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Neepie Lantern Competition Winner 2024
The winner of the Neepie Lantern Competition 2024 is Gareth Dunnett who also won it in 2023. His carving skills are great, and he manages to create a spooktacular neepie lantern. Gareth also attended the Neepie Lantern Howking Workshop which was great fun. Well done Gareth! The runners-up are Niamh and...
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Toulmin Prize 2024 - Winner Announced
Congratulations to the Toulmin Prize winner for 2024
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Grand Chief of Eeyou Istchee Visits Elphinstone Institute
Elphinstone Institute staff at the University of Aberdeen were honoured to welcome Mandy Gull-Masty, Grand Chief of Eeyou Istchee, The Grand Council of the Crees, along with Kristen Moar, and Adario Masty. The three visited because of their interest in Senior Lecturer Frances Wilkins's research on fiddle music in the...
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Exhibition to Support Preservation of Gaelic Song Takes to the Road in the Hebrides
Research to highlight traditional forms of Gaelic singing has now been turned into an exhibition which will tour Hebridean communities in 2024 and 2025. The exhibition has been at Museum nan Eilean in Stornoway since 20th January - and will be on show at the Kinloch Historical Society in Balallan...
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Toulmin Prize 2024 - 27 August Deadline
The Toulmin Prize, established in 2008 and awarded annually, is a short-story prize commemorating the work of one of North-East Scotland’s finest exponents of written Doric. There is a cash prize of £500 for the winning entry, sponsored by David Toulmin’s (John Reid) grandsons, Steven and Martin Reid. The award...
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LLMVC Staff Recognised in Huge Excellence Awards Nomination Haul
It was announced this week that 33 members of staff from the School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture have been nominated for the 2024 Principal's Excellence Awards across 16 categories for a total of 47 nominations.
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Seinn Spioradail exhibition and website launched in Stornoway this week.
The exhibition, Seinn Spioradal: Sacred Soundscapes of the Highlands and Islands, was launched at Museum nan Eilean at the weekend and will be touring Highland and Island communities throughout 2024 and 2025.
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National media coverage of Exhibition and Website launch to promote Gaelic singing traditions
There has been widespread media coverage to promote the recent launch of an interaction exhibition and website, Seinn Spioradail: Sacred Soundscapes of the Highlands and Islands, which highlights important research by Dr Frances Wilkins, Senior Lecturer in Ethnomusicoloy at The Elphinstone Institute.
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Seinn Spioradail Exhibition and Website Launched in Stornoway
The exhibition, Seinn Spioradail: Sacred Soundscapes of the Highlands and Islands, was launched at Museum nan Eilean at the weekend and will be touring Highland and Island communities throughout 2024 and 2025. Research to highlight traditional forms of Gaelic singing has now been turned into an exhibition which will tour Hebridean...
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Seinn Spioradail: Sacred Soundscapes of Scotland's Highland and Island Communities.
Touring exhibition, digital sound archive and website.