Places at Tinto Summer School are highly sought-after and sell out quickly. Hands Up For Trad have announced the date registrations for 2016 will open: Registration for all the Tinto Schools of 2016 will commence at 10.00am on Saturday 27th February. I will be in my office on-hand to solve any problems as usual. The … Continued

The Tinto Ensembles weekend is 3-5th June 2016. After two very well received ensemble courses Hands Up For Trad are going to do it again! This is a course for five young aspiring musicians (age 16-20) to team up with two professionals including Laura Beth Salter (mandolin, song). The musicians will work together to create … Continued

Never.Give-up.Your.Dreams (NGYD) is a group of international artists that seeks to promote culture through art. Their new project is A Reference Point of Hope (ARPOH),seeking to promote an incultural exhange between artists (musicians, storytellers, illustrators etc) of a community to employ their language, artistic styles and musical instruments in a joint effort to present their story in such a … Continued

HypeSoundFREE Electronic/Live Composing & Collaboration course in Glasgow Featuring top DJ/Production Outfit Tigerstyle and maverick instrumentalist Michael Bryan 6 monthly weekend sessions bringing together young live musicians and electronic composers (aged 14-25) with inspiring professional musicians, finishing with a live performance and demo recording.  Experimenting with live music and electronic production techniques:– Work with other young … Continued

CALLING ALL ASPIRING YOUNG MUSICIANSMUSIC FOR YOUTH IN ASSOCIATION WITH PLATFORM PRESENT EXCHANGEBE SEEN / BE HEARD / BE INSPIRED Date: Friday 4 & Saturday 5 March 2016Venue: Platform, Glasgow PERFORMERS DEADLINE MONDAY 8TH FEBRUARY 2016Apply to PERFORM or register to ATTEND: www.mfy.org.uk/exchange  Young Scotland based musicians are being urged to apply now to perform at Exchange 2016, which returns … Continued

Perth Concert Hall has gathered some of Scotland and Ireland’s finest traditional musicians – and some very special guests from Mongolia! – for The Celtic Sessions (Na Seiseanach Ceilteach); three evenings of world-class acoustic music in January, February and April. Firmly established as Scotland’s leading folk band, Breabach unites the talents of Calum MacCrimmon (pipes/whistles/bouzouki), … Continued

Artful Minds is a new Hearts & Minds training approach for artists (of all art forms) interested in working with people living with dementia.

About eighteen months ago, Dave Dewar, one of the organisers of Ayrshire’s Craigie Folk Club, decided that a singing group comprising of attendees at the folk club might be a good idea.  The aim was to have a musical ensemble which would be informal, fun, but serious as well.  It would not be called a … Continued

EUROPEAN FOLK NETWORK LAUNCH PRESENTATION SUNDAY 31st JANUARY 15.45 to 17.00 – at the Scottish Music Centre and at the SHOWCASE SCOTLAND TRADE FAIR FRIDAY 29 JANUARY from 10.00 The European Folk Network will be officially launched in Glasgow on the afternoon of Sunday 31st January 2016 – with a little change to the originally … Continued

Inner Mongolian band AnDa Union are touring Scotland with their approach to the forgotten music and songs of China’s recent tumultous past. The 9-piece first toured the UK in 2013 and stole the show everywhere. The band members all grew up in families ‘with the music’, several of whom still live in the traditional Mongolian way, … Continued