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Presentation/Performance: Seinn Spioradail: Exploring the Sacred Sounds of Hebridean Communities

A presentation on Gaelic Spiritual Song Tradition (talk in English, musical demonstrations in Gaelic).

Scotland is home to an incredible wealth and variety of sacred song traditions with unique and varied histories, providing soundtracks to peoples’ daily lives for generations. In this combined talk and performance, ethnomusicologist Frances Wilkins, together with Gaelic singer Kristine Kennedy, explores some of these traditions including Gaelic psalmody, hymnody and bàrdachd.

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