A co-commissioned work by Red Note Ensemble and Dumbworld to give the children of Oakwood Primary School in Easterhouse, Glasgow the chance to find their voice and develop their creative minds was announced as a winner at last night’s prestigious Ivor Novello Classical Awards.
We're absolutely thrilled to share ‘A Children’s Guide to Anarchy (An Easterhouse Children’s Manifesto)’ has been nominated for the Best Community and Participation Composition at this year’s The Ivors Classical Awards!
Glasgow Join us at Nordic Music Days 2024 for a very special late-night performance at Glasgow's CCA!
The Scottish Classical Sustainability Group (SCSG), which we are part of, has just launched a UK-wide survey on international travel for musicians.
Glasgow A free installation of Red Note's "An Easterhouse Children's Manifesto" at Glasgow's CCA will be taking place as part of Nordic Music Days 2024.
Glasgow As part of this year's Nordic Music Days Conference, our Director of Working with Communities Louise Martin will be part of a discussion on community, education, and co-creation.
Aberdeen Join us for the Northern Connection concert at soundfestival 2024!
Aberdeen Five Scottish-based composers who were selected to participate in a development opportunity with Red Note and sound, will showcase their work at soundfestival 2024.
Aberdeen Red Note returns to soundfestival with a World Premiere by Laura Bowler.
Glasgow Join us in Glasgow to celebrate the recent release by Delphian Records of Jane Stanley’s first album 'Cerulean Orbits'.
Be part of something amazing – Scotland’s new music ensemble is seeking a lawyer and a chartered accountant to join its Board! Board experience not required.
Glasgow We're delighted to open for applications to Red Note’s latest opportunity for young classical music performers.
A popular 3-day composition course for creative young musicians and composers aged 13-18 and in secondary education is back for 2024.
Be part of something amazing – Scotland’s new music ensemble is seeking trustees from around the world. Board experience not required.
We're happy to be part of Jane Stanley's 'Cerulean Orbits' which will be released on Friday 26th July!
Red Note Ensemble is looking for its new Administration and Marketing Coordinator!
On the 12th and 13th June, Red Note will be on the road across various locations in Easterhouse and Methil to bring contemporary music to schools and communities in those areas.
We are pleased to announce that we will be offering an exciting new development opportunity for emerging Scottish-based composers in partnership with sound.
Berlin FLOCK has been selected for the Classical:NEXT 2024 Projects Pitches!
Glasgow Join us Tuesday 7 May, 1pm, for an informal gig of 5 new works composed by RCS students and performed by Mark O'Keeffe.
Easterhouse Our exhibition 'An Easterhouse Children's Manifesto' is at the Library at The Bridge from Tuesday 26th March to Saturday 13th April!
Red Note is delighted to welcome 5 new members to its board!
Belfast Our Easterhouse Children's Manifesto is at the Belfast Children's Festival from 8-16 March 2024!
Glasgow Join us for RCS Fridays at One with a performance of Ligeti Piano Concerto on Friday 26th January, 1pm.
Methil Join us to explore sounds and engage with newly invented playful instruments!
Aberdeen Our players perform new works developed for them by young composers from North-East secondary schools.
Aberdeen Join us for the premiere of audiovisual artist Kathy Hinde’s new children show, FLOCK.
Aberdeen Five Scottish-based composers have been selected to participate in a development opportunity with Red Note and sound and will showcase their work at soundfestival 2023.
Aberdeen Join us for the Northern Connection concert at soundfestival 2023!
Our album 'Emblemata: Carnival' has been shortlisted for the Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2023!
A popular 3-day composition course for creative young musicians and composers aged 13-18 and in secondary education.
As part of the Northern Connection collaboration, we're happy to welcome composer Tine Surel Lange to Scotland for a development workshop ahead of the premiere at soundfestival in October of a new work commissioned by Red Note Ensemble and Sound.
Red Note is delighted to be working with Jane Stanley again for the recording of 4 pieces composed by Jane.
Be part of something amazing – Scotland’s new music ensemble is seeking trustees from around the world. Board experience not required.
The Scottish Classical Sustainability Group (SCSG), which we are part of, has recently launched its report ‘Classical Music and Train Travel in Scotland 2022-23’.
Discover our latest CD releases, Tanz/Haus and Emblemata-Carnival presenting some brilliant works from composer James Dillon!
We are offering five composers the opportunity to develop works of around 5 minutes for trumpet and guitar working alongside Mark O'Keeffe (trumpet) and Sasha Savaloni (guitar) from Red Note Ensemble and Karen Power as composer mentor.
We're proud to present to the Easterhouse families the result of "A Children's Guide to Anarchy", our longstanding collaboration with Oakwood Primary School and Easterhouse community groups.
Glasgow Join us at the University of Glasgow Concert Hall on Thursday 8th June at 20:00 where we'll premiere Colin Broom's new work commissioned by Glasgow University.
Glasgow Join us for our first Noisy Nights of 2023 at the Glad Cafe in Glasgow and enjoy a night of new music!
Glasgow Red Note Ensemble return to PLUG to perform works by RCS student composers with guest pianist, Nicholas McCarthy.
Are you interested in writing new music? Apply to our Noisy Nights call for scores – everyone is welcome to apply!
Glasgow Register to attend our writing workshop – open to all – limited spaces!
On Monday 6th February, Red Note will join Levenmouth Academy and Methilhill Primary School for 'Methil Makes Music', an evening of music performed by and for the Methil community.
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM RED NOTE! Red Note wish you, your family and friends a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Huddersfield At this year's hcmf//, Red Note is returning with a full on Irish programme and the premiere of three works by Úna Monaghan, Ann Cleare and Nick Roth.
