Hear Glasgow! Legacy
Since it’s inception, Hear Glasgow! Has gone through a process of change, learning, flexibility and consultation; trying to understand the complex labyrinth that is Glasgow’s music culture.
We have been creating links with the many agencies, further and higher education establishments, venues, bands, teachers and freelance music practitioners.
We have also recognised real need to engage young people who want to be involved in music making, be it as a performer or as someone who wants to make a career out of the more ‘nuts and bolts’ aspect of the industry; working in sound, venue/event management.
Hear Glasgow! has had the pleasure of working with a wide range of partner organizations and individuals and indeed, strives to incorporate this partnership working. Glasgow UNESCO City of Music and Glasgow Life have been constant supporters of the work that Hear Glasgow! encourages the bringing together of freelance music tutors and practitioners in order for them to tell HEAR Glasgow! about their training needs.
What: Child Protection: A Basic Awareness- 1-day training event for practitioners and Forum members.
When: February 2012
Who: HG! Ross Fergusson & Rachel Bull
What: Louise Quinn- Anti Sectarian Songwriting Project working with five P7 classes exploring antisectarian themes. The final song written during the project will be performed at the Youth Cup Final at Hampden in March 2012.
When: February 2012
Who: Hear Glasgow!, Various local Secondary Schools, Louise Quinn
What: (Hear) Glasgow! Loves Christmas- Residency at Glasgow Loves Christmas on George Square – HG! to programme acts for the main stage.
When: December 2011
Who: Hear Glasgow!, Glasgow Life
Acts included:
Kids with Crayons
The Imagineers
Suspire
Connor Graham
Datie Sutherland
Gogobot
Kith & Kin
What: Hear Glasgow! ran three events in Glasgow supported by MOBO. All were intended to tie in with the MOBO event in Glasgow in October. It was a real coup for Hear Glasgow! to be associated with such a prestigious event.
When: September/October 2011
MOBOS Event 1: A performance in the Classic Grand on 30th January. Artists included -
DJs – Steg G, Bunty, Bob Boyd
MCs – Louie, Freestyle Master, RIP
B-BOYS – Floor Freaks, Flying Jalepenos
BEATBOX – Bigg Taj
MOBOS Event 2: A hip-hop celebration of up-coming and established Glasgow hop-hop acts. Artists included –
NAOMI KERR
BLACK BROSBOO
BLACK BROSBOO
GALOCK & TESKO
MOBOS Event 3: An Urban Music Production Panel Event. Panelists included producers, artists and broadcasters from this genre of music.
What: Tigerstyle Electronic Music Project- Structured education in music production programmes, leading to composition and recording. There was alsoa music business element so that participants could investigate income generation through exploitation of the musical works.
When: October 2011
Who: HG! Tigerstyle, Heart Of Scotstoun
What: YRock New Music Creation- Young bands and classical musicians were introduced to new forms of intstumentation and arrangement by working with each other on cross genre compositions and recordings.
When: September 2011
Who: Hear Glasgow!, YRock, SWAMP
What: MIMA East End Project- Working to equip young musicians with the skills to progress into employment of further education in commercial music.
When: September 2011
Who: Hear Glasgow!, MIMA, Wellhouse Community Trust
What: Gorbals Teenage Singing Project- Weekly singing and percussion workshops over the summer holidays. 12-18 year olds learn skills and pass their singing knowledge to younger, primary aged singers in the communit
When: July/August 2011
Who: Givin it Laldie, Lynne O’Neill and Crossroads Youth & Community Association
What: Project Launch – Linkes Summer band Camp, Digital, songwriting and persuccion workshops for 12-18 year-olds.
When: July 2011
Who: Heart of Scotstoun, LINKES, Hear Glasgow!
Where: Knightswood and Scotstoun
What: Karen McIver: Improv(e) your playing- One day improvisation workshop in schools for S4-6
When: June 2011
Who: Hear Glasgow!, Karen McIver, Glasgow Schools
What: West End Festival- Hear Glasgow! ran a stage at The West End Festival showing both new talent and more established acts.
