The Gordon Duncan Memorial Trust - A National Treasure II (Saturday 27 September 2008)

A National Treasure II - a celebration of the music of Gordon Duncan Sat 27 September 2008 7.30pm PERTH CONCERT HALL featuring Tunes For Gordon, new music specially written by:

Ross Ainslie border pipes/whistle/cittern

Jarlath Henderson uilleann pipes/whistles Mairearad Green accordion John Somerville accordion and performed with: Mike Bryan guitar Dougie Hudson percussion Conrad Ivitsky bass Hamish Napier piano special guests: Andrew Carlisle Highland pipes Brian Finnegan flute Hannah Fisher fiddle Kyle Howie Highland pipes Tangi Josset bombarde Anxo Lorenzo gaita Cathy Ann MacPhee vocals Yannick Martin biniou Sheila Stewart vocals Vale Veterans Pipe Band 01738 621 031 www.horsecross.co.uk

BooksFromScotland.com

Here's a useful website run by Publishing Scotland - BooksFromScotland.com

Early Clarsach Recital in Glasgow, 13 August 2008, 3.30 pm

Piping Live is an international Piping festival in Glasgow. You can hear a clarsach (traditional Scottish harp) recital at an art exhibition in Hutcheson's Hall, Glasgow, on the afternoon of Wednesday 13th August 2008.

Sibelius Student Composer of the Year (up to 18 years)

You can enter this competition so long as you're no older than 18. Not had your birthday yet? Then get composing! Visit the website.

GRADBritain Summer 08

The latest issue of the e-magazine for postgraduate researchers - GRADBritain Summer 08. Worth a read.

Graduate Junction - postgraduate networking

Graduate Junction -

"Welcome to the Global Graduate Research Network The Graduate Junction is a brand new website for Masters, Doctoral and Postdoctoral researchers working in any field all over the world. The Graduate Junction is the first website to give graduate researchers an easy way of making contact and communicating with other researchers who share their research interests no matter which department, institution or country they work in." Interested? Why not give it a try. Although the network is very new, it is already yielding potentially useful contacts worldwide.

Mind the skills gap! Information handling training for researchers

The Research Information Network has this month published a report suggesting that not all researchers are up to speed with the new technologies. Read it here.

You've got a degree - now what?

Here's another helpful posting from jobs.ac.uk. For anyone jobseeking:-

Hunter and Hunted by Gill Sharp Are you looking for a new job? Where do you start? Many people fondly imagine that the answer is to place their CV with a recruitment agency and wait for the interview offers to start rolling in. The reality is actually quite different, so before starting your job search consult these top ten tips for success... Read the full article by visiting the link below. http://go.jobs.ac.uk/link/hunt/

Online Gaelic-English-Gaelic Dictionary

Here's a useful resource which might get you out of a tricky spot:- http://www.taic.btinternet.co.uk/dictionary.htm It'll be "catalogued" on the Whittaker Library system so you can find it easily. Where? Under Gaelic Dictionary, of course!

Joan Armatrading comes to RSAMD!

Joan Armatrading is a legendary singer-songwriter who made her name on the folk circuit at a time when black women singers had a lot less recognition in the UK. And she's singing in Glasgow at RSAMD on Wednesday 25 June. Have you bought your ticket? (Two days later, she'll be doing a one-off gig in London, and theLondonblog is waxing lyrical already - some indication of the treat that's in store. And she's coming here first!)

Completing application forms for academic jobs

Another helpful posting from our friends at jobs.ac.uk - view it here.

Times Higher Education reveals student plagiarism figures

In Times Higher Education last week, Rebecca Attwood discovered 143 students had been expelled from HE institutions. Read the article here. Link provided by CILIP Weekly Information World.

John Ireland playing the piano

Just donated to the Whittaker Library at RSAMD - a CD of John Ireland accompanying his own Violin Sonatas. Check the catalogue for the location.

Zippos Circus now until 22 June, Fleshers' Haugh, Glasgow Green

Let your hair down with some circus exhibitionism! Zippos Circus is in Glasgow now.

Fellowship at the Royal Academy of Music

McCann Research Fellowship £5000 p.a. one year research grant. The Royal Academy of Music in partnership with the Lucille Graham Trust invites applications for this award, commencing Oct 2008 for one year. The Fellow will have the opportunity to base their research on material in the McCann Collection at RAM. The McCann Collection consists of letters and documents, photographic materials, ephemera, recordings, playbills and programmes from the 19th and 20th centuries. For more details and digitised images, see APOLLO (Academy Pictures Online). The McCann Fellow will be expected to disseminate his or her research by publication, and by presenting a research event. The applicant should be educated to music graduate or music research student standard. Experience of performance research and knowledge of foreign languages will be an advantage. All candidates are required to submit a short research proposal (1000-2000 words) with their application for consideration.

• To view or discuss the collection, contact Janet Snowman, Collections Registrar (j.snowman@ram.ac.uk).
• Application forms and further details of Fellowship are on the RAM website .
• Further questions re. Fellowship? Contact Kim Perkins (Educational Resources Co-ordinator, k.perkins@ram.ac.uk ).
• Closing date: Friday 18th July 2008

Herald Arts Blog

Have you come across the Herald Arts Blog yet? Essential reading for Glasgow musicians - well, Glasgow and beyond!

Dance School of Scotland

Mary Brennan writes in the Herald today, about the 'Young Professionals' - the Dance School of Scotland. Read the article here.

Worth doing a Masters degree?

Read a recent article in the Guardian (Tuesday 10 June):- "Get the edge", by Lucy Tobin

Teaching Opportunity - students, take a look!

Stagecoach East Kilbride requires teachers of Singing, Dance and Drama for a new theatre school opening in September.

• Singing
• Dancing
• Drama
• Early Stages

email: eastkilbride 'at' stagecoach.co.uk

NB Information posted from a circular received by Whittaker. For further info, please contact the email given.

West End Festival Glasgow

13th - 29th June. Don't miss it - it's on your doorstep! West End Festival website.