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one1. Reminder - Music Network Young Musicwide Award

    

Music Network invites applications for the Young Musicwide AWARD 2012, a unique professional development scheme designed to assist a selected group of Ireland's brightest young musicians at the beginning of their professional career. The award this year is open to young Irish chamber groups with between two and five members.   The deadline for applications is 5:00 pm on Monday 16th July.   

  

For further information and application details contact  Andreas Ziemons, at  concertadmin@musicnetwork.ie or (01) 671 9429.


  

two2. Music Network & The Ark
  

Dates:10 - 13 September 2012 (inclusive)

Venue:The Ark, A Cultural Centre for Children, 11a Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

Course fee:€100

Deadline:Friday 20 July 2012

 

Music Network and The Ark, A Cultural Centre for Children, are seeking applications from professional performing musicians to participate in ATTUNE.

 

ATTUNE is an exciting new professional development opportunity for performing musicians interested in exploring high quality live music performance and child audiences.

 

Led by musician, composer and musical powerhouse, Brian Irvine, ATTUNE will inspire participants to investigate approaches to live music performance and children and family audiences in a challenging yet supportive environment. The programme will be delivered over a series of 4 consecutive days culminating in a live performance for an invited audience of children in The Ark's theatre.

 

Further information about ATTUNE, including detailed course information and application forms are available here  or contact Aisling Roche, Email:  development@musicnetwork.ie or Aisling O'Gorman, Email:aisling@theark.ie  

  

 

three3. Arts Council Music Recording Scheme   

 

Deadline Monday 17th September 2012 (5:00 PM)
 
The Arts Council Music Recording Scheme, managed by Music Network, provides support for performers and composers working primarily in non-commercial genres through awarding funding for music recording. The aim of this scheme is to ensure that the work of Irish composers and performers is available other than in live performance, and to ensure that important or neglected materials of Irish music are preserved and disseminated to the highest professional standard.
The scheme is open to musicians and ensembles of all genres that are of Irish nationality or resident in Ireland. Full application information and documentation are available here.   

 

four4. The Arts Council Bursary Awards  

  

Arts Council Traditional Arts Bursary Award, & Opera Bursary Award

Closing date: 12/07/2012

Maximum awarded: €10000 (traditional arts) and €15000 (opera)

Telephone: 01 618 02 00    

Email: awards@artscouncil.ie

Purpose of the awards:

The purpose of these awards is to support professional artists to develop their art practice. They provide artists with the time and resources to think, research, reflect and critically engage with their art.

Further information on the traditional arts bursary here and on the opera bursary here. 

  

Arts Council Young People, Children, and Education Bursary Award

Closing date: 12/07/2012

Maximum awarded: €10000

Telephone: 01 6180 200    

Email: awards@artscouncil.ie

Purpose of the award:

The Young People, Children, and Education Bursary Award supports individual professional artists working with, and producing work for, children and young people across a range of artforms. The purpose of the award is to support professional artists to develop their art practice.

Further information here.

Information clinics offering information and advice on these bursary awards and the application process will be held in Dublin, Galway and Cork. Details here.

 

    

five5. Drumming in Healthcare Workshop for Musicians 

  

Drumming and rhythm in healthcare settings: An introduction

DIT Conservatory of Music & Drama, Rathmines, Dublin 6

Friday June 29th (9.30am-12.30pm)
Course fee: €30 (Booking is required to secure a place)

Drumming is one of the most universally accessible forms of music - if you have a heartbeat, you can drum! Because of this, it is ideally suited to work in healthcare settings, as a way of quickly involving participants in meaningful music making. In this workshop, you will learn:  · basic hand drumming technique  · effective use of percussion  · noise management  · drumming activities to engage people aged 2 to 102!  · how to adapt these for varying abilities  · how to create your own rhythmic 'pieces', and how to improvise  · how to choose appropriate activities based on musical, social, and communicative potential    The workshop will be led by Dr. Jane Bentley, from Glasgow , Scotland . She has been drumming in healthcare settings for the past decade, and has studied extensively with Arthur Hull, the principal founder of the community drum circle movement. Last year she was awarded the first ever PhD based on drum circles and improvisation, highlighting the effects of group music making on human wellbeing.    For further information, please contact:  grainnehope@gmail.com or call 087 9353276.    

 

six6. ArtLinks Bursaries   

 

Deadline 12 noon on Friday 6th July 2012

ArtLinks is a professional development support programme for established and emerging artists across all disciplines living in the five ArtLinks partner regions of Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford, Wexford and Wicklow County Councils. The programme provides supports including mentoring, networking, bursaries and professional development programmes for its members.

ArtLinks Bursaries are offered on an annual basis to ArtLinks members. The Bursary Programme supports artists via three separate awards:

*             Emerging Artist Award

*             Professional Development Award

*             Collaborative Award

Artists interested in applying for an ArtLinks Bursary should log on to www.artlinks.ie to download the application form. Artists need to be a member of ArtLinks, or renew their previous membership to be included in the application process, so registration on the new www.artlinks.ie is essential. Further information from Sheila Corballis Tel. 01 2856162 Email: info@artlinks.

 

 

seven7. The Arts & Disability Awards Ireland Scheme  

 

Managed by the Belfast-based Arts and Disability Forum (ADF) and funded by both Arts Councils, the ADAI scheme is a competitive scheme that funds work of the highest artistic calibre and is open to disabled people working across the entire artistic spectrum.

