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About the ChoirAberfeldy & District Gaelic Choir was formed in 1967 by music teacher Jimmy Scott, and Elizabeth MacDiarmid, Gaelic tutor. It currently consists of some 24 voices, and is Perthshire's only Gaelic choral society. In its early years, the choir competed in provincial Mods and the rural choirs' section of the National Mod. By the early Eighties, it was able to compete at the highest level for the Lovat & Tullibardine trophy and, in 1988, with Nancy MacKenzie as conductor, the choir won this coveted accolade. In 1999 under the baton of Frances McCallum, the choir won first prize in the Puirt a Beul competition. For the majority of choir members, Gaelic is not the first language, and Seonag Barbour provides tuition and encouragement in the song-learning process and to those who are keen to speak the language. Our efforts have been rewarded with a number of An Comunn Gaidhealach language passes. The choir has been immensely fortunate to have the talented and charismatic Isobel Rutter as its conductor since September 2007. We are equally fortunate that our own May Brown provides musical guidance during the winter months, when Isobel is less able to make the journey up the road from Glasgow. Aberfeldy Gaelic Choir's programme includes participation each October in the Royal National Mod (to be held in 2008 in Falkirk), in addition to our own local Mod, and others at Oban and Lochgilphead. Our repertoire is drawn mostly from a wide and diverse range of Gaelic songs, but is supplemented with a variety of other music for events such as carol concerts and charity performances. Among our recent highlights: we visited Torrevieja in Spain in 2005, singing in two concerts to raise several thousand pounds for cancer charities; and we have performed in TWO Celtic Connections festivals at the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow, most recently in February 2008 with Margaret Bennett. A Brief History of the Choir |
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