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The Big Shed, Tombreck, Scotland

Preparing to go and workshop some new material with Scottish violin-cello duo High Heels and Horse Hair, the first advice they sent was,...

In advance of our residency at the Big Shed on Tombreck Farm Judith has written to us about the sketches she has created. One of the...

Having always had a penchant for the sinister, I was immediately attracted to the subject matter for my TRANSPLANTED miniature. Fungi...

Not in fact a plant, but a lichen. I saw some of these little beauties when I took shelter next to a damp rock on a wet, sullen winter’s...

Having not lived near the Scottish countryside for many moons, I asked Sonia and Alice to nominate a plant for my composition. I’m so...

My favourite place is the Botanic Gardens in Glasgow. My mind and eyes are refreshed after a visit to the flowers and plants there. No...

Born and brought up in the Shetland Islands, Chris Stout has, over the last few years, become nationally and internationally recognised...

It took me quite a while to find the right plant to take as the starting point for my contribution to the Transplanted project. I needed...

For this new composition for violin and cello, inspired by James Oswald’s Airs of the Seasons, my chosen flower is Heartsease (Viola...

We first met David Ward when we performed one of his duos for Huntly based chamber music club Music Centeral. The concert repertorie was...