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Performing Arts Venues Relief Fund opens for submissions of interest Full details @ www.creativescotland.com/funding/funding-programmes/performing-arts-venues-relief-fund
Following the recent announcement by the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon of a £2.5m increase to the Scottish Government’s Performing Arts Venues Relief Fund, taking the total available through the fund to £12.5m, Creative Scotland has now published guidance on how to access this fund. Allocation of this fund is as follows ::
immediate effects of the pandemic, and this new fund recognises the particular difficulties which continue to be felt by performing arts venues. I’m pleased to announce we have increased the fund to £12.5 million, which will ensure even more venues can get financial support to help them through this challenging time.”
financial challenges due to their continued closure in the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. We have worked at pace to open this fund for application as quickly as possible. Beyond this fund, we are also working closely with the Scottish Government on further measures to provide emergency support for the culture sector and further details will be announced as soon as possible.”
£7.5m targeted funding for performing arts Iain Munro, CEO, Creative Scotland said: venues in Scotland currently in receipt of Regular “We very much welcome this funding from Funding through Creative Scotland Scottish Government which provides some much www.creativescotland.com £5m open fund for application from Scotland needed relief for Performing Arts Venues in www.twitter.com/CreativeScots based performing arts venues not currently in Scotland, venues which are facing significant www.facebook.com/CreativeScotland receipt of Regular Funding. This open fund has been developed with input from the Federation for Scottish Theatre and opens today, Thursday 30 July 2020. The Performing Arts Venues Relief Fund will help performing arts venues which cannot yet reopen to their audiences due to the ongoing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Scottish Government intends the fund to :: Remove the threat of insolvency prior to the end of March 2021 to enable the development and delivery of activity as soon as practicable Allow for specialist / core staff to return from furlough or avoid redundancy to work on future sustainable activity plans Increase commissioning and employment opportunities for freelance artists and creative practitioners (between now and end of March 2021) to support continued public engagement while closed. Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop said: “Our world-class performing arts venues have suffered immensely from the impacts of coronavirus. They were among some of the first businesses to close and sadly, will be amongst the last to reopen. We worked hard to get much-needed funding out as quickly as possible to the culture sector to help organisations cope with the
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shared by everyday people. “At the heart of every great country music song is a story,” says director Ken Burns. “As the songwriter Harlan Howard said, ‘It’s three chords and the truth.’ The common experiences and human emotions speak to each of us about love and loss, about hard times and the chance of redemption. As an art form, country music is also forever revisiting its history, sharing and updating old classics and celebrating its roots, which are, in many ways, foundational to our country itself.” www.bbcalba.co.uk
dance and opera companies whilst world-class writers, comics and musicians look back on some of their legendary appearances. www.bbc.co.uk/scotland
Ricky Ross Meets :: 6pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Simple Minds front man and songwriter JIM KERR shares stories behind his songs. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
Take The Floor :: 5pm on BBC Radio Scotland. For the very best in traditional music and song, join Gary Innes for Take The Floor. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
Port :: 0.40am on BBC ALBA. A cast of renowned musicians joins presenters Julie Fowlis and Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh. Ashley Storrie :: 10pm on BBC Radio Scotland. www.bbcalba.co.uk New and classic Scottish music, soul rockabilly, pop and indie from around the world. SUNDAY 9 AUGUST www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Mike Ritchie On Sunday: 4-6pm on Celtic MANRAN and TRAIL WEST at Barrowland :: Music Radio 95FM + DAB. Handpicked tunes 10.55pm on BBC ALBA. MANRAN and TRAIL from established acts, new voices and anything WEST perform in concert at a sold-out that takes my fancy from the wonderful worlds Barrowland. of americana, roots, folk, singer/songwriters www.bbcalba.co.uk without worrying about labels. Voted Best Radio Show in americana-uk 2017 Readers' Poll. SATURDAY 8 AUGUST www.celticmusicradio.net
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FRIDAY 7 AUGUST The Friday Afternoon Show :: 2pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Weekend tunes and what is happening in music, arts and culture from across Scotland with Nicola Meighan. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Grant Stott's Vinyl Collective :: 6pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Celebrating the vinyl revival with classic records and new releases. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Na Trads :: 7.25pm on BBC ALBA. DOSCA perform at the 2015 Trad Awards. www.bbcalba.co.uk Belladrum 2020 :: 7.30pm on BBC ALBA. Music and festival themed entertainment show. A mix of classic archive and new performances from previous headliners and emerging talent. Presented by Niall Iain Macdonald and Fiona Mackenzie. www.bbcalba.co.uk The Friday Afternoon Show :: 8pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Weekend tunes and what is happening in music, arts and culture from across Scotland with Nicola Meighan. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Rewind :: 8.45pm on BBC Scotland. The music and news from 2000. www.bbc.co.uk/Scotland Ceòl Duthchasach/Ken Burn's Country Music :: 9-10.50pm on BBC ALBA. Ken Burn’s Country Music explores crucial questions - “What is country music?” and “Where did it come from?” while focusing on the biographies of the fascinating trailblazers who created and shaped it, from the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Bill Monroe and Bob Wills to Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, Charley Pride, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Garth Brooks and many more — as well as the times in which they lived. Much like the music itself, the film tells unforgettable stories of hardships and joys
