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Pete Sparkes
Karen and Hamshya reaching upwards as they dance - Farhad is just visible in the dark background with a laptop below blue abstract projections
We are delighted to confirm that Associate Musician Farhad Ahmed will lead a new creative project with disabled artists as Out of the Common. They will explore Hip Hop, Indian Dance, Algorave & experimental music. They will be working on new material during the summer 2025 with a performance planned for September. More details to...
Greta & Ali performing at Hidden Door - a blue lit stage with abstract dot based artwork projection on wall
Greta Chambers-McMillan was excited to be one of 9 artists selected to be part of the Room To Play creative project run by Tinderbox Collective at Hidden Door 2025. Working closely with Ray Interactive and Hidden Door, the 9 artists developed interactive visuals that were shared as an installation in the Paper Factory from the...
Group of 8 musicians and 5 facilitators gathered around a Sofa in a large historic room with rugs and wood pannelling
Drake Musician Rhona Smith was delighted to take part in the Distill Residency run by Hands Up For Trad at Wiston Lodge this April. 8 Musicians gathered for 4 days of workshops around improvisation, composing and developing creative ideas – led by tutors Allie Robertson and Graham Stephen. Rhona was delighted to be part of...
Sarah Lianne Lewis holding Royal Philharmonic Society Award
Congratulations! Letting the Light In – by Sarah Lianne Lewis won a prestigious Royal Philharmonic Award for Chamber Composition at a recent Award Ceremony at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. This beautiful piece written for prepared piano was part of our Beyond Borders project in collaboration with Tŷ Cerdd and NMC Recordings. Here is what the...
An orchestra of harps in performance hall with dramatic blue lighting
Filmmaker Tom Swift has been following Rhona Smith and Stephanie Humphreys as they developed a new composition for the Edinburgh International Harp Festival. “Finding Voices” offers insight into the technology that Rhona uses to create and perform on her Digital Harp and also how ideas and creative decisions are explored through a collaborative and patient...
Sean Logan with a CG projection behind him
Sean Logan presented Collide to a packed audience at the CCA in Glasgow as part of Cryptic Nights on Thursday 6th March. This was a collaboration with visual artist Angus Bradley. This ambitious performance included original music composed and performed by Sean with a huge backdrop projection featuring live interactive visuals of a future world...
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