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Showing posts with label April 2015. Show all posts
Showing posts with label April 2015. Show all posts

Thursday, 16 April 2015

What connects an autographed Hindemith score with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland?



RCS Archives & Collections Object of the Month

April’s object of the month is a copy of Paul Hindemith’s Wir Bauen eine Stadt (1930), songs
composed for children and given its world premiere in Glasgow in November 1930.  Our archive contains the score used by pianist and composer Erik Chisholm (a former student of the Conservatoire) who accompanied the Orpheus Junior Choir (now the Phoenix Choir).  The composer himself performed a number of sonatas with Chisholm earlier in the evening; his dedication in the score reads: ‘with hearty thanks for the beautiful introduction to Glasgow’ – Paul Hindemith Nov. 30 [1930]. 

RCS Archives & Collections are indebted to Director of Music Gordon Munro who found the score at the back of an old filing cabinet in the Conservatoire earlier this month.  

All of our archives and collections are available for research and consultation via appointment (archives@rcs.ac.uk). 

Monday, 13 April 2015

Live Pipes, Recorded Clarsach, Eminent Scottish Composers

If you are interested in Scottish music, why not consider attending the Musica Scotica conference - in Glasgow this year.  There are a wide range of papers from trad to classical, ancient to modern, including live and recorded performances.
MUSICA SCOTICA 
Saturday 25th - Sunday 26th April, 
St Mungo's Museum of Religious Life and Art, Glasgow



Your Musica Scotica conference application form is now online!  
http://www.musicascotica.org.uk/conferences.shtml  (Scroll to bottom of the page.)
The form should be completed and mailed with your payment to Graham Hair, whose contact details are on the form.  There are no online payment facilities.  
SPEAKERS' INSTRUCTIONS
Speakers have all been emailed, but if you haven't received an email, contact Musica Scotica using the website contact email.

ALL DELEGATES
1.    The Saturday sessions are from 9.30 to 17.20, followed by a trip to Hyndland for a performance of John Maxwell Geddes's Castle Mills Suite (from 18.00 to 18.45).  
2.    Saturday dinner is not provided, but there are plenty of eateries in the vicinity, should you wish to dine with convivial company after the performance.
3.    The Sunday sessions commence at 9 am, with a mid-morning coffee break, and end with lunch at 13.15.


Thursday, 9 April 2015

Ever had a Vocal Sound Bath?

Singers, here's a Glasgow event for you - next Saturday, 18th April in Kinning Park.

Composer Nichola Scrutton is organising a Vocal Sound Bath to celebrate World Voice Day.  Visit her website to find out more about the event!