Red Note

New Digital Noisy Nights - Call for Composers!
2020-05-22
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 Adult Composers (18+)
(18 or younger? Check out the call for younger composers)
If you are an emerging, student (18+) or amateur composer interested in writing a 5-min long piece for a solo instrument, send your name and contact email to admin [at] rednoteensemble.com by Friday 22 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 from the options above – this will be a random allocation. 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 1 week to write your piece for that specific instrument. Please submit in pdf format by 5pm on Friday 29th May 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.
The 15 compositions selected by the players will be performed on our YouTube channel on 3 separate concerts: 5th June, 12th June and 19th 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.

Red Note Fridays@3: David Wilde's String Quartet
2020-05-22 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London)
Join us on our YouTube channel every Friday afternoon at 3PM for a session of new music where we release unseen performances, delve into our recorded albums and meet the composers.
Friday 22nd May: We look back into our album on Delphian Records ‘The Cellist of Sarajevo: Chamber Music by David Wilde’. This album presents the works that emerged from Wilde’s ‘Bosnian’ period, when he travelled to besieged Sarajevo to help preserve the city’s cultural life, earning him the friendship of colleagues including the heroic members of the Sarajevo String Quartet. (click on this link or on BUY TICKETS and you will redirected to YouTube)

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.

Red Note Fridays@3: Eddie McGuire's Euphoria
2020-05-29 15:00 - 16:00
Join us on our YouTube channel every Friday afternoon at 3PM for a session of new music where we release unseen performances, delve into our recorded albums and meet the composers.
Friday 29th May: We take a closer look at Euphoria, the second track from Eddie McGuire’s ‘Entangled Fortunes’ (Delphian Records). Eddie McGuire is one of Scotland’s greatest living composers. A renaissance man, his compositional voice is informed by a broad wealth of cultural experience and by an unlimited melodic creativity. In this intensely beautiful and unpretentious music, folk-like tunes appear naturally, taking their place in a world of invention large enough to contain minimalist gestures, intense romanticism, meditative silence and sudden drama. (click on this link or on BUY TICKETS and you will redirected to YouTube)
Click here to read the programme notes.

Revisit Digital Noisy Nights on YouTube
2020-05-31
During these social distancing times, Noisy Nights adapted and went digital, providing an outlet to hear emerging new musical ideas and voices together every Friday at 3PM for one month. After opening a challenge to composers by randomly assigning them an instrument to write a solo piece, Red Note musicians selected 20 compositions to perform online that you can enjoy from your own home. You can now revisit Digital Noisy Nights on our YouTube channel.

Ruth Morley – Flute,
Sasha Savaloni – Classical guitar,
Tom Hunter – Percussion,
Jackie Shave – Violin,
and Robert Irvine Cello.

Noisy Nights – 10 April
Robin Haigh Nasubi
Charles Gaskell The Moon Reaching Down to Touch The Reflection
Anna Claydon Manichean
Pàdruig Morrison Fragile Distance
Ronnie MacNiven Sentinel
Noisy Nights – 17 April
Michael Burslem Cello Idea
Dorian Kelly Way Home
Rylan Gleave Unpitched Skin
Georgina MacDonell Finlayson This is the River
Joshua Brown Capriccio Ricercare
Noisy Nights – 24 April
Carol J Jones Selkie
Florence Anna Maunders Black Ants/Red Ants
Stefano Paparozzi A Chord Chart
Mauricio Cristales Armas Longing for Hope
Colin Johnson Grimpen Mire
Noisy Nights – 1 May (Special Young Composers)
Eliza Sinclair Kidd, To a Mouse
Fergus Butt, The Goldfish Are Relentless
Neo Korths, In The Shade Of Tangier
Isak Persson, Kvadratiska Vattenvågor
Louis Opit, Predatory Prelude
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Stay tuned for further announcements about our weekly date Fridays at 3PM !
Red Note is a PRS Foundation Talent Development Partner.

Digital Noisy Nights - 5
2020-06-05 15:00 - 16:00
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.

Digital Noisy Nights – 5 June, 3PM (UK time)*
Melissa Rankin Ethereal Waters
Avril Allen Eimhir
Anthony Caulkins Stuck Out
Stirling Rutty Adagio for Cello
Chris Litherland Etude in Nomine

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

Red Note is a PRS Foundation Talent Development Partner.

