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Are you interested in contemporary music and improvisation? Join composer and improviser Brian Irvine and musicians from Red Note Ensemble in this exciting three day course which will widen your musical horizons and challenge your musical creativity! No experience in either improvisation or contemporary music is required, but applicants aged 14 – 26 who are […]

24 – 26 October @ 10 am – 5 pm Go Compose! is an intensive composition project for young composers aged 13–18 who are still at school. It’s a unique opportunity to work with professional composers and musicians to create your own, original piece of music, which will be performed in the Red Note Ensemble’s […]

26 – 28 October @ 10 am – 5 pm Matilda Brown‘s deep connection with wilderness landscape is inherent to her music. This three-day event is for anybody inspired by walking in mountainous landscapes with a love for music. You will be able to create your own music or song in response to a day […]

A morning of workshops on writing for opera and one-to-one with professional composers including Pippa Murphy, Gareth Williams and John Harris. Download the full details: Opera Unpicked Programme (pdf). Contact [email protected] for details and bookings.

To celebrate the BBC SSO’s performances of Beethoven’s iconic Fifth Symphony, the BBC is giving you an opportunity to become a member of an orchestra and choir, formed from scratch, to perform a new piece created by you. What’s going to happen? Guided and led by inspirational workshop leader Tim Steiner you’ll join some of […]

Workshops for Primary Schools Suitable for P5-P7.  Red Note visits Aberdeen to lead music composing workshops and play new music by emerging Aberdeen composers. Working in association with Peacock Visual Arts, three players and a composer from Red Note will lead fun and creative ‘instant music’ workshops making new pieces with each class, inspired by […]

What is Noisy Nights? Noisy Nights is fun, free and your chance to listen to (and compose for) the musicians of Red Note. Noisy Nights is a place to meet music-lovers, curious minds, musicians, composers and artists in an informal space and hear some of the best examples of brand new music while having a […]

Interested in playing new music in Aberdeen? Widen your musical horizons and challenge your musical creativity by coming along to our newly formed contemporary music group, soundlab!  soundlab is an open group for musicians to get together regularly to rehearse and perform existing new music, newly commissioned works and works composed by local composers/ members of the […]

What is SoundStreams Young Composers Project? This is an exciting and rare opportunity for young people in the North of Scotland to work with the guidance of some of Scotland’s leading musicians and professional composer David Fennessy to create your own original piece of music. You will also receive a recording of your piece. Who […]

For young composers, musicians and sound designers aged 16 – 25. Are you excited by the idea of writing film music, creating original sound scores, and performing live music with film? If so, then this series of workshops are right up your street! ManHigh is a celebrated work for film and live music created by composers […]

For the third year in a row we are pleased to be able to offer Go Compose!, an intensive composition project, to young composers aged 13-18 who are still at school. This is a unique chance to work with professional composer Brian Irvine and musicians from Red Note Ensemble to create your own, original pieces […]

Go Compose! for young composers and creative musicians aged 14 – 19 Go Compose! is an intensive composition project for young people aged 14-19 who are still in full time education. This is a unique chance to work with professional composers Pippa Murphy and Gareth Williams alongside musicians from Red Note Ensemble to create your […]

What does it mean to create music as an ensemble, how can we combine individual interests and ideas in a collaborative group setting?  In this workshop contemporary music ensembles Sonic Bothy and soundlab will investigate ideas around ensembles and composition. Please contact [email protected] for details and bookings.

Applications now open to 14-18 year old composers to attend Sound and Music’s Summer School. This unique residential course, from 2-8 August 2015, helps students advance their composition skills through an inspiring and intensive week using the specialist facilities of the Purcell School of Music. Full of collaboration, fun, learning and creativity, 75 young composers […]