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Enterprise Music Scotland – Traditional Arts Fund
Deadlines: 5 July 2013, 27 September 2013 & 28 February 2014
Enterprise Music Scotland has an allocation of £120,000 available for the funding of small traditional arts projects.
This fund is devolved from Creative Scotland and is managed centrally by Enterprise Music Scotland. It will provide grants of between £250 and £3,000 to support traditional artists and organisations to create, platform, tour and showcase their work, as well as supporting professional development projects.
Individuals, groups and organisations can all apply to this fund. The applicant must be able to demonstrate a positive track record and professional commitment to one or more of the traditional art forms: Scottish Traditional Dance; Scottish Traditional Music and Scottish Traditional Storytelling.
For more information visit the Enterprise Music Scotland website.
Scottish Learning Festival 2013
Registration is now open for this year’s Scottish Learning Festival (SLF), which takes place on Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 September in the SECC, Glasgow.
The Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning will give the opening address to SLF.
In addition, there will be the keynotes from the following international renowned speakers:
- Prof Andy Hargreaves, Thomas Moore Brennan Chair, Lynch School of Education, University of Boston;
- Dr Avis Glaze, Edu-quest International Inc. and former Chief Student Achievement Officer of Ontario; and
- Dr Pasi Sahlberg, Director General, Centre for International Mobility and Cooperation, Finland.
As well as round table discussions led by:
- Prof Petra Wend; and
- Dr Bill Maxwell and partners.
The full programme of keynotes and seminars along with details of the range of additional activities are available on the SLF website.
Seminars which may be of interest
Finding their Voice: Engaging teenagers with poetry and debate through rap and performance
3-18 Curriculum Impact Reviews: Creativity 3-18
Launch of Education Scotland’s Building Capacity for Continuous Improvement strategy
Global Citizenship – Bringing It All Together
Learning experiences through Glow – Partnership working
Moving image education: Screening Shorts
Expressive arts: What’s on the third horizon?
English language class arts exhibition project: East Kilbride
Short & sweet: Short films as a route to developing modern foreign languages
Look, Capture, Create
Curious and creative learners from across Scotland have been exploring the importance and beauty of Scottish Biodiversity through Scottish designer/illustrator Johanna Basford’s exhibition ‘Wonderlands’ via Glow TV. This interdisciplinary learning experience has been developed in partnership with Dundee Contemporary Arts and is being supported by Sarah Derrick, Head of Education at DCA and Anna Rossvoll, Emerging Technologies Development Officer with Education Scotland.
Look Capture Create outline for educators
Johanna Basford is an ink evangelist who creates beautifully intricate hand drawn designs using black ink. ‘Wonderlands’ is her first solo exhibition and it is proving to be a magical context for creative learning through expressive arts, science, mathematics and languages.
Before the project went live learners were invited to join the Look, Capture, Create Glow group by submitting an InkyME! The response was astounding. Currently there are InkyMEs exhibiting from Burravoe, Carron, Clackmannan, Hythehill, Lochgelly West, Lincluden, St Andrews and St Patricks primary schools. The InkyMEs have even travelled to Dundee to attend the first live Glow TV event ‘Wondertales’ at Dundee Contemporary Arts on 13th May.
‘Wondertales’ encouraged learners to look at the intricacy of Johanna’s designs and to capture the detail in words to create a Wondertale! Wendy Woolfson, an incredibly talented storyteller led the event, creating breath taking stories based on three of Johanna’s wallpaper designs. She then went on to create a collaborative tale as learners submitted their ideas live during the event. You can watch Wendy in action here.
This use of an exhibition as a form of text truly captured the imagination of learners and they have submitted incredible Wondertales to the Glow wiki. Learners are taking the time to read each other’s work and leave comments. It would be lovely if you could do the same. (Glow username and password required)
Keep up to date with the Look, Capture, Create Glow blog and the next Look, Capture, Create Glow TV event will take place at Dundee Botanical Gardens at 10am on the 4th June.
Post taken from Education Scotland’s Learning blog written by A.Rossvoll
Discover Dalcroze
Discover Dalcroze is a two-day event taking place at University of St Andrews Music Centre 2-3 November 2013, providing a practical insight into the Dalcroze Method. Workshops will be led by the UK’s leading experts and there will be specialist sessions on its application is a wide range of settings.
- Movement and instrumental teaching – Flautist Lis Dooner and students from Royal Conservatoire of Scotland demonstrate how Dalcroze can be used to enhance practice and performance skills
- Dalcroze and String Teaching – Monica Wilkinson will show how Dalcroze can be used to develop physical awareness and technique alongside musicianship
- Music, Connectivity and the Plastic Brain – Eric Barnhill takes us on a tour of the musical brain
Other topics addressed in relation to Dalcroze include:
- Dyslexia and dyspraxia
- The elderly
- Special needs
- Relationship between Dalcroze and Music Therapy
- Dalcroze for singers
Detailed information can be accessed by clicking on the logo below, where bookings can also be made.
