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Enter your tunes into the 2019 MusicHub Collection

February 25, 2019 By simon Leave a Comment

Do you write tunes in a Scottish traditional style? Hands Up for Trad are looking for the top 20 tunes of 2019* for their 2019 Collection. They can be anything from reels, jigs, airs, waltzes and anything in between! All you have to do is to upload them to MusicHub! All the tunes will be listened […]

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MusicHub 2018 Top 20 tunes announced

February 25, 2019 By simon Leave a Comment

Hands Up for Trad are very pleased to announce the MusicHub 2018 top 20 tunes. The shortlisted tunes were chosen from all the compositions submitted to MusicHub in 2018 (closing date 26th July) by Hands Up for Trad’s Simon Thoumire. Simon says “What a great selection of tunes to play. All the entries were fab […]

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Do you write trad tunes? Why not enter the MusicHub 2018 Collection!

March 20, 2018 By simon Leave a Comment

Do you write tunes in a Scottish traditional style? Hands Up for Trad are looking for the top 20 tunes of 2018* for their 2018 Collection. They can be anything from reels, jigs, airs, waltzes and anything in between! All you have to do is to upload them to MusicHub! All the tunes will be listened […]

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My Mary composed by Simon Thoumire

March 11, 2018 By simon

This was written as part of my Love Song project at the Edinburgh Fringe (I can’t remember when…). I recorded it with Dave Milligan on our Third Flight Home album https://footstompinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/third-flight-home Composer website: http://www.simonthoumire.com Publisher: MCPS Tune type: Air Listen: https://footstompinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/third-flight-home If you have a question for Simon Thoumire you can contact them here. If […]

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Forsaken composed by Simon Thoumire

March 11, 2018 By simon

This air was written as part of an Edinburgh Fringe Show based around love songs. The lyrics were written by E Morike and I wrote the melody. It was recorded on The Big Day In by Simon Thoumire and Dave Milligan Composer website: http://www.simonthoumire.com Publisher: MCPS Tune type: Air Listen: https://footstompinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-big-day-in If you have a […]

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Starjump composed by Simon Thoumire

March 11, 2018 By simon

This tune was written in the mid nineties and named after an ex girlfriend of mine who like to starjump. It’s a simple tune that was written on the whistle and was featured on an album Exhibit A by Simon Thoumire and Fergus Mackenzie. Composer website: http://www.simonthoumire.com Publisher: MCPS Tune type: Reel Listen: http://www.soundcloud.com/simonthoumire If […]

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March for a New Scottish Parliament composed by Simon Thoumire

March 11, 2018 By simon

I wrote this tune for my 1999 suite Music for a New Scottish Parliament that was first performed in Edinburgh’s Queen’s Hall and then as part of BBC Music Day in Glasgow. It was made into a CD which can be bought here https://footstompinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-a-new-scottish-parliament Composer website: http://www.simonthoumire.com Publisher: PRS / MCPS Tune type: March Listen: […]

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Congratulations to MusicHub Top 20 tune composers

March 5, 2018 By simon

Hands Up for Trad are very pleased to announce our top 20 tunes submitted to MusicHub in 2016. Simon Thoumire has played through all the tunes submitted and chosen his favourite 20. The list shows off the amazing level of contemporary composition by Scottish composers and showcases what is possible within the traditional form – […]

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Bloobell Polka composed by Simon Thoumire

September 11, 2017 By simon

On Saturday 4th January at Celtic Connections, the Strathspey and Surreal Society reformed for our third performance in the Old Fruitmarket. Alongside our 4 compositions that were written for the 2016 event we commissioned 5 new pieces from Aidan O’Rourke, Mhairi Mackinnon, Chris Stout and me. It was hard work and all the musicians involved […]

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Easy Club Reel Arrangement composed by Jim Sutherland / J. Scott Skinner / P/M Donald MacLeod / Simon Thoumire

September 11, 2017 By simon

This is an arrangement of Jim Sutherland’s The Easy Club Reel, P/M Donald MacLeod’s The Seagull and J. Scott Skinner’s Goodnight Sweet Love for the young people of Meitheal Summer School in Limerick. It was great fun and the guys did an amazing job of learning if off by heart and performance. Here is our […]

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Variations on Cluny Castle composed by Simon Thoumire

February 13, 2017 By simon

This piece of music is based on Alexander Troupes air ‘Cluny Castle’ and is a concerto for fiddle. It was performed by virtuoso fiddler Patsy Reid at Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow on the 4th February 2017. Composer website: http://www.simonthoumire.com Publisher: PRS / MCPS Tune type: Score Listen: If you have a question for Simon […]

