Developing Talent

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.

Projects

Some of our Talent Development work includes:

Factory Weekend

Factory Weekend is Red Note’s newest opportunity for young classical music performers aged 18-28 with an interest in contemporary music….

RCS Residency

Red Note Ensemble is a key partner in delivering the Leverhulme Conducting Fellowship programme at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. As Contemporary…

Go Compose!

We love to work with emerging composers at all stages of their creative development, so Go Compose! is right up…

Composer Development Workshops

Red Note is committed to supporting the development of composers at different stages, from schools to emerging music makers at…

Noisy Nights

Noisy Nights are informal new music nights that provide an outlet to hear emerging new musical ideas and voices. During the evening, three Red Note musicians perform the new works selected from an open call.

Make Your Own

Our first Make Your Own workshop took place in September 2022. It is designed as an introduction to Noisy Nights…