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Walter Scott: The Man Behind the Monument - Free Online Course
Future Learn are now providing a free online course for those interested in learning more about Sir Walter Scott. Discover the writer, collector and cultural icon who remains one of Scotland’s most enduring literary legends. Walter Scott is one of Scotland’s most significant figures and is famous around the world. On this course, you’ll...
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Professor Paul Mealor becomes one of the world's most 'performed' living composers.
US Music has announced its statistics for 2019 and Paul Mealor, Professor of Composition at the University of Aberdeen is among the world's most performed, recorded and broadcast living composers. He is listed alongside Arvo Part, John Williams and Eric Whitacre.
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Anna Bokedal - Book Publication: "Maybe Paint the Door Blue"
Congratulations to Mrs Anna Bokedal for her recent book publication, "Maybe Paint the Door Blue"
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Winners of the Bobby Aitken Competition 2019 announced
Kirsty Lawie and Marielle Bodenheimer were joint winners of the Bobby Aitken Competition this year.
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Nan Shepherd Writing Competition
The Nan Shepherd Writing Competition run by The WORD Centre for Creative Writing was launched at this year's May Festival (24- 26 May 2019).
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Footballing first for University choir
The University's Chapel Choir performed for a very different audience when football's lawmakers made history by holding their first ever meeting in Aberdeen.
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National Award for Sound Festival Director
Fiona Robertson, Director of sound, has been awarded the biennial RPS Leslie Boosey Award for her tireless work in the promotion of new music in the UK.
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Cairns Craig's Wealth of the Nation nominated for Saltire award.
Cairns Craig's The Wealth of the Nation, published by EUP in April 2018 , was nominated for the Saltire Society History Book of the Year, 2018.
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Professor Paul Mealor composes new work for HRH The Prince of Wales.
Professor Paul Mealor has composed a new work for a special concert at Buckingham Palace hosted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to mark the fiftieth Anniversary of His Royal Highness The Prince Charles' Investiture as Prince of Wales. Professor Mealor's new work, 'Morwyn Llyn Fan' for soprano and harp,...
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New Publication for Dr Jeremy Coleman
Dr Jeremy Coleman's new book Richard Wagner in Paris: Translation, Identity, Modernity will be published later this year by Boydell & Brewer.