Digital Noisy Nights - 6
2020-06-12 15:00 - 16:00
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.

Digital Noisy Nights – 12 June, 3PM (UK time)*
Jack Brooks Interlocutor Transposed
Susie Winkworth Lost Marbles
Chris Tilley Rituals
Hugh Morris Etude for Cello
Stuart Mitchell Lining Out

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Red Note is a PRS Foundation Talent Development Partner.

Digital Noisy Nights - 7
2020-06-19 15:00 - 16:00
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.

Digital Noisy Nights – 19 June, 3PM (UK time)*
James Gerrard Walking in the Woods
Krystof Kohout Mist
Erik Lee Infinity Mirror
Sonia Killmann Seams
Matthew Burke 100% Recycled

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Red Note is a PRS Foundation Talent Development Partner.

Digital Noisy Nights - 8
2020-06-26 15:00 - 16:00
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.

Digital Noisy Nights – 26 June, 3PM (UK time)* – This concert is dedicated to the work of young composers who are still in school, the next generation in contemporary music.

Erik Pettersson Night-time Forest
Eben Eyres Moving Motifs
Fiachra Galvin Atmosphere
Jack Robinson Dance for Cello
Eddie Mead Gestures

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Red Note is a PRS Foundation Talent Development Partner.

Come and Play 4'33''
2020-07-03 15:00 - 15:30
We’ve invited members of the public to perform side-by-side with the musicians of Red Note Ensemble, in what we believe might be the first online mass-participation performance of John Cage’s 4’33” on the Friday 3rd July 2020.
Composed in 1952 for any instrument or combination of instruments, Cage’s 4’33” requires the performer(s) not to play their instruments throughout the duration of the piece’s three movements.
We’ll use Zoom to connect performers from your various remote locations, live-streaming straight onto our YouTube channel.
Don’t miss a 49-strong ensemble led by some of Europe’s finest professional musicians re-create this iconic (and still controversial) 20th century classic in a live online performance, please do come along and be part of the audience on YouTube!
“We’ve no idea what the audio on Zoom will do with silence, but that in itself brings the sense of randomness that the piece is about. It’s a bit crazy. It might of course be a total disaster and that’s a valid response too.“. Artistic Co-Director Robert Irvine
All events in our Fridays@3 series are offered online for free, if you are in a position to do so, we hope you will consider making a donation to Help Musicians’ Coronavirus Financial Hardship Fund Thank you!

Digital Noisy Nights 3rd Edition – Call For Composers!
2020-07-10
As lockdown restrictions ease, we are happy to announce a third round of new music concerts by duos with these outstanding Red Note musicians that you can enjoy from your own home.

Ruth Morley (and optional pre-recorded track) – Flute,
Sasha Savaloni – Amplified Classical Guitar with Mark O’Keeffe – Trumpet,
Jackie Shave – Violin with Robert Irvine – Cello.

Call for Composers
If you are a young (still at high school full time), or an emerging, student, amateur composer (18+) interested in writing a 5-min long piece for a duo, please send your name, school (if relevant), and contact email to admin[at]rednoteensemble.com by Friday 10 July (12:00PM – BST).
That same day, we will get back in touch to inform you about the instruments you have been assigned to write for from the options above – please note this will be a random allocation. 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 all have 2 weeks to write your piece for that specific duo. Please submit in pdf format by 5pm (BST) on Friday 24th July to admin[at]rednoteensemble.com. Please consider that concerts are rehearsed and performed in a short timeframe.
The 20 compositions selected by the players will be performed on our YouTube channel on 4 separate concerts: 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th August.
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.

