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T in the Park 2012 Tickets

Posted on October 21, 2011 by MUSIC NEWS Scotland

T IN THE PARK 2012 TICKETS

(22/2/12) T IN THE PARK LATEST ….

Florence + the Machine and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds have been added to the 2012 line-up

The line-up for this year’s T in the Park will be announced on Thursday 23 February at 11am and then the final batch of T in the Park 2012 tickets will go on sale on Wednesday 29th February at 9am!

As a teaser for the dedicated army of T in the Park fans eagerly anticipating the big reveal of this year’s line up on Thursday 23rd February, festival organisers DF Concerts and founding partner Tennent’s Lager are thrilled to tickle their tastebuds ahead of the main reveal, by announcing that Florence + the Machine and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds have been added to the 2012 line-up.

The Vaccines, The Maccabees, Two Door Cinema Club, Frank Turner, Miles Kane, The Horrors and Maverick Sabre are also amongst the first wave of acts to be announced. Festival organisers DF Concerts and founding partner Tennent’s Lager will unveil the two Main Stage headline acts that will join The Stone Roses as well as other top acts on Thursday 23rd February.

www.tinthepark.com

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www.TICKETMASTER.co.uk and 08444 999 990

The 18th consecutive T in the Park festival roared to a close in July this year on the back of a brace of blistering, full-on performances from some of the greatest acts on the planet. Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay, Foo Fighters, The Strokes, Beyonce, Pulp and Tom Jones plus many more performed across a multi-stage bill that was widely cited by fans and the industry alike as the strongest worldwide line up of the summer.

While fans reminisce memorable moments from 2011 with their mates and get ready to begin their planning to do it all again next year, organisers are delighted to reveal that a limited general release of tickets for the 19th T in the Park festival will go on sale at 2011 prices at 9am on Friday 2nd December from www.ticketmaster.co.uk and by calling 08444 999 990.

Next year’s event will take place across the weekend of 6th – 8th July 2012.

Festival Director Geoff Ellis commented: ‘Plans for 2012 are already well underway here and once again we are securing some of the finest acts on the planet to perform before the world’s most passionate music fans. The time is now to secure tickets to the 2012 festival.’

Vodafone VIP customers can buy tickets 48 hours before they go on general sale from 9.00am on Wednesday 30th November, simply go to www.vodaphone.co.uk/vip

T Lady subscribers can buy tickets from 9.00 am Thursday 1st December – sign up to the TLADY at www.tinthepark.com

Boutique camping options are available in The Residence at T in the Park. The Residence offers festival goers a bespoke, luxury experience where all their accommodation needs are taken care of – www.tinthepark.com/residence

More information on all ticket prices/packages at http://www.tinthepark.com Ticket buyers should only purchase from the official outlets published on this website.

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Posted in Festivals, Latest News | Tagged Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Geoff Ellis, Pulp, T in the Park, The Strokes, Tom Jones | Leave a comment

£10 MILLION INVESTED IN SCOTTISH YOUTH MUSIC

Posted on October 19, 2011 by MUSIC NEWS Scotland

A further £10 million is being invested in the Scottish Government’s hugely successful Youth Music Initiative, the Culture Secretary has confirmed.

Fiona Hyslop has formally announced the funding allocation for 2012-13. The Youth Music Initiative offers young people opportunities to get involved in music and supports more than 300 projects each year, covering all musical genres, age groups and teaching methods.

Speaking from Ullapool, where she visited a Fèis Rois workshop for senior pupils in traditional music and song, Ms Hyslop said today:

“At a time when Scotland is facing deep cuts in public spending imposed by the UK Government, my first priority has been to protect the provision of frontline services such as the Youth Music Initiative.

“By maintaining funding for this scheme, we are investing in Scotland’s young people. As well as fostering and developing their musical skills and unlocking their creative potential, the Youth Music Initiative teaches our young people to be innovative, resourceful, confident and responsible.

“Since its inception in 2003, it has been a great success, providing numerous opportunities for children and young people across Scotland to get involved in music. I am delighted to confirm that it is continuing for another year.”

