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The finals of the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Of The Year 2013 took place on Sunday 3rd February. An excellent show in the The Stevenson Concert Hall, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland as part of Glasgow’s Celtic Connections Festival, with button box player Paddy Callaghan declared winner. This was a the second year of [...]

Scotland Sings in partnership with Education Scotland are hosting a Glow Meet* on Wednesday 24th October. Singing in the Glow Meet will be Ewan Robertson (BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician 2009) and Megan Henderson both from the band Breabach. We are going to teach the kids two songs, announce a competition and talk about [...]

Tinto Summer School is a much-loved 5-day residential school in traditional music for high school age (12-18) participants. In 2011, the available places were booked up within minutes of the website going live! It’s not just music that the young people come to Tinto for. They have an active social scene including barbecue’s, fancy dress, [...]

Tinto Summer School is a 5-day residential school in traditional music for high school age (12-18) participants. The school takes place at Wiston Lodge, a beautiful Victorian former hunting lodge in the peaceful rural heart of South Lanarkshire. In 2007 the week (2nd – 7th July) was packed full of classes and fun events (including [...]

Tinto Summer School is a 5-day residential school in traditional music for high school age (12-18) participants. The school takes place at Wiston Lodge, a beautiful Victorian former hunting lodge in the peaceful rural heart of South Lanarkshire. As well as learning from some of the best traditional music tutors available, participants also take part [...]