Red Note Fridays@3: Cresswell's String Quartet
2020-07-10 15:00 - 16:00
Join us on our YouTube channel every Friday afternoon at 3PM for a session of new music where we release unseen performances, delve into our recorded albums and meet the composers.
Friday 10 July: We dive into Cresswell’s distinctive sound world in the Delphian album ‘Music for String Quartet’. Two ends of the world are bridged in this compelling survey of string chamber music by Lyell Cresswell, whose unique body of work has been a vital presence in his adopted home of Scotland for four decades now while retaining qualities of light, space and openness that evoke his native New Zealand. The imposing String Quartet plays host to a wealth of detail which enriches but never obscures the ‘long, strong tune’ that threads through the work. Instrumental virtuosity comes to the fore in Kotetetete, whose title puns on ‘quartet’ and on the Maori word for ‘chattering’.
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All events in our Fridays@3 series are offered online for free, if you are in a position to do so, we hope you will consider making a donation to Help Musicians’ Coronavirus Financial Hardship Fund Thank you!

Red Note Fridays@3: Sweeney's Cello Sonata
2020-07-17 15:00 - 16:00
Join us on our YouTube channel every Friday afternoon at 3PM for a session of new music where we release unseen performances, delve into our recorded albums and meet the composers.
Friday 17 July: We take a closer look at William Sweeney’s award-winning Cello Sonata, recipient of a 2011 BASCA British Composer Award, from his Delphian album ‘Tree O’ Licht’. Both musically impassioned and socially engaged, William Sweeney’s music is at its most eloquent when voiced by that most human of instruments, the cello. The Sonata bears a joint dedication to Delphian artist Robert Irvine and to Erkki Lahesmaa – ‘keepers’, as Sweeney calls them, ‘of the cello’s inner voice’.
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All events in our Fridays@3 series are offered online for free, if you are in a position to do so, we hope you will consider making a donation to Help Musicians’ Coronavirus Financial Hardship Fund Thank you!

Red Note Fridays@3: McLeod's A Moment In Time
2020-07-24 15:00 - 16:00
Join us on our YouTube channel every Friday afternoon at 3PM for a session of new music where we release unseen performances, delve into our recorded albums and meet the composers.
Friday 24 July: We look back to John McLeod’s landmark collection ‘Moments in Time’ recorded during the composer’s eightieth birthday year. The collection brings together McLeod’s four mythological ‘songs’ – powerful dramatic scenes in which instruments are elevated to voice-like expression – and a further work which crystallises the theme of a single moment with a long expressive ‘shadow’. Increasingly acclaimed at home and abroad, Aberdeen-born John McLeod’s music bears all the hallmarks of exuberant colour and precisely imagined fantasy that his early associations with Lennox Berkeley and Witold Lutosławski would lead one to expect.
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All events in our Fridays@3 series are offered online for free, if you are in a position to do so, we hope you will consider making a donation to Help Musicians’ Coronavirus Financial Hardship Fund Thank you!

Red Note seeks a new Chair of the Board of Directors
2020-07-30
Red Note Ensemble is Scotland’s contemporary music ensemble, performing throughout Scotland, the UK and internationally. Our Chair, Professor Celia Duffy, has decided to step down after 10 highly-successful years in the position, having guided the ensemble from its small beginnings in 2009 to its current status (since 2015) as Creative Scotland Regularly Funded Organisation.
Always forward-thinking and dynamic, the company plays a leadership role nationally and internationally in the development of new music and the engagement of new audiences through its busy, annual schedule of events, many of them cross-artform and many of them highly socially-engaged. Our current Board members have expertise and experience at a senior level in marketing, education, law, finances and arts.
For this role, we invite interest from suitably experienced individuals at a Chief Executive level and would particularly welcome those with a background in business and / or experience of a previous board membership and a genuine interest in music and the arts. The ideal candidate would contribute his/her knowledge and strong business contacts and commit to actively support the ensemble by promoting and supporting the organisation externally.
Board meetings are held quarterly, in Glasgow or Edinburgh or, in the current situation, in virtual meeting rooms. In addition, the Chair gives informal advice by phone or 1:1 meetings with the executive team as required and line-manages the CEO. The Chair is furthermore responsible for ensuring the Board works effectively, leading the Board team and meetings and overseeing decisions taken.
This is a voluntary position, and Board Members are rightly highly valued for the vital role they fulfil in providing professional guidance and governance for our ambitious and rapidly developing company. The Red Note Board, like the company, is friendly and informal, but maintains the highest possible professional standards in its business.
Both informal discussions of the role and formal expressions of interest will be welcomed by former Chair, Professor Celia Duffy, who may be contacted via email (ceelsduffy@gmail.com).
The deadline for formal expressions of interest is midnight on Friday 30th July 2020

