The process of composition can often be a solitary one, something that has been heightened during the pandemic. This Creative Conversation on 15th May is designed to give you the time, space and opportunity to reflect, discuss, share your craft with your peers and hear the experiences from our key note speaker, Malcolm Lindsay.

This Creative Conversation will:
- Give you the opportunity to discuss new ideas & projects
- Share your working methods and approaches with peers
- Increase your network of creators

Those who sign up to participate are encouraged to email specific situations, challenges, questions, etc. in advance to karen@newmusicscotland.co.uk. All questions are valid - questions may relate to specific problems or can be general in nature.
Malcolm will be joined by Project Manager, Karen Dufour and NMS board member, Francis Macdonald.

Schedule (15th May)
10am – Welcome
10.15am –Key Note Speaker presentation by Malcolm Lindsay
10.35am -Session 1: Your Practice Breakout sessions with peers at a similar stage in their career to discuss ideas, projects, your working methods; what have you found worked well for you, what have you found challenging; have you had similar experiences to those in the group
11.10am - Feedback
11.30am - Break
11.45am – Session 2: Discussion and questions. As a large cohort this session will give you the chance to discuss with Malcolm key points/recurring themes that arose in your breakout sessions and pose further questions
12.30pm - Summary and wrap up
1pm- Close

Eligibility
This Creative Conversation is open to Scottish or Scottish based individuals at any stage of their career looking to connect, discuss, learn and share their practices. The session will include breakout rooms where you will be aligned with those at a similar stage of their career and facilitated by a NMS board member.
NMS is aware that some participants may have genuine concerns about sharing their ideas with others, for fear of them being misappropriated. While all participants should know in advance that some degree of sharing is key to gaining as much as possible from the session, it is also understood that there is some need for privacy and you will not be asked to discuss anything that you would prefer to keep private.

Costs
• £15 non-members
• £8 NMS members
• £5 student