The Youth Music Initiative is delivered by Creative Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Government.

Andrew Dixon, Chief Executive, Creative Scotland said:

“The Youth Music Initiative has given thousands of young people the opportunity to learn about and enjoy making music, either in school, or away from school. It’s a fantastic initiative and Creative Scotland will continue working with schools, tutors and professional musicians to ensure that Scotland’s creative future, our young people, are inspired to become musicians of the future.”

Fiona Dalgetty, Chief Executive of Fèis Rois, added:

“The Youth Music Initiative provides many young people with their first opportunity to engage in music-making. At Fèis Rois, we have seen primary school pupils who have had a block of Youth Music Initiative tuition in school then be inspired to join an after school class and then take part in residential music courses. There is a clear ladder of progression and it is wonderful to see these young people grow in confidence and develop a whole range of life skills, as well as musical skills.”

http://www.creativescotland.com/investment/investment-programmes/youth-music-initiative

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JAM : a celebration of contemporary classical music by the cream of Scottish talent

Posted on October 19, 2011 by MUSIC NEWS Scotland

JAM is an exciting, dynamic organisation committed to nurturing, commissioning, promoting and performing new music in the UK. JAM is aware that audiences can be unsure of contemporary pieces. Therefore it often creates programmes of new and established works, hoping to bring a new audience to new music.

Following 2010’s phenomenally successful concerts, JAM returns to Scotland this week with a celebration of contemporary classical music, performed by the cream of Scottish talent.

The 3-concert tour, JAM: sound theatricals, will go to St Andrews, Edinburgh and Aberdeen, (first Saturday evening, prime slot, in the sound Festival)

The JAM: sound theatricals programme includes a world premiere by Rory Boyle in celebration of his 60th birthday. Click to read interview with Dundee Courier

The JAM: sound theatricals programme includes a world premiere by Rory Boyle in celebration of his 60th birthday, a Scottish premiere by Stuart MacRae and Paul Mealor’s global success Ubi Caritas, as performed at the wedding of The Duke & Duchess of Cambridge.

Wanting to commission a work especially for its Caledonian tour, JAM is very excited to be working with Rory Boyle, helping to bring to life a work he has had in mind for some time. Boyle’s Tallis’s Light is written for brass quintet and organ.

Boyle comments “I first came across Tallis’s perfect little “Hymnus” O Nata Lux when I was a chorister at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, and its simple starkness has affected me ever since. I found it difficult to shake off its sublime influence and so, when I was commissioned by JAM, I felt that this was a great opportunity to mark this ‘friend’ of so many years by making what is effectively a fantasia based on Tallis’s work.”

Keen to continue its commitment to developing young talent, JAM will once again unite the university choirs of Aberdeen, Edinburgh and St Andrews, setting an exciting challenge for these young singers, choirmasters and conductor, Michael Bawtree. Rising stars Tom Wilkinson (organ) and Pure Brass, plus Rebecca Afonwy-Jones and Michel de Souza (both Emerging Artists from Scottish Opera), will join the choirs.

JAM: sound theatricals will showcase Scottish contemporary classical music-making at its best, delivering outstanding performance and technical ability. Together we will bring exceptional colour and dimension to the cultural ecology.

JAM is delighted to be supported by Creative Scotland through its National Lottery investment, enabling our return to this vibrant country.

Ed Armitage, JAM Chairman and Artistic Director comments “I have admired Rory Boyle’s work for many years and am thrilled that he’s written this dazzling piece for JAM, during his 60th birthday celebrations. With amazing acclaim from audiences and media, Scotland has become an essential part of JAM’s schedule. I am delighted to be working here with such inspired composers and performers.”

CONCERT DETAILS

6.45 pre-concert talk prior to each concert at 7.30pm

Thursday 20th October: Holy Trinity Church, St Andrews, KY16 9UH

Friday 21st October: St Cuthbert’s Church, Edinburgh, EH1 2EP

Saturday 22nd October: St Machar’s Cathedral, Aberdeen, AB24 1RQ

Tickets for all concerts: £5-15. Children free.

