Click here for a look at an upcoming animated film about Scotland’s Highlands. It debuts in August of 2012. Patrick Doyle of South Lanarkshire, Scotland, will compose the music for the Pixar film. Doyle, who has scored many major films, said of Brave, “I want to make it accessible, but to honour the Celtic traditions if [...]

One of Scotland’s largest music festivals starts January 19, 2012 in Glasgow. The Celtic Connections 2012 event runs through February 5 with hundreds of performances and workshops/lectures. Visit this link to learn more.

Dying to spend some quality time in the Scottish Highlands this fall, but don’t know how to pay for it? The town of Pitlochry invites buskers to take to the streets during the Enchanted Forest light show. Check out this link for all details. And polish up that instrument!
 

[ October 30, 2011; 12:30 pm to 4:30 pm. 12:30 pm to 4:30 pm. ] Regular monthly meeting. Visitors welcomed! Come and learn new tunes, jam, meet people, have pot luck refreshments. We’re in the Community Room of the Concord Community Music School, Concord, NH.  Address is 23 Wall St., but use [...]

The Celtic Connections Festival stages a competition each year to uncover the top traditional musician in Scotland. Twenty-two year old fiddler Kristan Harvey took home the trophy for 2011.
To see and hear Kristan, and the other finalists, click here. The competition includes singers as well as accordionists, harpers, and pipers.

The New Hampshire State Council for the Arts on March 30 informed Sylvia Miskoe that she had been selected to receive the Folk Heritage Award, one of the Governor’s Arts Awards for 2011.
This prestigious award “recognizes a New Hampshire traditional folk artist who has made a significant contribution to his or her art form and [...]

“Wait a minute! That looks like the New Hampshire tartan,” thought a recent observer of the picture of Keith Lockhart on the CD cover of the Boston Pops The Celtic Album.

Could that be true? A visit to the closet to pull out a kilt made with the New Hampshire tartan launched an inspection and comparison [...]

In Scotland, music flourished on the streets and in kitchens rather than in concerts halls as was more common in England and France, according to the compilation of Scottish music historical vignettes located here.
Learn more about the earliest roots of the traditional roots of the music of Scotland by perusing these sources.

Scotland offers many college degree programs in Scottish traditional music. Maybe the college-bound lass or lad in your household would find such a program attractive.
At the high school level, The National Centre for Excellence in Traditional Music at the Plockton School has an exciting program described here.
If a student wants to study Gaelic, take a [...]

Over 1,500 artists will perform at this year’s Celtic Connections festival, which kicked off today in Glasgow. Read more here.