Event Archive

2013

November

• Scandinavian Singing Workshop

  29 November 2013

  An introduction to singing and herding calls from the north of Sweden.

• The Power of the Fiddle

  26 November 2013, 19:30 - 23:55

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series

• Open Evening

  07 November 2013, 18:00 - 21:00

  Elphinstone Institute

October

• Voicing Place: The Folk Voice in Modern Scotland

  29 October 2013, 19:30 - 23:59

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series

• Never-Ending Tales

  27 October 2013, 19:00 - 20:45

  The Elphinstone Institute is proud to present an evening with the wonderful Aberdonian teller of tales, Tony Robertson. Descended from a long line of storytellers, Tony learned many stories traditional to travelling people from his father, Stanley Robertson, and others in his family. Tony’s remarkable storytelling style immediately draws in...

September

• Portsoy's Scottish Traditional Boat Festival

  24 September 2013, 19:30 - 23:59

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series

• Fiddle Bus Outing

  21 September 2013, 09:30 - 17:30

  Hosted by the Friends of the Elphinstone Institute. Bus leaves MacRobert Building car park at 09.30am sharp £12.00 members of the Friends of the Elphinstone Institute; £15 non-members North-East Fiddle tunes plus song and other instruments.

July

• The Traditional Singing Weekend at Cullerlie

  26 - 28 July 2013

  A festival to celebrate the singing traditions of Scotland, England, and Ireland in memory of Tom and Anne Reid

June

• Second Sight and Prophecy Conference

  14 - 16 June 2013

  This interdisciplinary conference welcomes participants from a range of academic disciplines including history, folklore, anthropology, divinity and sociology whose research interests cover a wide range of topics exploring varying methods used by different cultures (both now and in the past) to look into the future and the rationale for so...

May

• The Present Time is Oors

  28 May 2013, 19:30 - 23:55

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series