Last month Stuart Eydmann and I attended the North Atlantic Fiddle Convention in Aberdeen, a wonderful feast of music and dance. I was especially pleased to be part of the conference strand of the festival, where I gave a paper on Dumfries & Galloway fiddle music...
Since January 2025 I’ve been leading the Stirling Sunshine Singers – Stirling’s dementia-inclusive choir. It’s very rewarding, and I look forward to being with the group every week. I was commissioned by Luminate to produce a guide for other...
Stuart Eydmann and I had a most interesting visit to Dumfries to share our research into local fiddling with DGNHAS. We were particularly pleased to meet Willie & Helen McNairn, pictured here with Stuart. They’d brought a family copy of the tune book of 19c...
I’ve been working with my colleague Stuart Eydmann on finding out more about the role of the fiddle in SW Scotland during the 19th and early 20th century. It’s not something that’s been much explored, but we’re excited by the richness of the...
This summer I shared experience from our Trad Arts Mentoring programme at TRACS, at a workshop with Scotland’s Singing for Health Network led by Brianna Robertson-Kirkland and Sophie Boyd. Together with Anne Gallacher, Director of Luminate, we discussed the importance...
