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The Edinburgh International Festival is inviting applications for the post of Festival Photographer 2015. This opportunity for an emerging photographer, based or studying in Scotland, gives the winner unparalleled backstage access across the Festival to artists, staff, technical set up, rehearsals and events.

The position, which comes with a £3,500 award, allows the photographer to develop contacts with a range of media outlets, artists, venues and agencies throughout the Festival period. The photographer's work is showcased through online galleries on the Festival website and promoted through the Festival's Facebook, Flickr and Instagram presences and an exhibition of work is mounted in the autumn at The Hub, Edinburgh's Festival Centre.

Festival Director Fergus Linehan said: "This is a fantastic opportunity for a new photographer looking to make a name and a career for themselves. Not only do they have an access all areas pass they have the chance to make relationships and grow their profile with a huge range of creative and exciting people, both artists and media, taking part in the Festival.

The Festival is developing a stunning archive of photography through this project and we must thank The Morton Charitable Trust for their commitment and vision in supporting this post."

eif.co.uk

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Baroque cellist Alison McGillivray is the guest of Kilmardinny Music Circle on Friday for a concert at Kilmardinny House in Bearsden. McGillivray, who is one Scotland's top period music players and a key member of Concerto Caledonia, will be performing Bach's Cello Suites nos 1 and 6 as well as 17th century Scottish and English music written for the Lyra d'Amore.

Tickets are £10 with a £5 student concession and free to under 16s and available from Milngavie Bookshop and Purple Edge in Bearsden.

kilmardinnymusiccircle.com

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The birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach, which is March 21, no matter what Wikipedia says, is being marked in Glasgow by an innovative partnership between the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and Strathclyde Partnership for Transport, the organisation that runs the city's bijou subway train loop. In celebration of the father of classical music reaching the grand old age of 330, students will be playing on the subway throughout that day.

There will be an announcement on the Conservatoire's website nearer the time with details of where to catch the music-making on your journey.

rcs.ac.uk