Red Note

New Digital Noisy Nights - Call for Young Composers
2020-05-27
Digital Noisy Nights provide an outlet to hear emerging new musical ideas and voices in our new social distanced reality. Every Friday at 3PM for the month of June, these five outstanding Red Note musicians will bring you the best examples of brand new music played from scratch from their homes to yours:

Ruth Morley – Flute,
Jo Nicholson – Bass Clarinet,
Tom Hunter – Percussion,
Jackie Shave – Violin,
and Duncan Strachan – Cello.

Call for Young Composers
If you are a young composer, still at high school full time and interested in writing a 2 – 5min long piece for a solo instrument, send your name, high school and contact email to admin [at] rednoteensemble.com by Wednesday 27th May (12:00PM).
That same day we will get back in touch to inform you about the instrument you have been assigned to write for (no choice – that’s part of the challenge!). You will also receive the link to a brief instrument demo filmed by each player outlining capabilities, techniques, notation, etc.
Then the challenge is on! You have 3 weeks to write your piece for that specific instrument (if you’re in touch with your school music teacher online, you can ask them for advice and help). Please submit in pdf format by 5pm on Wednesday 17th June to admin [at] rednoteensemble.com. Please note the scores should not include electronics or any pre-recorded parts, and consider that concerts are rehearsed and performed in a short timeframe.
Our players will then select 5 compositions from those submitted, to be performed on our YouTube channel on our final Digital Noisy Nights concert, 26th June.
Challenge accepted?
Please help us spread the word by sharing this call with your friends and contacts.
We are looking forward to keeping music alive and new music lovers connected online.

Noisy Nights Hybrid - 2nd Edition
2020-12-18 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London)
To wrap up the year, Noisy Nights come back for another hybrid edition with these outstanding musicians:

Tom Hunter – Marimba,
Greg Lawson – Violin,
Robert Irvine – Cello.

In this second Noisy Nights Hybrid we are showcasing the talent of emerging, amateur and student composers:

Colin Johnson Juxtapositions

Yaz Lancaster Firn
Florence Anna Maunders Khashab Mahtam
Dan Nolan Unstable Cycles
Gabriel Stenborg Persistensia

Tune in to the concert on our YouTube channel on Friday 18th December at 6PM and join us in waving goodbye to 2020 with some of the best new examples of contemporary classical music.

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If you enjoy this and are in a position to do so, we hope you will consider making a donation to Help Musicians’ Coronavirus Financial Hardship Fund: https://www.helpmusicians.org.uk/support-our-work/make-a-donation Thank you!

Red Note is a PRS Foundation Talent Development Partner.

Noisy Nights at Sound
2021-06-13 16:00 - 17:00 | Queen’s Cross Church, Albyn Pl, Aberdeen, AB10 1YN, United Kingdom
Noisy Nights is back! We are excited to play together again with these outstanding musicians:

Maximiliano Martin – Clarinet,
Tony Moffat – Violin,
Jessica Beeston – Viola,
Robert Irvine – Cello.

On this occasion we have partnered with sound, following the success and learnings from the Neurotribes conference, to showcase the talent of neurodiverse composers, supporting greater inclusion in contemporary classical music.
Click here to book your tickets now! Tickets are limited and must be purchased in advance.
Following our call for scores, we are looking forward to presenting 5 new compositions alongside Hason Hodgson:
Jason Hodgson Dimensional Shift (Rubic Cubes)
Joe Stollery Seely Circles
Siôn Parkinson Phantosmia
Sera Wright Sunflowers
Zoe Cutler ✨🌟 👉The👈 ⚠️Contemporary⚠️ 🐝Music🐝 🍋Lick🍋 🌟✨
Rylan Gleave cold with him

Red Note Ensemble
John Harris Conductor
Red Note and sound are PRS Foundation Talent Development Partners.

Noisy Nights At Drygate Glasgow
2026-02-23 19:30 - 21:00 | Drygate Brewery, 85 Drygate, Glasgow, G4 0UT
Shake off your winter hibernation and come thaw your ears with bold, unpredictable, and never-before-heard music. Noisy Nights champions fresh sounds and emerging voices, bringing together composers, performers, and curious listeners in an informal setting where anything can happen.
Ruth (flute), Cerys (bassoon) and Sasha (classical guitar) perform eight brand-new five-minute works, selected from the open call:
Colin Riley ‘Rollick’
Jamie Mackenzie ‘gluasadan’
Darlene Zarabozo ‘you deserve good things’
Colin Donati ‘Reckless (fragment)’
Scott Wearing ’Three Responses’
Abbey Felton ‘running joke’
Daniel Abrahams ’The Road to Applecross’
Craig Morrison ’The Sound of Wood’
Got a musical idea of your own? Step up for the 10-Minute Composer Challenge. Create a quick sketch on the night, and our musicians might bring it to life before the evening’s out.
Yes, it’s a Monday night in February but it’s FREE!
Drygate, Glasgow
Monday 23rd February
7:30pm
FREE entry – booking essential
Red Note Ensemble
Ruth Morley, Flute
Cerys Ambrose Evans, Bassoon
Sasha Savaloni, Classical Guitar
John Harris, Conductor
Red Note is a PRS Foundation Talent Development Network Partner supported by PPL.
