What is a residency?

A time of reflection for a creative mind, away from everyday obligations.

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What does Samarbeta mean?

To collaborate, to cooperate, to pull together

 

Samarbeta is a musician development and residency programme. An innovative way to progress and encourage the production of new and adventurous music, supporting musicians to come together and collaborate.

 

Samarbeta was inspired by the model of visual artist residencies where artists are given space to develop their work, a common practice with a holistic approach to making new work, centering artists creativity. 

            

Based at Islington Mill and supported by the University of Salford, we provide accommodation, space, recording studios, facilitation support and most importantly delicious meals, away from everyday constraints and obligations that are really beneficial to a creative mind. 

 

We want to change the “write, record, tour” loop of the music industry by providing dedicated time and space for musicians to create new or develop existing work.

 

Samarbeta is led by artists' ideas so the focus of the residency is entirely flexible; it could be a new work, an identity, a visual project, the discovery of a new instrument, a collaboration, a live show and everything in between.

 

Samarbeta was founded by Emma Thompson and Rivca Burns in 2013 and since 2022 has been part of From the Other.