Dr Sally Garden
@monsgraupius.bsky.social
Scottish musician & musicologist.
https://monsgraupius.org/biography
• Concert giver. Archive seeker.
• Founder, Grieg Society of Scotland. https://griegsocietyscotland.org/blog
• Vice-chair, Norwegian Scottish Association.
https://monsgraupius.org/biography
• Concert giver. Archive seeker.
• Founder, Grieg Society of Scotland. https://griegsocietyscotland.org/blog
• Vice-chair, Norwegian Scottish Association.
Bergen - International Grieg Society Conference. Delighted to have completed my first committee work for the Styre (Board) of the Society. International Cultural Cooperation is more important than ever in these times. #classicalmusic
November 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Bergen - International Grieg Society Conference. Delighted to have completed my first committee work for the Styre (Board) of the Society. International Cultural Cooperation is more important than ever in these times. #classicalmusic
Good to be back on the platform of Aberdeen's wonderful Cowdray Hall, and great to assist the brilliant Bubblyjock Collective with my pre-concert talk on opera singer and 'granite city' quine extraordinaire, Mary Garden.
October 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Good to be back on the platform of Aberdeen's wonderful Cowdray Hall, and great to assist the brilliant Bubblyjock Collective with my pre-concert talk on opera singer and 'granite city' quine extraordinaire, Mary Garden.
Solving the mystery of 'the old Inverurie fiddle' and its origins. Who made it? And why? How my research uncovered a story of community life and personal tragedy in nineteenth century north east Scotland.
See and hear the lightly restored fiddle in my article here:
monsgraupius.org/inverurie-pl...
See and hear the lightly restored fiddle in my article here:
monsgraupius.org/inverurie-pl...
July 27, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Solving the mystery of 'the old Inverurie fiddle' and its origins. Who made it? And why? How my research uncovered a story of community life and personal tragedy in nineteenth century north east Scotland.
See and hear the lightly restored fiddle in my article here:
monsgraupius.org/inverurie-pl...
See and hear the lightly restored fiddle in my article here:
monsgraupius.org/inverurie-pl...
Gratulerer med dagen! Every year I'm privileged to wear bunad and play for Norway's national day celebrations in Scotland's capital city. Have a happy 17th May dear Norwegian friends wherever you are! 🇳🇴🏴😍 #17mai #skottland
May 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Gratulerer med dagen! Every year I'm privileged to wear bunad and play for Norway's national day celebrations in Scotland's capital city. Have a happy 17th May dear Norwegian friends wherever you are! 🇳🇴🏴😍 #17mai #skottland
I have often wondered why my mother, a pre-NHS registered Scottish nurse, was so keen her family should be musical. Just look at this piano right in the heart of the ward! No distressing electronic beeps and alarms, just music for the solace of the soul...
#InternationalNursesDay
#InternationalNursesDay
This #InternationalNursesDay, we celebrate the dedication, compassion, and resilience of nurses past and present.
Pictured here: Three nurses on duty at Inverness District Asylum, c.1903, courtesy of the Highland Archive Centre.
Pictured here: Three nurses on duty at Inverness District Asylum, c.1903, courtesy of the Highland Archive Centre.
May 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I have often wondered why my mother, a pre-NHS registered Scottish nurse, was so keen her family should be musical. Just look at this piano right in the heart of the ward! No distressing electronic beeps and alarms, just music for the solace of the soul...
#InternationalNursesDay
#InternationalNursesDay
Scots song is full of poignant farewells and partings. Facing my own farewell to a landscape I love, I turned to Scots composer Helen Hopekirk whose arrangement of one of our old airs 'Adieu Dundee' best expressed my feelings.
Adieu Dundee - Sally Garden sings Helen Hopekirk in sad farewell
YouTube video by Mons Graupius
youtu.be
May 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Scots song is full of poignant farewells and partings. Facing my own farewell to a landscape I love, I turned to Scots composer Helen Hopekirk whose arrangement of one of our old airs 'Adieu Dundee' best expressed my feelings.
Join me tonight at the Royal Norwegian Consulate, Edinburgh.
