Red Note

GO COMPOSE! 2021
2021-10-06
Spend some time developing your skills in composition with the help of professional composers Karen Power and Joe Duddell who will guide you through the process of writing a piece of music from start to finish. You will write a piece for the alto flute, marimba and double bass and it will be played by professional musicians from Red Note.
There are 10 places on the course and priority will be given to young people based in the north east of Scotland where sound is based. To take part you will need a laptop or computer with music writing software and decent internet connection for the Zoom workshops.
*sound have laptops with Sibelius software we can loan participants based locally for the duration of the course. Please indicate on your application if you require this and we will contact you about collection and drop off.
Timetable
This is an approximate course timetable – full details will be given upon registration.
Sun 17 Oct | 2 – 8pm | Station House Media Unit
Mon 18 Oct | 10am – 5pm | Station House Media Unit
Tue 19 Oct | 10am – 5pm | The Anatomy Rooms with sharing session at 5pm
To apply for a place on Go Compose please complete the online registration form here (cost £60).
The deadline for applying is WEDNESDAY 6 OCTOBER.
If you need any further information please contact Ellen by emailing: participate@sound-scotland.co.uk
Supported by Aberdeen Endowments Trust, David and June Gordon Memorial Trust, Gannochy Trust, Hugh Fraser Foundation, The Witherby Publishing Group Charitable Trust and EIS Education Committee.
*Go Compose! is a collaboration between sound and Red Note.

Go Compose! Sharing Session at Soundfestival 2021
2021-10-19 17:00 - 18:00 (Europe/London) | Anatomy Rooms, Shoe Lane, Aberdeen, AB10 1AL
Having spent time developing their skills in composition with the help of professional composers Karen Power and Joe Duddell, these young composers have been guided through the process of writing a piece of music from start to finish for the alto flute, percussion and double bass. At the end of this course, Red Note and sound present a showcase of their works.
Red Note Ensemble
Ruth Morley, alto flute
Tom Hunter, percussion
Iain Crawford, double bass
Supported by Aberdeen Endowments Trust, David and June Gordon Memorial Trust, Gannochy Trust, Hugh Fraser Foundation, The Witherby Publishing Group Charitable Trust and EIS Education Committee.
*Go Compose! is a collaboration between sound and Red Note.

Red Note at soundfestival 2021
2021-10-22 18:00 - 19:00 | Queen’s Cross Church, Albyn Pl, Aberdeen, AB10 1YN, United Kingdom
In partnership with sound, Red Note perform 3 premiers at soundfestival 2021.
Ailie Robertson’s Unfurl forms a continuation of her PhD studies into microtonality and the harp, taking inspiration from Erv Wilson’s 1965 organisation of the overtone series as a logarithmic spiral. The piece is anti-narrative and anti-developmental in form, simply housing the tonal material, which consists of the first 80 partials of the overtone series. Expressivity comes from the simple aligning of tones, one to another, as the harmonic space progressively expands towards the fundamental.
In addition to this is Edwin Hillier’s new work 37 Otago Street. The ‘ghost sign’ at 37 Otago Street became a familiar sight on Hillier’s daily lockdown walk through Glasgow. Revisiting this image with routine, almost ritual, he became fascinated by its complexity and changeability: its disparate elements enhanced, recoloured, embroidered by the light, affected by the time of day and year. When captured on camera, zoomed in and examined – a method famously employed on the streets of Chicago by ‘abstract expressionist photographer’ Aaron Siskind in the 1950s – the sign betrays an intricate and heavily textured inner world. Inspired by Hillier’s daily encounters with the street mural, 37 Otago Street offers several perspectives on what becomes a familiar, even nostalgic, timbral palette. Glimpses of ghostly lettering and flecks of crimson-hued paint emerge in the fragile ensemble textures and concrete sonorities of the auxiliary instruments. Shifting from foreground to background, fractured musical images are interwoven and drawn into focus as we pass them by.
Finally, Luke Styles presents his trio Five Phase Sphere. The trio presents 5 phases of music for this specific combination of instruments. The resonance of these 3 instruments together, their low frequencies and their combined musical potentials are all stimuli for each phase. Across each phase are musical links, but together, as five points of music they form a sphere of material, in the composer’s imagination
Ailie Robertson Unfurl (World Premiere)*
Edwin Hillier 37 Otago Street (World Premiere)**
Luke Styles Five Phase Sphere (World Premiere)***
Red Note Ensemble
Ruth Morley, flute
Will White, clarinet
Daniel Pioro, violin
Tom Hankey, viola
Robert Irvine, cello
Iain Crawford, double bass
Ailie Robertson Harp
William Cole Conductor
* Co-commissioned by sound, Red Note Ensemble and hcmf//
** Co-commissioned by sound and Red Note Ensemble
*** Co-commissioned by sound, hcmf//, Red Note Ensemble and Ask Duets

Five Composers Selected for Development Sessions at sound festival 2021
2021-10-23 | Cowdray Hall – Aberdeen Art Gallery, Schoolhill, Aberdeen, AB10 1FQ, United Kingdom
We are delighted to announce that five Scotland-based composers have been selected to participate in a development opportunity where they will work alongside Iain Crawford (double bass) and Tom Hunter (marimba) from Red Note and a composer mentor to develop new works to be performed at this year’s soundfestival!