Red Note Fridays@3: Tanz/haus : triptych 2017
2020-07-31 15:00 - 16:00
Join us on our YouTube channel every Friday afternoon at 3PM for a session of new music where we release unseen performances, delve into our recorded albums and meet the composers.
Friday 31 July: We’ll finish the month with a treat! Enjoy the full performance of James Dillon’s Tanz/haus : triptych 2017 recorded at the world premiere at HCMF, which went on to win the RPS Award in the Best Chamber-Scale Composition category. (click on this link or on BUY TICKETS and you will redirected to YouTube)
“Once again this composer breaks new ground with a work which immerses its audience in a music theatre of the mind. It is compelling for the sureness of its unfolding in time and space, the striking soundworlds conjured from its nine-piece ensemble, and its rich underlying vein of melancholy”.
RPS Awards
Photo by Graham Hardy © hcmf//
Recording made by BBC Radio 3.
This recording and rights associated with it are owned by the BBC.
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Development opportunity for Scotland-based composers
2020-08-03
This development opportunity for Scotland-based composers is organised in partnership with us at Red Note and is part of soundcreators programme, which focuses on nurturing creative talent. soundcreators is funded by Creative Scotland, Help Musicians UK and the PRS for Music Foundation as well as by the Foyle Foundation, the Hugh Fraser Foundation and Aberdeen City Council.
sound is a new music incubator based in North East Scotland, initially set up to give local audiences access to new music. It is now renowned in and beyond Scotland for producing and promoting high-quality work, for its support to composers of all generations and for attracting new audiences through its varied programming and inclusive nature.
Five composers will have the opportunity to develop works of around 5 minutes for solo flute and electronics working alongside Ruth Morley (flute) from Red Note and composer Alistair MacDonald. The new works will be performed during the 2020 soundfestival.
Draft schedule
Session 1: Introduction to flute and electronics
Date: 17 August 2020
Where: Zoom
This first session will primarily be an introduction to writing for flute as well as using electronics, and will be led by Ruth Morley and Alistair MacDonald. Following this session the composers will be expected to prepare short sketches and ideas for the next session.
Session 2:
Date: 20 August 2020 (afternoon)
Where: Zoom
The composers will submit short (approximately 30 second) sketches by Wednesday 19 August evening which will be worked with Ruth Morley and Alistair MacDonald during this session. Following this, the composers will work up full pieces for the third session.
Session 3:
Date: mid-September 2020 (exact date tbc)
Where: location tbc
Each composer’s piece will be played and discussed with Ruth Morley and Alistair MacDonald. The composers will then have until mid-October to make any last adjustments.
Rehearsal:
Date: mid-October (exact date tbc)
Where: location tbc
The pieces will be rehearsed with Ruth Morley with the composers in attendance.
Performance:
Date: end of October (exact date tbc)
Where: Aberdeen
A performance of the new works as part of the 2020 soundfestival. There will also be a rehearsal prior to the performance.
Candidates
The five successful candidates will be talented composers resident in Scotland. They can be at any stage in their career, however they should be able to demonstrate a number of years of compositional experience, and must be able to articulate their development needs and how the opportunity would benefit them.Please note that we are committed to working with and supporting composers with additional support needs. Composers from under-represented groups and especially composers with disability are encouraged to apply.
Financial support for the opportunity is limited to related expenses for travel/accommodation. There will also be a small commission fee of £200 per composer for a delivered piece to be performed at soundfestival.
How to apply
To apply for the opportunity please visit https://sound-scotland.co.uk/news/development-opportunity-for-scotland-based-composers
Deadline for applications: 3 August 2020
If further information is required please contact admin@sound-scotland.co.uk.
We will inform you whether you are successful or not by 7 August 2020.
Selection process
As mentioned above, sound is 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 BAME composer, you can self-select to be put forward automatically to the second round if you want. The selection panel will be made up of Ruth Morley, Alistair MacDonald, a representative of sound(either a staff member or the Chair) and of Red Note.
Notes to composers applying
Selection for new music opportunities is inherently subjective and the criteria used can differ from project to project. We are frequently over-subscribed and often the quality of applications is extremely high from a wide range of composers, which usually means making difficult decisions.
Reasons for selecting one composer over another are not always to do with skill level or experience. We may, for example, be looking for the right fit for us as an organisation at a particular point in time e.g., we may be looking to develop specific strands or activity or genres of music.
For development opportunities that happen in a group setting, it may be that we need to take into consideration the coherence of that group e.g., we may prefer to have composers of a similar experience-level. We thus sometimes end up turning down composers with more experience or skills, or giving opportunities to composers who we feel would benefit most from a particular opportunity at that stage in their career, and faced with difficult choices we may sometimes turn down composers who may have already benefited from a number of opportunities in the past.
We would however encourage composers to apply for any opportunities that interest them and for which they fit the specification, and not be discouraged if they are not selected for a particular opportunity, as it does not mean that they are not “good” enough. Please do continue to apply for any opportunity that interests you!

