Just some of the many women composers through history whose music should be better known today: Johanna Müller-Hermann, Julie Candeille, Leokadiya Kashperova, Marie Grandval, Margaret Bonds, Yoshida Takako / Ester Mägi, Dorothy Howell, Elfrida Andrée, Maria von Paradis, Wilhelmine von Bayreuth, Doreen Carwithen / Undine Smith Moore, Pauline Viardot, Cécile Chaminade, Marianna Martines, Amy Beach, Helen Hopekirk

The RPS Ambache Fund offers grants of up to £5,000 for UK music-makers looking to centre historic women composers in their programming, and connect audiences to their extraordinary music worth hearing.

Find out more and apply by 31 March: royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/rps_today/ne...

Coming soon to Nordic Viola's shop by popular demand: prints by Orla Stevens inspired by Faroese composer Eli Tausen á Lava's Tale of the Sealwoman. #faroeislands #newmusic #artandmusic @nordicmusicreview.bsky.social @nordicmusiccel.bsky.social

Lovely tune, Luke.

Polar soundings by Karen Power premieres at @soundscotland.bsky.social tomorrow and Saturday in Aberdeen. 3 performances each day. Come and hear it - it's quite incredible.

Thank you @francisrouthtrust.bsky.social for supporting our new project on John Rae, which will include new works by @stuartmacrae.bsky.social and Ailie Robertson, as well as 2 Nordic composers. Morenews coming very soon!

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The Sound of Ice: Interpreting Polar Soundings by Karen Power Last week I left you at the point where I was finding the sounds I need for the viola part of polar soundings, getting used to using an aural part in my ear and generally getting to know Karen Powe…

A deeper dive into the music of polar soundings by Karen Power, which I'll be premiering at Sound festival in Aberdeen next weekend. nordicviola.com/2025/10/18/t... Ticket link in comments. @soundscotland.bsky.social @newmusicscotland.bsky.social @creativescots.bsky.social

More info on the performance at sound-scotland.co.uk/event/karen-... @soundscotland.bsky.social

Polar Soundings In a couple of weeks I’ll be premiering Karen Power’s polar soundings at soundfestival in Aberdeen on 24th/25th October. For me, the piece requires a long and immersive period of learning, so I tho…

On 24th/25th October I'll be premiering polar soundings by Karen Power @soundscotland.bsky.social Find out more about learning the piece in my blog: nordicviola.com/2025/10/10/p... @creativescots.bsky.social @newmusicscotland.bsky.social @cmcireland.bsky.social

Sad news indeed. Will also miss seeing him at home in the village.

The Voyage of The Fox Captain McClintock’s voyage to the Arctic in search of the lost Franklin expedition is told through poetry and music for viola and clarinet.

2/2 Tickets and more info for The Voyage of the Fox in Dunblane from www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-voyage... Supported by @hinrichsenfoundati.bsky.social and @foundationscotland.bsky.social

1/2 A week to go to The Voyage of The Fox in Dunblane. Today I'm introducing our poet, Lesley Harrison. Lesley's poem on McClintock's Voyage is filled with musical references that inspired the music. 31st Aug 8pm Weigh Ahead Gallery, Dunblane. @dunblaneinfo.bsky.social @whatsonstirling.bsky.social

Delighted to say that we've had to open up a second performance at 8pm! Get your tickets on this new link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-voyage... @dunblaneinfo.bsky.social

2/2 Then I travelled to Ireland to work with @powercomposer.bsky.social on a new project for @soundscotland.bsky.social Using field recordings from the polar regions we were engaged in deep listening learning how the timbres of the viola weave with the changing ice. @creativescots.bsky.social

1/2 It's been a summer of music-making and travel. In July I performed with @amsouth.bsky.social Aya Kobayashi and Nerea Bello in artist Samantha Gare's Keening - Song of the Stranding on the Isle of Lewis. Beautiful, emotional and community-based. Photos by Phil Hall. @creativescots.bsky.social

This looks gorgeous. If I weren't at work....

