Welcome

We are Tinto Music and Arts CIC, an established non-profit company situated close to the beautiful Tinto Hill in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

TMA was set up in July 2014 by Meg Beresford and Paul John Dear with a view to meeting the following aims:

  • Promote and develop all forms of Music and Art at Wiston and the surrounding rural community
  • Support the development of traditional and contemporary forms of Scottish Folk Music and Arts
  • Provide education and training opportunities for musicians and artists, both local and international
  • Produce inspirational cultural music and arts experiences and collaborations
  • Develop links with existing providers and with the local and national ( Scottish) education network
  • Explore the links between music, arts and ecology.
  • Create unique performance and workshop spaces that are environmentally sustainable and which provide a focal point for music and the arts
  • Create spaces for Mindfulness and Peace