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Na Trads :: 6.40pm on BBC ALBA. Port :: 7.45pm on BBC ALBA. A cast of SKERRYVORE perform at the Trad Awards. renowned musicians joins presenters Julie Fowlis www.bbcalba.co.uk and Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh. www.bbcalba.co.uk Jazz Nights :: 7pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Seonaid Aitken presents a session from Italy Ceòl Duthchasach/Ken Burn's Country with guitarist ROB LUFT and vocalist ELINA Music :: 9-10.50pm on BBC ALBA. Ken Burn’s DUNI. Country Music explores crucial questions - “What www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland is country music?” and “Where did it come from?” while focusing on the biographies of the Classics Unwrapped :: 9pm on BBC Radio fascinating trailblazers who created and shaped Scotland. Jamie MacDougall talks to EIF director it, from the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Bill Fergus Linehan about the 2020 classical music Monroe and Bob Wills to Hank Williams, Patsy line-up. Cline, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Loretta www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Lynn, Charley Pride, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Garth Brooks and many Iain Anderson :: 11pm on BBC Radio Scotland. more — as well as the times in which they lived. HORSE MacDONALD sits in - End the day in Much like the music itself, the film tells the company of the songwriting masters of unforgettable stories of hardships and joys country, folk, blues and soul. shared by everyday people. “At the heart of www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland every great country music song is a story,” says director Ken Burns. “As the songwriter Harlan MONDAY 10 AUGUST Howard said, ‘It’s three chords and the truth.’ The common experiences and human emotions The Afternoon Show :: 1.30pm on BBC Radio speak to each of us about love and loss, about Scotland. What is happening in music, arts and hard times and the chance of redemption. As an culture from across Scotland. art form, country music is also forever revisiting www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland its history, sharing and updating old classics and celebrating its roots, which are, in many ways, Get It On... With Bryan Burnett :: 6pm on foundational to our country itself.” BBC Radio Scotland. Vic Galloway sits in with www.bbcalba.co.uk essential music chosen by listeners. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Pipeline :: 9pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Gary West goes on a road trip to discover the music Vic Galloway :: 8pm on BBC Radio Scotland. and landscape of Durness . Nicola Meighan sits in, bringing you the best in www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland alternative music - new and classic. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Edinburgh 2020: My Light Shines On :: 9.30-10.30pm on BBC Scotland. A special Iain Anderson :: 10pm on BBC Radio Scotland. programme marking what would have been the HORSE MacDONALD sits in - End the day in opening of this year’s Edinburgh International the company of the songwriting masters of Festival is going out on the BBC Scotland country, folk, blues and soul. channel at 9:30pm on Saturday 8 August. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Edinburgh 2020: My Light Shines On, presented by Kirsty Wark and classical musician Su-a Lee, TUESDAY 11 AUGUST celebrates Edinburgh’s enduring festival spirit and will also be streamed simultaneously on The Afternoon Show :: 1.30pm on BBC Radio Edinburgh International Festival’s website, www. Scotland. What is happening in music, arts and eif.co.uk In the programme, Kirsty Wark and Su- culture from across Scotland. a Lee present new work from Scottish theatre, www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
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Natasha Raskin Sharp :: 10pm on BBC Radio Scotland. From 50s rockabilly to country to jazz to the latest indie sounds, Natasha has it all. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
curating their pick of the best digital offerings. They will be catching up with artists taking part in this unique festival year and hearing how each of the Festivals have adapted their programmes to take their content far beyond the reaches of the Festival city. Janice presents her Festival Special on 3 August, Grant on 12 August and Nicola on 21 August.
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BBC Radio nan Gàidheal’s Feasgar, presented by Cathy MacDonald will also have festival items. And towards the end of the month, the BBC Scotland channel will have a 90 minute special of past highlights from The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo on 14 August with a further hour-long package on 21 August.
Another Country with Ricky Ross :: 8pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Ricky introduces you to new The Friday Afternoon Show :: 2pm on BBC and classic Americana and Alternative Country. Radio Scotland. Weekend tunes and what is www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland happening in music, arts and culture from across Scotland with Nicola Meighan. Roddy Hart :: 11pm on BBC Radio Scotland. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Featuring the Me-in-3 choices of singer and songwriting JESS MORGAN. Grant Stott's Vinyl Collective :: 6pm on BBC www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Radio Scotland. Celebrating the vinyl revival with classic records and new releases. WEDNESDAY 12 AUGUST www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland The Afternoon Show :: 1.30pm on BBC Radio Scotland. What is happening in music, arts and culture from across Scotland. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
Gareth Hydes, Commissioning Editor at BBC Scotland, said; “Life is different this year in so many ways and the Edinburgh festivals have been impacted like many other events. However thanks to the creativity of the performers and organisers there is still much to enjoy in August. Through our programming we are aiming to give the audience a flavour of the festivals and help them soak up the experience wherever they are in Scotland.”
BBC Scotland’s arts strand Loop will be heading through to Edinburgh for a special programme featuring artists at work in the city. The 30 minute Na Trads :: 7.25pm on BBC ALBA. CATHY ANN episode, which will go out on BBC Scotland on August 19 at 11pm, will feature – amongst others - poet Alycia Pirmohamed, co-founder of the MacPHEE and MAGGIE MACINNES perform at Scottish BAME Writers network, who lives and studies in the city, and Loop the 2015 Trad Awards. will go behind the scenes on the EIF’s artistic intervention – an amazing flash of light - taking place across the city in August. www.bbcalba.co.uk
Online BBC The Social will be digging into its Edinburgh archives to pull out some of the highlights from our previous Edinburgh Festival events like Rappers V Poets, Drag Cabaret and the Comedy showcase. The Social is also going to create bespoke Edinburgh playlists at www.bbc.co.uk/ thesocial creating virtual stages to celebrate the best new talent from Scotland in music, arts and comedy. Cassi and Roisin from the new The Friday Afternoon Show :: 8pm on BBC podcast The Love / Hate Club will be continuing their hilarious chat with The Quay Sessions :: 8pm on BBC Radio Radio Scotland. Weekend tunes and what is guests as part of an Edinburgh Festival Special. And L.A.B. Scotland will be Scotland. Enjoy live performances from the foyer happening in music, arts and culture from across getting involved in the Children’s Book Festival with schoolchildren from around Scotland putting their questions to some special author guests. at BBC Radio Scotland's Pacific Quay. Scotland with Nicola Meighan.
