New Music Scotland AGM 2025 🎵 We’d love to welcome all New Music Scotland members to our Annual General Meeting on Monday 1 December 2025, from 5–6pm on Zoom. If you’d like to join us, please register via Eventbrite here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-music-... #newmusic #agm #scotland #joinus

🎵 Calling all UK-based artists! Applications for Essentials Fund Round Three are now open! 🎉 💷 Apply for £300–£600 to support your practice including equipment, software, recording or other essential costs. 📆 Deadline: Monday 08 Dec 2025 🔗 Apply: bit.ly/EssentialsFu...

On 24th/25th October I'll be premiering polar soundings by Karen Power @soundscotland.bsky.social Find out more about learning the piece in my blog: nordicviola.com/2025/10/10/p... @creativescots.bsky.social @newmusicscotland.bsky.social @cmcireland.bsky.social

📢 We’re hiring! 📢 New Music Scotland is looking for a Part-time Digital Officer to help connect, support, and champion our community of composers, musicians, sound artists and promoters. 📅 Apply by: Friday 24 October 2025, 5pm Full details & how to apply: newmusicscotland.co.uk/about/vacanc...

We’re thrilled to team up with The Belmont Community Cinema to present Sisters with Transistors, Lisa Rovner’s documentary on the visionary women who shaped electronic music. 📆 Wed 22 Oct, 7–9pm 📍Aberdeen Science Centre Tickets: sound-scotland.co.uk/event/film-s... #womeninmusic #aberdeenevents

Nice to be one of the composers in the shortlist for the #ISCM Scottish Section this year, for my piece 'Sauchiehall' @scottishmusic.bsky.social @composersed.bsky.social #Scotland www.scottishmusiccentre.com/iscm-2026

Following 2024’s Nordic Music Days Festival that took place in Glasgow, Scottish Ensemble perform a showcase programme of works by Swedish and Scottish composers. 📅 6 Oct, 1:00pm | Civic House, Glasgow For more information and tickets: scottishensemble.co.uk/programme/20... #newmusic #glasgow

Last chance to apply!⏰ CALL: Workshop – Performative works for accordion with Andreas Borregaard 📆Deadline: Friday 19 September 2025 👉 Apply here: sound-scotland.co.uk/news/call-wo... #callforentries #composers #newworks #accordion #applynow

Play your part in NYO Inspire 2026! 🙌 Are you ready to turn passion into progress? You’ll take your playing to the next level, be inspired by people around you and play your part in the biggest orchestral community you’ve ever seen. 🚀🎶 ⏰ Apply by 30 September. www.nyo.org.uk/get-involved...

There's just 1 week left to send your expressions of interest for our Snappy Opera Festival Delivery Artists (mainstream). 🗒️ Roles: Directors, Music Directors, Repetiteurs 📍 Locations: West Cumbria, the North East, the Humber 📅 Deadline: Monday 15th September mahoganyopera.co.uk/explore-more...

📣 CALL: Workshop – Performative works for accordion with Andreas Borregaard 📣 ⏰ Deadline to apply: 19 Sept 2025 (with a 2-day grace period). To find out more and apply: sound-scotland.co.uk/news/call-wo... #soundfest25 #accordion #newmusic #composers

❗️We're hiring a new Head of Education and Community Engagement! ⏰ Closing Date: 29 Sept First interviews: w/c 6 Oct Find out more: philharmonia.co.uk/vacancies/

We still have a few slots left for tomorrow! Whether you’re looking for general advice, compositional support, funding/budgets, project ideas, building partnerships, or confidential wellbeing support, we’re here to listen and support you. To register: sound-scotland.co.uk/event/compos...

Applications are open now for Film Composers Lab 2025:26! Calling all early-career, UK-based composers, this is your chance to compose for film whilst working with a professional orchestra and industry mentors. Find out more & apply here: https://bit.ly/3XaIJaS

Upcoming Deadline!📢 The Scottish Music Centre invites composers from/based in Scotland to submit works for World New Music Days Romania 2026, taking place in Bucharest from 23–31 May 2026. 📅 Deadline: 6PM, Mon 8 Sept 2025 For more information and to apply: www.scottishmusiccentre.com/iscm-2026

Getting the ball rolling as a composer can be challenging. Here are 20 composer schemes on offer from organisations in the UK: www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/features/uk-... @nonclsscl.bsky.social @londonsymphony.bsky.social @rsno.bsky.social @bournemouthso.bsky.social @royalphilsoc.bsky.social

We are currently accepting applications for the principal strand of the RPS Conductors programme with Alice Farnham and @rnsinfonia.bsky.social.Visit our website to read our refreshed guidelines and apply by Monday 1 September. royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/performers/r...

