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Music Working Group

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The subject working group for Music convened for the initial meeting on Monday 3 February

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The subject working group provided an opportunity to discuss the development of creative approaches to music education across sectors. This working group mirrors the groups being brought together from the other Expressive Arts subject areas, Art & Design, Drama and Dance who will feed in to the Expressive Arts conversation days.

We would invite practitioners across sectors to share their thoughts and views.

Art, Art and Design, Assessment, Building the Curriculum 4, Curriculum for Excellence, Dance, Drama, Education Scotland, Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing, Literacy and English, Music, Numeracy and Maths, Primary schools, Science, Social Studies, Technologies

Primary curriculum conversation day – Friday 7 March

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Education Scotland is holding a conversation day focused on the primary curriculum on Friday 7 March in Duloch Primary School, Dunfermline. This event is aimed at school leaders.  We are keen to take stock of how the curriculum is developing in primary schools and hear school leaders’ views and experiences.

The purpose of the day is to:
•    consider how the curriculum is developing in the primary sector, particularly in relation to the raised expectations; and
•    identify areas that require further support and what that support needs to look like.

There will be opportunities to hear from a variety of colleagues as to how they are taking forward curriculum development at a strategic level in their schools as well as time for discussion.

If you would be interested in attending please contact margaret.mcguinness@educationscotland.gov.uk. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Please note travel expenses are not paid for conversation days.

Creative practitioners, Events, Music, Primary schools, Secondary schools

Music Education Matters – Book your ticket now!

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Enterprise Music Scotland’s exciting new conference Music Education Matters will take place on Friday 30th May 2014 at The Arches in Glasgow. Book your place before 31st March to receive our Earlybird Rate of £30!
We will be launching our full programme in February but in the meantime here is a sneak peek at some of the speakers we have confirmed…
Paul Harris, ABRSM
Pete Sparkes, Artistic Director, Drake Music Scotland
Dr Oliver Searle, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Andrew Dickie, Head of Expressive Arts Faculty, Paisley Grammar School
Carol Main and Daniella Keenan, Live Music Now Scotland
Tobias Hug, freelance beatboxer
Tickets are available from
Full price £40 (£25 concessions for unemployed, full-time students, EMS promoters and members of Live Music Now!)
Early Bird price £30 (£25 concessions) for all places booked before 31st March 2014
Challenge, Drama, Learning, Music, Opportunities, Primary schools, Secondary schools

YMTS (Youth Music Theatre Scotland) Fife Projects

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YMTS (Youth Music Theatre Scotland) are now based here in Fife and work with Fife Cultural Trust delivering music theatre for young people through the ON creative programme throughout Fife.  We have weekly classes leading to Trinity Guildhall exams and holiday production projects in every school break –  the most expensive in 2013 was £180 for a 3 week production project of Phantom of the Opera(Scottish Youth Premier) last summer.  We are completely open access with no audition to join – we cast from within the course participants. Our practitioner base is drawn from local, national and international teaching artists.

We will have a full ON Fest summer programme for 2014 available from mid February, and our opportunities for young people in Fife to take part in the Fringe soon after.  Applications open now for our Easter ‘HONK!’ and ‘Into the Woods’ projects at Adam Smith Theatre.
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Early Years Teacher Training: Thu 6 Feb, 10am – 12noon, Perth Concert Hall

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A training session led by RSNO Violinist Lorna Rough giving practical ideas for music making activities with children working at the early level of curriculum for excellence (age 3 – 6yrs).

Space is limited as the training is tailored to suit the needs of the individual participants.

Suitable for all, whether you have some music experience or none.

Cost £20.

This includes an information pack with practical ideas for early years music activites and a ticket to the RSNO concert in Perth Concert Hall that evening (Music Director Peter Oundjian conducts Wagner’s Tannhauser, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17 and Walton’s Symphony No. 1).


Feedback from previous participants:

“Perfect for someone who is ‘scared’ of music” Nursery teacher, Dundee

“Great hands-on experience and really useful. I’ve already used some of the activities with my children!” Nursery teacher, Angus

To book, please email engage@rsno.org.uk or call Andra on 0141 225 3574

Could you also spare 10 minutes to complete our survey? Your responses will contribute towards our future plans for schools in the academic year 2014-15 and will help us create more training and participating opportunities for students and teachers in your area.

