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Celebrating 30 Years of Traditional Music at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Anna celebrates 30 years of traditional music at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

The Traditional Music degree at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) recently celebrated a major milestone, its 30th anniversary. Since launching as the UK’s first degree of its kind in 1996, it has shaped a generation of artists through courses spanning accordion, fiddle, piping and Gaelic song. Anna Massie chats to current students, alumni and tutors past and present about the course and what it has done for traditional music in Scotland.

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1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Thu 18 Jun 202620:00
BBC Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Trip

    The 50 Reels

    • In Terra’s Keep.

  • Back of the Moon

    Maybe I’ll be Married

    • Fortune's Road.

  • Brian McNeill

    No Gods and Precious Few Heroes

    • No Gods.

  • Battlefield Band

    The Lads o’ the Fair

    • Home Is Where The Van Is.

  • Traditional Music from the RSAMD

    The Brides and Tartars Set

    • Number One Scottish.

  • Allan MacDonald and Margaret Stewart

    Fhuair Mi Pòg A Làimh An Righ (I Got a Kiss of the King’s Hand)

    • Fhuair Mi Pòg.

  • Martyn Bennett/Margaret Bennett

    Air Bhith Dhomhsa (In Praise Of Brothers, Happy)

    • Glen Lyon (A Song Cycle).

  • Jeanie Robertson

    Twa Recruiting Sergeants

  • Néillidh Boyle

    Talk About The State Of Irish Music In Ireland

    • A Feeling in the Blood.

  • Néillidh Boyle

    The Moving Clouds - Reel

    • A Feeling in the Blood.

  • Ainsley Hamill

    Dh'èirich Mi Moch Madainn Chèitein

    • Belle of the Ball.

  • Josie Duncan

    Òran Diana

    • BBC Travelling Folk Recording.

  • The Finlay MacDonald Band

    Died and Gone to Prague / Lauren McCowans / The Champagne Trail

    • Pressed For Time.

  • Angus R. Grant

    Mo Mhathair

    • Highland Fiddle.

  • Breabach

    The Midnight Sun

    • Astar.

  • Gnoss

    Honey Wine

    • Stretching Skyward.

  • Jenn Butterworth

    All Our Days

    • Her By Design.

  • Dana

    Scallywags

    • The Deep End.

  • Red Hot Chilli Pipers

    Teardrop / Brenda Stubberts / I'll Give You Something to Cry For

    • Blast Live.

  • Patrick Doyle

    The Games

    • Brave (Original Soundtrack).

  • Marie Fielding

    Honesty Bar / White Petticoat / Monday Boy

    • An Seisiun.

  • Sárán Mulligan

    Smithfield Polka Number 2 / Midnight

    Composer: Trad.. Performer: Rachel Henderson. Performer: Anika Thomas. Performer: Alice Guse. Performer: George Glyn-Jones.
    • BBC TRAVELLING FOLK RECORDING.

  • Neil Stewart

    O'er Bogie / Sean McCusker's Farewell

    Composer: Jimmy McHugh. Performer: Kisna Panesar. Performer: Amy Naulls. Performer: Eilidh Patterson. Performer: Kathleen MacDonald.
    • BBC TRAVELLING FOLK RECORDING.

  • Seán Wood

    Nightfires

    Performer: Rachel Henderson, Anika Thomas, Alice Guse, George Glyn-Jones, Kisna Panesar, Amy Naulls, Eilidh Paterson, Kathleen Macdonald. Performer: Rachel Henderson. Composer: Seán Wood. Performer: Anika Thomas.
    • BBC TRAVELLING FOLK RECORDING.

  • RURA

    Horizons Pt. 2

    • Live At The Old Fruitmarket.

Broadcast

  • Thu 18 Jun 202620:00
    BBC Radio Scotland