Get It On... With Bryan Burnett :: 6pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Vic Galloway sits in with essential music chosen by listeners. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
Ceol Aig A Chaisteal :: 8pm on BBC ALBA. Music and song from Tulloch Castle. www.bbcalba.co.uk
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Vic Galloway :: 10pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Nicola Meighan sits in, bringing you the best in alternative music - new and classic. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland
Ceòl Duthchasach/Ken Burn's Country Music :: 9-11.15pm on BBC ALBA. Ken Burn’s Country Music focuses on the biographies of the fascinating trailblazers who created and shaped it. Port :: 11.45pm on BBC ALBA. A cast of The series includes The Carter Family, Jimmie renowned musicians joins presenters Julie Fowlis Rodgers, Bill Monroe and Bob Wills to Hank and Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh. Williams, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, Merle www.bbcalba.co.uk Haggard, Loretta Lynn, Charley Pride, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Garth THURSDAY 13 AUGUST Brooks and many more — as well as the times in which they lived. Much like the music itself, the The Afternoon Show :: 1.30pm on BBC Radio film tells unforgettable stories of hardships and Scotland. What is happening in music, arts and joys shared by everyday people. culture from across Scotland. www.bbcalba.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Ashley Storrie :: 10pm on BBC Radio Scotland. Get It On... With Bryan Burnett :: 6pm on New and classic Scottish music, soul rockabilly, BBC Radio Scotland. Vic Galloway sits in with pop and indie from around the world. essential music chosen by listeners. www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland Blas :: 11.25pm on BBC ALBA. The best of Travelling Folk :: 8pm on BBC Radio Scotland. SKIPINNISH from the Blas festival in Bruce MacGregor with the best folk and roots Inverness. music from around the world. www.bbcalba.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland SATURDAY 15 AUGUST The Edinburgh Show :: 8.30-9pm on BBC Scotland, The Edinburgh Show will come from Na Worlds 2020 :: 9.00-11.00pm on BBC the heart of the city itself hosted by Grant Stott ALBA. With the World Pipe Band Championships who will be making sure you know what’s not happening this year, Catrìona MacNeil offers happening at the Edinburgh Festivals – as a fantastic selection of pipe music showcasing venues, artists and performers adapt due to the best performances from the Worlds over the COVID-19 restrictions. He’ll catch up with artists last few years. As well as previous winners of taking part in this unique festival year – at a the Grade 1 competition, the programme will safe social distance – plus he’ll be highlighting also show highlights from various world bands the best of what’s on offer across the digital who have recently taken part in the competition. offerings from the International Festival, Fringe Amongst others, viewers will see performances and Book Festivals. Said Grant: ‘I’m an from last year’s winners Inverary Pipe Band, Edinburgh lad who has over the years grown up Field Marshal Montgomery, Scottish Power and with the festival, enjoyed it, covered events and St.Laurence O'Toole Pipe Bands. performed in it… So delighted to bring what www.bbcalba.co.uk festival activity there is, in this one off year, to the BBC Scotland audience.” As well as the twopart Edinburgh Show, the BBC Scotland channel will also be showing a 90 minute package of past Edinburgh’s streets won’t be awash with tourists, artists and people handing out flyers this August, but BBC Scotland will still have programming to highlights from The Royal Edinburgh Military provide a flavour of the festivals. The Edinburgh Show returns to the BBC Tattoo at 7pm on Friday 14 August, with a Scotland channel with presenter Grant Stott. The magazine programme will further one-hour programme of highlights the go out on Thursday nights at 8.30pm on 13+20 August, showcasing all the following Friday 21 August. Arts strand Loop will best that is happening with the International, Book Festival and Fringe, in their Covid-19 reincarnations, as they adapt to this year’s restrictions and also have an Edinburgh special on Thursday 20 largely go online to connect with their audience. August on the channel. www.bbc.co.uk/Scotland Radio Scotland’s The Afternoon Show will present three Festival Specials
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Festival news will also be featured on Reporting Scotland, with special reports from arts correspondent Pauline McLean, as well as coverage on BBC Scotland’s The Nine, plus news coverage on Radio Scotland and online. Some key Edinburgh programming in other parts of the BBC will include BBC Two programme Edinburgh Nights (title tbc) I x 60 mins, commissioned by BBC Arts, which will capture the spirit of the Edinburgh Festivals. The programme will tell stories of the many people working in stand -up comedy, theatre and dance who have managed to create shows in spite of the lockdown. There are highlights from the Book Festival and a big opening event and virtual shows from the International Festival. It will also capture the spirit of the Festivals, celebrating past shows and hearing from some well -known faces about why they love Edinburgh. On Radio 2 throughout August, Jo Whiley and Anita Rani (who sits in for Jo for the weeks of 10th & 17th August) will be talking to comedians and artists performing in 2020’s virtual Fringe activities, and to writers involved with the Edinburgh International Book Festival. BBC Radio 3, in association with the EIF, will have a series of Queen’s Hall concerts from the archives broadcast as part of BBC Arts' Culture in Quarantine. Fifteen recitals from the last two decades will be available to hear on BBC Radio 3 over three weeks starting on August 10. The series will include past performances from Nicola Benedetti, Ronald Brautigam, Trio Zimmermann and many other International Festival highlights. Radio 3 will also have a special New Music Show episode on Saturday 8 August, as part of Culture in Quarantine, which will be dedicated to Edinburgh, on the weekend that the city’s annual festivals were due to begin. Featuring exclusive home recordings by performers based there or connected to the place – giving an insight into the eclectic musical scene of the city, featuring: violinist Daniel Pioro; double bassist Una MacGlone with pianist Jim McEwan (piano); guitarist Firas Khnaisser (guitar) collaborating with noise artist Ali Robertson; and electronic artist Owen Green. Also part of the episode, Kate Molleson is in conversation with celebrated Scottish crime author Val McDermid, discussing life in Edinburgh at the time of the pandemic: the atmosphere during lockdown; the cancelled festival; the future of culture post-Covid 19. On BBC Radio 4 Miles Jupp offers up his dream line-up as the first of six curators for Radio 4’s first Summer Comedy Festival starting 24 July. Expect a summer festival with a difference as some of the nation's favourite comics turn curators and host a virtual festival featuring their favourite performers from the worlds of comedy, literature and spoken word. The other comedy curators are: Jo Brand, Darren Harriott, Sara Pascoe, Daliso Chaponda and Jayde Adams. BBC One will also have a programme of past Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo highlights going out towards the end of August.