Glasgow Noisy Nights is finally back! Our second event of the series will take place on Monday 7th November at the Glad Café in Glasgow.
Glasgow Join us for RCS Emerging Conductors Showcase on Friday 4th November, 7.30pm.
Aberdeen Five Scottish-based composers have been selected to participate in a development opportunity with Red Note and sound and will showcase their work at soundfestival 2022.
Aberdeen Noisy Nights is finally back! Our first event will take place at the 2022 sound festival in Aberdeen on Wednesday 26th October, 9pm.
Aberdeen Red Note returns to soundfestival in October with a premiere by Zad Moultaka.
Noisy Nights is finally back! Our second event of the series will take place on Monday 7th November at the Glad Café in Glasgow – deadline for submissions Friday 14th October, 5pm.
Noisy Nights is finally back! Our first event will take place at the 2022 sound festival in Aberdeen on Wednesday 26th October – deadline for submissions is Monday 10th October, 9am.
A popular 3-day composition course for creative young musicians and composers aged 11-18 and in secondary education.
Musselburgh We have an opportunity for up to 6 participants to take part in a research project and get a complimentary ticket for our concert at the Lammermuir Festival in Musselburgh.
Musselburgh Red Note return to Lammermuir festival 2022 with Gavin Bryars’s hypnotic "Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet".
Register to attend our new writing workshop – free and open to all – limited spaces!
Glasgow For the closing event of this exhibition, Red Note will work to a soundscape specially commissioned for this event and will further animate the exhibition with a playful, rich and diverse sound world, interacting with and dynamically informed by the audience.
The office will be closed from Monday 15th to Friday 19th August.
We are offering five composers the opportunity to develop works of around 5 minutes for voice and viola working alongside Stephanie Lamprea (voice) and Fiona Winning (viola) from Red Note Ensemble and Laura Bowler as composer mentor.
Glasgow For this large scale, multi-sensory exhibition presented by Artlink in partnership with Tramway, Red Note will further animate the exhibition with a playful, rich and diverse sound world, interacting with and dynamically informed by the audience.
London Join Red Note Ensemble as they return to New Music Biennial with 13 Vices!
We have an opportunity for up to 6 participants to take part in a research project and get a complimentary ticket for our concert in Aberdeen as part of our Good Company Tour.
Aberdeen Red Note return in June to the highlands and isles of Scotland to celebrate the simple pleasures of making and listening to music with you, on their Good Company Tour.
Arnisdale Red Note return in June to the highlands and isles of Scotland to celebrate the simple pleasures of making and listening to music with you, on their Good Company Tour.
Portree Red Note return in June to the highlands and isles of Scotland to celebrate the simple pleasures of making and listening to music with you, on their Good Company Tour.
Poolewe Red Note return in June to the highlands and isles of Scotland to celebrate the simple pleasures of making and listening to music with you, on their Good Company Tour.
Isle of Harris Red Note return in June to the highlands and isles of Scotland to celebrate the simple pleasures of making and listening to music with you, on their Good Company Tour.
Lerwick Red Note return in June to the highlands and isles of Scotland to celebrate the simple pleasures of making and listening to music with you, on their Good Company Tour.
OPEN CALL for a new work for NORTHERN CONNECTION: an international collaboration aiming to establish new creative links between Scotland, Finland and Norway.
Glasgow Red Note Ensemble return to PLUG to perform works by our student composers with guest artists, Marianna Abrahamyan, Stephanie Lamprea and Rylan Gleave.
Coventry Join Red Note Ensemble as they return to New Music Biennial with 13 Vices!
From the 29th to the 31st of March, Red Note will be on the road across various locations in Glasgow and Paisley to bring music to schools and communities in those areas.
Aberdeen Join Red Note as they return to The Night With... for a String Quartet programme.
Belfast Join Red Note as they return to The Night With... for a String Quartet programme.
Glasgow Join Red Note as they return to The Night With... for a String Quartet programme.
Edinburgh Join Red Note as they return to The Night With... for a String Quartet programme.
We have an opportunity for up to 10 participants to take part in a research project and get a complimentary ticket for one of our concerts!
This is a part-time, temporary position for an Arts Administration and Communication Assistant in a key role supporting Red Note’s general and project administration, as well as its marketing activities.
Red Note wish you, your family and friends a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Glasgow Red Note return to RCS in November to play some of the Master student's compositions.
Huddersfield Red Note returns to hcmf// in November 2021 for the world premiere of James Dillon's Emblemata:Carnival alongside works by Luke Styles and Aileen Sweeney.
St Andrews Join Red Note and friends as they play and discuss their latest multi-media new commission - “Sub Mari” by Martina Corsini and Manuel Figueroa-Bolvarán.
Glasgow Join Red Note and friends as they play and discuss their latest multi-media new commission, 'sub mari.' by Martina Corsini and Manuel Figueroa-Bolvarán.
Perth Join Red Note and friends as they play and discuss their latest multi-media new commission - “Sub Mari” by Martina Corsini and Manuel Figueroa-Bolvarán.
This November, Anna Pidgorna joins Red Note Ensemble at Perth Concert Hall and Stockbridge Parish Church in workshops to develop material for New Normal.
Aberdeen Five Scottish-based composers have been selected to participate in a development opportunity with Red Note and sound.
Aberdeen Red Note returns to soundfestival in October with 3 Premieres by Luke Styles, Ailie Robertson and Edwin Hillier.
Aberdeen Musicians from Red Note Ensemble perform new music composed by young people taking part in a 3-day composition course.
Are you a young composer or creative musician aged 14 – 18 years, interested in stretching your composing skills? Go Compose! is a unique opportunity to work with professional composers and musicians.
