Renewing the Tradition – Book Launch and Last Workshops Over the four years of the Renewing the Tradition project we have commissioned 11 songs to be part of a new book. The songs in English, Scots and Gaelic have been written by some of the top songwriters in Scotland and form a new collection for community […]
Renewing the Tradition: February Workshops
Bookings are now open for our workshops in February! All workshops run start with registration, tea and coffee and 10.30am. The singing starts at 11am and goes through until 4pm with a break for lunch. We’ve commissioned three songwriters to write brand new songs for the workshops. Mauchline Belle by Alex Hodgson and Come Away […]
Save the Date: February Workshops
We hope you’ve got your 2018 diary ready to fill with important dates. Here are some dates to keep free. Our February workshops take place over the weekend of 17th/18th in the following venues: Saturday 17th with Rachel Walker Trinity Church Hall, Inverness Saturday 17th with Irene Watt Birnam Institute, nr Dunkeld Saturday 17th with […]
Renewing the Tradition: November 2017
Thanks to everyone who attended one of our Renewing the Tradition workshops on 11th November. A good time was had by all, workshop leaders and singers alike! We’d love to see any photos you took on the day. Send them to scotlandsings@handsupfortrad.co.uk and we’ll add them to our gallery.
Renewing the Tradition Workshops Return November 2017
We’re back this Autumn with our penultimate season of Renewing the Tradition workshops. This time 5 fantastic tutors in 5 new venues will lead the day with material of their own choosing so expect an eclectic mix of some great songs and strong harmony parts. Taking place in Alloway, Traquair, Ardfern, Beauly and Birnam all of […]
Music Strikes A Chord With Scottish Communities
HANDS UP FOR TRAD ANNOUNCE CHORUS COMMUNITY MUSIC AWARDS 2017 WINNERS AFTER PUBLIC VOTE Hands Up for Trad unveiled the winners of the Chorus Community Music Awards 2017 by streaming to audiences worldwide via Facebook Live today (Thursday 22nd June). The Chorus Community Music Awards 2017 are in their inaugural year. They celebrate the talent […]
Chorus Community Music Awards 2017
Our annual awards are back but not as you know them! Since 2014 our CHORUS awards for Choirs have gone from strength to strength with nominations from almost every region of Scotland and winners that encompass a huge range of styles in their singing. In fact, it’s been so successful we’re now taking the step […]
CALL FOR SONGWRITERS LOOKING TO HIT THE RIGHT NOTE IN SCOTS AND GAELIC
MUSICIANS CAN WIN £500 & TOP-CLASS TUITION WITH HANDS UP FOR TRAD COMPETITION After an incredibly successful debut year, Nòs Ùr is set to return giving Gaelic and Scot’s Song writers, singers and groups the chance to win £500 and one-on-one mentoring from established artists. ENTER HERE The Gaelic and Scots song writing competition founded […]
Tutors Confirmed for Our Renewing the Tradition Workshops
We were pleased last month to share our news on the three new commissions from Rab Noakes, Eric Bogle and Alyth McCormack that we have ready and waiting for you all to enjoy at our February 2017 workshops. We are now happy to confirm that we have three great workshop leaders lined up to work […]
It Was All About The Bass and Much More!
A huge thank-you to everyone who joined us in October for our latest series of Renewing the Tradition workshops. We had 3 great workshop leaders 2 who had a logistically challenging couple of days travelling between venues, 5 hugely welcoming MCs and over 100 singers, 30% of whom were men which is a 20% increase […]
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