Creative Edinburgh is celebrating 15 years of the Creative Edinburgh Awards. They invited us to mark the occasion and celebrate with other previous award winners.  

The timing could not have been more perfect. We won our award back in 2022 for our collaboration with Tayfusion to produce Notate. This project brought our Figurenotes notation programme into an internet browser, which meant people could access it without the need for installation. This had always been a sore spot, as teachers needed to contact their IT department with any problems, and we couldn’t fix them as quickly as we’d have liked. By moving online, we removed barriers and increased accessibility, particularly for musicians travelling between classrooms, schools, and projects. 

The Next Phase

The next phase of this project launched this summer. We have removed subscription costs and created a brand new resources library. No fees, just accessible resources.

We’ve campaigned for decades for better access to music education, so what better way to make this a reality. Anyone can now access Notate and the Library for free, with no installation. All you need is an internet browser. 

And if that isn’t enough, you can make requests via our Wish List form for more resources. Help shape the Library by letting us know what you want to see. It can be as basic as ‘More trad tunes’, or something really specific. Let us know what you’d like to see.