Festive

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

19/12/2019

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

We will be closed from 5pm Friday 20th December and we will re-open at 9am on Monday 6th January 2020.

We hope you all have a lovely time over the festive season and we look forward to working with you in 2020.

Very best Christmas wishes to you all,

The Birnam team.

Funding

Transmission Fund

10/12/2019

The Help Musicians UK Transmission Fund provides grants of £500 – £1,500 to fund opportunities that focus on developing creative practice and furthering professional development. It’s open to emerging and professional musicians (instrumentalist, composer, producer, conductor, vocalist or singer-songwriter etc and bands or ensembles consisting of 6 members or less) of all genres and disciplines.

The fund can be used to support:

  • Tailored development opportunities such as workshops, artist residencies, conferences, masterclasses, writing retreats and short courses
  • Short periods of training and mentoring with a leading professional in your field to improve your creative practice or offer support and advice ahead of an important career opportunity (eg. a period of touring or recording)
  • Travel, accommodation and access costs relating to the above
  • Opportunities must be primarily focused on developing a career as a musician

The deadline for applications is 10th January 2020.

For more information please visit:

https://www.helpmusicians.org.uk/creative-programme/current-opportunities/transmission-fund