An exciting opportunity!! WSSO Trust Training Band Guest Conductor - Season 2023 opportunities.creativescotland.com/opportunity/in… HIT Scotland James Lowe Glasgow CREATE South Lanarkshire Orchestral Society South Ayrshire Council Music Service East Renfrewshire Instrumental Music Sevice Renfrewshire Instrumental Music Service Royal Conservatoire of Scotland North Ayrshire Music Service

It has been wonderful to see and hear our schools and venues filled with music this month. Best wishes to everyone for the festive season.🎄

Wonderful talent on show last night at our first regional training band of the year as we continue rehearsing for our spring concert series in March. Thanks to all our amazing staff and parents for their great support. Midlothian Education Midlothian Council HIT Scotland 🎺🎷#musicmatters

Inspiring and uplifting keynote at HIT Scotland Conference this morning from Vaughan Fleischfresser “When you learn an instrument you gain another voice” #Inclusion #WhyMusicMatters #MusicEducation #MusicEd

Thank you to young musician Robbie Dowall Woodmill High School for a fantastic, musical start to our HITS conference 2023.

‘How inclusive are we?’ Music should be ‘accessible’ - it is structure and systems that are excluding……

Fantastic to hear past Plockton Music School pupils and now Royal Conservatoire of Scotland students perform and talk about their musical experiences - HITS conference 2023.

Mind buzzing from a great day at the HIT Scotland conference. So much to think about, thank you for having me

Great day at the HIT Scotland conference seeing colleagues, talking about #YMusicMatters. Some important questions were raised about how we make music education more accessible for all. I also loved this quote from Vaughan Fleischfresser ⬇️

Many thanks to HIT Scotland for inviting me to give the keynote address at their conference once again. It was wonderful to share my thoughts and experiences with so many amazing educators.

Day 2 of HITS conference 2023. What would have to be true for our service to be as inclusive as possible? the Mudd Partnership Paul Adam Mudd

HIT Scotland the Mudd Partnership Privilege to #keynote Day2 HIT Scotland conference➕great energy, passion, &💡in room as we focussed on importance of #inclusion #leadership & #futurefluency to make a difference Fife Music Service Glasgow CREATE Shonagh Stevenson Creative Scotland Emma Lines @ADHeadofIIS Mel Henry

We want to help you achieve your ambitions, develop your talent in music & have fun. Chat to your music teacher or ensemble leader about entering #SYM2023 & you could end up representing your area in our nationwide competition to discover the brightest musical talent in Scotland

Come to or Open Evening next Wednesday, 1st November. Find out more about what happens here and how you can gain a place and work with some of the top young musicians in the country! Douglas Academy East Dun Council HIT Scotland NYOS NYCOS SAME Scottish Young Musicians

Young people across Scotland (age10 - 18) are invited to compose a 3-minute fanfare for tenor horn, baritone horn, euphonium, trombone, bass trombone, and tuba. For a free resource pack linktr.ee/smmslowerbrass @newmusscotland #LowerBrassDays Please RT HIT Scotland

Do you know of any young people who would be interested in joining the Off The Record Youth Board? The Sound Lab Hidden Door PITCH Resonate Musicplus+ NYAAGscot BBC Music Introducing EdinburghJazzFest anam creative Hit The Road HIT Scotland DMC

Huge thanks to Improvement Service for compiling the annual report into music tuition in Scotland’s Local Authority schools once again. It is heartwarming that so many young people in our schools wish to explore learning through music.