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Heard great things about Wide Days 2020? Well now you can catch-up with the new FREE access code! Wide Days has launched a special postevent pass to view content from its recent virtual convention which included panels, interviews, presentations, showcases, database and a guided tour of Edinburgh. The move is in response to requests from Kapil Seshasayee plays a Wide Days Showcase this year industry figures unable to join at the time and www.facebook.com/TheDesiFuturist/ for £15 will provide the same access previously :: photo by Jannica Honey available only to delegates who participated in the conference. Proceeds will go towards providing more online activities in the coming additional 8.500 tuning in to the Festival months. Organisers will also extend the free Takeover acts, selected by Focus Wales and the bursary to those in the Scottish industry hardest Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival (EJBF). hit by the pandemic. Moreover, in the months leading up to the “Hosting the event online allowed us to have virtual convention, organisers hosted several more speakers and panels than ever before, as online panels, interviews and social evenings, well as substantially raising the audience for our attracting over 500 registrations. the live performances,” says Wide Days founder, Supported by The National Lottery through Olaf Furniss. “Delegates and post-event pass holders will have access to 16 excellent sessions, Creative Scotland, the virtual Wide Days began on the evening of 22 July and featured two days as well as a guided tour of Edinburgh and the delegate database. Each additional accreditation of one-to-one meetings, networking, panels, interviews and the first showcases performed in sold will go towards hosting more activity.” a Scottish venue since lockdown. This was Registrations for the virtual Wide Days matched followed on the final day by a guided tour, an the 360 delegates who attended the 2019 online whisky club and the Festival Takeover. physical event, with over 250 one-to-one meetings organised through the virtual platform Conference topics combined a focus on (which had recently been developed by Catalan innovation during lockdown with practical sessions on subjects such as music video, company Meetmaps). Many participants also connected through round tables, opens sessions claiming royalties and digital music distribution. In addition, there was a panel and Q&A with and the video-based Q&As which followed the musical martial artists, while the Local Heroes panels. strand featured interviews with veteran Scottish Swim School The publicly streamed live performances hosted agent Lisa Whytock (Active Events) and www.facebook.com/weareswimschool/ in partnership with PRS Foundation, attracted an electronic music event promoter, Tom Ketley :: photo by Jannica Honey audience of 14,000 (compared with a total (FLY Events). audience of 1,200 last year). This combined Facebook and Youtube views of 5,500 in the 48 Several sessions were hosted with partners who (AIM), Complete Music Update (CMU), IQ included the Association of Independent Music hours of the first showcase on 23 July, with an Magazine, PPL, Music Ally, the University of the Highlands & Islands, the SMIA and the EJBF, while EmuBands offered a data health check service to delegates. To register for a free post-event accreditation visit: https://bit.ly/VWDpresspass At the bottom of the form use the code widepal and press enter. Speakers list: www.widedays.com/speakers Showcase Acts: www.widedays.com/2020-artists Programme details, speakers profiles, bursary info and ticket link available on Wide Days website.
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Their new album signals a significant progression in the band’s style, sound, vision and drive to showcase a passion for serious and original songwriting. With tracks inspired by men’s mental health and suicide in Scotland
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Album recordings, a theatre project about the lived experience of disability, and a film project highlighting the experiences of LGBTQIA refugees are among the 25 projects to receive support in the latest round of Create: Inclusion funding, through Creative Scotland.
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Director Manu Kurewa has received funding towards Life Lived in Black and White. The short film project, set on a Glasgow housing estate, explores the lives of a group of African immigrants who are connected by their sense of dislocation. The film celebrates the love and loss experienced by the diaspora and will be performed by actors with lived experience of the issues the film explores.
Manu Kurewa said: “I am delighted at having been given this wonderful opportunity to develop my film practice. This is a great opportunity for me and other members from Black and Ethnic Minority backgrounds The Create: Inclusion Fund, supported by the to share experiences with the wider community and National Lottery, has distributed awards of between £2,250 and £28,187, to a total of £375,000. The fund tell stories that normally don’t get the chance to be heard.” supports activities which enable development of creative and professional practice, and opportunities Other musical projects to receive funding to take creative risks. Folk pop musician Man of the Minch has received funding towards debut album The Tide is At the Turning. An extension of the Bogha-frois: LGBT+ Voices in Folk project, the album will be recorded working with people who predominately identify as members of the LGBTQIA community. The Tide is At the Turning will be a musical blend of traditional Scottish music and contemporary pop, and its lyrical content will discuss queer experiences. Pedro Cameron (Man of the Minch) said: “I hope the album serves as a monument to the Bogha-frois project and will be a piece of work which speaks not only to LGBTQIA people, but the wider community as a whole.”
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whose voices are not often told on their own terms through the medium of theatre. I am so excited to be able to highlight the many complexities of receiving support as a disabled person, especially at a time when carers and caring are such topical subjects for discussion.”