Box Office for all concerts: 0800 988 7984

or buy online @ http://www.stubmatic.com/jamconcert

Tickets will also be available on the door at each venue

A previous JAM concert

Programme:

Boyle Tallis’s Light – JAM 2011 commission – World premiere

MacRae Two Cairns – Scottish premiere

Mealor Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal

Ubi Caritas (as performed at the recent Royal wedding)

Britten Rejoice in the Lamb

Dove The Far Theatricals of Day

Tallis O Nata Lux

Cooke Invocation

Performers:

Edinburgh University Chamber Choir

University of Aberdeen Chamber Choir

University of St Andrews Chapel Choir

Pure Brass

Tom Wilkinson (organ)

Claire Seaton (soprano)

Rebecca Afonwy-Jones (mezzo)

Iain Paton (tenor)

Michel de Souza (bass)

Michael Bawtree (conductor)

JAM has performed nearly sixty new works and commissioned some of the UK’s most important composers, including Judith Bingham, Jonathan Dove, Gabriel Jackson, Paul Mealor, John McCabe, Tarik O’Regan, and Paul Patterson.

In the last year, JAM has enjoyed regular coverage on Radio 3, received 4 and 5 star reviews of its concerts, from publications such as The Guardian, The Evening Standard, The Scotsman and The Herald. Time Out rated its March concert in “the top 5 classical concerts in London in 2010”.

Creative Scotland, using National Lottery investment, has contributed £3,800 to JAM: sound theatricals through its Quality Production – Arts programme.

www.jamconcert.org

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LIVE MUSIC AT NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND

Posted on October 17, 2011 by MUSIC NEWS Scotland

A brand new addition to the Edinburgh events calendar has been unveiled, giving people a chance to see one of the city’s best known and loved spaces in a whole new light at the first RBS Museum Lates event on Friday 11 November at the National Museum of Scotland.

Supported by The Royal Bank of Scotland Group, the first of the new RBS Museum Lates events will give visitors the chance to explore the galleries, relax with food, drink, DJs, live music and even a silent disco in the Imagine gallery, which is more normally a daytime space for children.

The beautiful, soaring Grand Gallery will be the hub of the event, with pop-up bars and music throughout, featuring Edinburgh based experimental pop act Found with support from Glasgow based Ben Butler and Mousepad and Hip-hop producer and DJ S-type. MC and DJ for the evening will be BBC Radio 1 DJ Ally MacRae, who recently took over from Vic Galloway as host of Introducing … in Scotland.

BEN BUTLER & MOUSEPAD

The Museum reopened to the public in July following a £47 million transformation, and the new galleries will be open, covering themes such as the Natural World, World Cultures, Discoveries and Science and Technology.

The RBS Museum Lates event will give people the chance to see objects in this setting and enjoy some of the interactive displays more usually occupied by children during the day, from Formula One racing to comparing your weight to various animals. There will be some surprises in the galleries as the evening progresses, including some close up creepy crawly encounters and plenty of opportunities to get creative.

Participants will be encouraged to get busy on the night with their phones and cameras, tweeting pictures, live-blogging and talking about the event.

Stephen Allen, Head of Learning and Programmes at National Museums Scotland said,

“The Museum is an amazing, unique place at any time of the day, and so we’re confident that people will have an amazing and unique night. We know that our visitors keen to see the Museum in a more informal and social context – having fun in a museum isn’t just for children but for adults too. The line-up is sure to bring in new audiences and tickets are already selling really well.”

Andrew Wilson, Head of Group Communications at RBS said:

“RBS Museum Lates is a superb way for us to play our part in supporting an outstanding Scottish institution. The programme will inspire more people to learn about Scotland’s history and its contribution to the world. We love the whole venture and are privileged to help make it happen.”

This is the first in the series of RBS Museum Lates, which will be held quarterly in the Museum. Future Lates will be themed with the next in the series coinciding with the Fascinating Mummies exhibition in February.

