Friday, 8 March 2013

96 years ago, before there was an International Women's Day

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Whittaker is sorting through a donation, and encountered Rev H. R. Haweis' book, Music and Morals .  Intrigued, we glanced at the conten...

Portfolio Careers (article spotted in the Guardian this week)

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This came up via the Culture Professionals Network:- "Portfolio careers in the arts: one part pain, two parts pleasure "Can ...

The Musical Times has a blog!

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'Whittaker' discovered this link whilst checking a bibliographical detail ... http://themusicaltimes.blogspot.co.uk/   Of cou...

International Women's Day in the Performing Arts

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'Whittaker', being a performing arts library, wishes to commemorate International Women's Day as it particularly affects the per...
Thursday, 7 March 2013

Gaelic names of Pibrochs : Concise Dictionary edited by Roderick D. Cannon

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Gaelic names of pibrochs: Concise Dictionary A very useful resource - uploaded February 2013.  You'll find it here , on Ross Anderson...

Accordina profiled in Box and Fiddle this month

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Said to be favoured by jazz and trad musicians alike ... introducing .... The Accordina 'Whittaker' had never heard of an Accor...

Performing arts links for all!

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In the past week, 'Whittaker' has shared performing arts links on a talk about Tannahill (the Paisley songwriter); costume design...

Bibliolore blogs about film music

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Bibliolore's latest blogpost is entitled,  Random Film Accompaniment Worth a look!

Les Sirenes Hit Headlines

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Winning Choir of the Year, our own Les Sirenes - under the baton of Director Andrew Nunn - have made it onto the front cover of Choir and O...
Monday, 4 March 2013

Fred Freeman - Recordings of Burns and Tannahill Songs

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If you were at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland's Exchange Talk this evening, you may be keen to hear the recordings that Dr Fred F...

Signing concerts for the hearing impaired

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The New York Times recently published a piece about signing for the hearing impaired, at the last night of the 2012 Lollapalooza music fest...
Friday, 1 March 2013

19th Century Costume Design Website

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Historical Sewing Costume designers at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland might like to explore this website, offering instruction in ...

Accordion Jokes From Bibliolore

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Sorry, folks - these have to be shared !   Bibliolore is the blog posted by a music bibliography service called RILM.  Genius with a l...
Thursday, 28 February 2013

Online Trials of LGBT Videos

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As we come to the end of LGBT month, the Whittaker Library is happy to announce that we have been kindly offered a trial access of the on...

Online Trials of Drama and Dance Resources

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A Free In-House Trial for staff and students at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - use it now and let us know what you think of it! ...

Online Trials of Music Resources

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Alexander Street Press has offered staff and students of the Royal Conservatoire the opportunity to trial some of their other music offe...

Love Books? Some Places to Escape!

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Drama Librarian Alan Jones shares this link with our readers :-  The 30 Best Places to Be if You Love Books
Monday, 25 February 2013

Do you write poetry? Here's a competition!

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Write a Poem: the Neil Gunn Competition Yesterday evening, another librarian told me about this Scottish competition.  But you'll hav...

The Scots Language: Guest Blog by Wojciech Gardela

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After blogging about Scots pronunciation, a few days ago, 'Whittaker' was offered further advice on the Scots language.  So much ...
Friday, 22 February 2013

The Story of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM)

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ABRSM by MusiCB3  Here's a blogpost from the University of Cambridge , about the beginnings of ABRSM.