The composers are Ellie Cherry, Erin Thomson, Finn Patrick McLean, Ollie Hawker and Siobhan Dyson. Find out more about each composer HERE.

soundfestival will take place in Aberdeen between 19-24 October and the programme includes a focus on the double bass as part of sound’s ‘endangered instruments’ series.
This development opportunity is part of the soundcreators programme which focuses on nurturing creative talent, and is organised in partnership with sound and Red Note.

Red Note and sound are PRS Foundation Talent Development Partners.

'New Normal' Workshops with Soundstreams
2021-11-03 - 2021-11-11
Set to premiere in 2022, New Normal is a collaboration between Soundstreams and Red Note Ensemble. A composer from each organization, Northern Irish composer Brian Irvine and Ukrainian-Canadian composer Anna Pidgorna, will work with the other’s ensemble, creating interleaved works which loosely interact with one another through a series of episodes weaved together through shared, but misinterpreted, objects and ideas. It will be a whimsical exploration of social isolation and strange world events which have occurred during the time of global pandemic.
This November, Pidgorna joins Red Note Ensemble in workshops to develop material for New Normal. This work-in-progress imagines a group of highly interdependent and immensely curious aliens exploring the English language and the empty streets of a suburban town under lockdown. Wer hoomun?
Please note, these workshops are not a public performance.
Anna Pidgorna is a Ukrainian-Canadian composer, vocalist and multi-media artist who combines sound, visual arts, writing and carpentry to create works that are dramatic and picturesque. She works extensively with Ukrainian folk singing, draws inspiration from the natural soundscape, and incorporates visual elements into some of her manuscripts. Her work has been commissioned, performed and recorded by soloists and ensembles in Canada, USA, Uruguay, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Greece, Poland, Ukraine and South Korea. She holds a PhD from Princeton University, an MMus from the University of Calgary, and a BA from Mount Allison University. She lives on the traditional and unceded territory of the Qayqayt First Nation in New Westminster, BC.
Soundstreams is one of the world’s leading contemporary music companies, and the largest global presenter of new Canadian music. Founder and Artistic Director Lawrence Cherney is committed to showcasing the work of Canadian and international composers, and has commissioned over 170 new works, and programmed hundreds of unique and compelling concerts including chamber music events, multi-choir spectaculars, operas, music-theatre works, and seven highly successful international festivals.
Red Note Ensemble
Ruth Morley, flute
William White, clarinet
Colin Scobie, violin
Robert Irvine, cello
Tom Hunter, percussion
Jessica Leary Soprano
Emma Morwood Soprano
Laura Margaret Smith Mezzo Soprano
Ian Shaw Répétiteur
New Normal is a co-production with Soundstreams.

sub mari.
2021-11-04 20:00 - 21:00 | Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, Perth, Scotland, PH1 5HZ, United Kingdom
As the COP26 summit takes place in Glasgow, Red Note’s latest commission brings together a collaborative multi-media commission by Chilean composer / double-bassist Manuel Figueroa-Bolvarán and Red Note’s Weston-Jerwood Creative Fellow, Scottish-based Martina Corsini, that highlights the contrasting scarcity and abundance of water in Chile and Scotland.
Chile has a very severe water scarcity, exacerbated by land-management practices due to the production of food (including avocados) for export. This, contrasting with a potentially dangerous water abundance here in Scotland, allows the composers to explore the character of water in both places in relation to the environmental crisis, and has inspired them to create a new multi-media artistic work that is both powerful and direct, with a clear message for us all.
Manuel Figueroa-Bolvarán has developed an extensive and multifaceted career focused on performance, composing and arts education. He has been recognized as a cultural ambassador in Chile and abroad, traveling across the Americas and over 20 countries. As composer, Manuel had written music for radio dramas, stage plays, short films and cinema adaptations. He has also premiered music for orchestra, including solo concertos, ballet and opera. Manuel is constantly working across many fields, from digital design to orchestral conducting; from classical to rock music. As a crossover artist, Manuel has performed across the Americas and Europe, recorded for several artists in Latin America and Europe, including Latin Grammys awarded albums and in collaboration with performing arts from different fields.
Martina Corsini joined the team as Creative Music Maker for a year-long Fellowship thanks to the Weston Jerwood Creative Bursaries. From a young age Martina developed her passion for music, studying piano, singing, playing the guitar and the cajon. In her teenage years, she formed an acoustic duo with the guitarist Joshua De Loa and played in multiple venues such as Auditorium Parco della Musica for the community project ‘Play Music Stop Violence’. In Scotland, Martina studied at UWS, completing a Degree in Commercial Music and Masters in Songwriting. During this time she developed her knowledge in the music industry, working as tour manager for the Eurogig and as director, project manager and tour manager for Keep Music aLive – an experience for young bands across Europe.
Please note, this event is for our Perth concert ONLY. For our Glasgow concert, click here.
Martina Corsini and Manuel Figueroa-Bolvaran sub mari.
Red Note Ensemble
Ruth Morley, flute
Joanna Nicholson, clarinet
Tom Hunter, percussion
Malcolm MacFarlane, electric guitar
Emil Chakalov, violin 1
Tom Hankey, violin 2
Fiona Winning, viola
Robert Irvine, cello
Iain Crawford, double bass
Herminda Quintraleo Voice
Coro Allegro (directed by Francisco Espinoza) Chilean Choir
Levenmouth Academy Choir (directed by Alison Fleming) Scottish Youth Choir
Cristian Andres Tapia Aracena Film Producer

