Orkney Music & Culture
Announcing the Orkney Youth Choir
Please complete our survey.
OMaC (Orkney Music & Culture charity) is proposing a new Orkney Youth Choir and we want to hear from 10-24 year olds in the county who think it's a good idea.
If you are under 25, and like singing or have friends who do, please complete our survey. If you know people who might be interested please share it with them or help them to complete it. The survey is anonymous and will help us secure funding so the choir can be free to join. Alternatively, you can use the form at the foot of this page to send us a message to tell us why you think a Youth Choir in Orkney is a good idea!
Click the link below to complete the survey:
Sibelius Laptop Loan Scheme
Orkney Music and Culture aims to provide increased opportunities for people to participate in music-making, including through the use of modern technology where appropriate. The Charity identified that providing access to Sibelius software could be a way of promoting composition of tunes, songs or multi-instrumental music through the use of technology.
The project is being supported by generous grants awarded by Voluntary Action Orkney and Orkney Islands Council to facilitate the purchase of the laptops, interfaces and licences for the Sibelius software.
Through the Sibelius Laptop Loan Scheme, we aim to make this expensive specialist music software available to musicians of all ages across Orkney to support musical composition and creativity.
The Sibelius Laptop is supplied to meet a specific need in the local community. The laptop is provided on short-term loan for use in the borrower’s home. Loans can only take place once a Loan Agreement and an Acceptable Use Agreement have been signed. For borrowers under 18, this is supplemented with a Parent/Carer E-Safety Agreement.
Help documents will be available to view from the Desktop. In the event of any technical issues, borrowers can contact David Harvey by sending an email using this link.
Borrowers will be asked for feedback at the end of their loan period in order to enable Orkney Music and Culture to monitor and improve the scheme.
For more information or to discuss arranging a loan, please email using this link.
The Slow Sessions began in 2018 and encourage people to play together in a group, experiencing the complete joy of being a part of a bigger sound than we can ever make on our own!
Slow Sessions
Buying a musical instrument can be an expensive gamble, especially if you have never actually played that type of instrument before. The Bank has over one hundred instruments including keyboards, whistles, guitars, fiddles and ukuleles which can be borrowed, free of charge, for three months.
The Instrument Bank
About Us
Playing music together has been part of Orkney’s culture for centuries. Traditional tunes, old favourites and many recent pieces about the people and places of the Islands, are played and enjoyed by Orkney musicians young and old. Music on the Islands is inclusive and Orkney Music & Culture exists to give everyone a chance, and the confidence, to make music.
Contact
Feel free to contact us using this form. We are keen to get ideas for new activities to further the development of music and culture on Orkney. Also, if you are a music teacher and wish to be added to our register of teachers on Orkney please get in touch. This will be useful for those borrowing instruments and who are looking for some tuition during the loan period.
Email
info@orkneymusicandculture.org