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 are unique to each individual and lived experiences and could include (but are not limited to): care/carer 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.
We reimburse travel for all participants taking part in our activity.
We also have budget to cover access/participation costs, such as childcare, translation, disability support etc. Please get in touch if this is something you require.
*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
GLOSS (Glasgow Library of Synthesised Sound) + nearby field trip location TBC
Workshop with Action Pyramid and Counterflows as part of A Sound Map of the River Clyde
PROJECT > A Sound Map of the River Clyde is a new community-focussed music project initiated by composer Annea Lockwood in collaboration with Counterflows, and led by sound artist and musician Tom Fisher (also known as Action Pyramid) alongside producer Emmie McLuskey. Running throughout 2026–27, the project will culminate in a new composition tracing the entire River […]
Soundplay Projects
Keeping the Creativity Going: Developing a Sustainable Creative Practice with Susan Bear
A workshop focused on sustaining a creative practice, exploring the practical and emotional challenges that can come with making creative work consistently. We’ll look at ways of developing a sustainable creative routine, finding motivation, working through creative blocks, and making space for creativity alongside other commitments. The workshop will also include an informal sharing session, […]
Soundplay Projects
Soundwalk with Sara Wolff and Sound Thought
Join Sara Wolff for a guided soundwalk of Glasgow, planned in collaboration with Sound Thought. Together we will go for a slow-paced walk to listen to the sounds around us, using our ears and some of Sara’s sound recording equipment. You will be given a map with the route and different listening prompts to help […]
Soundplay Projects
Explorations with Tape & Looping with Alliyah Enyo
This hands on workshop with Alliyah Enyo explores her practice and techniques using tape and looping technologies. She will demonstrate a range of ways to play with samples and the voice to create collaged compositions and live performances. There will be a few ways to approach making and playing with sound during the workshop, delivered […]
Soundplay Projects
Rhythm & Poetry with ACE V!S!ON
Using rap and poetic writing, movement, and relational practices to explore identity, resistance, and power. Through connecting with ourselves and our bodies, participants will explore how we can find, strengthen, and utilise our voices to navigate power dynamics, challenge our circumstances, and conjure change. This workshop is for 16–25* year olds. To reserve a spot […]
Soundplay Projects
Finding Freedom through Improvisation with Simone Seales
Join cellist and improvisor Simone Seales for a warm and welcoming session aimed at anyone who has an interest in exploring improvisation and freedom of expression in their playing. Suitable for instrumentalists or vocalists from any discipline, this workshop will explore how to express feelings through sound in a group without musical notation. It will […]
Soundplay Projects
Funding & Support: What’s available and where to start
Funding, opportunities and support can sometimes feel like a maze… who’s offering what, where do you find it, and how do you even begin? This workshop is a chance to explore some of these questions together, with plenty of space for discussion, questions and sharing experiences. We’ll look at different kinds of funding, residencies, opportunities […]
Past Creative Sessions
Civic House
THE TERMS OF INFLUENCE / Workshop with Jean-Luc & Seijiro
Improvisation is above all related to a sort of freedom: that of the individual confronted by a place, other musicians and an audience. Improvisation requires an awareness of this environment and some specific strategies (danger, power, collaboration, independence…) as well as a resulting sociological commitment (communication, responsibility, understanding, apprehension, decision). This workshop with Japanese percussionist […]
The Glad Cafe
The Glad Cafe
Experiments with Turntables with Mariam Rezaei
Join Mariam Rezaei for an engaging workshop exploring her approach to turntables. This fun and interactive session will feature live demonstrations and insights into her creative process, highlighting her techniques in composition and performance. We’ll focus on techniques such as scratching, beat juggling, creating turntable tones, looping sounds, and improvising on two turntables. There will […]
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, […]