{"id":3101,"date":"2014-09-15T12:03:25","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T11:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotlandsings\/?p=3101"},"modified":"2015-03-26T07:49:17","modified_gmt":"2015-03-26T07:49:17","slug":"scotland-sings-2015-renewing-the-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotlandsings\/scotland-sings-2015-renewing-the-tradition\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland Sings 2015 – Renewing the Tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scotland Sings is all about getting everyone singing \u2013 any style, anywhere. In schools, choirs, workshops, round kitchen tables, in pubs and clubs, in the hills and on the street! Singing is a great way of having fun, de-stressing, looking after your health, making friends and building strong communities \u2013 so join in and spread the fun. Over the next few years we have some great workshop events going on as well as our ongoing training, development and support programmes for song leaders and choir directors.<\/p>\n

Renewing the Tradition<\/strong>
\nRenewing the Tradition is our exciting new project for 2015 \u2013 2018. The idea is to build a brand new choir repertoire of fresh contemporary arrangements that are seeded by some of Scotland\u2019s best-loved Burns and Gaelic songs. It\u2019ll be available here as an on-line resource.<\/p>\n

In Ayrshire, Argyll and Bute, Highlands, Perth and Kinross and the Scottish Borders we\u2019ll be running two big singing workshops each year for the next 4 years. These days are open to choirs and individual singers alike and will be led by some of Scotland\u2019s best workshop leaders. We\u2019re also hoping to host some outstanding international workshop leaders too.<\/p>\n

The first workshop each year will fall on the weekend of or after Burns night and is coupled into our innovative new commissioning programme and Gaelic song-writing competition.<\/p>\n

Each year we\u2019ll invite 2 great songwriters to choose a Burns song and rewrite it into a modern version that will be taught at the January workshop. This year Kim Edgar and Findlay Napier are writing the songs that will then be arranged for harmony singing. Kim\u2019s song is called I Will Not Say Goodbye and her starting point was \u201ca mix of the sentiments of John Andreson and Ae Fond Kiss\u201d. We\u2019re really looking forward to unveiling all the songs on the 24th January!<\/p>\n

Gaelic Song-writing Competition<\/em>
\nWe\u2019ve also launched our new Gaelic Song-writing Competition<\/a> and will also be bringing the winning song- arranged for harmony singing – to the workshops on 24th Jan. The winning song will be a modern re-write of an old Gaelic song. Submissions for this are being take up until 31st October 2015. Details of the competition are here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you would like more information on our workshops and how you can get involved please\u00a0join our mailing list<\/a> (and get our FREE Community Singing Book<\/a>!)<\/p>\n

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