Applications for the RPS Young Classical Writers Prize close at 11am on Friday 29 August. Writers aged 16-25 can win £500 and a chance to write for a UK classical music organisation, by sharing their musical passions and opinions. royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/awards/rps-y...

📢 We’re hiring! 📢 New Music Scotland is looking for a Part-time General Manager to help connect, support and champion our vibrant community of composers, musicians, sound artists and promoters. 📅 Apply by: 25th August 2025 For more information and to apply: newmusicscotland.co.uk/about/vacanc...

Exciting plans are taking shape for the new National Centre for Music, set to makes its home in Edinburgh's landmark old Royal High School building. The venture is now seeking a Director of Partnerships to play a key role in shaping its musical future... www.rhspt.org/news/recruit...

Rehearsals are underway for Sunday's Closing Concert of the Edinburgh International Festival 🎶 We'll be performing Mendelssohn's Elijah alongside some exceptional soloists and the Edinburgh Festival Chorus at the Usher Hall.

📢 We’re hiring! 📢 New Music Scotland is looking for a Part-time General Manager to help connect, support and champion our vibrant community of composers, musicians, sound artists and promoters. 📅 Apply by: 25th August 2025 For more information and to apply: newmusicscotland.co.uk/about/vacanc...

Funding support available now includes: - £5k for chamber ensembles establishing a career together - £5k for students from underrepresented groups in Higher Education Lots more funding pots here: www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/arts-jobs

The countdown is officially on!🎶 From the 22nd October - 2nd November, Northeast Scotland’s ‘generous, all-inclusive’ soundfestival returns with a bold celebration of new music for curious ears. Stay tuned. #soundfest25

The principal strand of our RPS Conductors programme grants conductors quality time on the podium with @rnsinfonia.bsky.social. With coaching from Alice Farnham, they'll reflect on collaboration and hone their craft. Find out more and apply by 1 Sep: royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/performers/r...

Sonica Open Call 2026🎉Applications now open! We're looking for UK & Ireland-based artists working in: 🔊 Sonic installations 🎥 AV performance 💻 Real-time visuals 🗓 Deadline: 25 Aug 2025 Apply now: sonic-a.co.uk/sonica-open-...

The master of the King’s music and friend of @mahoganyopera.bsky.social, @errollynwallen.bsky.social, talks about her mission to keep music in schools, writing a piece for Charles III — and whether Rule, Britannia! has had its day www.thetimes.com/culture/clas...

Last week, artist/curator Andrey Chugunov @_void.gallery & Glasgow based visual artist Raydale Dower visited us in the Anatomy Rooms to explore the space ahead of ‘What the Air Remembers’ an immersive evening of acousmatic compositions coming to #soundfest25 Stay tuned!👀 #bts #newmusic #soundart

MUSIC JOB with me and my lovely team @scottishmusic 📯 I'm looking for a part-time Membership Officer to join us in our Candleriggs office, working directly with composers, musicians and music organisations. Deadline Sunday July 27th, details are here: www.scottishmusiccentre.com/membership-o...

(1/2) Really pleased to show some material from Speaking Towards One Another! First, we shared some work at @cafeotodalston.bsky.social for eavesdropping.london. Here's Dùthchas, a work for voice & electronics by Erin Thomson, performed by me and with beautiful BSL interpretation by Megan McArthur.

Alice Farnham, Founder and Artistic Director of RPS Conductors, and early participant Charlotte Corderoy recently spoke to Robert Hugill about our programme supporting underrepresented talents on the podium. Read the article here: www.planethugill.com/2025/07/a-ga...

The Voyage of The Fox with poetry by Lesley Harrison and music by me and @amsouth.bsky.social is in Dunblane on 31st Aug before we take it to Orkney Science Festival. Tickets very limited so get them now! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-voyage... @newmusicscotland.bsky.social @dunblaneinfo.bsky.social

#OpenCall #Opportunity CMC & DMARC are delighted to announce an open call for Irish and international COMPOSERS/SOUND ARTISTS/MUSIC CREATORS to engage in a 10-day Sonic Arts #Residency at UL's world-class Electronic Music Studio 🎛️ Closing date: 1 August 2025 Full details: www.cmc.ie/opportunitie...

