Category: Opportunities

  • Job opportunity: Lecturer in Music at Edinburgh Napier University

    Job opportunity: Lecturer in Music at Edinburgh Napier University

    Edinburgh Napier University are looking for an enthusiastic and open-minded individuals to join their Music programmes academic team based in our Merchiston Campus as part of the School of Arts & Creative Industries (SACI). The teaching team is dedicated to research- and student-led teaching across our undergraduate (BA (Hons) Music), taught postgraduate (MA Music), and…

  • Job opportunity: Project Manager with Highland Culture Collective

    Job opportunity: Project Manager with Highland Culture Collective

    Highland Culture Collective is seeking a full time Project Manager to manage all Highland Culture Collective activity in line with the objectives set by the management consortium and the wider Creative Scotland Culture Collective initiative. Highland Culture Collective is part of a national pilot programme which will establish a network of creative practitioners, organisations and…

  • Job opportunity: Administrative Assistant with Creative Informatics

    Job opportunity: Administrative Assistant with Creative Informatics

    The Creative Informatics delivery team seek a part time Administrative Assistant toĀ support the Creative Informatics delivery team and wider programme. As Administrative Assistant you will play a crucial role in supporting the day-to-day work and record keeping of the team. Your work will help enable Creative Informatics to engage, support and report on our work…

  • Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival launch Tune Up! programme for Scottish based musicians

    Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival launch Tune Up! programme for Scottish based musicians

    Tune Up! is a new free online music business and digital skills programme for ScottishĀ based jazz and blues musicians, run by Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival between May and July 2021. The programme will cover a variety of topics hosted by a wide range of industry experts, including generating income online, funding, content creation tools,…

  • Have your say: Hip Hop survey from up2stndrd

    Have your say: Hip Hop survey from up2stndrd

    up2stndrd are seeking responses to a survey focused on hip-hop in Scotland, funding opportunities, career path and discrimination in the music industry. The survey is an opportunity to highlight changes you think need to be made in order to make music industry more welcoming for hip hop artists. Take part

  • PRS Foundation’s PPL Momentum Music Fund open for applications

    PRS Foundation’s PPL Momentum Music Fund open for applications

    The PPL Momentum Music Fund is open for applications, offering grants of Ā£5k-Ā£15k for UK-based artists/bands to break through to the next level of their careers. Activities eligible for support include recording, touring and marketing. Applications can be made for costs associated with recording an album, EP or single, including studio hire and session musician…

  • Academy of Music and Sound free short courses on Sound Production, Rap and Hip-hop, Song Writing and Beat Making

    Academy of Music and Sound free short courses on Sound Production, Rap and Hip-hop, Song Writing and Beat Making

    The Academy of Music and Sound are running high quality short courses throughout March for Sound Production, Rap and Hip-hop, Song Writing and Beat Making free to anyone living in Scotland over the age of 14.

  • #TURNUPTHEVOLUME Week of Action 19th – 25th April: Music Declares a Climate and Ecological Emergency

    #TURNUPTHEVOLUME Week of Action 19th – 25th April: Music Declares a Climate and Ecological Emergency

    Music Declares Emergency are urging the music industry to take part in their upcoming #TURNUPTHEVOLUME Week of Action from 19th – 25th April 2021 by signing the declaration at musicdeclares.net. Music Declares Emergency is a group of artists, music industry professionals and organisationsĀ – an independent collective with no party political or commercial affiliations. They believe…

  • Job opportunity: Head of Lighting with Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre

    Job opportunity: Head of Lighting with Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre

    Salary: Ā£29,000 per annum Hours of work: an average of 39 hours per week Closing date: 5pm on Friday 23 April 2021 Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre are looking for a new Head of Lighting within our Technical Services department. The successful candidate will be passionate about delivering exemplar production standards across various genres,…

  • IMPALA Campus training project for young music professionals

    IMPALA Campus training project for young music professionals

    Young music professionals in Scotland can get involved in IMPALA Campus 2021. IMPALA Campus is a business-oriented training programme for recorded music professionals and self-releasing artists at the start of or at a crossroads in their careers. Participants will receive high level training by music industry experts on key industry topics. The main objective of…

  • Developing a Data Driven Creative Company (Bespoke course for the creative sector)

    Developing a Data Driven Creative Company (Bespoke course for the creative sector)

    Register now for Edinburgh Futures Institute’s Executive Education course, ‘Developing a Data Driven Creative Company’. Specifically designed for the creative industries, the course begins on 19 May 2021 and runs weekly on Wednesdays for six weeks. Featuring deep expertise from University of Edinburgh staff and experienced industry professionals, this live online course includes case studies…

  • Share your experience around harassment in the electronic music sector

    Share your experience around harassment in the electronic music sector

    The Electronic Music Inclusion Initiative (EMII, pron. Emmy) is conducting a survey to understand the challenges the Electronic Music industry is facing around harassment and discriminatory behaviour and actions. The survey is interested in hearing responses aroundĀ microaggressions – day-to-day expressions of bias & prejudice that create a hostile environment for certain groups. Anonymously share incidents…

  • Apply to the Nonclassical Associate Composers Scheme

    Apply to the Nonclassical Associate Composers Scheme

    Are you a composer looking to take the next step in your career? nonclasssical are seekingĀ four UK based composers who display exceptional ability and potential to join their associate composers scheme in 2021/22. The Associate Composers Scheme supports the artistic development of unsigned and unpublished composers, who are creating exciting new contemporary classical, electronic and…

  • Noisy Night at SOUND – call for scores

    Noisy Night at SOUND – call for scores

    Red Note Ensemble are seeking emerging or amateur neurodiverse composer (18+ years old) interested in writing scores in an effort to support greater inclusion in contemporary classical music. Noisy Nights provide an outlet to hear emerging new musical ideas and voices in our new social distanced reality. A maximum of 5 pieces will be selected…

  • #ReviveLive music survey

    #ReviveLive music survey

    This short survey from LIVE will ask about your live music habits before Covid-19, and about your plans to return to live entertainment when things reopen. The survey should only take a few minutes to complete, and by filling it in, you’re helping the live entertainment sector plan its recovery and hopefully get back to…

  • Diversity survey from PRS for Music

    Diversity survey from PRS for Music

    PRS for Music are seeking responses from members toĀ a new survey with the aim of improving their diversity & inclusion approach, including ensuring equal opportunities and treatment for members. The organisationĀ created the survey to gather key information about you, the region you live, your gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and any disabilities you may have. At…