Tickets are now on sale for Phil's annual Christmas show at the Queens Hall in Edinburgh.
Due to the popularity of this event, there will be 2 shows..
Sunday and Monday the 21st and 22nd of December at 8.00pm
Tickets and more info available at
http://www.thequeenshall.net
Official Blurb Below!!
The Queen's Hall presents:
Phil Cunningham's Christmas Songbook
Following the huge success and popularity of this show over the last 3 years, Phil Cunningham is calling his pals together and opening his Christmas songbook once again.
Eddi Reader, Karen Mathieson, John McCusker and Phil, will lead you through a great fun night of festive music.
Featuring Kris Drever and Kevin Mcguire along with a special guest Brass Band. Oil your vocal chords and bring the family!
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Due to the collapse of airline Zoom, the Inverness Gaelic Choir lost their flights out to Canada to do their shows at the Celtic Colours Festival. If you can help at all or donate something, please contact:
Mrs Ola MacRae, Grianan, Drumnadrochit, or
Fiona Mackenzie, 39 Chestnut Road, Dingwall, or Education Centre, 13 Castle Street, Dingwall.
Alternatively, you can call Fiona on 01349 864156.
Many thanks for your help, Phil
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Phil received the honour of "Doctor of Music" from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama yesterday at a ceremony in Glasgow.
He said,,"I'm absolutely delighted to accept this.. the academy has done such great things over the years it is a real honour to be associated with them. I wasn't allowed to study music formally as a child beacause the accordion wasn't accepted as an instrument in those days, so this is a fabulous day for me! Who would have thunk it!??"
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At the tail end of last year, Phil became a patron of Scat..Scottish Culture and Traditions. This organisation work extremely hard at promoting... just what it says on the tin! For more information, check out their website http://www.scottishculture.org
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Details of Phil and Aly's tour schedule this year have been posted at www.philandaly.com they will be posted on this site asap.
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Phil and Aly are off on tour tomorrow round England for 3 weeks. See gigs for details.
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The Herald - January 31 2008
One of Scotland's leading traditional musicians is to take up a pivotal role at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD). Phil Cunningham, one of the biggest names in Scottish folk music, is to be the new artistic director of its Scottish traditional music course.
Cunningham, a multi-instrumentalist and composer who is perhaps best known for playing the accordion, will take up his new post at the RSAMD in September. "This is an exciting opportunity for me and I can't wait to work with the staff and students of the academy's Scottish music department," he said.
Professor John Wallace, principal of the RSAMD, said: "Phil Cunningham was right in at the beginning of the Scottish Music degrees in the academy as an adviser when we originally created the BA in Scottish traditional music and the piping degrees. It's so important that we keep a strong sense of continuity in these courses, that are torch-bearers for Scottish identity."
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Hi,
In the latter part of last year, I became a patron of the Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue Trust. I am extremely proud to be involved with them. Albeit that my association to date has been in name only, I am really looking forward to some hands on work with them very soon as well as some fund raising events in the years to come.
The trust does extremely valuable work, and I would be delighted if anyone who is interested would have a wee look at their website. http://www.hessilhead.org.uk/
I hope to include a Hessilhead diary on my site soon.
Cheers, and have a "Happy New Year."
Phil.
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Phil won the Trad Award in the category Composer of the year last night at the ceremony in Fort William.
He would like to thank all who voted for him and is "totally chuffed!" to have received it.
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Phil and Aly won a Tartan Clef award at the event in Glasgow on Saturday 24th.
The award, for best trad act was sponsored by guitar guitar and presented by Graham Bell.
The lads are very happy with this latest honour. The event is run annually by the Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy trust, who provide an incredible level of support for young and old. To read more about the important work they do go to the link below.
http://www.nordoff-robbins.org.uk/
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Phil's new series "Scotland's Music with Phil Cunningham" starts tonight on BBC2 Scotland at 8.10pm - be sure not to miss it. Phil presents this 6-part series which tells the story of Scotland's incredible musical heritage. For more details and a sneak preview of the show, visit BBC Scotland's Music 07 website.
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Phil has been nominated for Composer Of The Year at this year's Scots Trad Music Awards. If you think Phil is a worthy winner, please go over to the Scots Trad Music Awards website and place your vote.
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I'm pleased to announce my new website has gone live. Please have a look around - hopefully you'll find some interesting stuff!!
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