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A celebration of fiddle and dance traditions from around the North Atlantic.

An informal concert featuring performances of Scottish traditional music by local groups from Aberdeen and the North-East of Scotland. Join us for a taste of what is to come in this summer’s North Atlantic Fiddle Convention.

A FREE workshop on using the Vaughan Williams Library (VWML) Digital Archive, and learning songs from its latest addition, the James Madison Carpenter Collection

A taster of what is to come at the North Atlantic Fiddle Convention in July 2018

A FREE workshop exploring the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library's digital archive, and its latest addition, the James Carpenter Collection. Discover the potential of archival sources to connect people and place.

Join us to celebrate and promote the expressive Scots of the North-East by joining us at our formal press launch.

Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series

Songs, tunes and plays collected by James Madison Carpenter 1927 – 1943, across Britain and also in the US, will be creatively interpreted and performed by Cecil Sharp House Choir, The Mearns Singers (from North East Scotland led by Irene Watt), London Youth Folk Ensemble with members of New Camden...

This talk will show how the blackening has developed through time into the ritual we see today.

Join us for the Doric Messiah, a singing workshop and performance of selections from Handel's Messiah in Doric, hosted by The Elphinstone Institute, 51cg, in partnership with the Music Department, 51cg.