Composer Amble Skuse has received funding towards A Reasonable Adjustment, a verbatim opera about the experiences of disabled people under austerity in the UK. The piece will be performed by an all-disabled ensemble and will premiere in February 2021 as part of Aberdeen’s Sound Festival. Amble Skuse said: “This funding means we will be able to explore strategies of disseminating disabled voices through composition. We will be using the funding to work out how disabled artists can make and share work under the restrictions of shielding, a situation which may be considerably lengthier for disabled people than for the general population.” A selection of other non music projects are ::
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* A celebration of folk song from Azerbaijan from Farzane Zamen * The mentoring and development of musician Magnus Turpie * The Ando Glass Collective, a musical ensemble from Glasgow’s Roma communities. * A spoken word project exploring neurodiversity from Jen McGregor * A collection of multi-artform projects from Roderick MacKenzie * A research and development programme merging Ghanian traditional arts with contemporary performance practice from Adie Baako Iain Munro, Chief Executive, Creative Scotland said: “When creative practice is reflective of, and made by, a diverse range of people and communities, it becomes more relevant to everybody. This fund offers a step towards achieving this ambition, helping increase diversity among people building careers in the arts, screen and creative industries. These awards support a breadth of practice, a diversity of perspectives and level of ambition that reflects the rich cultural life of Scotland.” The Create:Inclusion Fund represents one aspect of Creative Scotland’s ongoing work to address the numerous and complex barriers to access, progression and representation in the arts, screen and creative industries.
Actor Kirin Saeed has received funding towards Crossing Care (working title), a theatre project which Another round of the fund will open for applications in will use the lived experience of a blind Asian woman as a framework to collaborate with community groups Autumn 2020. and emerging artists.
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SCOTTISH MUSIC CENTRE ......... Member Profile :: Nicholas Olsen www.scottishmusiccentre.com/nicholas-olsen/ "The Scottish Music Centre's task is to champion the wealth of talent that abounds in Scotland's musical community"
Nicholas Olsen is currently a doctoral researcher at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire exploring referential composition under the supervision of Joe Cutler, Ed Bennett, and Christopher Dingle. In 2017, Nicholas graduated with a first-class honours degree from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland where he studied with Gordon McPherson and Stuart MacRae.
Nicholas was awarded the Principal’s Prize for All Round Excellence in the School of Music at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and in 2015, he was awarded the second prize at the International Composition Competition “Artistes en Herbe”. He has had other tuition, masterclasses, and workshops with composers including James MacMillan, Richard Ayres, Rory Boyle, and Alisdair Nicolson. During his time at the RCS, he also studied the piano with Heather SladeLipkin. Nicholas has worked with a number of internationally renowned ensembles and conductors and has taken part in a number of exciting opportunities across the UK. These projects have included performances and collaborations with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Who Wakes You Up and Taking the 71), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (Coordinates), BBC National Orchestra of Wales (A Shade or Two Darker), Ensemble Modern (Numb), Glasgow New Music Expedition (Cloudmine), Royal Scottish National Orchestra Chorus and Junior Chorus (Taliesin and Singing Into Being), and Red
Note Ensemble (Echoes of Empire). Nicholas has also taken part in a number of composition schemes including the Adopt A Composer scheme (Three Carriages) in partnership with Making Music, Sound and Music, and BBC Radio 3, the Psappha Composing For scheme (Ridley’s Party) with Ben Hudson, and the RSNO Composers’ Hub Scheme. In addition to his work as a composer, Nicholas is a committed educator and has tutored composition in a variety of contexts, including at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s Composition Summer School, and at the United World College of the Atlantic. Nicholas is a lecturer at the RCS Junior Conservatoire in Musicianship and has lectured Music Theory on the RCS BA Musical Theatre programme. Nicholas also has considerable experience as a copyist and further information about this work is available on his website. www.nicholasolsenmusic.com www.twitter.com/nickolsen21 www.facebook.com/nicholasolsenmusic
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www.scottishmusiccentre.com : www.twitter.com/scottishmusic : www.facebook.com/scottishmusiccentre The Scottish Music Centre currently supports in excess of 100 composer, group/small business and corporate members. Offering a wealth of advantages, initiatives include the bi-monthly Composers' Digest and Exposed Melodies podcast series, regular networking events and notification of valuable opportunities, extensive publicity and increased correspondence with national companies, chamber ensembles, soloists and festivals.
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The University of Edinburgh’s Celtic & Scottish Studies presents :: School of Scottish Studies Archives - In Light The University of Edinburgh’s Celtic & Scottish Studies department will host an online event celebrating the School of Scottish Studies Archives on Saturday 22 August.
drawn inspiration from them. Hosting this event online allows us to shine a light on the creativity that springs from this amazing resource, and on the wealth of
The day will feature specially commissioned new work from Scottish musicians Mhairi Hall and Rachel Newton, as well as film screenings and panel discussions, followed by an evening concert of music, storytelling and dance from a stellar cast of performers from both sides of the Atlantic. The evening concert will be hosted by Professor Gary West, Chair in Scottish Ethnology. The line-up features a host of incredible talent, including performances from musicians Julie Fowlis & Éamon Doorley; BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year Ali Levack; Steve Byrne, Margaret Stewart, Fulbright-Scotland Visiting Professor Margaret McAllister, acclaimed author and storyteller Ian Stephen, amongst many material contained within it. We look forward others. to sharing this fantastic line-up, bringing together different audiences, and making The evening concert will also include three connections through our shared cultural special transatlantic guests: singer/ songwriter Aoife O’Donovan, fiddler Alasdair heritage.’ Fraser and dancer/musician Nic Gareiss as well as a performance from Glasgow based Chinese singer and storyteller Fong Liu.