Perth Join Red Note in relaxed fashion in Perth Concert Hall as we play and discuss our latest new commission together on stage with James Dillon.
Musselburgh Red Note return to Lammermuir festival 2021 with works from Tansy Davies and James Dillon.
As part of the Made in Scotland Showcase, Red Note Ensemble presents Iconnotations with Matthew Hawkins.
Following our recent online sessions we are now launching The Engaged Composer Professional Development Opportunity for early career composers to devise, develop and deliver inspiring projects with community groups in a fully supported environment.
Red Note musicians will be bringing socially-distanced live solo performances to service users at Cherry Road Resource Centre.
We’re looking for a paid, part-time Arts Project Trainee Admin Assistant, to support the organising of Red Note’s community-based music project in Easterhouse, from Autumn 2021 to early Summer 2022.
Five composers will have the opportunity to develop works of around 5 minutes for double bass and marimba working alongside Iain Crawford (double bass) and Tom Hunter (marimba) from Red Note and composer (TBC).
Aberdeen Noisy Nights provide an outlet to hear emerging new musical ideas and voices.
Aberdeen We are delighted to present this programme of new music for horn and ensemble which was unable to take place during soundfestival 2020 due to Covid restrictions in place at the time.
This is a part-time position for an Arts Administration and Communication Coordinator in a key role supporting Red Note’s general and project administration, as well as its marketing activities.
Glasgow Red Note masterclasses and side-by-side workshops with advanced students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
We are looking for an Arts Administration trainee to support the administration and management of Red Note’s community-based music-and-drama project in Easterhouse.
Noisy Nights provide an outlet to hear emerging new musical ideas and voices in our new social distanced reality.
Glasgow New works by: Erin Thomson, Callum Huseyin, Gabriel Stenborg, Evan Bailey and Ellie Cherry.
Noisy Nights provide an outlet to hear emerging new musical ideas and voices. Revisit the full 2020 series online.
Are you an emerging composer interested in learning more about working with community groups?
Red Note Ensemble is looking for a musician at an early stage of their career to join us for a fixed-term one-year, mentored role.
Have you joined us on our digital journey? We would love to hear from you!
This Christmas you can support Living Wage accredited employers across the UK. Give your loved ones the gift that keeps on giving this Christmas with the Living Wage Gift Guide!
Noisy Nights provide an outlet to hear emerging new musical ideas and voices.
Noisy Nights provide an outlet to hear emerging new musical ideas and voices.
Sound's October mini-festival will be delivered entirely online. Tune in to enjoy the world premiere of Ben Lunn's new work.
Enjoy five World Premieres of new works for flute and electronics
Are you a young composer or creative musician aged 14 – 19 years, interested in stretching your composing skills? Go Compose! is a unique opportunity to work with professional composers and musicians.
Noisy Nights provide an outlet to hear emerging new musical ideas and voices.
New works by: Filip Holacky, Graeme Law, Aidan Teplitzky, Isaac Philips, Katrin Klose, and Tom Green.
Noisy Nights provide an outlet to hear emerging new musical ideas and voices.
Digital Noisy Nights provide an outlet to hear emerging new musical ideas and voices in our new social distanced reality.
Digital Noisy Nights provide an outlet to hear emerging new musical ideas and voices in our new social distanced reality.
Digital Noisy Nights provide an outlet to hear emerging new musical ideas and voices in our new social distanced reality.
Digital Noisy Nights provide an outlet to hear emerging new musical ideas and voices in our new social distanced reality.
Five composers will have the opportunity to develop works for solo flute and electronics working alongside Ruth Morley (flute) from Red Note and composer Alistair MacDonald.
Our weekly date to discover, discuss and enjoy contemporary classical music together online.
After a big celebration marking last year’s 10th Anniversary we are now looking for a new Chair to build on our achievements and to work on long-term strategic development with the current CEO, looking to a future that will, of necessity, include the realities of a society affected in so many ways by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Our weekly date to discover, discuss and enjoy contemporary classical music together online.
Our weekly date to discover, discuss and enjoy contemporary classical music together online.
Our weekly date to discover, discuss and enjoy contemporary classical music together online.
Digital Noisy Nights provide an outlet to hear emerging new musical ideas and voices in our new social distanced reality. Are you a composer looking for a challenge?
Your chance to be part of a 49-strong ensemble led by some of Europe’s finest professional musicians to re-create the iconic (and still controversial) 20th century classic John Cage's 4'33'' in a live online performance.
Following a successful first online edition, Red Note presents a second round of new music concerts that you can enjoy from your own home while connecting with other new music lovers online.
Following a successful first online edition, Red Note presents a second round of new music concerts that you can enjoy from your own home while connecting with other new music lovers online.
Following a successful first online edition, Red Note presents a second round of new music concerts that you can enjoy from your own home while connecting with other new music lovers online.
Following a successful first online edition, Red Note presents a second round of new music concerts that you can enjoy from your own home while connecting with other new music lovers online.
You can now revisit Digital Noisy Nights on our YouTube channel, four concerts showcasing emerging new musical ideas and voices.
Our weekly date to discover, discuss and enjoy contemporary classical music together online.
Following a successful first online edition, we are excited to announce a second round of new music concerts that you can enjoy from your own home. Are you a young composer looking for a challenge?
Our weekly date to discover, discuss and enjoy contemporary classical music together online.
Following a successful first online edition, we are excited to announce a second round of new music concerts that you can enjoy from your own home. Are you a composer looking for a challenge?
Our weekly date to discover, discuss and enjoy contemporary classical music together online.
Noisy Nights are going digital and showcasing young composers on our last concert of the series.