I've avoided playing Mendelssohn's Elijah for decades as it hurts so much to play (much stamina required!) but ahead of @rsno.bsky.social 's performance at #EdinburghInternationalFestival I'm listening to it and reminding myself what a gorgeous, lush piece of music it is. Can't wait!

The Voyage of The Fox with poetry by Lesley Harrison and music by me and @amsouth.bsky.social is in Dunblane on 31st Aug before we take it to Orkney Science Festival. Tickets very limited so get them now! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-voyage... @newmusicscotland.bsky.social @dunblaneinfo.bsky.social

We're looking for a confident freelance leader to guide our Get Creative Ensemble, a talented group of young musicians who meet 6 times a year in Aberdeen to play and create new music together.

⏰ Deadline: Sunday 3rd August 2025

To find out more: sound-scotland.co.uk/news/job-vac...

#opportunity

It was lovely to perform "The Pilgrim's Path" by Gemma McGregor surrounded by these beautiful pieces of art.

An absolute pleasure to premiere Gemma McGregor's The Pilgrim's Path at @stmagnuscathedral.bsky.social for St. Magnus International Festival in Orkney last week. @scottishmusic.bsky.social @newmusicscotland.bsky.social @musicnewsscotland.bsky.social Supported by @creativescots.bsky.social

Exactly a month today until Keening - Song of the Stranding happens on Traigh Mhòr, Tolsta, Lewis. Excited to be part of the music team with @amsouth.bsky.social and Nerea Bello www.northharrisstudio.co.uk/music @newmusicscotland.bsky.social @scotmus.bsky.social #westernisles #hebrides

Book your ticket for the performance @stmagnuscathedral.bsky.social stmagnusfestival.com/festival-pro...

YouTube video by Katherine Wren Introduction to Carry His Relics Gemma McGregor

25th June @stmagnuscathedral.bsky.social Gemma McGregor and I will premiere The Pilgrim's Path at St Magnus International Festival. Here's my reflections from the last piece in the set from when we performed it @edfringe.bsky.social Supported by @creativescots.bsky.social youtu.be/O0evPp1EVQM?...

Did you catch The Resol Quartet and their debut performance in the museum as our new resident artists? Or maybe @nordicviola.bsky.social last weekend?

Magnificent! If you missed them don't panic😅

Here are details of the next concerts in our series #musicinthegri

@whatsonglasgow.bsky.social

Looking forward to seeing you all at this concert for @friendsofgri.bsky.social on Sat at 1pm. Here's a wee taster from the #Faroes soundcloud.com/user-5672974...
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William Heinesen - Variations on A Faroese Hymn Tune arr. K Wren Nordic Viola will take you on an extraordinary journey in words and music to the Faroe Islands, Orkney and Shetland, Iceland and Greenland.

We're really looking forward to playing for @friendsofgri.bsky.social on Sat 31st May at 1pm in the GRI Museum. Here's a wee taster soundcloud.com/user-567297431/william-heinesen/s-VqtJHDNmyWg
@scotmus.bsky.social @creativescots.bsky.social

-the new forest- by Charles Ross performed at The Barn, Banchory in On A Wing and A Prayer features on this week's Modern Notebook from @classicalwsmr.bsky.social and @tylerkline.bsky.social Listen here: exchange.prx.org/pieces/57116... @scottishmusic.bsky.social

Come and hear us play at Glasgow Royal Infirmary on 31st May. New and old music from the Faroe Islands/Iceland and Greenland as well as a great piece from geneticist turned composer Ailie Robertson. @friendsofgri.bsky.social @creativescots.bsky.social @scottishmusic.bsky.social

Delighted that Nordic Viola will be performing in this series on 31st May. The first concert in the series, by the Resol Quartet, takes place this Friday 16th May at 1pm. Funded by @creativescots.bsky.social and The Hugh Fraser Foundation.