The online event will serve as a taster of what’s to come in 2021, as the department of Celtic and Scottish Studies prepare to Dr Neill Martin, Head of Celtic & Scottish celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Studies said ‘We conceived this event amid founding of the School of Scottish Studies, and launch a brand new Master’s programme the bewildering early stages of lockdown, when it seemed that the music stopped and for traditional artists (musicians, dancers and all around became still and eerily quiet. This storytellers) - the first of its kind. is our response; an assertion of the power of The day of events will be streamed on the music, song and the traditional arts of all Celtic & Scottish Studies Youtube channel kinds to create and sustain community in www.youtube.com/CeltScotVideos and times of adversity. We hope you will join us.’ Facebook page www.facebook.com/ traditionalartsperformance/ on Saturday 22 School of Scottish Studies Archives Traditional Artist in Residence Mike Vass August from 2pm. said ‘It has been a privilege curating this online event - many of the artists have a long association with the Archives and have
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The Scottish Ensemble invites you to join in a state of Deep Listening :: Sonic Meditations by Pauline Oliveros In a state of Deep Listening there is no sound that is wrong. The way you listen and respond is unique to you. It gives space to an artistic release of feelings and embodies the power of music in developing a sense of well-being. Scottish Ensemble is asking its audiences and people who may be contemporary music fans, those who practice mindfulness, or maybe even just experience seekers to join them in creating Tumbling Song, the 14th Sonic Meditation by Pauline Oliveros. Oliveros wrote 25 Sonic Meditations between March and November 1971. They are instructions that anyone can follow, without any need for a knowledge of musical theory or technical skill. The Sonic Meditations invite you into this heightened state of Deep Listening by paying close attention to your breathing, your body and the sounds around you, and allow you to find new sounds of your own. To take part in Sonic Meditations, visit the Scottish Ensemble website where you will hear members of the Ensemble’s instruments and voices, you can then follow instructions to join them in making this Sonic Meditation a true celebration of listening and togetherness through submitting your sounds. Those who wish to add their sound to the performance should submit their response by Wednesday 19 August after which a final mix is
completed, visuals added and it goes live on the Scottish Ensemble website www.scottishensemble.co.uk To listen, find some headphones and get comfortable and ready to immerse yourself. Explore the sound worlds and the blend between instruments and voices, the different highs and lows, the dark and light to find the mix that provokes feelings you want to inhabit and inspires you. Jenny Jamison, Chief Executive of Scottish Ensemble said: “At a time when it is so important to find outlets for artistic expression and freedom of feeling, Scottish Ensemble has created this innovative online version of Tumbling Song to bring together people from across the world. We hope people can take a moment to themselves, as they build a global meditation, and enjoy the distinctive and special experience of playing and singing with our musicians. There's a cathartic feeling to
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Tumbling Song - a feeling of release - and through this Sonic Meditation we hope people feel united, no matter how far apart they are, in a musical exploration.” Daniel Pioro, Scottish Ensemble Project Lead said: “Oliveros' music, perhaps more so than the music of any other composer, feels like it would exist as happily on the top floor of MOMA, as it would in a cathedral. I would like everyone who participates in this project of ours to know that they are vital. They are not casual participants, they are the fabric of this sound artwork.” Sonic Meditations sits alongside the Musical Book Club and a new collaborative cross artform project which will be announced shortly as Scottish Ensemble’s Digital Summer Season.
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Mercury Prize nominee C Duncan puts Scotland’s young musicians in the mix Members of NYOS’s Junior, Senior and Symphony Orchestras took part in a week of online coaching to help them rehearse and remotely record a new work, Dance from a Distance, written specially for them by musician and composer C Duncan (Christopher Duncan), commissioned by the BBC.
Young musicians from the National Youth Orchestras of work is a creative response to the Scotland still got the The restrictions still in place for musicians, and its parts are written to match the different ages (8– 25yrs) and skill-levels of NYOS’s members. chance to play NYOS and BBC SSO players remotely recorded together- albeit their own parts before the final mix was created by Duncan and posted online. Online workshops BBC SSO players shared expertise about virtually - and learn from topics like leadership and gave tips on having a career as a musician. The collaboration takes new skills this place in lieu of this summer’s NYOS courses, due to the COVID-19 restrictions. summer thanks to an cancelled Glasgow-born C Duncan shot to fame when his debut album Architect was nominated for the imaginative 2015 Mercury Music Prize. A graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, his music is collaboration with known for combining classical sounds, choral harmonies and pop. the BBC Scottish C Duncan said: has been a very exciting project for me to Symphony Orchestra “This be involved with, as it shows that although day to day life has changed drastically over the past and Mercury Prize few months, new and innovative ways of as a musician have come out of it. nominee C Duncan. working Writing a piece for three orchestras is fairly
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daunting at the best of times, however working remotely with musicians and recorded material meant there was a new element of freedom as the creative possibilities were endless.”
musicians will learn a great deal from these memorable activities thanks to the BBC SSO and C Duncan.”
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Dominic Parker, Director, BBC Scottish Nicolas Žekulin, Chief Executive and Artistic Symphony Orchestra, said: Director, National Youth Orchestras of “Keeping music learning interactive and inspiring Scotland, said: during lock down has been at the forefront of our minds and we’ve had to adapt and grab new “It has been challenging year for us all, with opportunities and ways of doing things. The BBC young people in particular missing out on so Scottish Symphony Orchestra players are hugely many opportunities. We are grateful to the supportive of their young colleagues in NYOS players of the BBC SSO for offering their time and this new mentoring partnership, born out of and expertise to provide sectionals, coaching the circumstances we have all found ourselves sessions and seminars for our three classical in, is a reflection of that. We are really looking orchestras. We are delighted to be able to add an exciting creative element to the programme, forward to working together, both on the mentoring scheme, and the new commission with the opportunity to premiere a special commission by the wonderful C Duncan. While it with brilliant composer C Duncan.”
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Scottish Opera Presents Its Emerging Artists 2019/20 Recital On YouTube Find out more and watch @ www.scottishopera.org.uk/shows/emerging-artist-recital/
Scottish Opera presents a online recital showcasing the talented group of Emerging Artists from the 2019/20 Season.
projects during their year with the Company and have continued to entertain Scottish Opera audiences during lockdown, with the Opera Highlights@Home series. Performing a range of top opera to suit every taste, from Mascagni's gorgeous Cavalleria rusticana to Mozart's Don Giovanni.