Noisy Nights are the place to hear emerging new musical ideas and voices. Join us from your home to ours and connect with other new music lovers online.
Noisy Nights are the place to hear emerging new musical ideas and voices. Join us from your home to ours and connect with other new music lovers online.
Noisy Nights are the place to hear emerging new musical ideas and voices. Join us from your home to ours and connect with other new music lovers online.
Noisy Nights are going digital! We are planning not just one but four nights of brand new music with Red Note musicians that you can enjoy from your own home.
Glasgow Next year, the workshops of the Leverhulme Conducting Fellowship programme are culminating in a special performance at Cottiers Theatre. Red Note side-by-side RCS student ensemble MusicLab take on a monumental work by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Eight Songs for a Mad King.
We are wrapping up our 10th Anniversary year with a special session for BBC's Classics Unwrapped
Glasgow Red Note masterclasses and side-by-side workshops with advanced students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Glasgow Noisy Nights are the best place in Scotland to hear emerging new musical ideas and voices.
Our next Noisy Night will take place at The Drake, Glasgow on 20th November. Deadline for submissions is 6th November.
Aberdeen Three new works by three very different composers featuring Nicholas Daniel’s virtuosic oboe-playing, Red Note’s “wit and bright spirit” and a star appearance...
Aberdeen First of two performance by Red Note at soundfestival 2019
Glasgow Inspired by the immersive, intricate landscape of Nick Cave's exhibition ‘Until’, Red Note will further animate the exhibition with a playful, rich and diverse sound world, interacting with and dynamically informed by the audience.
Banchory Are you a musician aged 14 – 19 years, interested in stretching your composing skills? Go Compose! is a unique opportunity to work with professional composers and musicians.
East Linton After touring the European continent, Red Note is glad to perform Aeolian back in Scotland in the newly restored East Linton's Mart.
Ormiston Red Note and Red Note Advanced Academy bring an afternoon of new works by students from major European conservatoires plus works by Oliver Knussen and Peter Maxwell Davies.
Oslo Aeolian is back on tour part of Ultima 2019: Traditions under Pressure
Aberdeen Five composers will be mentored by composer Bill Sweeney and will work alongside two musicians from Red Note Ensemble to develop new works for oboe and cello.
Johnstone Red Note string quartet will be playing at the Renfrewshire Mental Health Arts Festival on Thursday 23rd May as part of 'At Our Best' at Johnstone Town Hall.
Glasgow New works by: Amit Anand, Stuart Bramwell, Crystalla, Thomas Donnelly, William James Alexander Parker, Lisa Robertson, Stuart Rynn & Gillian Walker.
On the 30th April we return to Edinburgh to visit The Welcoming.
On 26th April we start our long-term project in Methil, visiting Levenmouth Academy and the Connect Club at Wellesley Parish Church.
On 25th April we return to Easterhouse, visiting Oakwood Primary School, Lochend Community High School and The Daffodil Club.
On 24th April we will be visiting Glencoats Primary School, Tannahill Neighbourhood Centre and the Love Street Disability Resource Centre in Paisley.
Glasgow A performance of new works side-by-side RCS student ensemble MusicLab, conducted by Leverhulme Conducting Fellows.
Glasgow Red Note masterclasses and side-by-side workshops with advanced students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Glasgow Red Note masterclasses and side-by-side workshops with advanced students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Glasgow Red Note masterclasses and side-by-side workshops with advanced students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
's-Hertogenbosch November Music Festival showcases the prominent composers of our time.
's-Hertogenbosch November Music, in the Dutch city of ’s-Hertogenbosch, showcases the prominent composers of our time.
Aberdeen Scottish premiere of Maja S.K. Ratkje and Kathy Hinde's part-performance, part kinetic-sculptural work.
Aberdeen Premiere of five new works by Scottish-based female composers.
Aberdeen The Scottish premiere of James Dillon's 'Tanz/haus: triptych 2017', preceded by Oscar Strasnoy's new work for viola d'amore with Garth Knox.
Tanz/haus : triptych 2017 by the British composer James Dillon will be performed at this year's Transit Festival 2021 in Belgium.
Musselbnurgh Artist in residence Mark Simpson teams up with Red Note in a showcase for his stunning talent as both composer and performer.
We head to Sacrum Profanum Festival for the Polish premiere of Aeolian.
Rousay Red Note bring a richly diverse programme to Rousay.
Kirkwall A new production and choreography of the iconic Peter Maxwell Davies work Vesalii Icones.
Glasgow PLUG Festival is all about showcasing original compositions by the students of The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Glasgow A performance of works with students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Glasgow Red Note masterclasses and side-by-side workshops with advanced students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
We are delighted to have been nominated for three awards at this year's Scottish Awards for New Music.
Red Note masterclasses and side-by-side workshops with advanced students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Glasgow Red Note masterclasses and side-by-side workshops with advanced students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Huddersfield The World Premiere of Maja S K Ratkje and Kathy Hinde's Aeolian.
Huddersfield HCMF's 40th edition opens with a co-commission from long-time Huddersfield collaborator James Dillon, written for Scotland’s foremost new music ensemble, Red Note.
Aberdeen World Premiere performance part of soundfestival Endangered Instrument series.
Banchory Go Compose! is a 3-day composition course for young composers and creative musicians aged 14-19 and in full time education.
Banchory Go Compose! is a 3-day composition course for young composers and creative musicians aged 14-19 and in full time education.
Whittingehame In the depths of East Lothian’s picturesque farmland, the Granary at Eastfield’s lovely 18th-century steading is an exciting new space for the festival.
