Red Note Factory Weekend – 17 & 18 October 2026
Deadline: 30 Sep 2026
Want to get stuck into contemporary music, improvisation and creative music-making?
Factory Weekend is a free weekend for classical musicians aged 18–28 to experiment, collaborate and develop new skills alongside Red Note musicians.
Expect:
• Improvisation + devising
• Open scores + new music
• Rhythm games + creative exercises
• Playing alongside Red Note musicians
• Discussions, advice + making your own work
• Coffee, snacks and a few new friends along the way
No previous experience in contemporary music needed. Just bring your curiosity and enthusiasm.
Open to orchestral instruments, classical guitar and saxophone. Sorry, no pianists or singers this time.
Weir Hall, Scottish Opera, Glasgow
FREE
Limited travel bursaries available for UK-based participants outside Glasgow
Apply by Wednesday 30 September, 12pm.
Type
Course / CPD / Summerschool
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Upcoming events
- 12 Oct 2026, 12:30
[Composers' Coffee Club: online coffee chat for composers & musicians] - 22 Oct 2026, 18:00
[Neil Smith: Try Try Try (soundfestival 2026)] - 28 Oct 2026, 18:00
[Composing for Media - NMS Peer to Peer session 3] - 29 Oct 2026, 19:30
[BBC SSO: Enrico Chapela's 'Antiphaser' (Concerto for electric violin and orchestera)] - 30 Oct 2026, 18:00
[James Weeks: weatherworld quartets (soundfestival 2026)]
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