Scottish Opera Needs You!
The Scottish Opera are currently looking for orchestral musicians aged 14—21 years old to join their Connect Orchestra. This offers young musicians the chance to spend a year learning and playing with some of the top opera professionals in the UK and be a part of Scotland’s largest performing arts organisation.

NRFG: Way Into Music Film and Drama
New Rhythms For Glasgow have just started their brand new project of multi-arts workshops as a ‘Way into Music, Film and Drama’ for young people aged between 7—15 years, funded by Cashback for Communities.

Children’s Music Classes at Lamp House Music
Lamp House Music have announced two new classes available in the ‘ReMake Music programme’, one for Pre-School (ages 2—5 years) and one for Primary (ages 5—12 years). The classes offer children a wide variety of musical and creative fun activities, as an introduction into learning instruments from an early age.

YMFS Monthly Live Broadcast: Article 31
Join us for the first in a series of monthly live streamed broadcasts, led by Youth Music Forum Scotland using Google+, exploring current topics in youth music from all across the country.

Huntly Summer School 2013
Huntly Summer School have just released application forms for their wide range of tuition available in their 2013 programme of workshops.

Transitions 20/40
Transitions 20/40 is a new programme designed to find and help to develop performing arts talents from key postcode areas in Scotland. The Transitions scheme was designed to meet government policy for higher education, working to engage the broadest range of students to creative and cultural industries in Scotland.

Please feel free to email us with your news – hello@ymfs.org.uk

The programme will run from September 2013—April 2014, working closely with the orchestral musicians at building up their creative skills, techniques and knowledge for performing in the art form of opera. The project provides young musicians with an opportunity to learn valuable new skills, make friends and have fun along the way. The programme also offers attendees the chance to take part in the Scottish Opera’s international project with the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Entry to the course is selected through a process of application and audition, applications are welcome from students playing at Grade 7 and above.

Auditions are to be held in Glasgow on Wednesday 12 June and Thursday 13 June 2013 and in Aberdeen on Friday 14 June. Application deadline Friday 7 June 2013.

Download an application form – www.scottishopera.org.uk/connect-orchestra

Applications should be completed and returned to: Iona Jack, Scottish Opera, 39 Elmbank Crescent, Glasgow G2 4PT.

If you have any queries please contact Iona Jack on – 0141 242 0585 or email - iona.jack@scottishopera.org.uk

New Rhythms For Glasgow (NRFG) is a community project and charity working to deliver participatory arts and music activities within communities alongside local organisations across Glasgow.

The organisation have just started their brand new project of multi-arts workshops as a ‘Way into Music, Film and Drama’ for young people aged between 7—15 years, funded by Cashback for Communities. The workshops will offer young people the opportunity to learn to write their own songs, play instruments, create their own films and much more.

Skills and activities on the course include:

• Songwriting
• Performance
• Learning Instruments
• Playing in Bands
• Animation
• Film Editing
• Drama
• Studio Recording
• and more.

There are workshop sessions available for two age groups, classes for 11—15 year olds run Tuesday nights (from Tue 14 May 2013) at Ballgrayhill Community Centre and classes for ages 7—10 year olds run at the same venue each Wednesday night (starting Wed 15 May).

To find out more about this and other courses NRFG have available, visit – www.nrfg.org.uk/NewRhythmsForGlasgow

Lamp House Music have just announced their new music classes for children beginning this May 2013, ‘ReMake Music’.

The organisation have two classes available in the ReMake Music programme, one for Pre-School (ages 2—5 years) and one for Primary (ages 5—12 years). The classes offer children a wide variety of musical and creative fun activities, as an introduction into learning instruments from an early age.

The sessions will bring craft and music together, designed to start children on their musical journey, encouraging them to open their ears and engage with sounds and music from a young age. The ReMake Music course is also structured to help nurture good self-esteem, language skills and confidence within the children, through various activities using rhythm, pulse, composition and more.

The course runs for 6 weeks at Lamp House Music from Thursday 23 May on the following days:

Primary age (5—12 years) – Thursdays 4—5pm

Pre-School (2—5 years) – Fridays 10.30-11.30am

To find out more you should visit – www.lamphousemusic.co.uk/remake-music-classes

To book your place on the course, you can email – info@lamphousemusic.co.uk or telephone – 01620 825630 (booking is essential)

YMFS Monthly Live Broadcast: Article 31
Join us for the first in a series of monthly live streamed broadcasts, led by Youth Music Forum Scotland using Google+, exploring current topics in youth music from all across the country.

Huntly Summer School 2013
Huntly Summer School have just released application forms for their wide range of tuition available in their 2013 programme of workshops.

Transitions 20/40
Transitions 20/40 is a new programme designed to find and help to develop performing arts talents from key postcode areas in Scotland. The Transitions scheme was designed to meet government policy for higher education, working to engage the broadest range of students to creative and cultural industries in Scotland.

The Edinburgh Festival Carnival
The Edinburgh Festival Carnival is launching its own band to play a mix of sounds and are looking for up to 30 keen musicians (aged 16+) to take part in a series of FREE weekly workshops.

