One of Red Note’s key strands of work is talent development; supporting composers, performers and administrators at all education and career stages to develop their artistic work and professional practice to international standards through working with Red Note.

We know from our research that the diversity of Scotland is not yet reflected in those who work with us, and there are systemic barriers to access. Through our long-standing “development pipeline” for new music creators and performers, we aim to address inequalities of access and representation in new music within Scotland.

By working with creators and performers – from their first contact with new music (often at school, or in a community setting), through secondary and tertiary education, through our Open Call and Open Access emerging professional opportunities, and commissioning, national and international touring, and recording – we want to see musicians go through school going on to flourishing international careers.

Some of our Developing Talent work includes:

– Factory Weekend, a fully-funded two-day weekend aimed at instrumentalists 18-28 interested in contemporary music;

– Noisy Nights, an opportunity for emerging and amateur composers to have their work showcased during a fun and informal evening in a bar/pub environment via an open call for scores;

– Composer Development Workshops in partnership with sound which each year supports give Scotland-based composers to develop new works for a specific instrumentation, with the works premiered at soundfestival in the autumn;

– Royal Conservatoire of Scotland residency and key partner in delivering the Leverhulme Conducting Fellowship programme, supporting the development of emerging composers.