A free choral training programme for teenagers who face limited opportunities to progress. Find details about this and other opportunities on our site: www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/arts-jobs

We’re thrilled to reveal the opening weekend of hcmf// 2025 (21–23 Nov): a packed programme of premieres + bold new work from Bryn Harrison, @sarahhennies.bsky.social, Christian Marclay, Mingo Rajandi + more. More info: tinyurl.com/2vf3kj6n

Composers: when did you start composing? Did any of you come to composition later? How did you get started?

An absolute pleasure to premiere Gemma McGregor's The Pilgrim's Path at @stmagnuscathedral.bsky.social for St. Magnus International Festival in Orkney last week. @scottishmusic.bsky.social @newmusicscotland.bsky.social @musicnewsscotland.bsky.social Supported by @creativescots.bsky.social

Applications for the RPS Thea Musgrave Fund close on Tuesday 1 July at 11am. Supporting composers and performers dedicated to contemporary music, the Thea Musgrave Fund offers grants of around £5,000 to £10,000. Find out more and apply on our website: royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/composers/rp...

Part 2 #live #improvised #music from the #SonicLabs performance at the Dark Space Planetarium in #Kirkudbright #dgartsfestival An #immersive track just under 10 mins, slowly unfolding #noise #conrete #evolving #sound #iPad #modular #synthesizer #improvisation on.soundcloud.com/ZKkFMzuE9sIS...

I'm working on an article which should be finished in the next day or two, and I could use feedback on it before I edit. Do any of my academic friends have interest in reading / giving feedback on 5000 words about feminist concepts in electroacoustic music & integrated sign language performance? 🙏🏼

I recorded a bunch of my piano music recently and will be sharing a few pieces on here. Here's one inspired by a guy making announcements at a train station: youtu.be/VCsfASIxmvw Thanks to Zip Tie Studio for the video!

We're looking for a confident freelance leader to guide our Get Creative Ensemble, a talented group of young musicians who meet 6 times a year in Aberdeen to play and create new music together. ⏰ Deadline: Sunday 3rd August 2025 To find out more: sound-scotland.co.uk/news/job-vac... #opportunity

To coincide with the release of the concert video of Rūta Vitkauskaitė’s Violin Concerto premiere, we talked with the composer about the evolution of her concerto, her recent awards nominations, and her relationship with the violin whatsnew.composersedition.com/vitkauskaite...

We are excited to announce a new chapter for our RPS Conductors programme with @rnsinfonia.bsky.social and Alice Farnham at @theglasshouseicm.bsky.social. Read our refreshed guidelines to see if you are eligible and apply by Monday 1 September via: royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/performers/r...

North Harris Studio are looking for volunteers to help out at Keening – Song of the Stranding on 12th July at North Tolsta, Isle of Lewis. There are both indoor and outdoor roles available. Email [email protected] for more information. #volunteers #isleoflewis #newmusic

The Pilgrim’s Path – Gemma McGregor traces the story of St Magnus along the Magnus Way with music interspersed with spoken word. 📆 Wed 25 June | 9:00PM 📍St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall 🎟️ Free tickets: stmagnusfestival.com/festival-programme-2025-draft-ii/31-pilgrims-path-gemma-mcgregor #stmagfest

Exactly a month today until Keening - Song of the Stranding happens on Traigh Mhòr, Tolsta, Lewis. Excited to be part of the music team with @amsouth.bsky.social and Nerea Bello www.northharrisstudio.co.uk/music @newmusicscotland.bsky.social @scotmus.bsky.social #westernisles #hebrides

Nordic Resonance – a sonic journey shaped by Shetland’s wild beauty. Renzo Spiteri & Richard Craig explore land, sea & sky through immersive, improvised sound. 📆 Sun 22 June | 7.30pm 📍The Old Hairdresser's, Glasgow 🎟️ Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/nordic-res...

🎶 Join Scottish Opera’s Community Choir for their end-of-term sharing! Two performances (7pm & 8.30pm) on Fri 13 June at The Pearce Institute. Expect choral music inspired by Glasgow & the River Clyde, led by conductor Katy Lavinia Cooper. 🎟️ Tickets: www.scottishopera.org.uk/.../communit...

join our board as a trustee ✨ we’re looking for new trustees to join the board of nonclassical! we’re looking for new trustees to join the board of nonclassical this year! deadline: 9am, friday 4 july apply now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...