Post by Ptarmigan on Jun 2, 2008 16:34:01 GMT
Here's another piece I posted on the Ulster Scots Online Forum a couple of years ago, but unfortunately, nobody, in all that time has been even interested enough to reply! 
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Ireland as a whole has the C.C.E. Who were founded in 1951.
www.comhaltas.com/about/index.htm
On the educational front:
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Now the 'Ulster Scots Agency' is already doing some of this work - but do you think they are doing enough :?:
At present the ‘Ulster Scots Agency’:
But is “fostering” & “actively supporting” really doing enough :?:
Do you not think they could &/or should be doing more :?:
Perhaps some Ulster Scots musicians will feel strongly enough to reply here?
Cheers
Ptarmigan
Isn’t it time that there was a ‘The Traditional Music & Song Association of Ulster’?
Surely this is something the Ulster Scots Agency should be founding, to establish what exactly the Ulster-Scots traditions of Music & Song are, and set about categorising them & formulating a structured plan for their preservation & promotion?
Scotland has the 'T. M. S. A.' - the Traditional Music & Song Association who this year celebrate their 40th anniversary.
For more details, check out their website:
www.tmsa.org.uk/about-tmsa.htm
Surely this is something the Ulster Scots Agency should be founding, to establish what exactly the Ulster-Scots traditions of Music & Song are, and set about categorising them & formulating a structured plan for their preservation & promotion?
Scotland has the 'T. M. S. A.' - the Traditional Music & Song Association who this year celebrate their 40th anniversary.
For more details, check out their website:
www.tmsa.org.uk/about-tmsa.htm
The TMSA was established in 1966 to promote, present and preserve the traditional music and song heritage of Scotland.
- It is the oldest (by nearly 20 years) individual membership organisation associated with traditional music and song and will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2006. There are currently >1000 members.
- It was the first organisation to run major traditional music festivals as we know them today, starting at Blairgowrie and then moving to Kinross, followed by Kirriemuir and Auchtermuchty.
- It is a strong advocate and promoter of our native traditions in music and song and possessing a huge knowledge reservoir, is a point of contact for any external bodies seeking advice and information.
- The organisation actively promotes Scottish traditional music by running festivals, ceilidhs, concerts, workshops, tours and competitions, and helps create an environment in which old and new interpretations of traditional music and song can flourish.
- It could be argued that without the TMSA, Scottish traditional music and song would not have progressed to the stage it is now at.
- The TMSA exists for traditional music and song.
- It is the oldest (by nearly 20 years) individual membership organisation associated with traditional music and song and will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2006. There are currently >1000 members.
- It was the first organisation to run major traditional music festivals as we know them today, starting at Blairgowrie and then moving to Kinross, followed by Kirriemuir and Auchtermuchty.
- It is a strong advocate and promoter of our native traditions in music and song and possessing a huge knowledge reservoir, is a point of contact for any external bodies seeking advice and information.
- The organisation actively promotes Scottish traditional music by running festivals, ceilidhs, concerts, workshops, tours and competitions, and helps create an environment in which old and new interpretations of traditional music and song can flourish.
- It could be argued that without the TMSA, Scottish traditional music and song would not have progressed to the stage it is now at.
- The TMSA exists for traditional music and song.
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Ireland as a whole has the C.C.E. Who were founded in 1951.
www.comhaltas.com/about/index.htm
Branches of Comhaltas were formed all over Ireland, organising classes, concerts, and sessions at local level. Soon there were County and Provincial Fleadhanna, and later came the Fleadh Nua, the Tionól Ceoil, Seisiún, and the Scoil Éigse.
In the past 50 years, the Fleadh and Comhaltas have grown together. Irish exiles have played an active part, such that musicians from Liverpool, Birmingham, London, and New York often take their annual holidays to coincide with the Fleadh. Comhaltas now has more than 400 branches, established in every Irish County, in Britain, the US, Canada, and worldwide in places such as Japan, Hungary, Sardinia, and Australia.
In the past 50 years, the Fleadh and Comhaltas have grown together. Irish exiles have played an active part, such that musicians from Liverpool, Birmingham, London, and New York often take their annual holidays to coincide with the Fleadh. Comhaltas now has more than 400 branches, established in every Irish County, in Britain, the US, Canada, and worldwide in places such as Japan, Hungary, Sardinia, and Australia.
On the educational front:
Educational facilities have a high priority in the Comhaltas programme. Through its numerous classes and courses, Comhaltas encourages the development of artistic abilities in indigenous Irish arts. Through publications, recordings, summer schools, concerts, sessions, céilís, and other recreational and educational projects, the movement continues to mould Irish music, song, and dance as powerful, integral components of community life.
In addition to over 600 music classes organised by Comhaltas each week, the following educational facilities are available to members and non-members:
For more details see:
www.comhaltas.com/education/index.htm
In addition to over 600 music classes organised by Comhaltas each week, the following educational facilities are available to members and non-members:
For more details see:
www.comhaltas.com/education/index.htm
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Now the 'Ulster Scots Agency' is already doing some of this work - but do you think they are doing enough :?:
At present the ‘Ulster Scots Agency’:
.. seeks to foster an ever growing desire amongst individuals and community groups to express their cultural identity through the arts, music (fiddle, drums, pipes, fife etc.) and song, dance (Highland, Set and Country dancing), poetry and prose, and performance.
The Agency actively supports a variety of grass-roots activities both in Northern Ireland and counties Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan through grant awards and sponsorship.
www.ulsterscotsagency.com/overviewculture.asp
The Agency actively supports a variety of grass-roots activities both in Northern Ireland and counties Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan through grant awards and sponsorship.
www.ulsterscotsagency.com/overviewculture.asp
But is “fostering” & “actively supporting” really doing enough :?:
Do you not think they could &/or should be doing more :?:
Perhaps some Ulster Scots musicians will feel strongly enough to reply here?
Cheers
Ptarmigan