Musica Scotica

Musica Scotica Musica Scotica promotes the study and performance of Scottish music by producing scholarly editions, studies, performances, conferences and recordings.

Musica Scotica, founded by the late Dr Kenneth Elliott (1929–2011), is a series of scholarly editions, studies, conferences, performances and recordings of Scottish Music under the general editorship of Dr Gordon Munro. Each volume in the main series of editions contains historical and editorial introductions, facsimiles, music and a critical commentary. The series aims to serve both practical and

scholarly needs. Published in parallel with the main series is a series of volumes of miscellaneous pieces. In addition, Musica Scotica has also instituted a series of historical studies of Scottish music of all periods. Contributions from new editors are welcome and will be considered by the Editorial Board. In recent years, Musica Scotica has begun to sponsor performances of Scottish music, particularly contemporary music, and we propose to issue recordings of Scottish music in future. Musica Scotica also runs an annual conference on all aspects of Scottish Music, usually held on the last Saturday of April.

Musica Scotica Study Day 2025For all undergraduate and postgraduate studentsDate: Friday 4 April 2025Location: Royal Con...
18/12/2024

Musica Scotica Study Day 2025
For all undergraduate and postgraduate students
Date: Friday 4 April 2025
Location: Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow
—Network with other students
—Talk to experts in Scottish music from the Middle Ages to the present day
—Present your work in progress (deadline for abstracts: 1 February 2025)
—Free registration
—Some travel bursaries available

The 2025 Musica Scotica Study Day will provide an opportunity for undergraduate and postgraduate students to share their work on music in/from Scotland, and to network with peers and established researchers working in this field.

Registration is free; registration will open in February 2025. Some travel bursaries may be available for students who are presenting their work at the conference.

—Present your work at the study day: We invite submissions for informal presentations of work in progress. Presentations, which can include performance elements, should be no more than 15 minutes long. Please submit an abstract of up to 250 words, plus a brief biography, as an RTF, Word or PDF file, to the email address below by 1 February 2025.

—Some travel bursaries are available for students to present at the Study Day. To apply for a bursary, please include a separate short statement when submitting your proposal, indicating travel routes and approximate costs. Please note that as funds are limited, we may only be able to cover part of any costs incurred.

—We are aiming to facilitate hybrid participation: updates to follow before the submission date.

—We aim to respond to all submissions by 15 February 2025.

Please send your proposal to [email protected] by 1 February 2025. We aim to respond to all submissions by 15 February 2025.

https://musicascotica.scot/study-day-2025/

News of a symposium and concert at Dalkeith Palace on Saturday 17 June ...The Symposium explores Dalkeith Palace’s music...
08/06/2023

News of a symposium and concert at Dalkeith Palace on Saturday 17 June ...

The Symposium explores Dalkeith Palace’s musical past in vivid detail. Curator Paul Boucher and specialists from leading universities and conservatoires bring to life themes from the exhibition, investigating how Scottish dance bands promoted traditional music, how opera travelled from the stage to the home, and how country houses supported wider cultural trends and aspirations.

Join us on Saturday 17 June for a Symposium & Concert to celebrate the launch of our summer exhibition, Dalkeith Palace – A Passion for Music.

12/04/2023

News of a free concert tomorrow night (Thursday 13 April, 6-7:30pm) in the Reid Concert Hall, Bristo Square, Edinburgh.

The concert, on the opening evening of the conference of the British Forum for Ethnomusicology at the University of Edinburgh, will celebrate the research interests of our late colleague Dr Peter Cooke (1930-2020), who was deeply involved with the BFE.

Prof. Josh Dickson and students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland will illustrate piping; Amy Laurenson, current BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year, will represent the musical traditions of Shetland; and the "Jit Jive Duo", Andy Cooke and Rise Kagona, with dancers, will contribute Ugandan and neighbouring musics.

All welcome!

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Dr Gordon Munro, C/o Royal Conservatoire Of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street
Glasgow
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