Red Note has extensive involvement in the field of Creative Learning. With our Access, Engagement and Participation (AEP) programme we aim at pioneering new approaches to working with diverse communities and groups to create new music with and for them.

We take a diverse and inclusive approach to learning, grounded in the belief that music is a universal language that can be understood and used by everybody. Red Note’s AEP programme covers a wide range of projects for a wide range of people: from workshops for school pupils (New Music Makers, A Child’s Guide To Anarchy) to developmental courses for young musicians, composers and conductors (Go Compose!, Composer Development Workshops, RCS Residency) all at different stages of their professional development.

At the core of Red Note’s access, engagement and participation is our long-term 5 Places project. Targeting five locations across central Scotland over a period of several years, the project’s aim is for us to properly get to know people at all ages and stages in their own neighbourhoods at grassroots level, and work with them to develop creative music-making in the heart of their communities.

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

To find out more about Red Note’s AEP programme, please do contact Red Note’s Director of Access, Engagement and Participation, Louise Martin: Louise@rednoteensemble.com