• 14 Jan 2026, 1 p.m., Zoom, Online, Find out more and register
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Call our Composers' Helpline if you are a composer looking for general advice, compositional support, help with funding or budgets, project ideas, partnerships, confidential wellbeing support.

Every Wednesday between 1-2pm Pete Stollery, Fiona Robertson, Lisa Robertson or Emily Doolittle will be available for a chat. They have a wide-range of experience between them (see below for details) and are happy to support you in any way they can. However if it is compositional support you are looking for, you should opt for Pete, Emily or Lisa.

Sign up for your 20 min Zoom call by clicking on one of the offered days and selecting your preferred date and time. Make sure that you are able to attend the session in person as the slots are limited.

Please note: The Composer’s Helpline is designed to give as many composers as possible time to discuss individual needs. Although it is of course possible for attendees to come back for additional help or with new topics, if we are over-booked we may have to give preference to new attendees. 

Please also note that these aren’t teaching sessions, but rather advice sessions.

Please select your session carefully and ensure you can attend the chosen slot. Feel free to email info@sound-scotland.co.uk if you have any questions or want to check which member of the Team would be most suited to your inquiry prior to booking. Thank you for your understanding. 

Mentors:

Emily Doolittle

https://emilydoolittle.com/ 

Emily Doolittle is a composer and music researcher, originally from Canada, and now living in Glasgow, where she is a Research Fellow and Lecturer in Composition at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Areas in which she can provide mentorship include (but are not limited to) composition, instrumentation, finding musical community, pursuing further education in music, career development, getting your music out there, and general support and encouragement!

Lisa Robertson

https://www.lisarobertsonmusic.com/ 

Lisa Robertson is a composer and violinist from the West Highlands of Scotland. She is a tutor in composition and instrumentation at the University of Edinburgh. She can provide mentorship on composition, instrumentation, notation, string writing and techniques, career development, working with musicians, the landscape for emerging composers in the UK, promoting your work and other general support.

Pete Stollery

https://www.petestollery.com/ 

Pete Stollery is a composer, recently retired from the University of Aberdeen. Back in the early 2000s, he helped to set up sound. He also conducts ANy Enemy, a new music ensemble based in NE Scotland. Areas in which he can provide mentorship include (but are not limited to) composition (both acoustic and electroacoustic), opportunities, courses and programmes in UK, getting your work out there, promotion and publicity, general support.

Fiona Robertson

https://sound-scotland.co.uk/about/our-people 

Fiona Robertson is the Director of sound. She has a post-graduate degree in Arts Administration (Dauphine University, Paris), and has worked in the arts both in France and the UK. She has extensive project management experience. She can provide help and advise on anything to do with project management, collaboration and partnerships, funding and budgets, setting up organisations, and much more. She is also happy to just be a friendly ear if needed. But please note she is not a composer!

TEAM AVAILABILITY:

14th January - Pete Stollery

21st January - Fiona Robertson

28th January - Pete Stollery

4th February - Fiona Robertson

11th February -  Emily Doolittle

18th February - Lisa Robertson

25th February - Fiona Robertson

4th March - Emily Doolittle

11th March - Lisa Robertson

18th March - Emily Doolittle

25th March - Lisa Robertson

You can let us know in advance what you'd like to talk about and discuss by emailing info@sound-scotland.co.uk