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Singing in a foreign language helps people learn to speak it!

This is quite an interesting read! ‘Singing in a foreign language can help people recall phrases with greater accuracy. Adults who listened to short Hungarian phrases then sang them back […]

Nina Nesbitt to sing Flower of Scotland at Hampden!

‘The 19-year-old singer-songwriter will deliver a rousing rendition of the anthem, ahead of the Scotland v Belgium match on September 6.’ ‘She said: “I’m just so pleased to have been […]

Scotland’s first sing-along club-night!

Have a read at this great article about Scotland’s first ‘sing-along club-night’! We think it’s a great idea to get everyone joining in!! What do you think? “When you’re singing […]

Blog no.2 – Getting stuck in to some songs!

So, having met and blethered with Ellen at the last session we were keen to do more singing this time. I have been enjoying her CD ‘On Yonder Lea’ since […]

Keeping up the work!

I had lot’s of homework from my last session with Anne, so I done the listening exercises and practiced the songs from previous weeks. I used my guitar for a […]

Beginning to relax

Linzi’s 4th session with Anne Neilson Well I was right, I have relaxed more and I am more comfortable now with trying new things, which is a massive help! I […]

Keep practising Marie Hamilton…

Linzi’s third session with Anne Neilson. I had practiced Marie Hamilton and I sang it to Anne the way I’d learnt it again to see if there was any improvement, […]

The Four Marys

Linzi Murphy’s 2nd session with Anne Neilson Well I seemed to do alright with my homework from the first mentoring session with Anne Neilson, though I did find the listening […]

My Introduction to Ellen Mitchell.

Here is Gillian Fleetwood’s first Paths to Songs blog. When setting off to my first session with Ellen Mitchell, I was struck by my novelty of not having my clarsach […]

Emotion in songs

Amy Leach’s 2nd blog working with Sheena Wellington. In my last meeting with Sheena I was left with loads of resources and songs to look through, so I had plenty […]