Gondoliers. Elizabeth Salvesen Costume Trainee Jasmine Clark worked on Scottish Opera’s 2019/20 Season productions in the Costume Department, to produce intricate costumes for the stage.
London-born repetiteur and conductor Michael Papadopoulos was the 2019/20 Emerging Emerging artists profiles ..... Artist repetiteur. This Season at Scottish Opera, Samuel Bordoli ARAM returned for a third year Michael worked on Susanna’s Secret, Tosca and as composer in residence and this season Nixon in China, and as Music Director/Pianist on composed Scottish Opera’s first digital opera, the Opera Highlights Spring tour. He was also The Narcissistic Fish, which was launched in due to work on The Gondoliers and Utopia, June. This digital work saw Samuel create an Limited. This Season marked the 10-year anniversary original score for the opera short, starring fellow Lucy Walters was the Emerging Artist associate since the programme began in 2009 and will Emerging Artists Arthur Bruce, Charlie producer. Jointly appointed by Opera Ventures conclude with singers Charlie Drummond, Arthur Drummond and Mark Nathan. and Scottish Opera, this year Lucy primarily Bruce, Mark Nathan, and Associate Artist This year Samuel has continued to grow on his worked on the future life of the Company’s coHeather Ireson performing a recital live on production of Breaking the Waves. YouTube, which will be available for all to watch. already impressive body of works with the Company, composing a new piece for Opera Scottish Mezzo-Soprano, Heather Ireson was Presented by Director, Roxana Haines and Highlights and a prelude to A Midsummer Night's this year’s Associate Artist and performed in accompanied by Scottish Opera’s Head of Music Dream entitled Hermia’s Nightmare. Nixon in China and Iris and was also due to Derek Clark, the four young singers will Scottish baritone Arthur Bruce was The perform in The Gondoliers and Utopia, Limited. entertain with a short, light hearted programme Robertson Trust Scottish Opera Emerging Artist of operatic highlights. Previous Emerging Artists include soprano 2019/20. This Season at Scottish Opera, Arthur Jennifer France, tenor Elgan Llŷr Thomas, The Emerging Artists programme offers young performed in a new production, Amadeus & The baritone Ben McAteer, repetiteur Jonathon artists a period of full-time work with the Bard: 18th Century Cosmic Brothers, about the Swinard, and composers Gareth Williams and Company to help them launch their careers. links between Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Lliam Paterson. Initially set up to nurture outstanding young Robert Burns. He also joined the Spring Opera singers, the programme now also includes The Emerging Artists are supported by The Highlights tour, which was widely praised and positions for a repetiteur, costume trainee, a Robertson Trust, Elizabeth Salvesen, Idlewild was due to perform in Utopia, Limited and The composer in residence, and, during Season19/20 Trust and Scottish Opera’s Emerging Artist Gondoliers. for the first time, an Associate Producer. Benefactors. Soprano Charlie Drummond joined the This year’s Emerging Artists also included Company’s Opera Highlights Autumn tour and The recital can now be watched on composer in residence Samuel Bordoli, costume was also due to perform in A Midsummer Night’s YouTube @ https://youtu.be/UgSs1jIfdPY trainee Jasmine Clark, repetiteur Michael Dream, The Gondoliers and Utopia, Limited. Papadopoulos and associate producer Lucy www.scottishopera.org.uk Baritone Mark Nathan also joined the Opera Walters www.twitter.com/ScottishOpera Highlights Autumn tour and was due to perform Whilst the season was unfortunately cut short, www.facebook.com/ScottishOpera in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The the Emerging Artists have worked on a variety of
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Dean Owens & Oscar Mukherjee :: single - 'Let The Day In' Released :: 7 August @ www.deanowens.bandcamp.com/track/let-the-day-in
Let The Day In is a new collaboration between Scotland’s award winning troubadour Dean Owens and exciting new young talent from Denmark, Oscar Mukherjee.
Recorded by The House of Songs team, the song was then remixed in Denmark, with added instrumentation by two of Denmark’s finest guitarist Rune Kjeldsen (gtrs, mandolin etc) and drummer Peter Dombernowsky (percussion). Released via Eel Pie Records, on Friday 7 August.
Still only 23, Oscar Mukhrejee (who was born to a Danish/Indian family, and spent his first dozen years of living in Northern California) has already been nominated for a Danish Music Award, has 3 EPs under his belt, and has toured Denmark Back in January 2020, (in what seems like another lifetime and a different as a guest artist with acclaimed veteran singer/songwriter Poul Krebs, world!) a group of international songwriters headed to The House of and is currently working on his full-length debut album with his 4 piece Songs in Northwest Arkansas for a 10 day residency. Among them were band, Mukherjee. His songs and voice – compelling and redolent with Dean Owens from Scotland and Oscar Mukherjee from Denmark. One of emotion – are already drawing attention as one to watch. the songs they created on the residency was Let The Day In, which is now being released as a worldwide digital single. Let The Day In encapsulates Award winning Scottish singer songwriter Dean Owens is widely regarded as one of Scotland’s finest troubadours, with fans including BBC’s a spirit of poignant, fragile positivity, radiating through the beautiful Whispering Bob Harris and Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh. He has harmonies and intertwining voices. released 7 (official) solo albums (and a collaboration as Buffalo Blood), with the 8th, recorded with desert noir icons Calexico, in preparation for release in 2021. A Best of… album (The Man From Leith) was released (on Eel Pie Records) to rave reviews in March 2020. The intense 10 days creating at The House of Songs was followed by official showcases at Folk Alliance International (New Orleans) before a quick hop back across “the pond” to showcase at UK AmericanaFest in London. Then the pandemic struck and the world stood still in shock. The touring stopped. But the music didn’t. Let the day in. Whatever it may bring. The House of Songs :: Celebrating its 10th year in 2019/20, The House of Songs is a 501(c)3 non profit that invites songwriters from around the world to the USA to share the universal language of music in collaborations designed to bridge cultures, build friendships and cultivate peace. www.thehouseofsongs.org Watch LIVE streaming on Friday 7 August :: On 7 August Dean and Oscar will be reunited virtually with The House of Songs’ Director of Programming, singer songwriter Graham Weber (in Austin), with an intercontinental online gig to swap songs and launch the new single. The show will be mutli-screen and multi-platform, broadcast via Channel7A on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Twitch.
