  MUSIKÉ JOURNAL VOLUME Sacred Singing and Musical Spirituality Read more… Crossing Over - Fiddle and Dance Studies from around the North Atlantic 3 Read more…
 Soundscapes of Rostock, Germany   'Soundscapes Rostock', an ethnomusicological exploration of city sounds, was a research project conducted through the Hochschule für Musik und Theater (HMT) Rostock from October 2010 until February 2011. The project was led by ethnomusicologists Dr Barbara Alge and Dr Frances Wilkins in collaboration with students and staff at the HMT, and culminated in a public exhibition and interactive website, both launched in February 2011. Read more… Researching the fiddle traditions of James Bay  Clarence Louttit, Moose Factory Frances is currently working on a new research theme exploring a missing link in Scotland’s musical history which can be found in Canada’s James Bay region. Funding for field research has been provided by the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Foundation for Canadian Studies in the United Kingdom. The Cree fiddlers of James Bay have a strong connection with the Orkney Islands through historical links through the Hudson’s Bay Company from the late 1600s. To read a a running commentary of her travels, please visit her blog Here Discovering the Sacred Traditions of North East Scotland  From September 2005 until February 2009, Frances worked as a full-time researcher of sacred music traditions of North-East and Northern Isles coastal communities, supervised by Dr Ian Russell at the Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen. She travelled extensively throughout North-East Scotland making audio recordings of musical events and conducting interviews. The research culminated in a number of conference papers and publications Read more… FEATURED TITLES LATEST NEWS FIELD RECORDINGS |
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