Dear All,
For those of us who enjoy a tune as much as a lyric, you
might like to note the following convention (conference).
Apologies for any cross posting.
Best wishes,
Ian
North Atlantic Fiddle Convention
Crossing Boundaries
25 - 29 July 2001
University of Aberdeen, Scotland
Crossing Boundaries is devoted to traditional
fiddlers and fiddle music from countries around
the northern seas, combining an international
conference with performance events and workshops,
as well as opportunities for informal sessions.
The North East of Scotland, famous for its
fiddle tradition, is the setting for this event,
organised by the Elphinstone Institute in
conjunction with other local, national, and
international arts and cultural
organisations: SCaT (Scottish Culture and Traditions),
and the Lemon Tree in Aberdeen; Aberdeenshire Arts;
the Irish Centre for World Music, University of Limerick;
the Department of Ethnology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
The convention will focus on the way the fiddle,
fiddle music, and styles of playing cross boundaries
of all kinds - geographical, political and
personal - creating new styles and fresh musical insights.
The conference will explore the past and future
of traditional fiddling in social, ethnological, and musical
contexts, with keynote contributions. Themes include:
transmission, performance, social context, symbolic or
religious function, stylistics, material culture, dance,
supernatural beliefs, folklore, and iconography.
If you are interested in attending, contributing,
performing, or offering an academic paper (abstract of
300 words, deadline 1 April 2001), please e-mail or
write to the Elphinstone Institute. (The Institute
may present abstracts of papers for peer review and
anticipates the publication of the proceedings.)
Convenors: Ian Russell and Mary Anne Alburger
The Elphinstone Institute
University of Aberdeen
24 High Street
Aberdeen AB24 3EB
Tel: +44 (0)1224 272996 Fax: +44 (0)1224 272728
Website: www.abdn.ac.uk/Elphinstone/
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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Dr Ian Russell, Director
The Elphinstone Institute
University of Aberdeen
24 High Street
Aberdeen
AB24 3EB
Tel: +44 (0)1224 272386
Fax: +44 (0)1224 272728
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Website:
www.abdn.ac.uk/elphinstone/
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