When: June 2011
Who: Hear Glasgow!, West End Festival, SWAMP, Wellhouse Community Trust, various freelance practitioners & performers
Bands who performed were:
Switchback Road
Pedantics
Laura Divers
Wake the President
Ironic
Woodenbox with a fistful of fivers
Ryan McDowall
Dirty Demographic
Miniature Dinosaurs
A band called Quinn
Kitty the Lion
What: Child Protection- A basic Awareness, 1-day training event for practitioners and Forum Members
When: May 2011
Who: Hear Glasgow!, Culture Sparks
What: Kodally Training Workshop- Three free places were offered to Hear Glasgow! forum members
When: March 2011
Who: Hear Glasgow!, NYCoS
What: Planning your Time & Project Training Package 2- Training requested by Forum members at the Train Me Silly. Looking at the ‘nuts and bolts’ aspects of making an application to funding bodies. Through the Cultural Enterprise Office, participants were also offered one-to-one sessions relating to their specific project.
When: February 2011
Who: Hear Glasgow!, Cultural Enterprise Office
What: Making Applications & Proposals Training Package 1- Training requested by Forum members at the Train Me Silly. Looking at the ‘nuts and bolts’ aspects of making an application to funding bodies.Through the Cultural Enterprise Office, participants were also offered one-to-one sessions relating to their specific application.
When: February 2011
Who: Hear Glasgow!, Cultural Enterprise Office
What: HG @ RR featuring the Gaelic School of Scotland- Pupills from the Gaelic School to perform and ran an entire show at the Recital Rooms.
When: February 2011
Who: Hear Glasgow!, Gaelic School of Scotland
What: Kids get Lyrical- This was a Songwriting project run by NYCoS, with an in-kind accommodation contribution from Hear Glasgow! Some twenty young people took part in the project, resulting in a ‘sharing’ with friends and family in the Recital Rooms at the City Hall
When: February 2011
Who: Hear Glasgow!, NYCoS, UNESCO, Carol Laula
What: Knightswood Songwriting Project- A group of young people from surrounding schools were approached to join a song-writing workshop aiming to write a song to help celebrate Knightswood Library’s 40th birthday. The project was started in November and the song was performed at the library’s 40th birthday party in February.
When: February 2011
Who: Hear Glasgow!, Glasgow Libaries, Jo Mango
What: Gorbals Teenage Singing Project- 12 weeks of singing delivery, a night of recording a CD, final evaluation and involvement of the young people in interviewing the lead tutor involved. This project ran with great success and excitement for the young people involved who were given the chance to perform at a City Centre Venue.
When: January- May 2011
Who: Givin it Laldie, Lynne O’Neill and Crossroads Youth & Community Association
What: Govan Ortorio- After a series of workshops run in the Govan area (four of which were funded by Hear Glasgow!) the RSNO, Fablevision, Govan Gaelic Choir and various other partners performed at Govan Oratorio at Govan Parish Church
When: November 2010
Who: Hear Glasgow!, Govan Oratorio, Fablevision, RSNO
What: Figure Notes Conference- Four places (funded by HG!) were offered free to Hear Glasgow! members.
When: November 2010
Who: Hear Glasgow!, Drake Music
What: Young, Gifted & COOL- This two-day training event was run at Sense Scotland for Hear Glasgow! and was aimed at freelancers, practitioners and facilitators both from the formal and informal sectors.
When: November 2010
Who: ARC Training, Hear Glasgow!
What: Hear Glasgow @ RR featuring Sounds- This event featured three Glasgow Bands who were competing in Young Scot’s City Sound event, they were Krank, the winner from last year’s City Sounds, along with Tracy Chanda and Ryan MacDowell who were competition finalists.
When: October 2010
Who: Young Scot, City Sounds, Hear Glasgow!
What: Hear Glasgow! Offers Chils Protection Training | NSPCC Awareness Training- Hear Glasgow! selected two candidates to attend two training days and a further top-up training day.
When: September 2010
Who: RSNO, HG!, Wellhouse & NSPCC
What: The M Word- This event was for pupils from S4, S5 & S6 to spend a half-day of sharing ideas, careers information and talking with music industry professionals, musicians, music facilitators and music students on various courses. Keynote speeches were offered by a music facilitator/musician/music industry operatives offering inspiring ideas on courses, jobs or ways into the music industry for the young people.
When: August 2010
Who: Lourdes & Ross Hall, Holyrood, Kingspark& Shawlands. John Paul Academy, St Mungos, Lochend, Gaelic School
What: Train Me Silly- The bringing together of freelance music tutors and practitioners in order for them to tell HEAR Glasgow! about their training needs.
When: March 2010
Who: Hear Glasgow!, Youth Music Forum