G Force
Aimed at young people aged 16-25 in Edinburgh, G Force provides the opportunity to train with some of the best professional dance, circus and urban sports performers in Scotland.
Participants will be able to take part in a 16 week programme where they can train in breakdance, acrobatics, parkour, circus and performance skills with an opportunity to perform on the World Dance Feste Stage at the Edinburgh Mela in August this year.
Taster sessions are being held in May. Workshops are free and open to all those aged 16-25 with an interest in dance, acrobatics, parkour and circus, but places must be booked via the Bright Night International website or by email.
The G Force Project has been developed by the Edinburgh Mela and Bright Night International and is supported by CashBack for Communities.
Contact: Edinburgh Mela, phone: 0131 661 7100 [ e-mail | website ]
The Byre Theatre presents…auditions for Snow white!
Do you love acting?
Do you love singing and dancing?
Are you aged between 10 and 21?
Would you like to be part of the biggest performance in St Andrews?
Then we have the perfect opportunity for you.
This year’s fantastic family panto at the Byre Theatre is Snow White, written and directed by Gordon Barr, and we’re looking for talented young people to join our company and act alongside our professional cast.
Perhaps you fancy being part of “The Forest Crew” – a bunch of misfit lost boys (and girls) hiding out in the forest, always ready for mischief and determined to help our heroine, Snow White, get her happy ending.
Or maybe you’d like to be part of the all-singing, all-dancing “Mirrorettes” – a girl group full of sass, class and bursting with attitude.
If you would like to be part of the cast of this year’s spectacular Byre Theatre panto, then we’ll be holding auditions on Sunday 9th September between 2p.m. and 6 p.m. at the Byre Theatre.
The young cast will rehearse weekly and during the October half-term before working with the professional cast from 19th to 28th November and then performing from 29th November to 30th December. (Please note this will require successful cast members to be excused from school for some rehearsals and performances)
To sign up for an audition, contact Ashley Foster on 01334 468728 or e-mail ashley.foster@byretheatre.com
Teaching Scotland
Let’s Dance
Creativity through expressive movement, such as dance, can bring huge benefits to children. It can empower them, improve their health, give them another way of communicating and help to give them a sense of self-confidence.
Read the article here
Learning Opportunities:Dance performances and workshops for schools
LaNua
enso by LaNua
– Movement and Improvisation
site specific installation and dance performance and workshops for schools Suitable for ages 7+, Learning levels 1-3 (as outlined in Curriculum for Excellence)
Suitable for ages 7+, Learning levels 1-3 (as outlined in Curriculum for Excellence)
Available to book between 1 October and 12 October, or 23-26 October 2012
Available to book between 1 October and 12 October, or 23-26 October 2012
- physical activity, dance and expression through movement
- creativity
- self awareness and expression
- working alone and in groups
- developing ideas collaboratively
- learning about another culture – its art and philosophy
- relating to the environment – natural and man made
- respecting themselves, others and the environment
- learning about and participating in different art forms – dance, poetry, landscaping, calligraphy, minimalism
- cultural history
- experiencial fun learning
- making connections between cultures, people, different art forms, their own experience and others, the workshop and the performance experience
- making choices through creative expression
- learning through a multi sensory experience
- being stimulated physically, aesthetically, spiritually, cognitively and emotionally
- developing skills
- sharing their creativity and learning
For booking the company, please contact Susan Hay
M: 07872 006836
The Enso performance and workshops offer a variety of stimulating experiences and contexts explored through active engagement and multi disciplinary activities. It is suitable for Level1-3 learners. The project will allow children to be physically active, increase their knowledge and understanding, be inspired and explore:
On The Rocks Youth Theatre – St Andrews
On The Rocks Youth Theatre has become firmly entrenched in the arts calendar in St Andrews. In the past three years there have been memorable performances by local schoolchildren creating Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland and fairytales in the magnificent setting of St Andrews Castle. This year it’s happening again with a few changes – we’ve moved to the stunningly picturesque setting of the Botanic Gardens and we’re taking on Roald Dahl’s classic comedy masterpiece, Revolting Rhymes.
Over the 2 week Easter holiday children aged 9+ get to work with professional Scottish theatre company, Sunlight Productions to devise the script, learn new drama techniques and create a wonderful performance, leading their audience on a magical journey all over the Botanic Gardens. We’ve been supported by the St Andrews Community Trust which means that it is once again FREE to take part.
The performances take place on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th April. There are still places available so to take part and find out more details please contact Julie at otr.youththeatre@gmail.com. Anyone aged 9 years and older can come and join in.
