Musica Scotica 14th Annual Conference Registration Opens

Musica Scotica 14th Annual Conference Friday 3 - Sunday 5 May 2019 Tolbooth, Stirling Registration for the Musica Scotica conference is now open. It is posted on Musica Scotica's Facebook page:- https://www.facebook.com/events/374235653379262/

Musica Scotica homepage: http://www.musicascotica.org.uk/

Women Creating Scotland: a blog and a conference

Here's something many of our readers will be interested in.  Take a look at the blog, visit the call for papers for the Creating for Change Conference 2018, and see if there's anything we could contribute from RCS!

• https://womencreatingscotland.wordpress.com/
• https://womencreatingscotland.wordpress.com/creating-for-change-conference-2018/ 

And, along the lines of "if you liked this, maybe you'll like that ...", have you visited the Dangerous Women Project? Take a look, here:-  

• http://dangerouswomenproject.org/

The May Queen by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (Jean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France)

Musica Scotica Heads for Stirling's Tolbooth 21-22 April

We’re sharing this conference booking announcement for any Scottish composers, musicologists or researchers into any aspect of Scottish music.

Musica Scotica 2018 takes places 21-22 April 2018, in the Tolbooth, Stirling. You can find out where to book your place, here.
One and half days of conferencing and concerts for just £70, or £45 for students.  (Accomodation not included.)

Musica Scotica is ONE WEEK away. Saturday 22nd April 2017, Tolbooth, Stirling

Have you booked to attend the friendliest small conference in Scotland?  Musica Scotica is next weekend - a one-day conference with a short concert at the end. It's not too late to book your place!

Musica Scotica Conference

Saturday 22 April 2017

Venue:
The Tolbooth
Jail Wynd
Stirling, FK8 1DE
Scotland, UK

Twitter: @MusicaScotica

Music and Gender in the 18th Century: a Call for Papers for a Musicology Conference in Germany:

Call for Papers

Enlightenment! Music and Gender in the 18th Century

Organizer: PD Dr. Katharina Hottmann and Cornelia Bartsch on behalf of the research unit Womens’ and Gender Studies of the German Society for Music Research

Place: Institute of Historical Musicology at the University of Hamburg

Date: 24.–27. May 2018

Deadline: 15 May 2017

You can't attend ISME and not visit the Whittaker Library!

This Sunday marks the start of a week when Glasgow is literally flooded with music teachers of all ages and stages (the teachers and their pupils, that is!).  The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is hosting the ISME conference - the International Society of Music Education.

Now, we know you're very busy, and you'll be talking and listening, networking and gathering new ideas.  If you need someone quiet to sit and reflect about all this, do come and visit the Whittaker Library.  Take a look at our music, books and magazines.  Our music librarian, Karen McAulay, is giving a paper on the afternoon of Friday 29th - come and say hello, and see our little exhibition of historic and modern Scottish music.  We can point you to more Scottish music on the open shelves.

• ISME Conference, Glasgow, 24-28 July 2016
• ISME Conference Programme

Performance Opportunities?

One of our lecturers, J. Simon van der Walt, is looking for gamelan players.   And Karen has made some little arrangements of Scottish tunes for flute ensemble.  If you play gamelan or have brought your flute, do get in touch!

Also, we understand a human guinea-pig is needed for a piano workshop. If you're going to be at the conference on Wednesday 27th, contact ISME to be put in touch with the presenter of this session.

• Whittaker Library
• Royal Conservatoire of Scotland homepage

Book Now! Scottish Music! Musica Scotica Conference 2016.

There are going to be lots of speakers, talking about new Scottish music and research into many other angles on the subject:-

Musica Scotica 2016: 800 years of Scottish Music

Musica Scotica's Eleventh Annual Conference 

Saturday 23 April 2016 and Sunday 24 April, 2016 

 Venue:
Stirling Court Hotel
University of Stirling
Stirling, FK9 4LA
Scotland, UK

• The programme is being drawn up, and speakers will very soon hear when their papers are scheduled. 
• The registration form is here, now!
• Full link to registration form:- http://www.n-ism.org/musicascotica.org.uk/conferences.shtml
• On Twitter, follow @MusicaScotica
• Practicalities:- if travelling from Glasgow, use Central Station and allow extra time. (Queen Street is undergoing extensive rail works.)
• Details of campus hotel on the Musica Scotica website. Delegates self-book accomodation.

WATCH THIS SPACE!

http://www.musicascotica.org.uk/conferences.shtml

Talking about Scottish Music, or Composer in Scotland? This is for You!

The Musica Scotica conference is in sunny Stirling this year – the 23^rd and 24^th April.  Our call for papers has been out for some weeks, but just in case you missed it/weren’t aware of it/ hadn’t thought about going, we thought we’d share the CFP again today.  The deadline for abstracts (papers or briefer poster session) is strictly speaking this Sunday.  A couple of extra days won’t make much difference, but don’t leave it too long!

Here are all the details you need before you write/submit that abstract!  http://www.musicascotica.org.uk/conferences.shtml

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.

Come and Talk about Your Scottish Music Research!

Time to remind everyone about Musica Scotica again! 

Musica Scotica 2015: 800 years of Scottish Music 

(Musica Scotica's Tenth Annual Conference)

• Saturday 25 April 2015 and Sunday 26 April, 2015
• The venue will be the St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art
• 2 Castle Street, Glasgow G4 0RH

Call for Papers for the 2015 Conference:- http://www.musicascotica.org.uk/conferences.shtml

See you there?

Do You Research, Study or Play Scottish Music? Conference 25-26 April 2015 (CFP)

Scottish musicians, you still have a month in which to submit an abstract for the next Musica Scotica conference, this year in Glasgow at the St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art.

Full details on the Golden Pages conference listings - HERE.

Don't miss it! 

ELIA - What's It All About?

Coming to Glasgow next week, we welcome -

LOCATION/AESTHETICS 

13th ELIA Biennial Conference

ELIA, the European League of Institutes of the Arts, is 'the primary international network organisation of major arts education institutions & universities'.  Glasgow's very proud of its cultural identity, so it's a great place for this conference.

"This year’s conference theme focuses on the relationship between the creative and the city and the dynamic interplay between place, culture, creativity and the artist. Recognising that the arts are both the most local and the most international of activities - proud of their traditions and identity, but at their most exciting when they break down barriers and cross borders, LOCATION/AESTHETICS will explore the cultural, social and economic role that creative individuals and institutions play in creating and transforming a city, regional or national identity and place in the world."  CLICK ON THE LINK ABOVE TO FIND OUT MORE.
"Four sub-themes have been identified to address more specific issues:
IDENTITY/DIVERSITY
REGIONALISM/GLOBALISM
HOMECOMING/NOMADISM
ECONOMY/CULTURE

Glasgow Royal Concert Hall is the main conference venue.  

Do You Understand Scotland Musically? Gary West, Keynote Presentation

Understanding Scotland Musically

Earlier this week there was a conference hosted by Newcastle University and sponsored by the AHRC, addressing this many-faceted subject.

You're invited to watch the keynote address, given by Dr Gary West (and here recorded on YouTube):-

'Understanding Scotland Musically: Do we? Can we?’

• AHRC sponsored two-day conference, 20 - 21st October 2014, Research Beehive, Newcastle University.  Conference website - click HERE.

Like Buses, Music Conferences Sometimes Come All At Once ... This one is Trad

We've noticed there's a Call for Papers by the Canadian Society for Traditional Music, for their 2015 Conference. 

• Call for Papers: Canadian Society for Traditional Music 2015 conference: DETAILS HERE.