'Whittaker' attended the Musica Scotica conference yesterday, and very good it was, too.
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| Some of Kenneth Elliott's output |
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Musica Scotica is a trust promoting and publishing Scottish music. The conference explores all aspects of Scottish music, old and new. For example, Kirsteen McCue and David Hamilton performed a tribute recital of old Scots songs, transcribed and arranged by Kenneth Elliott, the Glasgow musicologist who founded Musica Scotica and died recently.
There was also a fascinating conversation with contemporary Scottish composer Sally Beamish - and a whole host of papers, mostly in parallel sessions, covering Scottish music from every angle and period.
If you weren't there, you missed a treat. But there will always be next year! Keep a look-out for it.
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