Digital Noisy Nights - 9
2020-08-07 15:00 - 16:00
As lockdown restrictions ease, we are happy to announce a third round of new music concerts with these outstanding Red Note musicians that you can enjoy from your own home every Friday at 3PM for the month of August:
Ruth Morley (and optional pre-recorded track) – Flute,
Sasha Savaloni – Amplified Classical Guitar with Mark O’Keeffe – Trumpet,
Jackie Shave – Violin with Robert Irvine – Cello.
Digital Noisy Nights – 7 August, 3PM (UK time)*
Steven Watson Night Music
Clara-Jane Maunder Petrichor – Learning to Dance After the Rain
Joshua Clayton Conflict of Interest
Mauricio Cristales Armas Consonancias
Carmen Ho The Way I See

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Red Note is a PRS Foundation Talent Development Partner.

Digital Noisy Nights - 10
2020-08-14 15:00 - 16:00
As lockdown restrictions ease, we are happy to announce a third round of new music concerts with these outstanding Red Note musicians that you can enjoy from your own home every Friday at 3PM for the month of August:
Ruth Morley (and optional pre-recorded track) – Flute,
Sasha Savaloni – Amplified Classical Guitar with Mark O’Keeffe – Trumpet,
Jackie Shave – Violin with Robert Irvine – Cello.
Digital Noisy Nights – 14 August, 3PM (UK time)*
Sam Parnin Time Only Moves Forward
Erin Thomson Focussed On Obscurity
Daniel Nolan Wandering
Rylan Gleave Heartstrings
Will Frampton Portsmouth
Toby Stanford (un)tangled

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Digital Noisy Nights - 11
2020-08-21 15:00 - 16:00
As lockdown restrictions ease, we are happy to announce a third round of new music concerts with these outstanding Red Note musicians that you can enjoy from your own home every Friday at 3PM for the month of August:
Ruth Morley (and optional pre-recorded track) – Flute,
Sasha Savaloni – Amplified Classical Guitar with Mark O’Keeffe – Trumpet,
Jackie Shave – Violin with Robert Irvine – Cello.
Digital Noisy Nights – 21 August, 3PM (UK time)*
Abel Lifschutz Zephyrus
Florence Anna Maunders Formic Dances
Stefano Paparozzi What I Hear After Some Time Among the People
Pablo Martinez Dragon Petals
Charles Gaskell Together
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Red Note is a PRS Foundation Talent Development Partner.

Digital Noisy Nights - 12
2020-08-28 15:00 - 16:00
As lockdown restrictions ease, we are happy to announce a third round of new music concerts with these outstanding Red Note musicians that you can enjoy from your own home every Friday at 3PM for the month of August:
Ruth Morley (and optional pre-recorded track) – Flute,
Sasha Savaloni – Amplified Classical Guitar with Mark O’Keeffe – Trumpet,
Jackie Shave – Violin with Robert Irvine – Cello.
As in previous editions, we are delighted to dedicate this last concert to showcase the work of young composers still in high school:
Digital Noisy Nights – 28 August, 3PM (UK time)*
Bláthnaid Marsh Development
Neo Korths Caochlaidhean Air Cuspair
Fergus Butt Joan/Judas
Peter Hughes Knot
Jack Robinson Duo in #F major
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Red Note is a PRS Foundation Talent Development Partner.