Dunbar Once again we will be bringing innovative, theatrical performance to striking venues at the Lammermuir Festival.
Red Note present our music education project, New Music Makers, at the Scottish Association for Music Education (SAME) conference at the University of Stirling.
Dundee Dundee Contemporary Arts 'Echo' event is an evening of multidisciplinary presentations in response to Victim of Geography.
London A new version of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies' Vesalii Icones for 2018.
London Part of New Music Biennial Brian Irvine and Jennifer Walshe's 13 Vices pushes the boundaries of new music in the UK.
Hull A collaboration between two of the UK and Ireland’s most dynamic compositional voices, Brian Irvine and Jennifer Walshe.
Red Note Ensemble are taking their New Music Makers workshop to Shawlands Academy.
Red Note Ensemble are taking their New Music Makers workshop to Kings Park Secondary School.
Red Note Ensemble are taking their New Music Makers workshop to Notre Dame School.
Red Note Ensemble are taking their New Music Makers workshops to Hillhead High School.
Edinburgh The collection of the Museum of Musical Instruments in Edinburgh University includes some curious instruments named after their self-aggrandising inventors.
Glasgow The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland's annual festival of new music is back.
Scotland Wide The National Theatre of Scotland, Perth Theatre, and Stellar Quines, in association with Red Note Ensemble, present The 306: Day.
We are working with composer Maja Ratkje, video/sound artist Kathy Hinde and accordionist Andreas Borregaard on a new work Aeolian.
Edinburgh We are performing the World Première of Parlour Sounds at the Edinburgh International Science Festival.
New Music Makers inspires and supports composing within schools and demonstrates how a professional ensemble working in partnership with a school can create a genuine, practical legacy, enabling the school to take the work forward independently.
We are recording our latest CD with Delphian Records this month at St Mary’s Collegiate Church, Haddington.
Glasgow We join Royal Conservatoire of Scotland conductors Jií Rože & Simon Proust for MusicLab.
Glasgow Associate Ensemble in Residence at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Glasgow The Night With… is a new series of salon style concerts presenting classical and new music in an informal environment.
Banchory Parlour Sounds is a multimedia project by Patricia Alessandrini, part of Sound and Music Embedded.
Edinburgh We are celebrating the launch of our latest album on Delphian Records.
Edinburgh We are delighted to be performing at the Scottish EDGE Awards in Edinburgh.
Red Note masterclasses and side-by-side workshops with advanced students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Red Note Ensemble are heading to Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival for the UK Premiere of composer, writer and visual artist François Sarhan's KEIN
Music and movement share three key elements: time, space and energy. Ring Time has been designed to highlight this and to raise the profile of Dalcroze in the UK and beyond.
Red Note Ensemble are heading to 18ème Festival MUSIQUES DEMESUREES for the World Premiere of composer, writer and visual artist François Sarhan's KEIN
Red Note join forces with two European ensembles, I Solisti del Vento from Belgium and Norway's Song Circus for the World Premiere of Freedom o(r) Speech.
Aberdeen Red Note join forces with two European ensembles, I Solisti del Vento from Belgium and Norway's Song Circus for the World Premiere of Freedom o(r ) Speech.
Aberdeen Experience ‘music ripping through the air like a rocket’!
Glasgow Red Note and Sally Beamish celebrate the centenary celebrations for Dalcroze UK.
Banchory Go Compose! is a three day composition course for young composers and creative musicians aged 14-19 and in full time education.
Following on from Red Note and Griffyn’s hugely successful collaborative performances and workshops at the sound Festival, we head to Australia with Griffyn on their home turf.
East Lothian We head to East Fortune Museum of Flight and the Concorde Hanger for the Lammermuir Festival.
Red Note composers and players working alongside National 5 – Advanced Higher pupils.
A project drawing inspiration from airflow conducted to move sound and objects.
Cheltenham We head to Cheltenham Festival with a 60th birthday tribute to Scotland’s Sally Beamish.
Glasgow Noisy Nights are the place to hear emerging new musical ideas and voices.
Glasgow Scottish-Indian fusion at The Cottier Chamber Project with tabla player Kuljit Bhamra and piper-and-multi-instrumentalist Fraser Fifield.
The programme for this year’s Cottier Chamber Project looks at the subject of migration and refugee movement. This Noisy Night...
Perth The 306: Dawn. World Premiere National Theatre of Scotland, 1418 NOW and Perth Theatre co-production, in association with Red Note Ensemble.
Glasgow Our next Noisy Night will take place at Cottier's Theatre, Glasgow on 23rd June. Deadline for submissions is 9th June.
Glasgow A multi-faceted opening to Plug@10, at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Highland Scottish-Indian fusion as Red Note is joined by the superb tabla player Kuljit Bhamra and piper-and-multi-instrumentalist Fraser Fifield for new and traditional tunes.
Sleat, Isle of Skye Scottish-Indian fusion as Red Note is joined by the superb tabla player Kuljit Bhamra and piper-and-multi-instrumentalist Fraser Fifield for new and traditional tunes.
Isle of Harris Scottish-Indian fusion as Red Note is joined by the superb tabla player Kuljit Bhamra and piper-and-multi-instrumentalist Fraser Fifield for new and traditional tunes.
Ullapool Scottish-Indian fusion as Red Note is joined by the superb tabla player Kuljit Bhamra and piper-and-multi-instrumentalist Fraser Fifield for new and traditional tunes.
Glasgow The Night With… is a new series of salon style concerts presenting classical and new music in an informal environment with performances by some of Scotland’s top musicians.
Musselburgh Scottish-Indian fusion as Red Note is joined by the superb tabla player Kuljit Bhamra and piper-and-multi-instrumentalist Fraser Fifield for new and traditional tunes.
