Five Scottish communities are celebrating awards in recognition of being one of the country’s most creative places.

Castletown Heritage Centre in Caithness are hosting a series of Tim Johnson Basketry Workshops this April 2012.

James Mackenzie mini-album and tour.

Audiences in Scotland will be the first in the UK to hear a brand new work by composer Gareth Williams as Opera Highlights hits the road later this month.

Ross-shire vocal ensemble ‘Sederunt’ is aiming to attract a mixed audience for two forthcoming concerts with a diverse and wide ranging programme.

BBC ALBA will be marking the Bard’s birthday with a special Robert Burns tribute concert from Nashville, Tennessee, featuring Cathy Ann MacPhee from the Isle of Barra, one of Scotland’s best loved Traditional Gaelic singers.

The Proclaimers, The Waterboys, and Kassidy are to headline the award winning Hebridean Celtic Festival this year.

Local Voice teacher and choir leader Kate O’Connell, co-director of The Forres Big Choir and artistic director of Acappella singers Too Many Kooks, has some exciting groups on offer for would be singers in the next few months.

A one-day symposium about programme and place in Glasgow.

P U S H is Curious Seed’s ambitious new dance theatre performance touring across Scotland in February and March.