sub mari.
2021-11-08 18:00 - 18:45 | Wellington Church, 77 Southpark Ave, Glasgow, G12 8LE, United Kingdom
As the COP26 summit takes place in Glasgow, Red Note’s latest commission brings together a collaborative multi-media commission by Chilean composer / double-bassist Manuel Figueroa-Bolvarán and Red Note’s Weston-Jerwood Creative Fellow, Scottish-based Martina Corsini, that highlights the contrasting scarcity and abundance of water in Chile and Scotland.
Chile has a very severe water scarcity, exacerbated by land-management practices due to the production of food (including avocados) for export. This, contrasting with a potentially dangerous water abundance here in Scotland, allows the composers to explore the character of water in both places in relation to the environmental crisis, and has inspired them to create a new multi-media artistic work that is both powerful and direct, with a clear message for us all.
Please note, this event is for our Glasgow concert ONLY. For our Perth concert, click here.

Manuel Figueroa-Bolvarán has developed an extensive and multifaceted career focused on performance, composing and arts education. He has been recognized as a cultural ambassador in Chile and abroad, traveling across the Americas and over 20 countries. As composer, Manuel had written music for radio dramas, stage plays, short films and cinema adaptations. He has also premiered music for orchestra, including solo concertos, ballet and opera. Manuel is constantly working across many fields, from digital design to orchestral conducting; from classical to rock music. As a crossover artist, Manuel has performed across the Americas and Europe, recorded for several artists in Latin America and Europe, including Latin Grammys awarded albums and in collaboration with performing arts from different fields.
Martina Corsini joined the team as Creative Music Maker for a year-long Fellowship thanks to the Weston Jerwood Creative Bursaries. From a young age Martina developed her passion for music, studying piano, singing, playing the guitar and the cajon. In her teenage years, she formed an acoustic duo with the guitarist Joshua De Loa and played in multiple venues such as Auditorium Parco della Musica for the community project ‘Play Music Stop Violence’. In Scotland, Martina studied at UWS, completing a Degree in Commercial Music and Masters in Songwriting. During this time she developed her knowledge in the music industry, working as tour manager for the Eurogig and as director, project manager and tour manager for Keep Music aLive – an experience for young bands across Europe.
Martina Corsini and Manuel Figueroa-Bolvaran sub mari.
Red Note Ensemble
Ruth Morley, flute
Joanna Nicholson, clarinet
Tom Hunter, percussion
Malcolm MacFarlane, electric guitar
Emil Chakalov, violin 1
Tom Hankey, violin 2
Fiona Winning, viola
Robert Irvine, cello
Iain Crawford, double bass
Herminda Quintraleo Voice
Coro Allegro (directed by Francisco Espinoza) Chilean Choir
Levenmouth Academy Choir (directed by Alison Fleming) Scottish Youth Choir
Cristian Andres Tapia Aracena Film Producer
Presented in collaboration with Music in the University and The Dear Green Bothy, a collaborative cultural programme from the University of Glasgow’s College of Arts, showcasing creative and critical responses to climate emergency.
Post concert: We would really appericate your feedback from our concert. As part of The Dear Green Bothy, please fill out this evaluation form here.

sub mari. Concert and Livestream from St Andrews
2021-11-09 15:00 - 15:45 | Laidlaw Music Centre, University of St Andrews, Queen's Terrace, St Andrews, KY16 9QF, United Kingdom
As the COP26 summit takes place in Glasgow, Red Note’s latest commission brings together a collaborative multi-media commission by Chilean composer / double-bassist Manuel Figueroa-Bolvarán and Red Note’s Weston-Jerwood Creative Fellow, Scottish-based Martina Corsini, that highlights the contrasting scarcity and abundance of water in Chile and Scotland.
Chile has a very severe water scarcity, exacerbated by land-management practices due to the production of food (including avocados) for export. This, contrasting with a potentially dangerous water abundance here in Scotland, allows the composers to explore the character of water in both places in relation to the environmental crisis, and has inspired them to create a new multi-media artistic work that is both powerful and direct, with a clear message for us all.
Manuel Figueroa-Bolvarán has developed an extensive and multifaceted career focused on performance, composing and arts education. He has been recognized as a cultural ambassador in Chile and abroad, traveling across the Americas and over 20 countries. As composer, Manuel had written music for radio dramas, stage plays, short films and cinema adaptations. He has also premiered music for orchestra, including solo concertos, ballet and opera. Manuel is constantly working across many fields, from digital design to orchestral conducting; from classical to rock music. As a crossover artist, Manuel has performed across the Americas and Europe, recorded for several artists in Latin America and Europe, including Latin Grammys awarded albums and in collaboration with performing arts from different fields.
Martina Corsini joined the team as Creative Music Maker for a year-long Fellowship thanks to the Weston Jerwood Creative Bursaries. From a young age Martina developed her passion for music, studying piano, singing, playing the guitar and the cajon. In her teenage years, she formed an acoustic duo with the guitarist Joshua De Loa and played in multiple venues such as Auditorium Parco della Musica for the community project ‘Play Music Stop Violence’. In Scotland, Martina studied at UWS, completing a Degree in Commercial Music and Masters in Songwriting. During this time she developed her knowledge in the music industry, working as tour manager for the Eurogig and as director, project manager and tour manager for Keep Music aLive – an experience for young bands across Europe.
Join us at Laidlaw Music Centre, St Andrews for a small performance of sub mari. or catch it online at the same time as a livestream. Links to livestream to be provided at a later date.
Please note, this event is for our livestream with St Andrews ONLY. For our Perth and Glasgow concerts, click here.
Martina Corsini and Manuel Figueroa-Bolvaran sub mari.
Red Note Ensemble
Ruth Morley, flute
Joanna Nicholson, clarinet
Tom Hunter, percussion
Malcolm MacFarlane, electric guitar
Emil Chakalov, violin 1
Tom Hankey, violin 2
Fiona Winning, viola
Robert Irvine, cello
Iain Crawford, double bass
Herminda Quintraleo Voice
Coro Allegro (directed by Francisco Espinoza) Chilean Choir
Levenmouth Academy Choir (directed by Alison Fleming) Scottish Youth Choir
Cristian Andres Tapia Aracena Film Producer

