jamie MacDonald<\/strong>, who is from the Isle of Tiree and has recently graduated with first class BA Honours Degree in Applied Music, has been confirmed as the successful candidate. \u00a0Jamie has a keen interest in the culture, music and language of the west coast of Scotland and he is passionate about creative arts, especially music and the traditional music scene.<\/p>\n

Jamie said<\/strong>, \u201cI am so delighted to have been appointed as the Youth Programmer for Tiree Music Festival. As a local to Tiree I have always attended the festival, whether as part of the crowd or playing as part of my own band, so it is a huge honour to be given this opportunity to become part of the organising team. I can\u2019t wait to get started!\u201d<\/p>\n

The ELEVATE STAGE at Tiree Music Festival 2018 is supported by the Year of Young People 2018 event fund, managed by EventScotland and part of VisitScotland\u2019s Events Directorate. During 2018 Scotland will put its young people in the spotlight, celebrating their talents, contributions and creating new opportunities for them to shine. The Year of Young People 2018 is a year-long programme of events and activities that will give young people in Scotland the opportunity to show the world what they are made of.<\/p>\n

The first additions to the line-up have also been announced and include BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year winner Hannah Rarity<\/strong>, MG Alba Scots Trad Awards \u2018Album of the Year\u2019 winners Elephant Sessions<\/strong>, MG Alba Scots Trad Awards \u2018Up and Coming Artist of the Year\u2019 H\u00f2-R\u00f2<\/strong> and singer-songwriter Calum Mackenzie Jones<\/strong> who showcased at last year\u2019s XpoNorth. (Please find below the full list of acts announced so far.)<\/p>\n

Daniel Gillespie, Festival Director of Tiree Music Festival, said: <\/strong>\u201cWe would like to thank all of the young people who applied for the position of Artistic Programmer for the Elevate Stage, we were blown away with the entries. We\u2019re really delighted to have appointed Jamie and we\u2019re looking forward to working with him and seeing what new and exciting programming elements he will bring to the festival. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s fantastic to be a small part of The Year of Young People and we\u2019re really excited to be working with them to give younger generations the chance to shine, both on the stage itself and behind the scenes.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Paul Bush OBE, VisitScotland\u2019s Director of Events, said:<\/strong> \u2018We are delighted to be supporting Tiree Music Festival as part of Scotland\u2019s Year of Young People 2018. The new ELEVATE STAGE, which is entirely co-designed and programmed by young people, will further reinforce Scotland’s position as the perfect stage for events, by putting young people in the driving seat and showcasing Scotland\u2019s emerging young talent<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

-ENDS-<\/p>\n

For more information please contact:<\/p>\n

Hannah Innes E: hannah@hannahinnes.co.uk<\/u><\/a> M: 07790 813 712<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

Acts Performing at Tiree Music Festival 2018 include:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 SKIPINNISH<\/p>\n

\u2022 SKERRYVORE<\/p>\n

\u2022 WOLFSTONE<\/p>\n

\u2022 ELEPHANT SESSIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 RURA<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 MARTYN JOSEPH<\/p>\n

\u2022 TRAIL WEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 BRIAN HUGHES & THE LONESHARKS<\/p>\n

\u2022 TIREE SONG BOOK – feat Mary Ann Kennedy<\/p>\n

\u2022 H\u00d2-R\u00d2<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 HANNAH RARITY<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 CALUM MACKENZIE-JONES\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 BEINN LEE CEILIDH BAND<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 CORNAIG CEILIDH BAND<\/strong><\/p>\n

*All Acts in BOLD <\/strong>are performing on the brand new ELAVATE Stage<\/p>\n

Notes to Editors<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Tiree Music Festival<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tiree Music Festival runs from Friday 13th \u2013 Sunday 15th July 2018.<\/p>\n

For more information on the festival or to buy tickets please go to: www.tireemusicfestival.co.uk<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

2018 Year of Young People (YoYP2018)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 The Scottish Government\u2019s themed year for 2018 is the Year of Young People, following the Year of Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology 2017.<\/p>\n

\u2022 A global first, YoYP 2018 is a platform for young people aged eight to 26 years old to have their voices heard on social issues and their talents celebrated.<\/p>\n

\u2022 A year-long programme of events and festivals are taking place across the whole of the country for all ages to enjoy, led by EventScotland part of VisitScotland\u2019s Events Directorate. More information at www.visitscotland.com\/yoyp2018<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022 Local authorities, schools, youth groups and organisations are running their own YoYP 2018 activity. Search #YOYP2018 on Twitter for the latest news.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Young people co-designed the Year. A group of young leaders, Communic18, lead on all key decision making. More than 500 Ambassadors based across every local authority are championing activity.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Year is delivered in partnership between the Scottish Government, EventScotland, Young Scot, Scottish Youth Parliament, Children in Scotland, YouthLink Scotland and Creative Scotland.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Scottish Government activity focuses on six themes chosen by young people: culture, education, participation, health and wellbeing, equality and discrimination, and enterprise and regeneration.<\/p>\n

\u2022 More information can be found at yoyp2018.scot, searching @YOYP2018 #YOYP2018 on Twitter or by emailing yoyp2018@gov.scot<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022 This event is supported by the Year of Young People 2018 Event Fund managed by EventScotland, part of VisitScotland\u2019s Events Directorate. EventScotland is working with the events and festivals sector to develop an exciting portfolio of Year of Young People 2018 public-facing events which provide opportunities for young people to express themselves through a wide range of activity.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Further information on what\u2019s happening and how people can get involved can be found on the new website www.yoyp2018.scot<\/u><\/a> or @YOYP2018 on Twitter<\/p>\n

Travel Partners<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tiree Music Festival\u2019s travel partners are Calmac and Loganair who are putting on additional services over the weekend of the event to support the festival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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