Are you new to song leading or an experienced leader looking to sharpen your skills and share your knowledge? Mary McCann and Rachel Milne are running a fantastic workshop in Edinburgh for those leading any kind of singing. As well as warm-ups, rounds and short songs, they will also share practical tips on finding the […]
Harmony Singing Workshops, September 2015 – Ardrossan, Arrochar, Muir of Ord, Dunblane & Lauder
Join in with our next series of Renewing the Tradition workshops. We’ll be hosting workshops every September and January in five regions across Scotland over the next four years. We’d be delighted to have you come along. The workshops are open to choirs and individual singers alike. The cost for the day is £12.50 per […]
Sing for Water 2015
We had an amazing day in Edinburgh on Saturday 27th June with 150 singers from all over Scotland joining together to sing songs from around the world to raise awareness and money for WaterAid. WaterAid works in some of the poorest countries of the world providing clean water and safe toilets for communities. We were delighted […]
Chorus Awards Winners Announced!
The results are in! We are delighted to announce the winners of the inaugural Chorus Awards. There were over 150 nominations from every corner of the country sharing unusual, unique and inspiring stories from Scotland’s choirs and singing groups. The judging panel had a very tough job indeed deciding on the winners but after much […]
Sing for Water
Scotland Sings is back in Edinburgh on Saturday 27th June 2015 for its second Sing for Water event in aid of WaterAid. On a glorious sunny day in 2011, over 200 singers from across Scotland got together and raised £13,000 for the international charity that transforms lives by improving access to safe water, hygiene […]
New Chorus Awards Launched to Celebrate Choirs all over Scotland
Special stories from singing groups across Scotland are being hunted out for the newly launched Chorus Awards. Anyone can nominate a group, individual choir member or musical director for the Local Connection, Newcomer, Milestone, Unique Story, Inspiration and Young People categories. Nominate here! Scotland Sings has launched the Chorus Awards to showcase the wonderful activities […]
Renewing the Tradition – The Photos!
Here are some great photos taken by Ros Gasson for our Renewing the Tradition days on 24/25th January. Enjoy! Default Gallery Type Template This is the default gallery type template, located in: /home/projects/public_html/wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery/products/photocrati_nextgen/modules/nextgen_gallery_display/templates/index.php. If you’re seeing this, it’s because the gallery type you selected has not provided a template of it’s own.
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Over the weekend hundreds of singers came out all over Scotland to kick off our Renewing the Tradition project at workshops with some of Scotland’s best song leaders. Over the 4 years of the project we’re going to be building a NEW Burns Songbook of contemporary song inspired by Robert Burns work. This year we […]
Scots Music Group Inspire Project
The Inspire Project, based in Edinburgh, has asked us to share the following information: After two successful year-long community music projects, we’re about to start the first phase of Inspire 3 music groups. Inspire works in partnership with community support organisations in Edinburgh to offer vulnerable people affected by issues such as homelessness, mental health […]
Lewis-based teacher announced as Hands up for Trad’s New Gaelic songwriting competition winner
Hands up for Trad is delighted to announce David MacLennan as the winner of its New Gaelic songwriting competition with his song An t-Each Uisge. David took his inspiration from the many myths and legends of Gaelic culture. As he told us, “I considered some other well known folktales before settling on the water horse. […]