Presented in collaboration with University of St Andrews Music Centre.

Red Note at hcmf//
2021-11-19 13:00 - 14:00 | Huddersfield Town Hall, Corporation Street, Huddersfield, England, HD1 2TA, United Kingdom
Red Note has been a prominent purveyor of James Dillon’s work for the last decade, bringing premieres of his large-scale works to the festival in 2013, and then again in 2017. Our continuous relationship with the composer is palpable: performing his seemingly insurmountable music with poise, carrying it carefully while also conveying its fragile breaking point. In this concert, we deliver the world premiere of his immense new work Emblemata: Carnival.
Red Note delivers Dillon’s new composition alongside music from Luke Styles, who describes his new piece Five Phase Sphere as ‘abstract, with no programme whatsoever’. Written more for the instrumentation it uses than for any narrative reason, it comes from a place of unbridled intuition, focusing on resonances and combinations. Its title is a candid explanation of the material: five phases, musically connected, orbiting in a sphere. Red Note completes the programme with a new work from emerging Scottish composer Aileen Sweeney, an accordionist who uses her folk roots as a vessel for protesting the growing social inequalities in our environment.
hcmf// is an annual, international festival of contemporary and new music, taking place over 10 days and consisting of approximately 50 events – including concerts, music-theatre, dance, multi-media, talks and film – with a related Learning and Participation programme devised and implemented to reflect the artistic programme and respond to regional need.
James Dillon EMBLEMATA: Carnival (World Premiere)
Luke Styles Five Phase Sphere (UK Premiere)*
Aileen Sweeney The Land Under the Wave (World Premiere)
Red Note Ensemble
Ruth Morley, flute
Will White, clarinet
Tom Hunter, percussion
Simon Smith, piano
David Alberman, violin
Tom Hankey, viola
Robert Irvine, cello
Iain Crawford, double bass
Geoffrey Paterson Conductor
*co-commissioned by sound, Red Note Ensemble, Ask Duets and hcmf//

Red Note at RCS - Composer Development Sessions
2021-11-29 - 2021-11-30 | Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Red Note play through a series of sketches by RCS Composition Master’s Students over two days. Please note, this is not a public performance.
Featuring:
Milosz Czarniecki Scherzo for the Imbeciles from the Comedy of the Profession
Sam McPartlin Interupptions
Emily Rae Small Mushrooms Gathering and Dancing in a Circle
Peter Hughes Chasing Cars
Daniel Mackenzie Out of Sight/griselle dreams
Charlotte Devlin Hand in Hand
Niall Docherty Quintet
Adrian Stark Sketches of The Dry Highlands
Ember Murray Eyes Bolted Shut
Peter Rowan I’m not sorry for you.
Melissa Rankin Invisible Sound
Ailie Ormston Red Note Ensemble

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Red Note!
2021-12-20 - 2022-01-12
Red Note wish you, your family and friends a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. As the end of the year brings around some reflection, we would like to thank you for all your support over the past year as we gradually started to bring back live concerts.
With this, we had the most amazing Autumn Season, filled with workshops, concerts and AEP sessions. However, we are now setting some time aside to recharge our batteries for 2022. The office will be closed from 20th December to the 10th January. We can’t wait to reconnect with you all then!
With warmest wishes,
John, Sarah, Louise and the Red Note Team

