Red Note has extensive involvement in the field of Creative Learning. Our Working with Communities programme (previously Access, Engagement and Participation) has been a major strand of Red Note’s activity since 2009, pioneering new approaches to working with diverse communities and groups to create new music with and for them.

We take a diverse and inclusive approach to learning, grounded in the belief that music is a universal language that can be understood and used by everybody. Our programme covers a wide range of projects for a wide range of people; but at the core of Red Note’s Working with Communities programme is our long-term 5 Places Project.

Targeting five locations across central Scotland over a period of several years, the project’s aim is for us to properly get to know people at all ages and stages in their own neighbourhoods at grassroots level, and work with them to develop creative music-making in the heart of their communities. Projects to come out of our 5 Places Programme include A Child’s Guide to Anarchy and New Music Makers.

We also work for and with the community in short- or long-term projects, such as our ground-breaking ‘musical conversations’ with people with severe disabilities (Cherry Road Centre, Bonnyrigg, in partnership with Artlink), concerts for the elderly in Residential Care Homes (as part of our Highland and Island Tours) and music for refugees (in partnership with The Welcoming, Edinburgh), to mention a few.

To find out more about Red Note’s Working with Communities programme, please contact Red Note’s Director of Working with Communities, Louise Martin: louise@rednoteensemble.com