Links & Information

Scottish Music

• Highland 2007
• Celtic Samhain Festival
• HAIL Music
• Feis Rois Ltd
• Hi-Arts

• National Youth Pipe Band
• National Youth Choir of Scotland
• National Youth Orchestras of Scotland
• Scottish Arts Council Youth Music Initiative
• Youth Music

• Baxter Park. An innovative collaboration between composer Gordon McPherson, performer Allan Neave, and visual artist Steve Smart.
• BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Profile, concert details, forthcoming CDs.
• Bearsden Burgh Choir. Profile, concert details, and photo.
• Nigel Boddice. Conductor.
• The Bon-Accord Silver Band. One of Scotland's most successful brass bands.
• Cappella Nova. Scotland's leading professional vocal ensemble specialising in early and contemporary music.
• City of Glasgow Chorus The biggest, independent choral group in the west of Scotland.
• William Coleman. British song artist.
• Concerto Caledonia. With details of their John Clerk of Penicuik CD, including sound clips and tantalizing biography of the composer.
• Dunedin Consort. One of Scotland's leading professional music ensembles.
• Edinburgh Royal Choral Union.
• Edinburgh Symphony Orchestra. Edinburgh's well-known amateur orchestra.
• Edinburgh Youth Orchestra. Information, news and photographs (at work and play!).
• Glasgow Chamber Orchestra.
• Glasgow Orchestral Society. Glasgow's largest amateur orchestra.
• Glasgow Sinfonia.
• Evelyn Glennie. Scotland's favourite percussionist.
• Grant Golding Freelance Trumpet Player (Trumpet, Piccolo and Cornet), Teacher.  This web site is aimed at young people and learners and has free online tuition in theory and interesting samples to practice with.
• Hebridean Ensemble
• Invention Ensemble. Glasgow-based new music ensemble.
• Moray Concert Brass, a youth brass band from Moray and 1998 Scottish Youth Brass Band Champions.
• Mr McFall's Chamber.  Ensemble which straddles the divide between classical and other styles. 
• Tony McManus. Acoustic guitar.
• National Association of Youth Orchestras. The voice of youth orchestras in the UK.
• National Youth Choir of Scotland. The voice of young singers in Scotland.
• National Youth Orchestra of Scotland. Events diary, details of CD recordings, and more.
• Allan Neave. Classical Guitar.
• Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Profile and concert details.
• Scottish Chamber Orchestra Information, concert details, sound clips, and more.
• Scottish Fiddle Orchestra.
• Scottish Opera. Everything you wanted to know about Scotland's national opera company.
• The Seville Music Centre. Home page for Capriccio, Philomusica of Edinburgh, Quernstane, Edinburgh Barock, Edinburgh Palm Court Orchestra, Edinburgh Light Orchestra and Edinburgh Galante.
• Squair Mile Consort of Viols. Music for viola da gamba old and new.
• The Whistlebinkies. All the latest news from this folk group and its members including composer Edward McGuire.

• British Arts Festivals Association
• Children's Classic Concerts. One of the largest promoters in the country of classical music for children.
• Edinburgh Festival Fringe
• Edinburgh Festivals
• Glasgow International Jazz Festival
• Hebridean Celtic Festival
• Highland 2007 - a whole year of events all over the Highlands
• Inverness Music Festival
• Loch Shiel Spring Festival of Classical Music
• Music in Blair Atholl
• Perth Festival of the Arts
• Queen's Hall, Edinburgh.
• St Magnus Festival - Orkney
• Scottish Summer Schools.
• Shetland Folk Festival
• Froots Festivals! A catalogue of music festivals in and around Britain.
• Wickerman Festival - alternative Cult music scene
• More Festivals In Scotland

Edinburgh Festivals
Edinburgh International Festival
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Edinburgh International Film Festival
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival
Edinburgh Science Festival
Edinburgh Tattoo
Edinburgh Children's Festival
Edinburgh Harp Festival
Edinburgh's Hogmanay
Edinburgh MELA
Edinburgh Festival of Middle Eastern Spirituality and Peace

Glasgow Festivals
Gig on the Green
Glasgow Film Festival
Glasgow International Comedy Festival
Glasgow International Jazz Festival
Glasgow River Festival
West End Festival

• Edinburgh University Music Department.
• Glasgow University Music Department.
• Music Education Directory
• Napier University Music Department
• Music at Northern College, Aberdeen
• Music at Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh - also the Scottish base for Contemporary Music-Making for Amateurs.
• Performing Arts Data Service, Glasgow University
• Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
• School of Scottish Studies, Edinburgh University
• SCRAN. A searchable archive of Scotland's history and culture.
• Glasgow Fiddle Workshop. Developing traditional fiddle music.
• Sabhal Mor Ostaig. Further Education college in the island of Skye, Scotland, teaching through the medium of Gaelic.
• The Piping Centre. Glasgow-based institute promoting the study and history of piping.
   