NOW CLOSED - Arts Administration and Communications Assistant
2022-01-27 17:00
The Arts Administration and Communication Assistant role sits at the heart of the organisation and requires a positive attitude towards problem-solving and acute attention to detail. Red Note’s administration is a small, hard-working team and we are looking for someone who is supportive, well-focused and has the initiative and energy to adapt to new situations.
The role offers insight into key areas of a cultural organisation and will give the post holder
opportunities to learn and develop skills and gain experience in areas they are not yet familiar with.
The successful candidate will have experience in one or several of the key responsibilities. Relevant training will be offered alongside the full support and assistance of the Red Note team, although candidates who show initiative and pro-activity will be preferred.
Hours of work: 20 hours a week
Salary: £9.90 per hour (we are a living wage employer)
Period of contract: From 11th February 2022 depending on availability. Contract to 31st July 2022 in the first instance, to be reviewed June 2022.
Key Dates:
Deadline for application: Thursday 27th January 2022, 5pm
Notification of interviews: Monday 31st January 2022
Interviews: Friday 4th February 2022 via zoom
Start date: from 11th February 2022 depending on availability
How to Apply
Download the JOB PACK for full information on how to apply.
Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form
All applicants must also complete an anonymous Equal Opportunities Monitoring form. This
will help Red Note Ensemble to better understand the reach and fairness of our recruitment
process.
Please CLICK HERE to download the monitoring form. Once completed please send it by
email to admin@rednoteensemble.com

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS - The Night With... Concerts
2022-03-22 16:00
Take part in a research project by attending one of our concerts on the 23rd and 24th March 2022. The 10 participants will receive a complimentary ticket to see one of our concerts organised by The Night With… in Edinburgh and Glasgow. There will be a limit of 5 participants per concert.
If you are interested to take part in this event, please contact Flore at admin@rednoteensemble.com with the concert you would like to attend and we will get in touch with you:
– 23rd March 8pm – Summerhall, Edinburgh
– 24th March 8pm – Stereo, Glasgow
As well as the concert, participants will be needed for a focus group 45 minutes before the concert and 30 minutes after the concert.
Deadline to submit interest: 22nd March 2022, 4pm
Should you have any further questions, please contact Sarah at sarah@rednoteensemble.com
More details about the event:
Dr Charlotte Gilmore, an Athenaeum Leadership Fellow at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, is leading a research project to identify and analyse the audience attending arts events. She will lead her project during two concerts with Red Note Ensemble as part of The Night With… 2022.
The Night With… is a charity based in Glasgow presenting salon style concerts of interesting music in intimate, informal venues across Scotland and further afield. Run by Matthew Whiteside, it provides development and commissioning opportunities for young and emerging composers.
Red Note returns to The Night With… with concerts in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast and Aberdeen. Please refer to each individual event page for tickets at each location. Find out more here.
Rufus Isabel Elliot The way we cupped our hands (and how the water ran through our fingers and down to the sea)* (World Premiere)
Witold Lutoslawski String Quartet
George Crumb Black Angels
Caroline Shaw Valencia
Red Note Ensemble
Jackie Shave, Violin 1
Tom Hankey, Violin 2
Fiona Winning, Viola
Robert Irvine, Cello

Red Note at The Night With...
2022-03-23 20:00 - 21:30 | Summerhall, Summerhall Pl., Edinburgh, EH9 1QH, United Kingdom
The Night With… is a charity based in Glasgow presenting salon style concerts of interesting music in intimate, informal venues across Scotland and further afield. Run by Matthew Whiteside, it provides development and commissioning opportunities for young and emerging composers.
Red Note returns to The Night With… with concerts in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast and Aberdeen. Please refer to each individual event page for tickets at each location.
Rufus Isabel Elliot The way we cupped our hands (and how the water ran through our fingers and down to the sea)* (World Premiere)
Witold Lutoslawski String Quartet
George Crumb Black Angels
Caroline Shaw Valencia
Red Note Ensemble
Jackie Shave, Violin 1
Tom Hankey, Violin 2
Fiona Winning, Viola
Robert Irvine, Cello
In partnership with The Night With…
*co-commissioned by Red Note Ensemble and The Night With…

Red Note at The Night With...
2022-03-24 20:00 - 21:30 | Stereo, 22 Renfield Ln, Glasgow, G2 5AR

Red Note at The Night With...
2022-03-25 20:00 - 21:30 | The Black Box, 18-22 Hill Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT1 2LA, United Kingdom

Red Note at The Night With...
2022-03-27 20:00 - 21:30 | Belmont Filmhouse, 49 Belmont Street, Aberdeen, Scotland, AB10 1JS

Red Note Community Spring Tour
2022-03-29 - 2022-03-31
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 living in those areas*.
Tuesday 29th March: Easterhouse
– 09:00-12:00: Lochend Community High School
– 13:00-15:00: Newhills Secondary School
Wednesday 30th March: Methil
– TBC
Thursday 31st March: Ferguslie Park
– 11:30-12:00: Love Street Disability Resource Centre, Beechwood Community Centre
– 13:00-15:00: Glencoats Primary School
Red Note Ensemble
Jackie Shave, Violin 1
Tom Hankey, Violin 2
Fiona Winning, Viola
Robert Irvine, Cello
*Please note: these performances are not on sale to the general public. If you happen to be part of the groups we are visiting, we would love to see you there!

