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Featuring news stories from the Scottish Arts Council and other arts organisations about music in Scotland.
 
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  22/08/2008
Creative Programmer appointed to ensure Olympic legacy for Scotland
The Scottish Arts Council has announced the appointment of Leonie Bell as Creative Programmer for Scotland for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. Leonie will curate a programme of high quality, accessible and innovative activity as part of Scotland’s contribution to the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad programme.
 
 
 
  22/07/2008
Scottish Arts Council announces shortlist of Scotland’s inspiring ideas
A site specific event combining the arts and extreme sports in Aberdeen, a 25ft high ‘Big Man’ walking through Scotland inspiring creativity among communities, and a performance by young Asian groups in Glasgow inspired by graphic novels and video games. These are just some of the exciting, innovative projects that have been shortlisted for funding from the Scottish Arts Council’s Inspire Fund.
 
 
 
  10/07/2008
YMI funding gets up and coming young musicians into the studio
With Scottish bands headlining summer music festivals around the world this year, some of Scotland’s promising young bands are being given the chance to work with professional recording studios to take their music careers to the next stage, thanks to a pilot scheme funded by the Scottish Arts Council’s Youth Music Initiative (YMI).
 
 
 
  27/06/2008
Creative Scotland – Ambitious for Scotland
Statement from the Joint Board regarding the development of Creative Scotland
 
 
 
  02/06/2008
Your Sound amplifed with boost from Scottish Arts Council
King Tuts Wah Wah Hut’s unsigned initiative, Your Sound, has been awarded funding from the Scottish Arts Council's Youth Music Initiative following its substantial efforts to support Scotland’s top emerging musical talent.
 
 
 
  08/05/2008
Scottish artists join a star studded line up at Cambridge Folk Festival
Some of Scotland’s top musicians will join a host of leading artists from around the world including kd lang, Joan Armatrading, Levellers and Billy Bragg, at this year’s Cambridge Folk Festival.
 
 
 
  30/04/2008
Scottish Arts Council Flexible Application Process
The Scottish Arts Council today published the outcomes of its recent application process for flexible funding for 2009-2011.
 
 
 
  23/04/2008
Renowned Scottish Composer brings Balkans Opera to Scotland
Tune Up ends this season of Scottish tours in spectacular style with the Opera Circus production of Nigel Osborne’s Differences in Demolitions, a magical new chamber opera which premiered last year in the Bosnian city of Mostar.
 
 
 
  17/04/2008
Scottish Arts Council publishes investment plans
Investment in artists, innovation and flexibility was unveiled today (17 April) with the publication of the Scottish Arts Council’s £63 million spending plans for the coming year (April 2008 – March 2009).
 
 
 
  14/04/2008
Tune Up presents Fiddle Rendezvous
The seventh and penultimate Tune Up tour of this season will see an exciting collaborative adventure featuring six major international talents performing a ten-date tour at venues across Scotland.
 
 
 
SCO players and the Tolbooth Sound Orchestra; Photo: SCO Education
Student from Edinburgh Schools Jazz Orchestra; Photo: Louis de Carlo
Violas of the RSNO; Photo: Peter Devlin
Fiddlers at Blazin' in Beauly 2003; Photo: Tom Baker
Violins of the RSNO; Photo: Peter Devlin
Takuo Yuasa conducting NYOS; Photo: Ian Watson
Performers at Theatre Cryptic's Books of Silence; Photo: Maris Locmelis
Performers at Theatre Cryptic's Books of Silence; Photo: Maris Locmelis
Performers at Theatre Cryptic's Books of Silence; Photo: Maris Locmelis
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