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Kevin Daniel Cahill :: album - 'ŁØ' Released :: 7 August @ www.lastnightfromglasgow.com/komponist
Komponist (LNFGK) are delighted to announce the sixth release on the label – 'ŁØ' released 7 August. 'ŁØ' is a 3 track mini album written and performed by Classical and Contemporary guitarist Kevin Daniel Cahill. The album is inspired by the sea and the moon
and is dedicated to Hawaiian legend Eddie Aikau. The album adopts a 3 movement form and fuses elements of post rock, ambient meditations & contemporary Scottish folk music. Featuring on the album is Composer/Drummer Graham Costello and Violinist Abigail Young. The trio create a cohesive & moving cinematic composition that is both powerful & reflective. The album was recorded by Luigi Pasquini at Anchor Lane Studios in Glasgow and was born out of a mainly improvised and aleatoric recording session in August of 2019.”
Kevin Daniel Cahill is a Classical & Contemporary guitarist from Airdrie. Cahill graduated from both the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (2016) & The Folkwang Universität Der Künst in Essen, Germany (2019), where he gained his Masters Degree. Cahill’s diverse history of listening and musical exploration has lead him to venture into compositions of instrumental-rock, post classical compositions and ambient musics through collaborating with artists and genres that offer seemingly incompatible musical languages. Komponist (LNFGK) is a imprint of LNFG focussing on compositional artists as opposed to songwriters. It will concentrate on all forms of instrumental music, be it Jazz, Neoclassical, Electronica or Heavy Drone. Komponist will release new original material every 6-8 weeks, highlighting the diverse and fascinating range of instrumental music that is being produced around the world www.lastnightfromglasgow. com/komponist
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Ferdinand Snow :: debut single - 'My Heart Belongs to Scotland' Released :: Out Now @ on all major platforms
Ferdinand Snow has released his debut single, My Heart Belongs to Scotland, a tribute to both his heritage and ancestors and now looks to the nation which means so much to him to ask for their help in uncovering any information about a muchmissed family member.
Only recently did Ferdinand find out that his great-grandfather, George Nicol Reid Caird, was a musician like himself. Whilst Ferdinand has forged a successful career behind the scenes in the Swedish music scene, his great-grandfather had been a violinist in the BBC Variety Orchestra, playing alongside the likes of Dame Vera Lynn and Jimmy Shand. As well as sharing his new song, Ferdinand is also calling upon the music fans of Scotland to help him learn more about his talented greatgrandfather.
showcases Ferdinand's arresting voice and his skill in infusing traditional Scottish folk music with a contemporary sound, which feels as though it belongs on the terraces of football and rugby grounds nationwide.
Though having lived and worked in Scandinavia for many years, the track is Ferdinand’s heartfelt gift to his homeland, in particular to cheer up Taken from his brand-new EP, Live at a Funeral, his relatives in Glasgow during the recent period My Heart Belongs to Scotland is the debut single of lockdown. However, upon learning that his by Ferdinand Snow. My Heart Belongs to great-grandfather was a musician – a fact hidden Scotland has an anthemic quality which from him by his father to dissuade him from pursuing such a maverick career – it is also taken on a new meaning, becoming a tribute to George, a relative he never met but with whom the music fans of Scotland to help him he feels such a close bond. great-grandfather, violinist George Caird.
Ferdinand is also calling upon learn more about his talented If anyone remembers him and has information to share, especially people in Glasgow, Aberdeen, Stonehaven and thereabouts, I'd be eternally grateful” said Ferdinand
Ferdinand offers his own personal plea for more information about George Caird: “George Nicol Reid Caird was born 1903 in Banchory, near Aberdeen and had to elope with his love, the stunning and adventurous Miss Robb from Aberdeen, and got married in secret in London in 1924. They settled in Glasgow where George worked as a violinist in the BBC Variety Orchestra where he would accompany the stars of the day like Dame Vera Lynn, Jimmy Blair and Jimmy Shand when they performed on the radio and on the popular 50’s television show, Jigtime. This was long ago when live music was heard on the air. I would love to find out more about his life as a musician, find pictures of him and records where he participated. If anyone remembers him and has information to share, especially people in Glasgow, Aberdeen, Stonehaven and thereabouts, I'd be eternally grateful”.
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Jordan Hepburn :: triple single 'Solo Bass' Released :: Out Now @ www.jordanhepburn.com/music
Jordan Hepburn, a self-taught Bass guitarist from Edinburgh Scotland, has launched their online presence with a triple single release of innovative 'Solo Bass' Music.
their hometown of Edinburgh.
Spanning multiple genres, their work features traditional Scottish and classical music, as well as their own original works:
Combined with a creative ‘quirk’ they have explored how to play some of their best loved influential music and own original work as solo performances on the Four-String Electric Bass Guitar.
- Game of Thrones - Main Title Theme by Ramin Djawadi - Auld Lang Syne by Robert Burns - Reekie Funk - an original song dedicated to
Visit Jordan's YouTube channel for videos featuring their recording and performance of these songs. In the pursuit of forming new connections and collaborating with other artists to explore musical opportunities, their work is intended to showcase the musical possibilities of the Bass Guitar whilst communicating their innovative playing style and unique musicality. Heavily inspired by Victor Wooten, their eclectic style utilises double-thumbing, tapping, harmonics, arpeggio and conventional techniques to articulate rythym and melody.
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