13 Vices - New Music Biennial
2022-04-23 12:00 - 13:00 | Draper’s Hall, Coventry Bayley Lane, Coventry, CV1 5RN, United Kingdom
For ensemble, improvisers, conductor & voice, 13 Vices melts boundaries between theatre, poetry & contemporary music. Exploring the weird, humorous, dark & exotic world of contemporary vices, it is the creation of pioneering compositional voices – Brian Irvine & Jennifer Walshe.
First performed in 2015, the seed was planted many years before when Brian chanced upon sculptures by Mihail Chemiakin in Moscow. The collection of slightly grotesque figures, each representing a particular adult vice that is damaging to children was the springboard to the project, which would eventually become, in Brian’s words, “a wonderfully messy, chopped up, beautiful, bewitching cocktail of the best people making the best sounds and is a project that myself, collaborator Jennifer (Walshe) and all the gang and very proud of!”.
13 Vices is truly some of the most imaginative and exhilarating music around and Red Note Ensemble is delighted to perform alongside Paul Dunmall, Paul Rogers, & Mark Sanders. This piece that will stick with you.
Red Note Ensemble
Jackie Shave, Violin
Tom Hankey, Viola
Robert Irvine, Cello
New Music Biennial is a PRS Foundation and Southbank Centre initiative. Presented in partnership with Coventry UK City of Culture, BBC Radio 3 and NMC Recordings with support from Arts Council of England, Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Suitable for all ages. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult 18+.
Image credit: Moving on Music

Red Note at Plug 2022
2022-04-26 19:30 - 21:00 | Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow, United Kingdom
PLUG is the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s festival of contemporary music, all about showcasing original compositions by the students. As Contemporary Ensemble, Red Note will be playing and recording new works by five student composers:
Katrin Klose – Piano Concerto
Siobhan Dyson – Chapter Two
Jo Strike – Unreasonable Music
Pablo Martinez – The boys who became stars
Michael Maftean – 2394, 36mg
Zeo Fawcett – Shed
Red Note Ensemble
Ruth Morley, flute
Timothy Orpen, clarinet
Tom Hunter, percussion
Simon Smith, piano
Colin Scobie, violin
Robert Irvine, cello
Iain Crawford, double bass
Marianna Abrahamyan Piano
Stephanie Lamprea Voice
Rylan Gleave Voice
RCS Conductors – Leverhulme Fellowship Conductors*
*Red Note Ensemble and RCS are supported by the Leverhulme Trust

OPEN CALL - Northern Connection
2022-06-19
Scotland, Finland and Norway are joining together in partnership to commission and premiere three new works. Each country will be represented by a composer, an ensemble and a contemporary music festival.
SCOTLAND: Scottish Music Centre/Sound Festival/Red Note Ensemble
FINLAND: Music Finland/MusicaNova Festival/defunensemble
NORWAY: Music Norway/Ultima Festival/Ensemble Temporum
Each country’s selected commission will be performed by one of the ensembles at a festival in at least one of the partner countries, and possibly more. A jury of festival directors will select the three winning composers in late June/early July: the pieces will be composed in summer/autumn 2022 and pieces will be rehearsed from late 2022.
Scotland’s organisations are now looking to commission a Scottish* composer for this project.
Key dates:
Deadline for submissions: 6pm, Sunday 19th June 2022
Decision: By Monday 11th July 2022
How to apply:
Download the OPEN CALL document for full information on how to apply.
You can send your application using the online form link (CLICK HERE).
If you have any issues with the online form please contact Kadri at admin@sound-scotland.co.uk
Support with making your application
If you have any additional questions or would like to know more about this project, please contact Sarah at sarah@rednoteensemble.com
Please note that we are committed to working with and supporting composers from under-represented sections of the population. To enable this, there is a two-stage application process: an initial selection is made, and then this is narrowed down in a second stage selection process. If you are a female, disabled and/or ethnic minority composer, you can self-select to be put forward automatically to the second round if you want.

*This call is open to anyone whose main residence is in Scotland. Please refer to the open call document for further information.
This call is a collaboration between Red Note Ensemble, Sound Festival and Scottish Music Centre.

The Good Company Tour - Lerwick
2022-06-22 19:00 - 20:30 | Mareel, Arts Development Agency, North Ness House, Lerwick, Shetland, ZE1 0WQ, United Kingdom
Come and join us as we perform some of our favourite music, from Aileen Sweeney to Philip Glass, from John Tavener to Shostakovich. A varied programme for all tastes, from the well-known to the very new, brought to you in warm and sparkling style on a summer’s day by Red Note’s very fine musicians.

The ensemble will tour the Highlands and Islands in Scotland from Wednesday 22nd to Wednesday 29th June 2022.

Witold Lutoslawski String Quartet

Thomas Adès ‘O Albion’ from ArcadianaDmitri Shostakovich String Quartet No 7 Philip Glass String Quartet No 2 ‘Company’

Aileen Sweeney CeilidhTraditional Sønderho Bridal Trilogy
John Tavener The Lamb

Red Note Ensemble
Jackie Shave, Violin 1
Tom Hankey, Violin 2
Fiona Winning, Viola
Robert Irvine, Cello

This concert is supported by Scotland On Tour

The Good Company Tour - Harris
2022-06-24 18:30 - 20:00 | Mission House, Harris, Finsbay, Isle of Harris, HS3 3JD, United Kingdom
Come and join us as we perform some of our favourite music, from Aileen Sweeney to Philip Glass, from John Taverner to Shostakovich. A varied programme for all tastes, from the well-known to the very new, brought to you in warm and sparkling style on a summer’s day by Red Note’s very fine musicians.