The Arts Council of Northern Ireland and The Arts Council of Ireland have combined to offer a total of around £35,000 funding to be made available to the scheme. Individual artists can apply for a grant of up to £5,000 to help develop their work. Each application is judged on its merits by experts working in arts and disability and can include funding to buy access equipment that helps to improve the artist's ability to produce work.

For more information on how to apply for funding, contact the ADF on Tel. 028 90239450 or Gillian@adf.ie .To download an application form go to www.adf.ie . All information, including criteria, FAQs and guidelines, is available on the website.

 

 

eight8. Gaiety School of Acting Seeks Voice Teacher 
 

The Gaiety School of Acting, The National Theatre School of Ireland is seeking a dynamic and inspirational Voice Teacher. The successful candidate will educate, inspire and empower students on their successful Two Year Intensive Professional Actor Training Programme and on a wide range of other programmes.

Applicants should have at minimum a Master's Degree in voice, with strong teaching abilities. Applicants should have at least 2-3 years of experience teaching students at the beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels.

Further information and application details are available here. Closing date for applications is Friday 6th July, 2012. Interviews and Masterclass: 23rd/24th/25th July; 2pm - 6pm.

  


nine9. Strings Attached Mentoring Programme   

     

Music in Drumcliffe, in partnership with the Royal Irish Academy of Music, is seeking applications for Strings Attached: a Mentoring Programme for String Quartet with the Vogler Quartet 2012-14.

Existing quartets, or separate players wishing to form a new quartet, are invited to apply for this innovative programme dedicated to excellence. Strings Attached offers a unique opportunity, to a dedicated quartet, to nurture potential in a professional environment, working alongside the internationally acclaimed Vogler Quartet.

Application forms can be downloaded from  www.musicindrumcliff.ie, www.riam.ie or www.artscope.ie. Further information is available from info@artscope.ie. Deadline for applications is Friday 5th October 2012.

 

  

ten10. Arts Audiences 

   

Arts Audiences has revamped its website, restructuring the site so you can easily access all of its reports, case studies etc. Take a look www.artsaudiences.ie 

 

  
eleven11. Opportunities for Musicians
    

Principal Cello, English National Opera

For further information and an application pack please contact Jonathan Manners, Orchestra Manager, ENO, London Coliseum, St Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4ES or email  orchestra@eno.org  

Closing Date: 5pm, Monday 2 July

Auditions: Monday 3 and Monday 24 September.

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Section Double Bass, London Symphony Orchestra

Please send your completed application form (no CVs please) and your equal opportunities monitoring form to Carina McCourt, Orchestra Personnel Manager (strings) at  doublebass.auditions@lso.co.uk  

Closing Date: 6pm, Friday 6th July

Auditions will be held in Autumn 2012.

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Apply for Southbank Sinfonia

Bursary: c. £6,600 (to go towards London living costs)

Programme Runs: Mid-January to the end of October 2013

Right now we are looking for talented graduates to join Southbank Sinfonia. If you are embarking on an orchestral career, this is the perfect place to start.

Every year, 32 players undertake an intensive and wide-ranging nine month programme of performance and professional development.  

We are looking for musicians who not only have talent but stamina, dedication, team spirit, imagination and willingness to explore and embrace new ideas.

For more information on how to apply/audition for the programme please visit http://southbanksinfonia.co.uk/auditions/how-to-apply-2/

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Principal Double Bass, Royal Ballet Sinfonia (London)

Sub-Principal Viola (No 2 playing principal as required)

The Royal Ballet Sinfonia is London based and guarantees 35 weeks of employment each year. In addition to performing with BRB in the UK and abroad, it undertakes regular recordings and concerts. Recent engagements have included visits to China, Hong Kong, Dublin, Munich and the Royal Opera House.

Applications to be made in writing with full CV and telephone number to:

Andrew Bentley, Orchestra Manager, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Thorp Street, Birmingham B5 4AU or email  andrewbentley@brb.org.uk 

 

Closing date: Monday 30th July

Auditions will take place in London on 5th September 2012 for Sub Principal Viola and 7th September 2012 for Principal Bass

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Principal Double Bass (No 3), Royal Opera House (London)

We invite applications from outstanding players with considerable relevant experience, ideally with an opera or ballet orchestra. The successful candidate will be a musician of the highest calibre who is self-motivated, reliable and versatile with the ability to work under pressure as part of an established team.

The terms and conditions of employment for this position offer a considerable amount of flexibility in workload and schedule.

For a full job description and an application form please visit: http://recruitment.roh.org.uk/vacancyView.php?requirementId=1025

Closing Date: 10am, Monday 9th July

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Section Leader: Timpani, Ulster Orchestra (Belfast)

The Ulster Orchestra seeks applications to succeed our Principal Timpanist, David Openshaw, who has been in the position for 40 years.

Auditions to be held in London on 21 & 22 August 2012 and in Belfast on 27 August 2012.

For more information please go to http://www.ulsterorchestra.com/aboutus/job_vacancies.php

Closing Date: Monday 23rd July

 

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Principal 1st Violin (No.4), Opera North (Leeds)

Salary: £29,458

The Orchestra of Opera North is looking for an experienced musician to fill the position of Principal 1st Violin (No. 4). Knowledge of the operatic repertoire would be an advantage.

For more information on how to apply please go to http://www.operanorth.co.uk/about/work-for-us/

Closing Date: Midday, Friday 6th July

Auditions will be held in Leeds in July 2012

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