The Spring Gathering is an annual event bringing together promoters from across the Highlands and Islands with performers, producers, funders and other creative professionals.
Glasgow Another exciting side-by-side project with new music ensemble MusicLab under the direction of the talented Leverhulme Conducting Fellows.
St Andrews Noisy Nights are the place to hear emerging new musical ideas and voices.
A general call for scores is made, maximum length 5 minutes for our St Andrews Noisy Night on 26th February at the Byre Bar
We are teaming up with internationally acclaimed composer, writer and visual artist François Sarhan to make a new work for string quartet with a difference.
Edinburgh Noisy Nights are the best place in Scotland to hear emerging new musical ideas and voices.
Submit your score to be performed at Summerhall, Edinburgh on 1st February 2016, as part of Red Note's 'Noisy Nights' series.
Edinburgh Noisy Nights are the place to hear emerging new musical ideas and voices.
Edinburgh Submit your score to be performed at Summerhall, Edinburgh on 30 November, as part of Red Note's 'Noisy Nights' series.
Banchory Scottish Premiere of 13 Vices by Brian Irvine and Jennifer Walshe performed by Red Note Ensemble and Ensemble Doubt.
Aberdeen Noisy Nights are the place to hear emerging new musical ideas and voices.
Aberdeen What happens when Australian Aboriginal mythology collides with an Estonian composer?
Aberdeen Submit your score to be performed at The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen on 23 October, as part of Red Note's Noisy Nights series (Part of the “In Cahoots” NMS Conference).
Banchory Go Compose is a 3 day composition course for young composers and creative musicians aged 14-19 and in full time education.
Glasgow Led by composer and Red Note Ensemble Artistic Co-Director John Harris, Red Note musicians will work with music staff and pupils at Kings Park Secondary School to inspire young composers.
This pilot project will allow Red Note Ensemble musicians Robert Irvine (cello) and Ruth Morley (flute) to spend four days working with adults with learning disabilities at Cherry Road Resource Centre.
We are delighted to invite you and a guest to a gathering to celebrate the release of Red Note’s first two CDs with Delphian Records - Moments in Time (Chamber music by John McLeod) and Entangled Fortunes (Chamber music by Eddie McGuire).
Durham City Red Note presents an evening of compositions spanning 500 years including works by Gabrieli, Dowland, Britten, Harvey and Birtwistle.
London Red Note String Quartet perform an exciting programme of 20th Century masterworks interspersed with quartet transcriptions of Bach's iconic 'Goldberg Variations'.
Banchory Red Note String Quartet perform an exciting programme of 20th Century masterworks interspersed with quartet transcriptions of Bach's iconic 'Goldberg Variations'.
Glasgow Red Note String Quartet perform an exciting programme of 20th Century masterworks interspersed with quartet transcriptions of Bach's iconic 'Goldberg Variations'.
Red Note String Quartet perform an exciting programme of 20th Century masterworks interspersed with quartet transcriptions of Bach's iconic 'Goldberg Variations'.
Red Note String Quartet perform an exciting programme of 20th Century masterworks interspersed with quartet transcriptions of Bach's iconic 'Goldberg Variations'.
Glasgow Composer, pianist and Belfast Music Laureate Brian Irvine joins the players of Red Note and our cast of actors for a night of improvised contemporary music theatre.
Rotterdam Co-production with LOD Music Theatre - Operadagen Rotterdam, Netherlands
Bath Red Note take up residence in the historic Cleveland Pools lido for this exciting programme of music for brass.
Edinburgh A new song cycle by Scottish composer Rory Boyle, with the poetry of Dilys Rose.
Glasgow A new song cycle by Scottish composer Rory Boyle, with the poetry of Dilys Rose.
Glasgow The culmination of masterclasses with Garry Walker held earlier in the year, this concert joins Red Note and the Leverhulme Conducting Fellows.
Glasgow Plug culminates with a combining of forces, as we are joined by the students from MusicLab to close the festival with a bang.
Glasgow Red Note kicks off Plug 2015 with a programme of brand new works from student composers.
London Brian Irvine and Jennifer Walshe team up for this collaboration between Red Note Ensemble and Ensemble Doubt.
Dublin Brian Irvine and Jennifer Walshe team up for this collaboration between Red Note Ensemble and Ensemble Doubt.
Drogheda Brian Irvine and Jennifer Walshe team up for this collaboration between Red Note Ensemble and Ensemble Doubt.
Londonderry Brian Irvine and Jennifer Walshe team up for this collaboration between Red Note Ensemble and Ensemble Doubt.
Belfast Brian Irvine and Jennifer Walshe team up for this collaboration between Red Note Ensemble and Ensemble Doubt.
Musselburgh Scottish-Indian fusion as Red Note Ensemble is joined by the superb tabla player Kuljit Bhamra and piper-and-multi-instrumentalist Fraser Fifield for new and traditional tunes.
Aberdeenshire Scottish-Indian fusion as Red Note Ensemble is joined by the superb tabla player Kuljit Bhamra and piper-and-multi-instrumentalist Fraser Fifield for new and traditional tunes.
Ballater Free and fun practical Indian drumming workshops with Kuljit Bhamra, exploring the rhythms and ideas behind the music in Reels to Ragas.
Findhorn Scottish-Indian fusion as Red Note Ensemble is joined by the superb tabla player Kuljit Bhamra and piper-and-multi-instrumentalist Fraser Fifield for new and traditional tunes.
Ullapool Scottish-Indian fusion as Red Note Ensemble is joined by the superb tabla player Kuljit Bhamra and piper-and-multi-instrumentalist Fraser Fifield for new and traditional tunes.
