Uncategorized – Scotland Sings

Scottish Song Leaders’ Networking Weekend

Twenty five choir leaders from across Scotland came along to the 5th annual Scottish Song Leaders’ Networking Weekend at beautiful Comrie Croft at the end of February. Introductions on Friday evening unveiled a whole range of reasons people were there. For some, it was to take time out and reflect after a busy year […]

Scotland Sings GLOW Meet

Siobhan Miller and Jeana Leslie ran our last GLOW meet, in collaboration with Education Scotland, on Friday 28th November teaching new songs to sing along to. For details of upcoming events, teachers can log on to the GLOW system here.

Press Release: Singing Workshop across the country in January

Press Release: Singing Workshop across the country in January Get together with other singers in the area to celebrate new Scottish songs based on Burns Scotland Sings is running harmony singing workshops across Scotland over Burns Weekend, working with some of the top singing leaders in the country. Workshops will be held in Dingwall, Lochgilphead, […]

Sing for your heart!

From Heart Research UK This December, we’re asking the nation to warm up their vocal chords so we can continue helping people to live happier, healthier, longer lives. Over the last nine years our Sing for your Heart campaign has raised over £95,000 and in 2014 we want you to join us as we Sing […]

Paths to Songs, Blog number 4 – more songs, more noise.

I must admit that I have fallen behind on my blog, but have been to see Ellen a few times since I last wrote and I think things are going well. I have been on an exploration into musicology – specifically Women’s Songs of defiance and social change and I have been doing a course […]

Sing for your heart!

A great article by Heart Research UK about the effects singing has on your body! “Singing even helps you live longer according to the findings of a joint Harvard and Yale study which showed that choral singing increased the life expectancy of the population of New Haven, Connecticut. The report concluded that this was because […]

Singing helps COPD sufferers

Another brilliant example of singing helping to improve health! “Around the world an estimated 64 million people are struggling to breathe on a daily basis. But could a simple sing-song bring the relief they are looking for?” Read the full article here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25231910

£100,000 Medicine vs Singing

This is another amazing example of the health benefits of singing! “A new study has found that the lung health of Scots cystic fibrosis sufferers drastically improved after singing lessons.” Read the full article here: http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/singing-helps-cystic-fibrosis-sufferers.23316808

Scots Language Radio

Scots Language Radio is a monthly podcast about Scots Language, culture and events presented by Frieda Morrison. Producer/Presenter – Frieda Morrison. Studio contributor and ethnologist – Steve Byrne. Sound – Richie Werner. Hosted via the Scots Language Centre Website. Funded by The Scots Language Centre and Creative Scotland. https://www.facebook.com/scotsLanguageRadio http://www.scotslanguage.com/site/scotsLanguageRadio Hear the latest podcast here:

The Voice As An Instrument by Amy Leach

Travelling through to Dundee on the windiest, rainiest day of the year (albeit only the third day of the year…) would have been totally miserable, if I didn’t have a warm cup of tea and a friendly welcome waiting for me! Once I arrived at Sheena’s, and warmed up, the singing began. It had been […]