Call for Scores - Noisy Nights Hybrid
2020-09-21
As we move steadily and hopefully towards the return of live events, at Red Note we are excited to play together again with these outstanding musicians:

Ruth Morley – Flute,
Tony Moffat – Violin,
Robert Irvine – Cello.

This new hybrid edition will involve a one-off concert, recorded live possibly with a small socially distanced audience in Glasgow and premiered online on our YouTube channel on Friday 9th October.
On this occasion we would like to put the focus on the talent of young composers, supporting the next generation in contemporary classical music.
Call for Scores
Are you a young (still at high school full time) composer interested in writing a 3-5min long piece? Then this call is for you.
Instrumentation for this call for scores is Flute, Violin and Cello. 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.
You can ask your school music teacher for advice and help, and if you have questions for the players just send an email to the address below and we will get an answer for you as fast as possible.
Full score and parts in pdf format to be submitted to Rocio Leza (admin@rednoteensemble.com) by 5pm (BST) on Monday 21st September. Please include your name, age and school in your submission email. Late submissions will not be considered.
Challenge accepted?
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Red Note is a PRS Foundation Talent Development Partner.

Red Note at PLUG 2020
2020-09-28 - 2020-10-01
PLUG is the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland festival of contemporary music, all about showcasing original compositions by the students. As Contemporary Ensemble in Residence, Red Note will be playing new works by six student composers.
Unfortunately this year we are not able to share these with an audience, but we look forward to working with the RCS composers and conductors to bring them to life:
Filip Holacky Quartet for flute, violin, cello and piano
Graeme Law Thaëter Lied
Aidan Teplitzky Dalmuir Heights
Issac Philips Replace all the words “I” with “I” in one sentence
Katrin Kose Nicht/s
Tom Green Dark Times

Noisy Nights Hybrid - 9th October
2020-10-09 18:00 - 19:00
As we move slowly but hopefully towards the return of live events, at Red Note we are excited to play together again with these outstanding musicians:

Ruth Morley – Flute,
Tony Moffat – Violin,
Robert Irvine – Cello.

This first Noisy Nights Hybrid edition puts the focus on the talent of young school-age composers. Following call for scores, opening a challenge for composers still in high-school full time to write a short piece for flute, violin and cello, we are looking forward to presenting these 6 brand new compositions:

Peter Hughes The Brakes Are Off

Alika Arnott Cerulean
Fionn Power Saecula Seculorum
Archie Wallace Autumn Bazaar
Viktor Seifert LP 816-60
Thomas Sewell Raindrops

Tune in to the concert on our YouTube channel on Friday 9th October at 6PM and join us supporting this young generation in 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.

Go Compose! 2020
2020-10-11 - 2020-10-13
Spend some time developing your skills in composition with the help of professional composers Naomi Pinnock and Gareth Williams who will guide you through the process of writing a piece of music from start to finish. You will write a trio for the French horn, viola and cello played by Red Note Ensemble musicians Chris Gough, Katie Wilkinson and Robert Irvine.

The course will be delivered online via zoom. 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 they can loan participants based locally for the duration of the course. Please indicate on your application if you require this and they will contact you about collection and drop off.

Timetable
This is an approximate course timetable – full details will be given upon registration.Sun 11 Oct | 2 – 8pm
Mon 12 Oct | 10am – 5pm
Tue 13 Oct | 10am – 5pm
We aim to end the course with some form of sharing or pre-recorded concert TBC.

To apply for a place on Go Compose please complete the online registration form here. (Cost: £60)
The deadline for applying is Monday 5 October.
Places are limited: 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.

Feedback from previous years:
“Hearing my piece was like a dream come true.”
“One of the best experiences I have ever had.”
“A very interesting and informative course that I strongly recommend to others. I would love to come back again next year.”
“The best thing about Go Compose was hearing my piece being played by professional musicians!”
Go Compose! is a UK-wide project encouraging more young people aged 14 – 19 (and in full-time education) to develop their creative voices and make new work. Initiated and promoted UK-wide by Sound and Music, Go Compose! is delivered in Scotland exclusively by our friends at sound, in collaboration with Red Note.
If you need any further information please contact Ellen by emailing: participate@sound-scotland.co.uk

Sound festival 2020 - lunchtime concert
2020-10-22 12:00 - 13:00
Ruth Morley, flute, and Alistair MacDonald, Electronics, present five World Premieres of new works which have been developed by Scottish-based composers with the support of Alastair MacDonald as part of sound’s annual development opportunity.