Please access link below.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RSNOEngage

Events, Music, Opportunities, Secondary schools

‘Off the Record’ Youth Music Seminar (14-25)

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Born To Be Wide is pleased to announce its second Off The Record day, following the successful launch in October 2013. The event will take place on Saturday 8 February at Kirkcaldy’s Adam Smith Theatre, and features workshops for young musicians and those interested in working in the music business.

Supported by the Scottish Government’s Youth Music Initiative (YMI), which is administered by Creative Scotland, Off The Record is open to anyone aged between 14-25, with key industry figures providing essential advise on subjects including recording, releasing, promotion and organising/getting gigs.

Delivered in partnership with Fife Cultural Trust, speakers at the Kirkcaldy event include:
Ally McCrae (BBC Radio One), Olaf Furniss (Born To Be Wide Director/The Scotsman),Michael Lambert (Born To Be Wide Director/artist manager), Lloyd Meredith (Olive Grove Records/Peenko Blog), Fielding Hope (DJ & booker, Nice’N’Sleazy), Tallah Brash (musician & booker, Electric Circus), Stuart Stenhouse (EmuBands) and Garry Boyle (The Depot Studios).

Admission is two pounds [including lunch] and tickets must be bought in advance fromwww.offtherecord.me or in person from the Adam Smith box office. A parental consent form is also required from attendees under the age of 18 and can be downloaded from the website.

Also included in the price is a free release worth £25, via Scotland’s leading digital distribution company EmuBands. This covers Amazon, iTunes, Spotify and most other online stores and streaming services.

For more information click here.

Creative Partners, Events, Music

Words and Music

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A two-day conference for musicians and music workers at all stages of their career.

Whether you are a music student, an early-career musician, professional player, or a music industry worker, you share many issues of common interest. Packed with practical tips, networking opportunities and evening showcases, Words and Music will inspire, educate and entertain musicians and workers across all genres.

For more information please visit the website http://www.horsecross.co.uk/whats-on/words-and-music or like the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/wordsandmusicperth

Creative Partners, Curriculum for Excellence, Funding, Music, Opportunities, Primary schools, Secondary schools

Awards for Young Musicians

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AYM believes that young people deserve the chance to fulfil their musical potential.
We help outstanding young instrumentalists in any genre with annual Awards from
£200 to £2000. Our funding is flexible: we want to help young musicians excel and
so we can support most major musical costs.
Receiving an Award is just the start of your journey with AYM – we do all we can to
help each young musician to flourish and grow.
Visit our website
http://www.a-y-m.org.uk/

Follow us on
Twitter: @AwardsAYM
Facebook: awardsforyoungmusicians
Creativity, Curriculum for Excellence, Dance, Drama, Music, Opportunities, Primary schools, Secondary schools

Youth Music Theatre UK – auditions

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Throughout January and February, Youth Music Theatre UK, the UK’s national music theatre company for young people (aged 11 – 21), will be heading to 24 cities across the UK looking for talented young performers and musicians to star in their new body of music theatre this summer. Now in their 10th year, they will be performing nine brand new shows right across the UK from London to Belfast as well as at the Aberdeen International Youth Festival in summer 2014.

They’re holding four auditions dates in Scotland: Sat 15 Feb – Glasgow (Scottish Youth Theatre), Sun 16 Feb – Edinburgh (The Studio at the Festival Theatre), Mon 17 Feb – Inverness (Spectrum Centre), Tue 18 Feb – Aberdeen (Danscentre).

For more information, download the flyers below:

Performer Audtions Flyer

Musician Auditions Flyer

Art, Art and Design, Curriculum for Excellence, Dance, Drama, Education Scotland, Expressive Arts, Music

Education Scotland’s Learning Blog recent post: Expressive Arts Conversation Day 2

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As agreed prior to the initial Expressive Arts Conversation Day that was held in Stirling on 25th November 2013,  for those local authorities who were unable to send representatives to the first event, a second national Expressive Arts Conversation Day will take place at Eden Court Theatre on Friday 28th March, from 9.45 am to 3.45 pm.

The event will have two key purposes:

  • to identify and discuss emerging and known issues in relation to expressive arts education with a view to agreeing actions to overcome the challenges associated with these issues
  • to establish a national primary expressive arts community