Spotlight On… 12 Guitars
12 Guitars is a social enterprise based in Govan, Glasgow. It provides accessible life enhancing opportunities to all ages, by offering instruments, support and tuition to anybody who wants to learn and play the guitar.
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Spotlight On… ABC Music Creative
ABC Creative Music are Scottish-based music education resource developers founded by Jazz musicians Dr Phil and Dr Tom Bancroft.
Spotlight On… ABRSM
Founded in 1889, The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) is the UK’s largest music education body, one of its largest music publishers and the world’s leading provider of music exams, delivering more than 600,000 assessments globally each year.
Spotlight On… Ama-zing Harmonies
Ama-zing Harmonies is a community singing group in North West Edinburgh founded in March 2017 by Ama Shallangwa. Our aim is to work in the community to enrich cultural understanding and inclusiveness by uniting people together with music and cultural activities.
Spotlight On… Beatroute Arts
Beatroute Arts are a charitable organisation run by and for the community, based in the North East of Glasgow. Beatroute are dedicated to improving quality of life and offering free learning provision to the community through a diverse and imaginative number of activities, programmes, workshops and courses.
Spotlight On… Charanga
Over 70,000 teachers use Charanga’s online platform to help them teach music. The music education and technology company is best known for providing award-winning curricula and digital music programmes for all year groups, CPD and quality-assured teacher training that, together, boost music in schools. Charanga Scotland has active partnerships with music services across Scotland.
Spotlight On… DD8
DD8 Music is a registered Scottish charity that provides musical activities for people of all ages in the Kirriemuir and Angus area.
Spotlight On… DMC
DMC aim to provide opportunities for young people in the south west of Scotland to become independent performers, promoters and beyond, and help them to engage with the Scottish music industries.
Spotlight On… Edinburgh Youth Orchestra
The Edinburgh Youth Orchestra (EYO) is a symphony orchestra of young musicians aged 13-21 from Edinburgh, the Lothians and beyond.
Spotlight On… Ensemble
Ensemble is an award-winning music making project that empowers young people who would not normally have the chance to make music, particularly those who face challenges with mental health, homelessness or through seeking asylum.
Spotlight On… Erskine Arts
Erskine Arts is an inclusive cultural charity based in Renfrewshire, who provide musical opportunities amongst a much broader range of support for all ages. Their new home in Erskine Sports Centre provides a visible and accessible hub of activity, an arts venue, and a focussed point of contact for community engagement.
Spotlight On… Fèis Phàislig
Fèis Phàislig are a registered charity in Scotland and provides opportunities in traditional music and Gaelic culture for young people across Renfrewshire. Gaelic for ‘Paisley Festival’, Fèis Phàislig was established in 2015 and delivered their first ever ‘Fèis Week’ – an intensive course of come-and-try workshops, that saw over 60 children take part in instrumental tuition, singing and drama with some of Scotland’s leading traditional musicians.
Spotlight On… Fèis Rois
Fèis Rois enables people of all ages to access, participate in and enjoy traditional Scottish music, culture, and the Gaelic language. Fèis Rois offers a diverse programme of activities in Ross & Cromarty, across Scotland and beyond.
Spotlight On… Fèisean nan Gàidheal
Fèisean nan Gàidheal was established in 1991 as the independent umbrella association of the Fèis movement. It is a membership organisation that offers a range of services to its members including grant-aid, training, insurance, and instrument loans.
Spotlight On… Fife Youth Jazz Orchestra
The Fife Youth Jazz Orchestra – FYJO – is an award winning big band located in Fife. FYJO has been led for over 40 years by Musical Director, Richard Michael, winner of the 2013 Jazz Educator of Year award, and a 2009 parliamentary jazz award for services to jazz education.
Spotlight On… Givin’ it Laldie
Givin’ it Laldie is a grassroots, community music charity based in the Gorbals, Glasgow. Givin’ it Laldie bring people in the Gorbals from diverse economic, social, religious, cultural, health and age backgrounds together through group music making to build understanding, community and connections between people, and improve people’s health and wellbeing.
Spotlight On… Glasgow Fiddle Workshop
Glasgow Folk-Music Workshop, formerly the Glasgow Fiddle Workshop, was established in 1992, and offers classes teaching a variety of musical instruments and songs, mainly through the medium of traditional Scottish music.
Spotlight On… Love Music Choir
Love Music inspires and empowers people to be curious, creative and adventurous with music regardless of their skill base or background, raising aspirations and changing lives.
Spotlight On… MusicPlus
Music Plus is a mentoring initiative run by Scottish Music Centre and funded by Creative Scotland’s Youth Music Initiative.
Spotlight On… NYCOS
NYCOS provide opportunities for young people, teachers and choir directors at a national level, to support and develop choral singing across Scotland.
Spotlight On… Oi Musica
Oi Musica’s work celebrates all aspects of group music making – generating positive shared experiences, celebrating collective success, and finding common ground between players from different backgrounds.Continually inspired by the infinite variety and possibilities that street band music offers – both as an artform and as an access route into music making – Oi Musica […]
Spotlight On… Paragon
Paragon are a charitable organisation guided by principles of equality and inclusion, helping to transform lives of young people and adults through participation in music and the arts.
Spotlight On… Playlist for Life
Playlist for Life is a national music and dementia charity based in Glasgow. The charity harnesses the powerful effects of personally meaningful music to help anyone who is affected by dementia, their families and carers.
Spotlight On… Reeltime Music
For over 20 years, Reeltime Music has aimed to bring about a positive change in the lives of disenfranchised young people in North Lanarkshire by providing affordable recording and rehearsal services; music workshop and training provision, as well as volunteering opportunities, and engaging in numerous partnership projects.
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