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Bloobell Polka composed by Simon Thoumire

February 13, 2017 By simon

An arrangement of Frank Stanley’s Bluebell Polka and J. Murdoch Henderson’s J.F. Dickies reel for the Strathspey and Surreal Society performed on the 4th February, 2017 at Celtic Connections Festival, Glasgow. Composer website: http://www.simonthoumire.com Publisher: MCPS Tune type: Score Listen: https://soundcloud.com/simonthoumire/bloobell-polka-1 If you have a question for Simon Thoumire you can contact them here. If […]

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Innes Watson MusicHub Tune Book

June 2, 2016 By simon

Brilliant fiddler and guitar Innes Watson has put together his first tune book for MusicHub. It consists of 10 of his favourite compositions. Why not have a play of them? They are: Cowboy and the Pussycat Das Do Da Eliss For Queen Nell Gameshow Roast Andrew Dunlop’s Lori’s Waltz Martin & Sarah’s The Wee Dafty Innes […]

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The Granton Fish Bowl composed by Simon Thoumire

April 25, 2016 By simon

I wrote this tune in the nineties whilst working with the Live Music Now Organisation. I can’t remember much about it apart from I seemed to be playing for opening of a fish bowl in Granton (Edinburgh). Hey ho… Composer website: http://www.simonthoumire.com Publisher: PRS for Music Tune type: Hornpipe Listen: If you have a question […]

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The 2016 Collection is open for entries

April 13, 2016 By simon

Do you write tunes in a Scottish traditional style? Hands Up for Trad are looking for the top 20 tunes of 2016 for their 2016 Collection. They can be anything from reels, jigs, airs, waltzes and anything in between! All you have to do is to upload them to MusicHub! All the tunes will be listened […]

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The Merry Lads of Ayr composed by Simon Thoumire

April 12, 2016 By simon

This is a piece based on a Scottish reel – The Merry Lads of Ayr found in the Athole Collection. I chose it because I thought it would fit well with the instruments of the quintet. I’ve tried to make the piece fun to play (time will tell!) whilst keeping a ‘traditional’ sense about it. […]

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Scots Fiddle Concerto

March 8, 2016 By simon

In 2007 Simon Thoumire was commissioned by Creative Scotland to compose a Scots Fiddle Concerto which would be debuted at the Scots Fiddle Festival in November 2007. The concept was to write virtuosic music that showed of the skills of the Scottish fiddler to the world. The musician also uses their own ornamentation throughout the […]

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The Garvie Bagpipe Concerto composed by Simon Thoumire

February 24, 2016 By simon

This pieces was commissioned by Nigel Richard’s Garvie Bagpipes in 2007. The Garvie Bagpipe Concerto is a new piece of music in three movements by composer Simon Thoumire written to demonstrate the range and beauty of the Garvie Scottish Smallpipes with their newly developed fully chromatic chanter. The soloist of the piece, will be Dr […]

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A fonn gunbhitrom (I am disposed to mirth) composed by Simon Thoumire

February 24, 2016 By simon

This was commissioned by Creative Scotland in 2007 and performed by Mairi Campbell at the Scots Fiddle Festival – Nov 2007. This was the first of the pieces I wrote in the series of 3 solos, 1 duet and concerto for the Scots fiddle. The idea is that the musician uses their own ornamentation and […]

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Allan Ramsay, a jig composed by Simon Thoumire

February 24, 2016 By simon

This was commissioned by Creative Scotland in 2007 and performed at the Scots Fiddle Festival in November of the same year. It was performed by Aidan O’Rourke. Composer website: http://www.simonthoumire.com Publisher: PRS for Music Tune type: Score Listen: If you have a question for Simon Thoumire you can contact them here. If there is no […]

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Enter your tunes into the 2019 MusicHub Collection

February 25, 2019 By simon Leave a Comment

Do you write tunes in a Scottish traditional style? Hands Up for Trad are looking for the top 20 tunes of 2019* for their 2019 Collection. They can be … [Read More...]

MusicHub 2018 Top 20 tunes announced

February 25, 2019 By simon Leave a Comment

Hands Up for Trad are very pleased to announce the MusicHub 2018 top 20 tunes. The shortlisted tunes were chosen from all the compositions submitted … [Read More...]

Do you write trad tunes? Why not enter the MusicHub 2018 Collection!

March 20, 2018 By simon Leave a Comment

Do you write tunes in a Scottish traditional style? Hands Up for Trad are looking for the top 20 tunes of 2018* for their 2018 Collection. They can be … [Read More...]

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