RCS Alumnus Simon McKerrell edits collection of essays on Music as Multimodal Discourse

Simon McKerrell studied for his PhD here at RCS some years ago, so we were delighted to see he is rapidly building up an admirable series of publications.

The Whittaker Library has just ordered one of his recent books!  You can read the opening chapter of Music as Multimodal Discourse on his blog, here:- http://pipersimon.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/new-book-out-music-as-multimodal.html

It won't be long before our staff and students can read the whole thing - keep an eye on our library catalogue's new books display, here:- https://rcs.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-main.pl (scroll down)

Focus: Scottish Traditional Music (by Simon McKerrell, RCS Alumnus)

We were proud to add a new book to the Whittaker Library stock today:-

Focus: Scottish Traditional Music, by Simon McKerrell (2016)

Simon got his PhD at RSAMD (as we were in 2005); he has since taught at RSAMD, then Sheffield, and now the University of Newcastle, where he is Head of Music.

• Simon McKerrell's University of Newcastle page

RCS Alumnus Simon McKerrell Touches on Intangible Heritage

ICH means Intangible Cultural Heritage

... read what it means for Scotland

Intangible Cultural Heritage is a bit of a buzzword in creative circles these days.  A few weeks ago, the Scottish Storytelling Centre held a workshop about the kind of cultural heritage that you can't physically touch, or see, but rather experience as part of oral or inherited tradition.  Read a delegate's reflections after the event, here.

Now piper Simon McKerrell, alumnus of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and lecturer at the University of Newcastle, takes up the theme in his latest blogpost:-

A New Cultural Commission on ICH?

Simon McKerrell Invites You to a Webinar about Scottish Music (17th February)

RCS Alumnus Simon McKerrell is now a lecturer at the University of Newcastle.  His research is into 'Understanding Scotland Musically' - he has written various articles, organised a conference, has a book shortly to be published and another co-authored one on the way.

If you'd like to talk about  'understanding Scotland musically', and to share your views with Simon, then he is organising a webinar to which you are invited.  (Webinar = Seminar on the Web).

Full details here.  Quoted from Simon's Understanding Scotland Musically Website:-

Webinar 17th February 2015, 3pm

"There will be a webinar to discuss the project for anyone who is interested at 3pm on February the 17th 2015. You can join the meeting, which will become live at that time simply by clicking on this link. 

"Participants in the webinar will receive several draft articles dealing with Scottish traditional music that are not currently available to the public for comment and feedback."

• Understanding Scotland Musically - the website 
•  http://www.musicalmeaning.com/home

Do You Understand Scotland Musically? (Can You?)

Understanding Scotland Musically

AHRC sponsored two-day conference, 20 - 21st October 2014, Research Beehive, Newcastle University.

With a keynote address from Dr Gary West.
Forthcoming conference in Newcastle, organised by Royal Conservatoire of Scotland alumnus Simon McKerrell (now an early-career lecturer at the University of Newcastle).

Conference website - click here.

Scottish Traditional Music Survey - Dr Simon McKerrell

You are invited to fill out a new survey on Scottish traditional music and to contribute to a greater understanding of how it is experienced in communities in Scotland and abroad. The survey is being conducted by Dr Simon McKerrell at Newcastle University for the Arts and Humanities Research Council UK project, Understanding Scotland Musically. Please find the survey at the following link:

http://www.musicalmeaning.com/home/questionnaire-on-scottish-trad-music

The results of this survey will be used to inform research about Scottish traditional music in communities, policy and practice. If you have any questions, please contact Simon McKerrell, simon.mckerrell@ncl.ac.uk.

More information about the project is available at www.musicalmeaning.com.  Simon is conducting this widespread survey for a research project on Scottish traditional music - please do encourage as many interested people to fill it in as possible and circulate widely, the greater the circulation, the more meaningful the results. Simon hopes to gather as wide a purposive sample as possible from the community of interest in Scottish traditional music and will be publishing the results on the project website.