{"id":16563,"date":"2022-07-25T10:36:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T09:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/?p=16563"},"modified":"2022-07-25T10:36:09","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T09:36:09","slug":"new-musical-work-celebrates-lives-and-songs-of-gaelic-speaking-travelling-communities-blas-festival-returns-in-september-with-new-commission-from-tain-musician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/new-musical-work-celebrates-lives-and-songs-of-gaelic-speaking-travelling-communities-blas-festival-returns-in-september-with-new-commission-from-tain-musician\/","title":{"rendered":"New musical work celebrates lives and songs of Gaelic-speaking\u00a0travelling communities. Blas Festival returns in September with new commission from Tain musician"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A new musical work which will highlight the central role Gaelic-speaking Highland travelling people played in the preservation and transmission of Highland traditions will be performed at this September\u2019s Blas Festival which will run from 2nd – 10th September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018The Summer Walkers\u2019, a newly-commissioned piece of musical work from Highland musician, Chlo\u00eb Bryce, will showcase stories and songs from prominent voices from within the travelling community and incorporate archive recordings of some of the Highland travelling people.\u00a0\u00a0The piece will also feature new music inspired by the Summer Walkers, whilst celebrating the culture of gathering together and sharing stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chlo\u00eb Bryce<\/strong>, originally from Tain, commented: \u201cI am delighted to have the opportunity to shed light on the lives and stories of the Summer Walkers. The old traditions and customs of these Highland travelling people are fast disappearing. It is the voices of prominent figures within this community who will feature at the heart of this commission; the stories they carried forming the basis for this new music. In a year that marks a significant birthday for Essie Stewart, one of the last remaining people to have taken part in the summer walks, this commission will celebrate the vital contribution the travelling community has made to Scottish traditional music and storytelling.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Calum Alex Macmillan, F\u00e8isean nan G\u00e0idheal\u2019s Development Manager<\/strong>, added:\u00a0“2022 is the Year of Scotland\u2019s Stories.\u00a0\u00a0In awarding this year\u2019s Blas Festival commission, we wanted someone to create a new piece of music which would celebrate iconic stories, people and places across the Highlands and Islands. The region is home to a wealth of stories, legends and tales, some of which have become famous around the world, and Chlo\u00eb\u2019s commission will give a real insight into the crucial role the \u2018Summer Walkers\u2019 played in the preservation of so many songs, stories and traditions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are delighted to be returning to our traditional September dates for this year\u2019s Blas Festival, visiting communities across the Highlands with a programme that will celebrate our rich Gaelic culture and heritage, including newly composed Gaelic songs, collaborations between young people from Scotland and Wales, two birthday celebrations for treasured tradition bearers, an extensive education and communities programme as well as our online offering which will include workshops and livestreamed concerts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Siobhan Anderson, Music Officer at Creative Scotland\u00a0<\/strong>says:\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s great to see a commission celebrating this important part of Highland culture and Blas will provide a wonderful platform to share this exciting new piece from a talented emerging musician. The festival has a long history of commissioning interesting and innovative new pieces of work and\u00a0‘The Summer Walkers\u2019 will be a fantastic addition to the festival\u2019s programme.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The festival, which is organised by Gaelic arts organisation F\u00e8isean nan G\u00e0idheal, in partnership with The Highland Council, will launch its full programme in the next couple of weeks and the concerts, c\u00e8ilidhs and workshops will take place in a variety of performance venues across the Highlands. For further information about this year\u2019s festival, please visit\u00a0www.blas.scot<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new musical work which will highlight the central role Gaelic-speaking Highland travelling people played in the preservation and transmission of Highland traditions will be performed at this September\u2019s Blas Festival which will run from 2nd – 10th September. \u2018The Summer Walkers\u2019, a newly-commissioned piece of musical work from Highland musician, Chlo\u00eb Bryce, will showcase […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,37],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16563","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-newsletter","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2022\/07\/ChloeBryce-1.jpg","featured_image_src":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2022\/07\/ChloeBryce-1-600x400.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2022\/07\/ChloeBryce-1-600x600.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"simon","author_link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/author\/simon\/"},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcv15g-4j9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16563"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16566,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16563\/revisions\/16566"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}