Imagine:
Your composition performed by musicians from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, inspired by The National Galleries of Scotland's Online Collection
Plus more great prizes
Discover Figurenotes©
Think you can’t write music?
Think again...
Through icompose.org you can learn about and use Figurenotes©, the revolutionary music notation system developed in Finland. The system uses colour and shape to convey the same musical information as conventional music notation and can be used by children and adults alike to read music, play an instrument and compose.
Look out for the Figurenotes resource coming online soon with everything you need to get started.
Drake Music Scotland has recently won a Scottish Arts Council Inspire Fund award to bring Figurenotes to Scotland
“The wonderful thing about Figurenotes is that…it has opened up a route for anyone to find a pathway into music education, including people with learning difficulties.”
Brian Cope, Artistic Director Drake Music Scotland
iCOMPOSE Competition 2010
Coming soon...iCompose.org will contain all the information you’ll need as a teacher, pupil or adult to enjoy music, be inspired by art and enter our competition!
For the first time the online collection of the National Galleries of Scotland will be used as inspiration for musical composition. Led and organised by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, adults, pupils and their teachers are invited to create a piece of original music.
Launch: September 2009
Closing Date: April 2010
Full details about categories and a wide range of resources, (including tips from composers) will be available on www.icompose.org from September 2009.
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Are you inspired to draw, paint or write as well?
The National Galleries of Scotland also runs an Art competition for schools, and ‘Inspired? Get Writing!’ creative writing competition. To read more click here.
Register your interest
Register your interest here, and we’ll be in touch with more details in September.
Please direct any enquries to:
Lucy Perry
Education Director
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
0131 478 8355
It's easy to take part
“Figurenotes is so flexible and easy that the youngest person to use it was a two-year old in Finland who was taught by a four-year old”
Susan Nickalls, Music Teacher Magazine June 2009