Tinderbox Orchestra Open Workshop
Join the Tinderbox Orchestra for their open workshop on Sunday 19 May 2013, running between 10.30am – 5pm. The event welcomes all instruments and young musicians aged between 13 – 25 and will be followed up with a showcase performance taking place at 5pm.

Aberdeen Youth Choir CD Project
The Aberdeen Youth Choir (AYC) was started in October 2009 to meet the demand for specialist music tuition within the regeneration areas of Aberdeen. The AYC now want to make a CD to show everyone the fantastic work that the children do in the choir and need your help…

Please also feel free to send us your news, events and opportunities so we can share them with the ever-growing youth music community – hello@ymfs.org.uk

Join us for the first in a series of monthly live streamed broadcasts, led by Youth Music Forum Scotland using Google+, exploring current topics in youth music from all across the country.

This first broadcast will feature guest Tam Baillie, Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People, joining us to discuss the recently released Article 31 (children’s right to culture, leisure and play) and the effect it will have on young people in the country.

Take part in the discussion live online where you can ask the Commissioner anything on Article 31 and find out all about what’s happening in youth music in Scotland this month.

The live broadcasted discussion will run from 6.00—7.30pm on Wed 29 May.

Sign up to our Eventbrite listing here – www.ymfs.eventbrite.co.uk

Join us live for the broadcast and sign up here – http://bit.ly/YMFSarticle31

Huntly Summer School have just released application forms for their wide range of tuition available in their 2013 programme of workshops.

The organisation have expanded to 9 tutors for 2013, offering the same classes in violin, harp, whistle and chanter. The Huntly Summer School have expanded on this popular range of tuition opportunities with new classes in traditional flute, guitar, traditional scottish dance, ceilidh band and an introduction to writing poetry.

To request an application form, you should email – huntlyviolin@hotmail.co.uk

To find out more on the Huntly Summer School 2013, you should visit – www.huntlysummerschool.org.uk

Transitions 20/40 is a new programme designed to find and help to develop performing arts talents from key postcode areas in Scotland.

The Transitions scheme was designed to meet government policy for higher education, working to engage the broadest range of students to creative and cultural industries in Scotland.

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) will begin auditions in various venues across Scotland from June 2013, seeking out the best in performing arts talent to develop for the future benefits of the nation. The organisation are looking for potential music, drama and dance talent to begin working with them in August 2013.

The Transitions 20/40 scheme also offers support for travel and tuition fees for those attending the RCS workshops, classes and short courses.

To find out more information and how to apply, you can visit – www.rcs.ac.uk/transitions2040 or email them on – Transitions2040@rcs.ac.uk

Or have a look at the PDF below or by visiting YMFS on Issuu - www.issuu.com/ymfs

The Edinburgh Festival Carnival
The Edinburgh Festival Carnival is launching its own band to play a mix of sounds and are looking for up to 30 keen musicians (aged 16+) to take part in a series of FREE weekly workshops. Find out more…

Tinderbox Orchestra Open Workshop
Join the Tinderbox Orchestra for their open workshop on Sunday 19 May 2013, running between 10.30am – 5pm. The event welcomes all instruments and young musicians aged between 13 – 25 and will be followed up with a showcase performance taking place at 5pm.

Aberdeen Youth Choir Crowdfunding Project
The Aberdeen Youth Choir (AYC) was started in October 2009 to meet the demand for specialist music tuition within the regeneration areas of Aberdeen. The AYC now want to make a CD to show everyone the fantastic work that the children do in the choir and need your help…

Ceòl Mòr Summer Course
As part of the Aberdeen International Youth Festival, Ceòl Mòr is offering summer courses in youth music tuition and collaboration.

Charlie McKerron Music Week – Insider Music Festival
In an unusual collaboration of education and entertainment, Scots fiddle supremo Charlie McKerron has teamed up with the organisers of the Insider festival to put together what may be the finest music school of the summer. The inaugural Charlie McKerron music school schoolwill take place on the Inshriach Estate between 17 – 21 June 2013.

Everyone Deserves Music Symposium (Free Places)
ElJam are offering free places at the upcoming ‘Everyone Deserves Music‘ Symposium at The Sage, Gateshead.

Please also feel free to send us your news, events and opportunities – hello@ymfs.org.uk

The Edinburgh Festival Carnival is launching its own band to play a mix of sounds inspired by samba, soca, calypso, steel pan, taking influences from the world of New Orleans Mardi Gras through to Rio Carnival and beyond!

Led by Marcus Britton of Orkestra Del Sol, and Sarah Seilman of Pulse of the Place, the band will perform at the Carnival in Edinburgh on Sunday 21 July, 2013.

The organisation are looking for up to 30 keen musicians (aged 16+) to take part in a series of FREE weekly workshops that will run on Wednesdays from May 15 right up until the day of the Carnival.

If you play brass or woodwind, or are an enthusiastic drummer/percussionist at any level (we provide drums), then the EFC would love to hear from you… If you are a younger player and might like to learn carnival music in the future, please let them know too.

For further information, please contact chris@adjazz.co.uk, or call 0131 467 5200