Sabhal Mòr Ostaig

Colaiste Ghàidhlig na h-Alba (Sabhal Mòr Ostaig)

Course Information - Spring Fling! (Mini Fèis)

• Dates: 9 February to 10 February 2008
• Tutors: Ronan Martin & Christine Primrose
• Fiddle: Coll MacDonald and Ronan Martin (intermediate & advanced levels)
• Step-dance: Frank McConnell,
• Gaelic Song: Christine Primrose

Visit the website for further information:-

• Spring Fling website
• Sabhal Mòr Ostaig website

Higher Education buzzwords

New in the Whittaker Library at RSAMD: Reports on recent research into leadership, assessment, the student experience and quality assurance in the Higher Education Sector - all available to staff and students at the RSAMD:-

• Library website
• Catalogue

Search the catalogue on any of the terms above, to find the relevant reports.

Phil Cunningham joins RSAMD

Read The Herald today! (Thursday 31 January 2008)

Visit Phil Cunningham's website here.

Music: Keulen/Brautigam, RSAMD, Glasgow

Conrad Wilson reviews a recent RSAMD event, in The Herald. Read his review here.

Over the sea from Skye ...

The Glasgow Skye Association has kindly gifted a number of Gaelic books to the Whittaker Library, including Gaelic dictionaries, and a new edition of Sorley MacLean's 'From Wood to Ridge'. There's also a DVD, 'Journey of the Psalms', by broadcaster and Mod Gold Medallist Mary Ann Kennedy, and CDs by Fiona Mackenzie and Seonag Niccoinnich. From Wood to Ridge O Choille Gu Bearradh: Collected Poems in Gaelic and English by Sorley Maclean

Looking over the garden wall

Ruth Wishart writes in The Herald today about the McMasters report, due to be published tomorrow. It concerns arts policy in England. Nonetheless, Scottish practitioners will doubtless be keen to see what it's all about. Read Ruth's column here.

Rhythm and Transforms - new book by William A. Sethares

Just added to the Whittaker Library collection today:-

William A. Sethares

Rhythm and Transforms

Published Springer, 2007. Read the publisher's blurb here.

John Purser - Scotland's Music (new edition)

Last year came the eagerly-awaited second edition of John Purser's definitive book, Scotland's Music. It accompanies the BBC radio series, Scotland's Music - A Radio History, which won the Scots Trad Music Awards 2007 Services to Industry Award. The Whittaker Library has obtained two copies of this book - one is available to staff and students for short loan, and the other is to be a reference copy.

Read what the critics said about it, on the rBooks website (Random House Books).

Lauren MacColl - RSAMD alumna success

Lauren MacColl's album, 'When leaves fall' has met considerable critical acclaim.

Rob Adams interviewed Lauren in The Herald yesterday. You can read his column here.