Act Profiles:

FOUND

FOUND is the brainchild of art college buddies: Ziggy Campbell (lead vocals, guitar), Tommy Perman (bass guitar, synth) and Kev Sim (electronics, percussion). The band create an unusual mix of garage rock, melodic pop and glitchy electronica, which has just lead to them signing a publishing deal with the highly respected Domino Records and record deal with Chemikal Underground. FOUND began life as an experimental arts collective putting on many weird and wonderful events in art galleries, warehouses and even storage containers. They most recently hit the headlines this summer with a limited edition 7” single version of their track ‘Anti Climb Paint’ which was made from chocolate, and also created Cybraphon, the BAFTA-winning interactive mechanical band in a box (http://cybraphon.com/) .

BEN BUTLER & MOUSEPAD

Ben Butler & Mousepad is Joe Howe, from Glasgow, Scotland. He has produced weird, complex, fun, synth-led music under a bunch of aliases, including Gay Against You and Germlin. Recent times have seen Ben Butler & Mousepad tour the United States with Deerhoof, release their first album on London’s LOAF and a 7″ on Oslo’s DODPOP label. Joe wrote an album with Momus and worked on a synthesizer opera about Wendy Carlos.

S_TYPE

One of Scotland’s hottest young remixers, hip-hop producer and DJ S-type was recently signed to LuckyMe and profiled in the Scotsman’s Radar section: http://radar.scotsman.com/viewpost.aspx?id=497

Ally MacRae

MC & DJ for the first RBS Museum Lates event, Ally MacRae took over as host of BBC Radio 1’s Introducing … in Scotland programme earlier this year: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00x592r

RBS Museum Lates – gig details ……

Friday, 11 November 2011, Doors Open 6.30pm

National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh

The event runs from 6.30 to 10.30pm, and tickets are on sale now at www.nms.ac.uk

www.nms.ac.uk

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Song of Return wins Big Apple Award!

Posted on October 14, 2011 by MUSIC NEWS Scotland

Following months of speculation over entries from some of Scotland’s best up and coming musical talent, Song of Return won Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy in Scotland’s Big Apple Award, after a brilliant live performance at The Garage’s G2 venue last night wowed the Award’s judges.

The gig also saw storming mini-sets from the other four short listed finalists Laki Mera, Finding Albert, Wrongnote and Woodenbox with a Fistful of Fivers, who all received gifts from Guitar Guitar.

Song of Return is fronted by Craig Grant and Louis Abbott, joined by Alex McNutt, David Reekie and Ewan McDonald. The band has played together for two years and released their first album entitled “Limits” in July of this year. Craig said “We are delighted and amazed to be chosen from all the talented bands that played on the night, it’s very humbling as we have been playing together for two years and are now starting to be recognised.”

Song of Return at the Big Apple awards. Photo by Chris James

Winning The Big Apple Award means that Song of Return will play to an audience packed with music industry types at the Scottish Music Awards (the Tartan Clefs) this November, before being whisked away to New York City next year to play a variety of gigs all over Manhattan during Scotland Week 2012. The Big Apple Award is a collaborative partnership between renowned music charity Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy in Scotland, Creative Scotland, The American-Scottish Foundation and Clash.

Photo by Chris James

Also, whilst in the USA Song of Return will play for Ian Ralfini, president of both Blue Note and Manhattan Records, divisions of EMI in North America.

The winner was selected in a unanimous decision by judges including Mark Millar from Clash, Matthew Rumbold from EMI, Roddy Hart and Yvonne McLellan from Island, and Caroline Parkinson, Director of Creative Development, Creative Scotland. Parkinson said; ‘The Big Apple Award received a phenomenal response from a great many talented artists and bands and the judging panel had a very tough task whittling it down to the final five. The standard of the entries displays the shear wealth of musical talent Scotland has to offer.’

Photo by Chris James

Ciaran O’Toole hosted the night and said to the fans; “We’re not here to take your money for Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy in Scotland, but you are the future and should take five minutes on your break to check out the Charity and the Scottish Music Awards (the Tartan Clefs) to understand what music therapy and the charity does for these children”.

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Learn www.nordoffrobbinsscotland.org.uk

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