Scottish Composers, Seize This Opportunity!

Quoting from the Sound-Scotland website:-

Development opportunity for Scotland-based composers

sound is a new music incubator based in North East Scotland, initially set up to give local audiences access to new music. It is now renowned in and beyond Scotland for producing and promoting high-quality work, for its support to composers of all generations and for attracting new audiences through its varied programming and inclusive nature....  [Read about the whole opportunity here.]

Musica Scotica 14th Annual Conference Registration Opens

Musica Scotica 14th Annual Conference Friday 3 - Sunday 5 May 2019 Tolbooth, Stirling Registration for the Musica Scotica conference is now open. It is posted on Musica Scotica's Facebook page:- https://www.facebook.com/events/374235653379262/

Musica Scotica homepage: http://www.musicascotica.org.uk/

Composition Scholarship in Ecuador

An Unique Opportunity!

This announcement has just been passed on by IAML, our professional body for music librarians:-
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ArteFacto Sonoro World call
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"Live the sound diversity of Ecuador from its cultural, political and economic epicenter."

We invite you to apply for one of our scholarships for the artistic residency "ArteFacto Sonoro", to be held between March and August 2018, in Quito - Ecuador.

"ArteFacto Sonoro" is a residence in music and sound arts, based on a free program, where participants set their own objectives and methodology, while the hosts provide spaces, tools, links and accompaniment in the territory. Projects in residence may include composition and musical and sound production, non-conventional practices, experimentation with other disciplines, research, academic meetings, exhibition and circulation, etc.

We offer furnished apartment with all the services, tools and spaces for creation, exhibition spaces, links and accompaniment with actors in the territory.

Aimed at creators, researchers, producers and other agents of the world of music and the sound arts; but also for artists and professionals from other disciplines who wish to explore possibilities of dialogue with music and the sound arts.

Interested artists can apply to one of our scholarships until March 15, 2018. Applications will be attended order of arrival.

To know more about the conditions, requirements and characteristics of the call and the cultural and social context of Ecuador, please visit:

www.artefactosonoro.artefacto-ec.com

We kindly ask you to share this information with your colleagues and allies.

Kind regards from the middle of the world.Coordinating team
ArteFacto Sonoro

Hands Up for Trad - Get Composing!

Last call! Entries for 2016 Collection close at the end of August

If you compose in a trad Scottish style, you really do need to look at this. Fast!  https://projects.handsupfortrad.scot/handsupfortrad/the-2016-collection-is-open-for-entries/

Talking about Scottish Music, or Composer in Scotland? This is for You!

The Musica Scotica conference is in sunny Stirling this year – the 23^rd and 24^th April.  Our call for papers has been out for some weeks, but just in case you missed it/weren’t aware of it/ hadn’t thought about going, we thought we’d share the CFP again today.  The deadline for abstracts (papers or briefer poster session) is strictly speaking this Sunday.  A couple of extra days won’t make much difference, but don’t leave it too long!

Here are all the details you need before you write/submit that abstract!  http://www.musicascotica.org.uk/conferences.shtml

Composers and their Creative Process - Luciano Berio

As one of the 20th century's 'big names', composer Luciano Berio's creative process will be of interest to many aspiring composers out there.

RILM (the people who do the music literature index that we subscribe to) have just blogged about Berio.

Read Luciano Berio's Creative Process here, now.

RILM's blog is regularly updated with interesting posts about different aspects of music old and new.  Find it here:- http://bibliolore.org/

Our Staff Like This Link! Women Composers: A Playlist

We just had to share this - every member of staff we've mentioned it to, has raved about it!

1200 Years of Women Composers: A Free 78-Hour Music Playlist That Takes You From Medieval Times to Now | Open Culture

A 78-hour playlist is quite a lot of music.  One colleague feared they might have to forego sleep to get through it all ...

Women Composers - Raising the Profile (Alma Mahler)

Alma Mahler was an intriguing and sometimes disturbing character.  Her career as a composer was apparently cut short when she married.  Gustav Mahler insisted - and posterity suffered.

Alma died in 1964.  Read about Alma Mahler in this Guardian blog post (written in 2010).

Her 5 Lieder are on IMSLP, though they may not yet be out of copyright in the UK.  Here in the Whittaker Library, we have editions of her diaries and memoires, and a CD including some of her music.  We're trying to source sheet music, so our performers can actually sing her songs.

• Universal Edition publications click HERE!
• Whittaker Library catalogue entries click HERE.

Would You Like to Go to the Antarctic? A Genuine Opportunity for Artists and Creatives

We saw this intriguing tweet over the weekend.  It's for real - a residency in the Antarctic!  So how about it, composers?  Or CPP practitioners?

Want to work with the sounds of the Antarctic? Why not pitch your idea to the Australian Antarctic Arts Fellowship? 

"The Australian Antarctic Division administers the Australian Antarctic Arts Fellowship, enabling those with a non-science focus to experience Antarctica and Australia's activities there, so that they may communicate this unique experience and understanding to other Australians.  Applications are now open for the current round. Applications must be submitted via the online application form, by Monday 30 March 2015 at 4pm AEDST.

"Information for applicants - The program aims to nurture the production of excellent and significant works of art and interpretation by professionals in the creative arts, humanities and social sciences [...]

"Some applications under the Australian Antarctic Arts Fellowship may be accepted from citizens of other Antarctic Treaty nations.* These applicants must have the support of their own nation’s Antarctic program, and must be able to demonstrate a capacity to reach a significant audience, preferably including a significant Australian audience."

*Lots of countries, including the UK, are signed up to the Antarctic Treaty.

How do I get my Royalties when one of my Compositions is Performed?

You need to look at the PRS for Music website.  The Performing Right Society website advises about licences, royalties and more.

• PRS for Music - Royalties 
• PRS for Music homepage

We are the Whittaker Library at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, assisting our staff and student performers, composers, and production technicians with their information requirements. We have books about performing rights in our collection, which you can find HERE.

Guardian Culture Professionals Network Highlights Crisis for Composers

We noted this posting on the Guardian Culture Professionals Network earlier this week:-

The future of new music is at risk if we continue to undervalue composers

Posted by Susanna Eastburn on Guardian Culture Professionals Network, Monday 18 August 2014

Composer Peter Sculthorpe - Obituary on IAML website

Jennifer Ward, of the International Association of Music Libraries Web Team, has posted a modest tribute to Peter Sculthorpe on the IAML website right now.  

 Jennifer linked to Michael's reference to the newsletter as well as a radio interview, an online exhibit from the National Library of Australia, and his composer page at the Australian Music Centre.

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Whittaker Library patrons wishing to peruse some of Sculthorpe's compositions will find a listing in our catalogue, HERE.