The ensemble will tour the Highlands and Islands in Scotland from Wednesday 22nd to Wednesday 29th June 2022.

Witold Lutoslawski String Quartet

Thomas Adès ‘O Albion’ from ArcadianaDmitri Shostakovich String Quartet No 7 Philip Glass String Quartet No 2 ‘Company’

Aileen Sweeney CeilidhTraditional Sønderho Bridal Trilogy
John Tavener The Lamb

Red Note Ensemble
Jackie Shave, Violin 1
Tom Hankey, Violin 2
Fiona Winning, Viola
Robert Irvine, Cello
This concert is supported by Scotland On Tour

The Good Company Tour - Poolewe CANCELLED
2022-06-25 19:30 - 21:00 | Poolewe Village Hall, Poolewe, Ross-shire, IV22 2LD, United Kingdom

The Good Company Tour - Skye CANCELLED
2022-06-27 19:30 - 21:00 | St Mary’s Church, 25 Viewfield Place, Portree, Isle of Skye, IV51 9HB, United Kingdom
Announcement: Due to unforeseen circumstances, it’s with deep regret that we have to announce the cancellation or the rest of our Good Company tour. We were very excited to meet you all and come to you with an amazing programme of music and we are all very upset by this turn of events.

We are very sorry that we won’t be able to continue the tour but rest assured that we will be back in the future!

If you have booked a ticket for this concert we will get in touch with you soon. We thank you for your understanding.

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Come and join us as we perform some of our favourite music, from Aileen Sweeney to Philip Glass, from John Tavener to Shostakovich. A varied programme for all tastes, from the well-known to the very new, brought to you in warm and sparkling style on a summer’s day by Red Note’s very fine musicians.

The ensemble will tour the Highlands and Islands in Scotland from Wednesday 22nd to Wednesday 29th June 2022.

Witold Lutoslawski String Quartet

Thomas Adès ‘O Albion’ from ArcadianaDmitri Shostakovich String Quartet No 7 Philip Glass String Quartet No 2 ‘Company’

Aileen Sweeney CeilidhTraditional Sønderho Bridal Trilogy
John Tavener The Lamb

Red Note Ensemble
Jackie Shave, Violin 1
Tom Hankey, Violin 2
Fiona Winning, Viola
Robert Irvine, Cello
This concert is supported by Scotland On Tour

The Good Company Tour - Arnisdale CANCELLED
2022-06-28 19:30 - 21:00 | The Ceilidh House, Arnisdale, IV40 8JH, United Kingdom
Announcement: Due to unforeseen circumstances, it’s with deep regret that we have to announce the cancellation or the rest of our Good Company tour. We were very excited to meet you all and come to you with an amazing programme of music and we are all very upset by this turn of events.

We are very sorry that we won’t be able to continue the tour but rest assured that we will be back in the future!

We thank you for your understanding.

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Come and join us as we perform some of our favourite music, from Aileen Sweeney to Philip Glass, from John Tavener to Shostakovich. A varied programme for all tastes, from the well-known to the very new, brought to you in warm and sparkling style on a summer’s day by Red Note’s very fine musicians.

The ensemble will tour the Highlands and Islands in Scotland from Wednesday 22nd to Wednesday 29th June 2022.

Tickets available at the door £12 full price / £8 concession

Witold Lutoslawski String Quartet

Thomas Adès ‘O Albion’ from ArcadianaDmitri Shostakovich String Quartet No 7 Philip Glass String Quartet No 2 ‘Company’

Aileen Sweeney CeilidhTraditional Sønderho Bridal Trilogy
John Tavener The Lamb

Red Note Ensemble
Jackie Shave, Violin 1
Tom Hankey, Violin 2
Fiona Winning, Viola
Robert Irvine, Cello
This concert has been supported by The Touring Network

The Good Company Tour - Aberdeen CANCELLED
2022-06-29 19:30 - 21:00 | Cowdray Hall – Aberdeen Art Gallery, Schoolhill, Aberdeen, AB10 1FQ, United Kingdom
Announcement: Due to unforeseen circumstances, it’s with deep regret that we have to announce the cancellation or the rest of our Good Company tour. We were very excited to meet you all and come to you with an amazing programme of music and we are all very upset by this turn of events.

We are very sorry that we won’t be able to continue the tour but rest assured that we will be back in the future!

If you have booked a ticket for this concert we will get in touch with you soon. We thank you for your understanding.

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Come and join us as we perform some of our favourite music, from Aileen Sweeney to Philip Glass, from John Tavener to Shostakovich. A varied programme for all tastes, from the well-known to the very new, brought to you in warm and sparkling style on a summer’s day by Red Note’s very fine musicians.

The ensemble will tour the Highlands and Islands in Scotland from Wednesday 22nd to Wednesday 29th June 2022.

