£500 up for grabs in Gaelic and Scots songs competition

MUSICIANS can win £ 500 and top- class tuition with Hands Up for Trad songwriting competition.

After an incredibly successful debut year, Nòs Ùr is set to return giving Gaelic and Scot’s songwriters, singers and groups the chance to win £ 500 and oneon- one mentoring from established artists.

The Gaelic and Scots songwriting competition founded by Hands Up for Trad in collaboration with Creative Scotland, will see the winners receive a lump sum of £ 500 each and mentoring with an experienced songwriter to the level of £ 500.

There will be two winners – one for a Scots song and one for a Gaelic song.

Budding songwriters are invited to submit a new and original song in either language via the Hands Up for Trad website which will then be considered by an industry panel.

To be in with a chance of winning, the hopefuls must submit entries by April 7 2017: https://projects. handsupfortrad. scot/ scotlandsings/nos-ur.

Event founder and Hands Up for Trad creative director, Simon Thoumire said: ‘We have a wealth of incredibly talented musicians in Scotland and we’re really excited to be working with Creative Scotland to see what bright new stars Nòs Ùr unveils. To be in with the chance of winning £ 500 and on- on- one songwriting tuition with an industry professional, make sure you enter via the Hands Up for Trad website – and good luck.’

Entries can be submitted at: https://projects. handsupfortrad. scot/ scotlandsings/nos-ur.