Geddes Peterson Foundation Award Commemorates Colleague

Sharing details of this award, which the Scottish Music Centre announced yesterday.  John Maxwell Geddes was a much-loved colleague at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - it's great to see him commemorated in this way.

"In memory of our dear friend & colleague composer John Maxwell Geddes, the Geddes Peterson Foundation Award is OPEN for the second year. [...] Please retweet / spread the word for Emerging Classical Composers info at http://www.scottishmusiccentre.com/geddes-peterson-foundation/oundation/ "

Please visit the Scottish Music Centre link above, for full details! 

Composition Marathon at the Scottish Music Centre

Further details of this exciting annual event here:-

http://compositionmarathon.com/

Found and Favourited - Links you might Like

Where are your favourites stored? On a device or in the cloud?  Whittaker likes cloud-based Diigo, so that's the first favourite link to share today:-

www.Diigo.com 

The fact that there's an android app (PowerNote) which syncs with Diigo is of course a powerful incentive to use it all the more.

Evernote is another useful tool, to keep track of all manner of action-lists and memos:-

www.Evernote.com

But let's get back to those favourites.  Whittaker's recent Diigo links include these:-

• Burns Scotland - http://www.burnsscotland.com/ (does what it says, authoritatively and without kitschy tartan gimmickry)
• Book Riot - a blog about books - http://bookriot.com/
• Scottish Music Centre - Opportunities and Competitions page:- http://www.scottishmusiccentre.com/competitions/
• Khan Academy - have you heard about 'Flipping the classroom'?  Online teaching using YouTube and student-led learning, as advocated by Salman Khan:- https://www.khanacademy.org/  (The Whittaker Library is buying Khan's book - we'll tell you when it arrives.)
• Fresh on the Net - share your tracks here! http://freshonthenet.co.uk/submit/  Tom Robinson tells you about the scheme here:-

• "This blog grew up out of a radio show called BBC Introducing: Fresh On The Net (read more) which I hosted on BBC 6 Music from October 2007 to April 2012.  Through the show I encountered many gifted individuals who shared my enthusiasm for new music and a dozen of them have now joined me here online under the name Team Freshnet. Our mission remains the same: to promote independent music making in all it forms – and to connect listeners with new music and musicians with new listeners."
  

 

Another call for scores (Twinkle, twinkle little star)

Read more about this proposed publication on the Scottish Music Centre website here.

"This is a call to composers around the world to submit their entries for consideration. From the entries received, 100 will be selected for publication."  More ...

Whittaker's Holiday Websurfing

Whittaker admits that 'he' wondered what to share with you today after the holidays.  So, rather like Alistair Cooke's Letters from America, here are Whittaker's Postcards from Cyberspace:-

• The Scottish Book Trust promotes Scottish literature - well worth a look, if you're interested in what's up and coming in the world of books.
• The Scottish Music Centre is another vital link for musicians, but have you ever explored their Membership Schemes?  Make that a New Year's Resolution, maybe!
• Edinburgh University Library's 'special collections' department is now called the Centre for Research Collections.  If you're researching historical Scottish music sources, it's an essential port of call.  Find out more here.
• 'Whittaker' heard about a new social media website, RebelMouse, which aggregates your activities across a wide variety of platforms.  A bit like Paper.li, but you might like to experiment with it to see if it suits you.  Here's mine - and all I did was set up my account!  The rest is done for you.

Composition Marathon at the Scottish Music Centre

 Instructions

1. Deadline is 1st February - mark your diary!
2. Visit www.scottishmusiccentre.com
3. Apply for this amazing opportunity to spend a weekend composing with full support, food, performers, in fact all you could possibly need ...

Scottish Music Centre Podcast with Rory Boyle

Follow this link!

Composer Wanted

More info on Scottish Music Centre website:- 

Opportunities

Poet Donald Campbell seeks Composer

Poet and playwright Donald Campbell, best known for his many plays, including The Jesuit and The Widows of Clyth, is looking for a composer to work with him on his new project.

This project is an English translation of the classic Gaelic poem, The Birlinn of Clanranald by Alasdair McMhaister. More info ...

Come on, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland composers - anyone ready to seize this opportunity?

Scottish Music Composition Marathon

Whittaker Live is adding this to the Whittaker Library's Awards, Grants, Prizes page!  Event details from the Scottish Music Centre's website:-

Opportunities

Composition Marathon - Scottish Music Centre 24th March

A unique project inspired by Bang on a Can's inconic performance festivals. DEADLINE: 1st February 2012
In March 2012 Bang on a Can are coming to Scotland for Glasgow Concert Halls’ Minimal: Extreme and to mark this occasion, the Scottish Music Centre are running a unique project, a Composition Marathon inspired by the organisation’s iconic performance festivals.
The aim of this project is to challenge composers to create a brand new work in the Scottish Music Centre over the course of 8-12 hours on Saturday 24th March. The marathon will commence with each composer being partnered with the ensemble* who will be performing their work and it is requested that they remain on hand throughout the day to workshop and rehearse. Additionally, guidance and support will be offered by members of Bang on a Can.
Following this, on Sunday 25th March, performers will rehearse the completed scores, culminating in a final performance in the Old Fruitmarket from 3pm.

More here ...