Rylan Gleave UNSUNG II: Harbinger&Herald
Rūta Vitkauskaitė Gadulio
Georgina MacDonell Finlayson Silent Spring
Fiona Harrison Ocean Uproar for Amplified Flute & Tape
Amit Anand Vamanacharya Felt Presence

How to enjoy this event
This event will be broadcast via YouTube. To view please visit sound’s website or YouTube channel.
Following the performance, there will be a live Q&A with the musicians and composers. To ask the artists a question please register.

Donate
All of sound’s online events are free to watch. We ask you to please consider donating what you feel able to pay for the event. Your contribution will help to ensure they can continue to commission new works from composers and support musicians.
You can make a donation here.

Sound Festival 2020 - Th’first munth is th’wurst iv awl
2020-10-22 20:00 - 21:00
Isolation has a dramatic impact on individuals, but is this the end? Does their spark stop when an individual is taken away from their community?
Drawing upon prison letters from radical voices across the globe, Th’first munth is th’wurst iv awl (the first month is the worst of all) by Ben Lunn is a work for narrator and ensemble drawing individual struggle to the present day, and showing isolation does not weaken a person’s fervour or spirit, but we can continue to strive and fight and inspire those miles away from us.

Ben Lunn is an award winning composer who tries to draw upon his own political, spiritual, personal, and ideological worldview within his works which have been described as ‘evocative’ ‘obsessive’ and ‘otherworldly’.This work is narrated by playwright, producer and performer Tayo Aluko and performed by musicians from Red Note Ensemble.

Commissioned by sound
How to enjoy this event
This event will be broadcast via YouTube. To view please visit sound‘s website or YouTube channel. Following the performance, there will be a live Q&A with the the composer Ben Lunn. To ask Ben a question please register. You will then be able to post your question in the chat facility during the event.

Donate
All of sound festival online events are free to watch. We ask you to please consider donating what you feel able to pay for the event. Your contribution will help to ensure they can continue to commission new works from composers and support musicians.
You can make a donation here.

Call for Scores - Noisy Nights Hybrid (2nd Edition)
2020-11-26 17:00
To wrap up the year, Noisy Nights come back for another hybrid edition to be premiered online on our YouTube channel on Friday 18th December with these outstanding musicians:

Tom Hunter – Percussion,
Jackie Shave – Violin,
Robert Irvine – Cello.

Noisy Nights provide an outlet to hear emerging new musical ideas and voices in our new social distanced reality.
Call for Scores
If you are an emerging, student or amateur composer (age 18+), this call is for you.
We are looking for 5-min long scores for Marimba (4.3 octave)*, Violin and Cello. Submissions could be seasonally informed. 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.
Full score and parts in pdf format to be submitted to Rocio Leza (admin@rednoteensemble.com) by 5pm (GMT) on Thursday 26 November. Late submissions will not be considered.
*Please see Tom Hunter- Guide to Writing for Marimba for some thoughts and advice.

Please help us spread the word by sharing this call with your friends and contacts.

Red Note is a PRS Foundation Talent Development Partner.

Noisy Nights Hybrid - 2nd Edition
2020-12-18 18:00 - 19:00
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.

Share and engage on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram using #NoisyNights

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.

Living Wage Gift Guide 2020
2020-12-21 08:00 - 17:00
Red Note Ensemble is part of the Living Wage movement, committed to paying our staff a wage that meets the real costs of living.
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!
Red Note offers you a selection of the best contemporary music to enjoy at home:
Eddie McGuire Entangled Fortunes
Kuljit Bhamra Reels to Ragas
John McLeod Moments in Time
The Cellist of Sarajevo: Chamber Music by David Wilde
Lyell Cresswell Music For String Quartet
Each CD £10 plus postage costs – email admin@rednoteensemble.com with the subject “Living Wage Gift CD” detailing your order* and the delivery address (UK only), we will get back to you with PayPal payment details.
*Last orders accepted on the 21st December 5pm (GMT).
