Celtic and Scottish Studies Seminar Series: Joshua Dickson In brief Speaker - Professor Joshua Dickson (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) Title - Clues to Pibroch of the Past in "The Eliza Ross Collection" (1812) About the seminar In this seminar, Professor Dickson will focus on the research contained in editions of a collection of 150 Highland melodies taken down ca 1812 in the laird's household on the Island of Raasay, where the performance of vocal and instrumental music was heard and encouraged. The manuscript is now kept in the School of Scottish Studies Archives. First published in an edition by The Musica Scotica Trust in 2016, a second edition (2022) of The Eliza Ross Collection augments the section on pipe music through a fruitful collaboration between the late Dr Peter R Cooke, acclaimed ethnomusicologist, one of the original editors, and the eminent piper and piping historian Dr Angus MacDonald. The second edition is published by Taigh na Teud Music Publishers in Skye in an attractive format for performers. About the speaker Professor Joshua Dickson is Head of Traditional Music at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. In 1996, he obtained an MA in Scottish Gaelic from the University of Aberdeen, followed by a PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 2001. He has performed publicly in the contemporary Gaelic music scene with Na Trì Seudan and in Allan MacDonald’s award-winning 2004 Edinburgh Festival recital series, From Battlelines to Barlines. He has also taught at Ceòlas and for Feis Arrainn. He published a ground-breaking anthology of piping studies, 'The Highland Bagpipe: Music, History, Tradition', in 2009, and has also brought to light the role of women in the inheritance and transmission of traditional Gaelic canntaireachd in Hebridean life via the journals Scottish Studies and Review of Scottish Culture (2013). He is currently leading curricular reform and innovative assessment practices that have helped position Scotland’s national conservatoire as distinctive in the UK and wider Europe in the field of tertiary-level traditional/folk music education. This has been enacted through curricular enhancement at the Conservatoire, an honorary lectureship at the University of St Andrews, the publication of research findings in McKerrell and West (eds) Understanding Scotland Musically: Folk, Tradition and Policy (2018) and through the founding of the international conference series Pedagogies, Practices and the Future of Folk Music in Higher Education. How to join We extend a warm welcome to all with an interest in the topics presented and look forward to seeing you. All seminars take place fortnightly on Fridays between 13.15 and 14.00. Please contact Dr Neill Martin to receive a Zoom invitation and password. NB The Zoom invitation will indicate a 13.00 start but the seminar will commence at 13.15. Email Dr Neill Martin About the Celtic and Scottish Studies Seminar Series As the longest established department of its kind in Scotland, Celtic and Scottish Studies at Edinburgh is a major international hub for research, teaching and learning. Each semester, we welcome a wide range of guest speakers and colleagues to present a lunchtime seminar on their work. Entry is free and no booking is required. Everyone is welcome. Are you interested in Celtic and Scottish Studies? We offer three undergraduate degrees and a number of postgraduate programmes, both taught and research-led, drawing on excellent teaching and research and access to world-leading collections and archives. Find out more about Celtic and Scottish Studies at Edinburgh Oct 07 2022 13.15 - 14.00 Celtic and Scottish Studies Seminar Series: Joshua Dickson Join us for an online seminar by Professor Joshua Dickson (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) entitled 'Clues to Pibroch of the Past in "The Eliza Ross Collection" (1812)'. Online via Zoom Email Neill Martin for joining instructions
Celtic and Scottish Studies Seminar Series: Joshua Dickson In brief Speaker - Professor Joshua Dickson (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) Title - Clues to Pibroch of the Past in "The Eliza Ross Collection" (1812) About the seminar In this seminar, Professor Dickson will focus on the research contained in editions of a collection of 150 Highland melodies taken down ca 1812 in the laird's household on the Island of Raasay, where the performance of vocal and instrumental music was heard and encouraged. The manuscript is now kept in the School of Scottish Studies Archives. First published in an edition by The Musica Scotica Trust in 2016, a second edition (2022) of The Eliza Ross Collection augments the section on pipe music through a fruitful collaboration between the late Dr Peter R Cooke, acclaimed ethnomusicologist, one of the original editors, and the eminent piper and piping historian Dr Angus MacDonald. The second edition is published by Taigh na Teud Music Publishers in Skye in an attractive format for performers. About the speaker Professor Joshua Dickson is Head of Traditional Music at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. In 1996, he obtained an MA in Scottish Gaelic from the University of Aberdeen, followed by a PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 2001. He has performed publicly in the contemporary Gaelic music scene with Na Trì Seudan and in Allan MacDonald’s award-winning 2004 Edinburgh Festival recital series, From Battlelines to Barlines. He has also taught at Ceòlas and for Feis Arrainn. He published a ground-breaking anthology of piping studies, 'The Highland Bagpipe: Music, History, Tradition', in 2009, and has also brought to light the role of women in the inheritance and transmission of traditional Gaelic canntaireachd in Hebridean life via the journals Scottish Studies and Review of Scottish Culture (2013). He is currently leading curricular reform and innovative assessment practices that have helped position Scotland’s national conservatoire as distinctive in the UK and wider Europe in the field of tertiary-level traditional/folk music education. This has been enacted through curricular enhancement at the Conservatoire, an honorary lectureship at the University of St Andrews, the publication of research findings in McKerrell and West (eds) Understanding Scotland Musically: Folk, Tradition and Policy (2018) and through the founding of the international conference series Pedagogies, Practices and the Future of Folk Music in Higher Education. How to join We extend a warm welcome to all with an interest in the topics presented and look forward to seeing you. All seminars take place fortnightly on Fridays between 13.15 and 14.00. Please contact Dr Neill Martin to receive a Zoom invitation and password. NB The Zoom invitation will indicate a 13.00 start but the seminar will commence at 13.15. Email Dr Neill Martin About the Celtic and Scottish Studies Seminar Series As the longest established department of its kind in Scotland, Celtic and Scottish Studies at Edinburgh is a major international hub for research, teaching and learning. Each semester, we welcome a wide range of guest speakers and colleagues to present a lunchtime seminar on their work. Entry is free and no booking is required. Everyone is welcome. Are you interested in Celtic and Scottish Studies? We offer three undergraduate degrees and a number of postgraduate programmes, both taught and research-led, drawing on excellent teaching and research and access to world-leading collections and archives. Find out more about Celtic and Scottish Studies at Edinburgh Oct 07 2022 13.15 - 14.00 Celtic and Scottish Studies Seminar Series: Joshua Dickson Join us for an online seminar by Professor Joshua Dickson (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) entitled 'Clues to Pibroch of the Past in "The Eliza Ross Collection" (1812)'. Online via Zoom Email Neill Martin for joining instructions
Oct 07 2022 13.15 - 14.00 Celtic and Scottish Studies Seminar Series: Joshua Dickson Join us for an online seminar by Professor Joshua Dickson (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) entitled 'Clues to Pibroch of the Past in "The Eliza Ross Collection" (1812)'.
