Creative Sessions
Music Space sessions are for young people who are based in Glasgow, and who are interested in exploring sound, music and creativity.
Please note there is a limited capacity, and places will be reserved on a first come, first serve basis. Applicants should be aged 16–25* and face barriers to creative opportunities.
Barriers could include (but are not limited to) care experience; disability or additional support needs; female or female identifying; financial; racial or cultural discrimination; Trans, gender fluid or non-binary; neurodivergent; language; mental-health; long-term illness.
*Our activity is for people up to the age of 30 if they are:
> Disabled, including those with a long-term illness, neurodiverse people and anyone else who would identify with the social model of disability.
> Care experienced, and/or have been a young carer (including those with children or those who have cared for/are caring for someone with a long-term illness or disability).
Please contact music.space.programme@
Upcoming Creative Sessions
Past Creative Sessions
Woodside Hall
Rubber Balloon Orchestra / Workshop with Ryu Hankil
This workshop is presented in collaboration with Counterflows festival 2026. Ryu Hankil will also be performing as part of the festival programme, further info here. ***Workshop is now full. /// Rubber Balloon Orchestra explores basic physical acoustic phenomena and interesting sound effects through simple crafting. Using objects including a rubber balloon, a cup and a […]
Woodside Hall
Human Field Recorder and Player / Workshop with Ryu Hankil
This workshop is presented in collaboration with Counterflows festival 2026. Ryu Hankil will also be performing as part of the festival programme, further info here. /// Participants will be invited to choose a space to listen in, and write down the most memorable or distinct sounds, exactly as heard. The writing can use onomatopoeia, phonetic […]
Listen Gallery
A Plastic Body / Workshop with Yan Jun
This workshop explores plastic bags. Participants are asked to bring one plastic bag. As a group, participants will discover the sound of the plastic bag, the shape, and the sculptural material as a visual object. Through this playful investigation participants will explore collaborations in improvisation and/or composition. As part of the workshop Yan Jun will […]
Music Broth
Touching Music / Knowing Music with Ali Robertson
We all touch music. We all know music. Despite music being largely considered an aural sensation, we all experience sound through touch, muscle, and bone, as well as hearing. There is an argument that hearing is a form of touch. Some of us experience music by sight as well. Despite traditional beliefs that music is […]
The William Quarrier Scottish Epilepsy Centre
Funding Advice with the Counterflows Team
In this practical workshop the Counterflows team will discuss and share their experience of applying for money. Signposting different funding opportunities for musicians who are interested in performance, recording and community projects. We will cover what to ask for, how to write a good proposal and how to put together a budget. The session will […]
Music Broth
Breaking Musical Habits with Nakul Krishnamurthy, Ankna Arockiam and Tom Mudd
This workshop looks at collaboratively taking apart musical habits, unpicking musical practices, and exploring music making with the pieces that remain. This can be a useful way to reflect on your own musical activities, to think about how people encounter the music that you make and the language encoded in it, and to have fun […]
Music Broth
Listening Lounge with ladé and Mawadduh
Listening Lounge is an intimate, slow-paced workshop led by Nigerian-Scottish producer ladé, whose practice is rooted in intuitive listening, memory, and emotion. Drawing from abstract hip-hop and experimental sampling, ladé treats sound as something lived-in and tactile—where imperfections, texture, and process are not hidden, but become part of the story. In this session, participants will […]
Glasgow Autonomous Space
Making a scene: how DIY gigs happen (and other stuff too) with Han and Joel
This workshop is for anyone interested in organising gigs or events, or in releasing music and zines, no previous experience required. Drawing on their deep roots in Glasgow’s DIY scene, Han and Joel will introduce the practical steps involved in putting on shows: how to book a venue, find acts, ask the right questions, promote […]
Music Broth
Voxox: Vocal experimentation with Cara Tolmie
This workshop is open to anyone interested in experimenting with the voice, with no prior experience needed. Led by artist and musician Cara Tolmie, this session will present a group of exercises that play with the more experimental qualities of vocalising and singing together. The exercises will be simple and give you space to try […]
on location and at The Dream Machine