Witold Lutoslawski String Quartet

Thomas Adès ‘O Albion’ from ArcadianaDmitri Shostakovich String Quartet No 7 Philip Glass String Quartet No 2 ‘Company’

Aileen Sweeney CeilidhTraditional Sønderho Bridal Trilogy
John Tavener The Lamb

Red Note Ensemble
Jackie Shave, Violin 1
Tom Hankey, Violin 2
Fiona Winning, Viola
Robert Irvine, Cello

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS - Good Company Tour, Aberdeen concert
2022-06-29 19:30 - 21:00
Announcement: Due to unforeseen circumstances, it’s with deep regret that we have to announce the cancellation or the rest of our Good Company tour. We were very excited to meet you all and come to you with an amazing programme of music and we are all very upset by this turn of events.

We are very sorry that we won’t be able to continue the tour but rest assured that we will be back in the future!

We thank you for your understanding.

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Join us for our concert at Cowdray Hall (Aberdeen Art Gallery) on Wednesday 29th June 2022 at 7.30pm.
If you are interested to take part in this event, please contact Flore at admin@rednoteensemble.com.
As well as the concert, participants will be needed for a focus group 45 minutes before the concert and 30 minutes after the concert.
Deadline to submit interest: 27th June 2022, 12pm.
Should you have any further questions, please contact Sarah at sarah@rednoteensemble.com
More details about the event:
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.
Come and join us as we perform some of our favourite music, from Aileen Sweeney to Philip Glass, from John Taverner to Shostakovich. A varied programme for all tastes, from the well-known to the very new, brought to you in warm and sparkling style on a summer’s day by Red Note’s very fine musicians.
The ensemble will tour the Highlands and Islands in Scotland from Wednesday 22nd to Wednesday 29th June 2022. Find out more about the Aberdeen concert here.
Witold Lutoslawski String Quartet
Thomas Adès ‘O Albion’ from Arcadiana
Dmitri Shostakovich String Quartet No 7
Philip Glass String Quartet No 2 ‘Company’
Aileen Sweeney Ceilidh
Traditional Sønderho Bridal Trilogy
John Tavener The Lamb
Red Note Ensemble
Jackie Shave, Violin 1
Tom Hankey, Violin 2
Fiona Winning, Viola
Robert Irvine, Cello

13 Vices - New Music Biennial
2022-07-03 18:30 - 19:30 | Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London
For ensemble, improvisers, conductor & voice, 13 Vices melts boundaries between theatre, poetry & contemporary music. Exploring the weird, humorous, dark & exotic world of contemporary vices, it is the creation of pioneering compositional voices – Brian Irvine & Jennifer Walshe.
First performed in 2015, the seed was planted many years before when Brian chanced upon sculptures by Mihail Chemiakin in Moscow. The collection of slightly grotesque figures, each representing a particular adult vice that is damaging to children was the springboard to the project, which would eventually become, in Brian’s words, “a wonderfully messy, chopped up, beautiful, bewitching cocktail of the best people making the best sounds and is a project that myself, collaborator Jennifer (Walshe) and all the gang and very proud of!”.
13 Vices is truly some of the most imaginative and exhilarating music around and Red Note Ensemble is delighted to perform alongside Paul Dunmall, Paul Rogers, & Mark Sanders. This piece that will stick with you.
Red Note Ensemble
Jackie Shave, Violin
Tom Hankey, Viola
Robert Irvine, Cello
New Music Biennial is a PRS Foundation and Southbank Centre initiative.
For ages 11+
Image credit: Moving on Music

Human Threads: Red Note with Artlink
2022-07-09 20:00 - 20:30 | Tramway, Glasgow Tramway, Glasgow, G41 2PE, United Kingdom
Reacting spontaneously to the exhibition and audience, Red Note’s musicians will move freely throughout the space and will invite the audience to experience the music and arts from a different perspective. On Saturday 9th July, Red Note Ensemble will perform with Indepen-dance dancers. Open to all.
This event is informed by the interests and insights of individuals with profound and multiple learning disabilities who have collaborated with Red Note over a number of years.
Free – Drop-in – no ticket required
When?
Saturday 28th May – 13:00
Saturday 9th July – 20:00
Sunday 28th August – 14:00 – CLOSING EVENT
Red Note Ensemble – Saturday 28th May
Ruth Morley, Flute
Robert Irvine, Cello
Red Note Ensemble – Saturday 9th July
Mark O’Keeffe, Trumpet
Jessica Beeston, Viola
More about the exhibition
Conceived as an accessible, creative experience informed by individuals with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD), the exhibition takes the form of an interactive landscape which invites audiences on a journey of light, sound, touch and smell. From a huge silk sail which sways softly, to sculpture that translates audio into vibrating pulses, and a playful tower emitting light, smoke and bubbles – each artwork within this gentle fairground offers a new encounter.
Human Threads is the culmination of years of pioneering research by Artlink and the Cherry Road Learning Centre. Through a process of mutual learning via collaborative play. Each artwork has been developed with and informed by individuals with PMLD and invites audiences to interact through a variety of senses. The works expand our perceptions of what an artwork might be and break down barriers of access to contemporary art. Throughout Human Threads the physical experience of the artwork becomes a shared, communal language through which to explore new possibilities of human perception.
If you require additional info on access to this event please contact Artlink directly.