Ullapool Free and fun practical Indian drumming workshops with Kuljit Bhamra, exploring the rhythms and ideas behind the music in Reels to Ragas.
Isle of Harris Scottish-Indian fusion as Red Note Ensemble is joined by the superb tabla player Kuljit Bhamra and piper-and-multi-instrumentalist Fraser Fifield for new and traditional tunes.
Isle of Harris Free and fun practical Indian drumming workshops with Kuljit Bhamra, exploring the rhythms and ideas behind the music in Reels to Ragas.
Bruges Co-production with LOD Music Theatre - Concertgebouw, Bruges, Belgium :: With introduction by Wannes Gyselinck
Roeselare Co-production with LOD Music Theatre, De Spil, Roeselare
Ghent Co-production with LOD Music Theatre, De Bijloke, Ghent, Belgium
Edinburgh Red Note’s long-running Noisy Nights series returns, premiering new work by emerging composers in an informal concert setting.
Edinburgh The next Noisy Nights Course and Performance will take place in Edinburgh, commencing on the evening of 14th November and culminating in a performance at 7:30 on the 16th November.
Clermont-Ferrand Co-production with LOD Music Theatre, La Comedie de Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand Twinned Cities Aberdeen and Clermont-Ferrand’s new music festivals, sound and Musiques Démesurées, partner up to bring you an exciting Franco-Scottish collaboration of two ensembles and composers from France and Scotland, inspired by the WW1 commemoration.
Portsoy Scottish-Indian fusion as Red Note Ensemble is joined by the superb tabla player Kuljit Bhamra and piper-and-multi-instrumentalist Fraser Fifield for new and traditional tunes.
Scottish-Indian fusion as Red Note Ensemble is joined by the superb tabla player Kuljit Bhamra and piper-and-multi-instrumentalist Fraser Fifield for new and traditional tunes.
Aberdeen Twinned Cities Aberdeen and Clermont-Ferrand’s new music festivals, sound and Musiques Démesurées, partner up to bring you an exciting Franco-Scottish collaboration of two ensembles and composers from France and Scotland, inspired by the WW1 commemoration.
Dresden Co-production with LOD Music Theatre Europäisches Zentrum der Künste, Hellerau, Dresden, Germany
Banchory Go Compose! for young composers and creative musicians aged 14 – 19
Orléans Co-production with LOD Music Theatre, Scene National d’Orleans, Orleans, France.
Edinburgh The next Noisy Nights Course and Performance will take place in Edinburgh, commencing on the evening of 14th November and culminating in a performance at 7:30 on the 16th November. Deadline for Submissions is 6th October.
Prestonpans Music for brass including works by Gabrieli, Dowland, Britten, Harvey and Birtwistle.
Glasgow Stephen Montague's new children’s work for musicians and narrator
Glasgow Indian-Scottish fusion with tabla player Kuljit Bhamra, part of an amazing marathon day of music at the heart of the Commonwealth Games.
Kent Red Note and vibrant oboist Michal Rogalski perform Judith Bingham’s new ‘Oboe Concerto: Angel of Mons’
London Red Note and vibrant oboist Michal Rogalski perform Judith Bingham’s new ‘Oboe Concerto: Angel of Mons’
London Stephen Montague's new children’s work for musicians and narrator
Glasgow A portrait of one of Scotland’s best loved composers, West End resident Eddie McGuire, from Scotland’s leading contemporary music group.
Glasgow Red Note’s players join forces with Brian Irvine and a cast of Scotland’s quickest-witted singing actors to make a unique evening of instant new music theatre.
Thomas Butler‘s new work Elbow Room explores the psychogeography of cites.
Edinburgh We've decided to don our Red Note Santa Robes this Monday Night for a very special Christmas Noisy Night
Huddersfield A concert, a film and a play rolled into one, about how irresistible - and impossible - it is to achieve utopia.
Huddersfield David Fennessy: new work World Premiere // James Dillon: New York Triptych UK Premiere // Bruno Mantovani: D'un rêve parti
Edinburgh A concert, a film and a play rolled into one, about how irresistible - and impossible - it is to achieve utopia.
Glasgow A concert, a film and a play rolled into one, about how irresistible - and impossible - it is to achieve utopia.
Banchory An intensive composition course for young composers aged 12 – 17 who are still at school.
Edinburgh Trumpet: Mark O'Keeffe Viola: Liam Eoin Lynch 'Cello: Robert Irvine
Glasgow Red Note is working with composition students at King’s Park Secondary School on Noisy Nights Jr as part of the Glasgow UNESCO City of Music Family Fun Day at City Halls.
Glasgow A mixture of old favourites, new compositions, and old pieces played in new ways, this critically-acclaimed global musical fusion.
Poldrate World-renowned tabla player and Bhangra pioneer Kuljit Bhamra joins Red Note’s strings for a programme that journeys from toe-tapping Western Isles melodies, through contemporary sounds, to the mesmerising rhythms of Indian raga and back again.
London A mixture of old favourites, new compositions, and old pieces played in new ways, this critically-acclaimed global musical fusion.
Free drumming workshops with acclaimed tabla player Kuljit Bhamra.
Following our original From Reels to Raga tour last year to Coll, Barra, Harris and Skye, we return with acclaimed tabla player Kuljit Bhamra and more Old and New Music from around the world.
Kingsbarns "a magical piece with something of the fairytale about it”
Glasgow Red Note re-unites with improvising musical director Brian Irvine and a cast of Scotland's quickest-witted singing actors to make a unique evening of instant new music theatre.