Field Recording with Inge Thomson
In this practical 2-part workshop with Inge Thomson, you will explore approaches to field recording and editing. In the first session we will be on location recording pond life as it wakes up at the end of Winter, using hydrophones you will hear what’s under the surface of the water. In the second session Inge […]
The Dream Machine
Decolonising the Guitar with Ray Aggs
In this workshop Ray Aggs will read from their zine ‘DIY GUITAR FOR BEGINNERS’ and talk about the roots of the guitar from a black feminist perspective. They aim at demystifying the instrument by deconstructing the white male rock’n roll cannon and exposing the whitewashing of punk, folk and rock history. We will talk traditional […]
The Dream Machine
Funding Advice with the Counterflows Team
In this practical workshop the Counterflows team will discuss and share their experience of applying for money. Signposting different funding opportunities for musicians who are interested in performance, recording and community projects. We will cover what to ask for, how to write a good proposal and how to put together a budget. No prior knowledge […]
La Chunky
La Chunky
Approaches to Recording with Murray Collier
In this practical 2-part workshop with Murray Collier, you will explore different approaches to recording sounds, and experimenting with production using both analogue and digital processes in the studio. In the first session Murray will give us an overview of how to prepare for recording, how to capture sound using different microphones and how you […]
The Glad Cafe
DJing for Beginners with FEENA, Miss World
In this practical workshop with Feena from Miss World, you will learn how to put together some of your favourite tracks. The session we will cover some of the basics of DJing like track selection, beat matching and EQs aswell as beginning to find your sound. No prior knowledge required, and all equipment is provided. […]
Listen Gallery
Love is Serving the Ears Now with Riah, Listen Gallery
Join Riah from Listen Gallery in a session that centres listening and sound as an artistic practice. Riah has run Listen Gallery for four years and has built a space specifically for sound art. Through the session we will explore a Sufist approach to sound, working with a variety of instruments and recordings whilst also […]
CCA Clubroom
VJ-ing and sound visualisation with JNK
JNK will be leading a 2 hour workshop, where participants are invited to think about a translation of music into a visual representation. We will create some live video input to synergise with a workshop-specific electronic soundscape (composed by Eloise Kretschmer) around us. In the workshop participants will be introduced to visualisation software such as […]
Grovepark Hall, Community Central Hall
Vocals and Performance with Cass Ezeji
This workshop is for aspiring or beginner vocalists and requires no formal training. Cass Ezeji will lead the group in elements of voice and performance, from warming up the vocal cords, breathing exercises, to thinking about what performance means to each individual. Together, we will work with different interpretations of a song. You will also […]
The Events Space (main hall), Glasgow Women’s Library
Voice and Movement Scores with Mele Broomes
In this workshop we will be exploring ways of manipulating your own voice. You will be working with text, your own voice, and movement to create a melody or sound score using a TC Helicon. This is an electronic voice processor which augments the voice. It is a great tool to support those who are […]
Workshop Space - Upstairs Hall (Gym Hall), Kinning Park Complex
Workshop Space - Upstairs Hall (Gym Hall), Kinning Park Complex
Found Sounds with Sonia Killmann and Sam Welch
In this practical 2-part workshop, use recorded sounds taken on your phone or other devices, to play around and make expressive creations. Once sounds have been gathered, there will be a hands-on session where you’ll make these recordings your own, exploring different techniques through a sampling app and hardware. No prior knowledge required, and all […]
CCA Theatre
Graphic Score Making with Laurie Pitt
Devise and play graphic scores using a range of instruments and sound-making devices. Participants are welcome to bring their own instruments to this dynamic 2hr session, but no musical knowledge or experience is necessary. This session will be held at CCA in the Theatre space on the first floor. Please follow this link to view details […]
Cafe Buena Vida
Break on to the Airwaves with Radio Buena Vida
Get to grips with broadcasting and curating shows as the team behind Radio Buena Vida invite you to their home on Victoria Road, feel free to bring along a USB or records, and plenty of questions! You’ll gain insight into how this community station reaches listeners worldwide, learn technical processes, what makes a good show, […]