Monday, 26th September, 6 pm - Hear Our Brilliant Musicians!

It may be the September weekend in Glasgow, but we have just the event to enliven your Monday evening!  

The first of the Conservatoire's Exchange Talks takes place on Monday 26th September at 6 pm, with an illustrated talk about the music that might have been heard in Scotland in 1808 - the year of Beethoven's benefit concert.  (The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra is reconstructing that concert - and at our own Exchange Talk, speaker Karen McAulay has been looking for other music being played at the time.)

Fiddler Bernadette Kellermann and cellist Wallace Calvert will share some traditional tunes.We also have mezzo-soprano Svetlina Stoyanova, pianist Jose Javier Ucendo Malo, cellist Marina Sanchez-Cabello, violinist Michelle Dierx and harpist Ewelina Brzozowska.

The event is free, but you do need a ticket - visit our Box Office to get one! 

Finding Scottish Fiddle Music

Whaur's the Fiddle Music?

As soon as you start looking for Scottish fiddle music in the Whittaker Library, you realise that it isn't all in exactly the same place!

This isn't a problem, of course - it's all in the catalogue.  (Where it ends up being shelved depends on what kind of accompaniment is provided.)

You can search the catalogue online to see what we've got.  Type in keywords from the author or title, or try some of these terms.  (If you're feeling clever, you can combine a few of them!)

• Fiddle music
• Scottish music
• Violin1 (Yes, that's all one word!)
• Dance music
• Cape Breton
• Scottish diaspora

You might also like to look for other kinds of music, such as Bagpipe music.

The Music and Academic Services Librarian in the Whittaker Library at the Royal Scottish Conservatoire is quite well-informed about Scottish songbooks, too.  More of that another time ...!