Each week the Youth Music Forum Scotland brings you news, opportunities and events from all over the country. The last week or so has seen great opportunities in summer school announcements, new talent seeking youth programmes and the chance to join orchestras and carnival bands. This week also saw the announcement of our first ever live broadcasted discussions on Google+. Read on to find out more…

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

This week on the Youth Music Forum Scotland saw opportunities for young musicians to get involved in new bands and workshops from Edinburgh Festival Carnival and Tinderbox Project, an innovative new crowdfunding project from Aberdeen Youth Choir and more. Read on for full highlights from the forum…

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

Join the Carnival… And make some music!

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

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.

The day of music will feature live orchestral improvisation with The Mike Kearney Ka-Tet, alongside live visuals from the Monkey Pirates, all taking place at Summerhall in Edinburgh.

To book a place, you can email – admin@tinderboxproject.co.uk

The Aberdeen Youth Choir (AYC) was started in October 2009 to meet the demand for specialist music tuition within the regeneration areas of Aberdeen. Now nearly four years on, the group has played and performed with world renowned musicians and still has young people involved with the choir that have been there since its inception.

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…

If you could pledge to buy a CD of our music the Aberdeen Youth Choir promise to send you a copy and put your name in the liner notes. In order to get this project to as many people as they can, the organisation are swinging open their doors.

To find out more on the project and pledge to buy a CD to support this great youth choir, you can visit – www.kickstarter.com/aberdeen-youth-choir-cd-project

Every week, the Youth Music Forum Scotland brings you events, opportunities and news from all across the country. This week saw a number of summer courses being announced, free places for the Everyone Deserves Music symposium, opportunities for music groups and much more.

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.

Opportunity for Aberdeenshire Community Music Groups
The Scottish Government has allocated £1M for schools to purchase musical instruments. Each Scottish Authority has been invited to bid for a share and community groups can be included in the Council’s bid.

SoundLab – Open Music Group
Newly formed contemporary music group based in Aberdeen, SoundLab invite you to join them for their new workshops exploring musical creativity. All musicians are welcome to join the group (approx Grade 5+). No experience in either improvisation or contemporary music is required and composers are also welcome to attend.

InterPlay August Events
Following a highly successful, introductory InterPlay session offered by Edinburgh Youth Music Forum in March, ELjam is offering to fund a limited number of places at two subsequent InterPlay events scheduled for August. Both will take place in Edinburgh and will be led by Interplay co-founders Cynthia Winton-Henry and Phil Porter.

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

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

Ceòl Mòr exists for young musicians aged between 16-25 to learn and develop a performance practice of the new genre-crossing music currently being written in Scotland. What the organisation aim to produce each year is an outstanding band of young musicians exploring and realising a contemporary Scottish music inspired and informed by Scotland’s musical traditions. Ceòl Mòr aims to create a group which is open to ideas, creative, and fully committed to the work involved.

The organisations want to produce original, new and powerful Scottish music, by a band whose members stimulate and inspire each other, where the process and the product are equally important and enjoyable. The organisation are welcoming participation from all instrumentalists and singers, and would be happy to hear from any young musician who would be interested in taking part.

The dates run from Friday 26 July to Friday 2 August 2013.

For further information and how to apply, you can visit – http://www.aiyf.org/Summer-Courses (scroll down to Ceòl Mòr)