Glasgow New music from RCS composers including David Fennessy, Oliver Searle, Thomas Wilson, Rory Boyle, Gordon McPherson, and Red Note’s own Embedded Composer Tom Butler.
Aberdeenshire A collaborative project between Woodend Barn, sound festival and Red Note Ensemble which introduces people to new music in Aberdeenshire and Aberdeen.
Edinburgh Join Red Note on the 21st December 2012 as we prepare ourselves for the end of the world.
Glasgow Red Note Ensemble’s string quartet play two one-hour concerts of some of the most beautiful meditative music ever written.
North Berwick Hear Tantallon tell its tales of intrigue, battle, witchcraft and downfall with a powerful musical score.
Bath Red Note Ensemble debut at this year’s Bath International Festival in the highly acclaimed production of Mozart’s joyously extrovert opera The Magic Flute.
Edinburgh Guidelines: 4/4 time, ideally played to a backing track, and for violin, cello and accordion.
Edinburgh Composers from Edinburgh University are brought together with creators of unique digital musical instruments to explore new sounds
Magnetic North and Red Note re-perform David Shrigley and David Fennessy’s “Sort-of Opera”
Glasgow Glasgow-based German artist Torsten Lauschmann explores the limits of communication in an experimental performance-installation in the derelict basement space of the Arches.
Edinburgh Noisy Words is metamorphosing into a two day workshop: Five lucky writers and five lucky composers will be locked in a room to work together for 2 days with actors and musicians. At the end we'll get to hear what they've brought to life.
Glasgow World premiere of a spectacular new 'sort of opera' from David Shrigley, David Fennessy and Nicholas Bone
Glasgow Red Note Ensemble and Bang on a Can collaborate on Brian Eno’s Music for Airports.
Violin, ‘cello and harmonium - A one-off Noisy Night 15 at the sound festival in Banchory to showcase works created by Go Compose! course participants, plus Noisy Night 16 in the Traverse Theatre Bar We will also present Noisy Night 16 in the Bar of the Traverse Theatre on 12th December. The ensemble will be violin, ‘cello and harmonium.
Banchory “New Music: is anybody listening?”
Banchory Go Compose! A Course for Young Composers aged 13 - 18
Glasgow Programme to include the first performance of Luna by Helen Grime, commissioned by Glasgow University.
Infinito Nero (an ecstasy in one act) - With mezzo-soprano Angela Tunstall and conductor Garry Walker
Glasgow Red Note (RSAMD Associate Contemporary Ensemble) side-by-side with the RSAMD’s ensemble MusicLab, in a programme of world premieres of music...
Glasgow A celebration marking the 60th birthday of Rory Boyle, 2010 British Composer Awards winner and RSAMD staff member.
Glasgow A Cage lunchtime concert to complement the Cage paintings on view in the University's Hunterian Art Gallery.
Edinburgh 3 'cellos, played by Robert Irvine, Eilidh Martin and Sonia Cromarty
Edinburgh Risk-taking and a sense of adventure are essential components in any collaboration, and we want to take the brave experimentation of Red Note’s Noisy Nights and the Traverse’s Words, Words, Words contributors a step further by hooking up Noisy composers and Words writers to see what blares, jangles, purrs, chirps and warbles out of the mix for this special, one-off event in the Traverse’s Autumn Festival.
Gabriel Jackson: New Work for Strings // John Adams: Shaker Loops // Gavin Bryars: Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet
Edinburgh Oboe (doubling Cor Anglais), Accordian, Small Drumkit and Marimba
Edinburgh A string quartet drawn from Red Note’s line-up - Greg Lawson, Lise Aferiat, Jane Atkins and Robert Irvine - will perform with Tommy Smith, Joe Lovano and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra conducted by Gunther Schuller at the Edinburgh International Festival
Scottish composer Bill Sweeney’s 90—minute version of Hugh MacDiarmid’s poem A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle is a brilliant, multi-faceted setting of one of the landmark Scots poems of the twentieth century.
Glasgow The second Red Note in concert at PLUG, side-by-side with the RSAMD’s contemporary music ensemble MusicLab, performing the prize-winning works...
Glasgow Red Note in concert at PLUG, the RSAMD’s annual contemporary music festival, with new works by Oliver Searle, John de...
Edinburgh New music written for an ensemble of saxophone, ‘cello and acoustic guitar. Free.
Edinburgh The first Noisy Night of 2010 kicks off with new music written for an ensemble of Violin, Trombone and Bassoon.
Glasgow A programme of music by Scottish composers including Eddie McGuire, Frank Spedding and Rory Boyle.
Edinburgh No. 7 in Red Note's regular informal series of chamber concerts - now with Santa Hats! - showcasing fresh-off-the-page music by new, emerging and established composers - for a seasonal ensemble of glockenspiel, toy piano and musical saw. Free.
Ligeti's classic Chamber Concerto and Hungarian Rock, Gordon McPherson's revised "paranoid concerto" The Waterworks, re-written with Glasgow writer Paul Henry, and a new work by John Harris in memory of the great Scottish writer and musician Tom McGrath. Conducted by Garry Walker.
Edinburgh No. 6 in Red Note's regular informal chamber series showcasing fresh-off-the-page music by new, emerging and established composers - this time with an international twist, for an ensemble of flute, horn, 'cello and marimba.
Glasgow Red Note side-by-side with the RSAMD's ensemble MusicLab, in repertoire including Peter Maxwell Davies' The Birds, Yannis Kyriakides Tinkling and music by Helmut Oehring and Gordon McPherson.
Glasgow No. 6 in Red Note's regular informal chamber series showcasing fresh-off-the-page music by new, emerging and established composers - this time with an international twist, for an ensemble of flute, horn, 'cello and marimba.