Traditional Music

• ALP Scots Music Group  Edinburgh based
• Fèis Rois  Tuition and performance of traditional music.
• Fèisean Nan Gaidheal Gaelic arts tuition festivals
• Glasgow Fiddle Workshop Scottish traditional fiddle music
• The Piping Centre

Music Societies and Organisations

• Association of British Orchestras
• Enterprise Music Scotland
• Institute of Popular Music
• Making Music Scotland
• National Association of Youth Orchestras
• Scottish Amateur Music Association
• Traditional Music and Song Association

• ScotFind.com
• Scottish Folk Directory.
• MusicScotland.com. Your gateway to contemporary and traditional music from Scotland and beyond.
• Music in Scotland. Scottish, Irish, Celtic and Folk Music.
• Glasgow Arts Directory - Spare a Minute. For alphabetical listings of over 200 arts organisations in the West of Scotland.
• The Living Tradition on the Web. Site associated with the magazine - one of the largest sites covering mainly the Folk & Traditional Music of the British Isles, Ireland and what is often called 'Celtic' music.
• Celtic Connections. All the best in Scottish music and video.
• Scotland.org. Index of Scottish music sites.
• Skye Live! Your free Celtic music listing.
• Electric Scotland. Guide to Gaelic music.
• MIDAS Centre. Highlands and Islands Music Industry.
• Highland Music Trust. A charitable trust established for the encouragement of Scottish national and traditional music. Based in Inverness.
• Fèisean nan Gàidheal. The National Association of Gaelic Arts Youth Tuition festivals.
• Shetland Music. An introduction by Erlend Barclay.
• Early and Traditional Music in Scotland. A reference guide with good links and related topics.
• The Wighton Database of Early Scottish Music. Search for tunes in this collection of some 700 items held in Dundee Central Library.
• Mudcat Cafe. Digital Tradition Folk Song Database with words to 6000 songs. Try also another digital tradition page which includes notation for some songs in GIF or EPS format
• Bagpipe Tune Title Search Page.
• Scottish Song Lyrics. Words to over 50 songs.
• Scotlandsmusic.com Taigh na Teud / Harpstring House Publishers. Scottish and Gaelic music books and cassettes.
• The Tune Web. Sheet music (in .gif format) to Irish, Scottish and Breton tunes.
• Ceolas Tune Index. Searchable index listing over 35,000 tunes with full bibliographic references.
• Sounds of Scotland. Order traditional music CD's online!
• The Bagpipe Web Directory. Over 1700 piping related links!
• An International Great Highland Bagpipe Discography by Ulf Schönberg
• Scott's Highland Services. On-line retailer of books, recordings etc based in Ontario.
• Portland America. Source for CDs, tapes (and some videos) from Scotland, Cape Breton and Atlantic Canada.
• Scottish Independent Music Scene. A new site with growing body of useful information on recording and rehearsal facilities, venues, equipment, artists, labels, agents, etc.
• The Gig Guide. Scotland's Guide to Live Music.
• MMF. Striving to bring you all the news, contact details and information on the state of Scottish music straight from musicians.
• Rainsound. Fanzine for (mainly) Scottish groups.
• Royal Scottish Country Dance Society. Including details of publications and recordings, summer schools and branches around the world.
• Edinburgh Highland Reel and Strathspey Society. 'For the practice or promotion of Scottish National Music, more especially Reel and Strathspey playing in the old Highland fashion.'
• soc.culture.scottish FAQ. Frequently-asked questions for the soc.culture.scottish usenet newsgroup.
• Glasgow Music Centre. Online sheet music supplier.
• Stoneyport Agency. Some of the best music, song, and dance in the Celtic music world, plus a little blues and some rockie-blues.
• Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland.
• Tartan Classics. Tartan Classics promotes Scottish arts and encourages Scots at home and abroad to support Scottish artists and performers.
• Scottish and Irish Traditional Celtic Music Store.

Music Funding
There are many places to check regarding funding of music.  These are just a few and can be for individuals or organisations

• Scottish Arts Council Music Funding
• Music funding for individuals
• Music funding for organisations
• Youth Music Initiative - for informal sector
• Youth Music Initiative - for local authorities
• Music Touring

See Also
Brass Music
Pipe Bands
Robert Burns
Scottish Archaeology
Scottish Facts
Scottish Film Industry
Scottish General
Scottish Government
Scottish News Feeds and Newspapers
Scottish Ships and Boats
Scottish Slang
Scottish Stuff
Scottish Community Web Sites
Shetland
Towns & Places in Scotland -Web Sites
Caithness Sites
Web Cams
Whisky