Also new in our shop for #bandcampfriday is artist @sarahbpolar.bsky.social print of The Voyage of the Fox along with a bonus music track download. We'll be onboard The Fox in our music next year too and every purchase will help to support this new project. nordicviola.bandcamp.com/merch/the-vo...

The Voyage of The Fox - Fine Art Print by Sarah Barnard from Nordic Viola

The Voyage of The Fox - Fine Art Print by Sarah Barnard from Nordic Viola

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It's #bandcampfriday! We have a special bundle offer on today: buy our fabulous new art print by Orla Stevens inspired by #faroese composer Eli tausen á Lava's music and you can get our CD for just £5 more - that's less than half price. nordicviola.bandcamp.com/merch/print-...

Print and CD bundle: The Tale of the Sealwoman + Elsewhere, Elsewhen CD from Nordic Viola

Print and CD bundle: The Tale of the Sealwoman + Elsewhere, Elsewhen CD from Nordic Viola

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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

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!

Francis Routh Trust@francisrouthtrust.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Well done @nordicviola.bsky.social @papagena.bsky.social @electricvoice.bsky.social @kingsplacelondon.bsky.social @cssdlondon.bsky.social amongst others. Details of our latest grant awards are now available at francisrouthtrust.org/grants-awarded/. We have now supported 146 British composers.

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

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…

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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

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…

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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

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.

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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

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....

Dunblane Cathedral@dunblanecathedral.bsky.social · last yr.

All welcome to “Grace” professional contemporary dance performance inspired by painting called Angel by artist Paula Rego in Dunblane Cathedral Hall St Andrews Room on Sat 9 Aug at 11am & repeated again at 1.30pm. These are followed by drop-in stained glass workshops…/👇

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

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

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?...

Introduction to Carry His Relics Gemma McGregor

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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... @musicnewsscotland.bsky.social @scotmus.bsky.social @creativescots.bsky.social

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.

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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

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

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.

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-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.

Friends of Glasgow Royal Infirmary@friendsofgri.bsky.social · last yr.

#musicinthegri 🥁 Our 2025/2026 concert series Talented artists will perform work designed to explore the history of #glasgowroyalinfirmary through music. More details - bit.ly/4dctWTV The Resol Quartet's debut performance is May 16th at 1pm - don't miss it😍

I am delighted that this September I will be performing The Voyage of the Fox with @amsouth.bsky.social and poet Lesley Harrison at Orkney International Science Festival Funded by Cockaigne Fund, administered by Foundation Scotland, and @hinrichsenfoundati.bsky.social @scottishmusic.bsky.social

It's been lovely meeting a new community of musicians, artists and environmentalists (as well as others) over here on Bluesky. Have you had chance to hear our music yet? This #bandcampfriday why not pop over to nordicviola.bandcamp.com and treat yourself to one of our albums.

Today is #EarthDay Last year Lisa Robertson composed ar lùths (Our Power) in celebration of the community hydro schemes in her local community #Morvern Here is the final section. tinyurl.com/5y7r556c Supported by @creativescots.bsky.social @hinrichsenfoundati.bsky.social

An incentive, if I even need one, to walk the St. Magnus Way. Orcadian composer Gemma McGregor and I will perform The Pilgrim's Path based on 6 stages of the walk at #stmagnusfestival this June in @stmagnuscathedral.bsky.social @scottishmusic.bsky.social

St Magnus Cathedral, Orkney@stmagnuscathedral.bsky.social · last yr.

We have just received these beautiful scallop shells at the cathedral. They are from Orkney waters; cleaned, drilled and threaded by lovely volunteers Stuart, Corwen and Kate. You will receive one, along with a certificate, if you complete the St Magnus Way pilgrimage. Photo by Corwen.

Thank you to @classicalwsmr.bsky.social and @tylerkline.bsky.social for playing Uyeasound Nocturne by Adrian Vernon Fish on Modern Notebook. You can find our album Elsewhere Elsewhen at nordicviola.bandcamp.com/album/elsewh...