Join me in Edinburgh at the Royal Norwegian Consulate when I discuss my decipherings of the tiny 'dagbok' of singer and composer's wife Nina Grieg, and share a short film preview for @griegscotland.bsky.social
All welcome, 12 Rutland Place, £3 at door, plus coffee & chat!
All welcome, 12 Rutland Place, £3 at door, plus coffee & chat!
April 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Join me tonight at the Royal Norwegian Consulate, Edinburgh.
Reposted by Dr Sally Garden
Join me in Edinburgh at the Royal Norwegian Consulate when I discuss my decipherings of the tiny 'dagbok' of singer and composer's wife Nina Grieg, and share a short film preview for @griegscotland.bsky.social
All welcome, 12 Rutland Place, £3 at door, plus coffee & chat!
All welcome, 12 Rutland Place, £3 at door, plus coffee & chat!
March 31, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Join me in Edinburgh at the Royal Norwegian Consulate when I discuss my decipherings of the tiny 'dagbok' of singer and composer's wife Nina Grieg, and share a short film preview for @griegscotland.bsky.social
All welcome, 12 Rutland Place, £3 at door, plus coffee & chat!
All welcome, 12 Rutland Place, £3 at door, plus coffee & chat!
Join me in Edinburgh at the Royal Norwegian Consulate when I discuss my decipherings of the tiny 'dagbok' of singer and composer's wife Nina Grieg, and share a short film preview for @griegscotland.bsky.social
All welcome, 12 Rutland Place, £3 at door, plus coffee & chat!
All welcome, 12 Rutland Place, £3 at door, plus coffee & chat!
March 31, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Join me in Edinburgh at the Royal Norwegian Consulate when I discuss my decipherings of the tiny 'dagbok' of singer and composer's wife Nina Grieg, and share a short film preview for @griegscotland.bsky.social
All welcome, 12 Rutland Place, £3 at door, plus coffee & chat!
All welcome, 12 Rutland Place, £3 at door, plus coffee & chat!
'The truth we seek'. Inspired choice of theme for EIF 2025.
youtube.com/watch?v=_34j...
youtube.com/watch?v=_34j...
The 2025 Edinburgh International Festival | The Truth We Seek
YouTube video by Edinburgh International Festival
youtube.com
March 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
'The truth we seek'. Inspired choice of theme for EIF 2025.
youtube.com/watch?v=_34j...
youtube.com/watch?v=_34j...
Consummate rhetoric. This. At last. youtube.com/watch?v=wmDV...
Claude Malhuret, Senator of the French Republic, speaks the truth about what is happening in the US
YouTube video by Gregory Mullins
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March 6, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Consummate rhetoric. This. At last. youtube.com/watch?v=wmDV...
AI affects all musicians, and without robust legislation, will continue its brutal assail on all sectors from classroom to concert hall. Relieved my professional body is making a stand. Guidance here open to all:
www.ism.org/news/ai-copy...
www.ism.org/news/ai-copy...
AI & Copyright Consultation: Members' guidance | ISM UK
The UK Government’s AI & copyright consultation will shape the future of music. Musicians must speak up to protect their rights, fair compensation, and careers.
www.ism.org
February 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
AI affects all musicians, and without robust legislation, will continue its brutal assail on all sectors from classroom to concert hall. Relieved my professional body is making a stand. Guidance here open to all:
www.ism.org/news/ai-copy...
www.ism.org/news/ai-copy...
One of the most important things we can do for each other in society is to keep socialising and keep learning, which is why I keep up my voluntary work.
Come along if you're in Auld Reekie tonight. You might even find me serving waffles 😅
Come along if you're in Auld Reekie tonight. You might even find me serving waffles 😅
Tonight, Edinburgh, all welcome!
The Norwegian Scottish Association presents a wee linguistic feast with skilled Scots translator Dr Rachel Rankin. Venue: Royal Norwegian Consulate, 12 Rutland Square, Edinburgh. (£3 at door including 'hjembakt' waffles!) 😉
The Norwegian Scottish Association presents a wee linguistic feast with skilled Scots translator Dr Rachel Rankin. Venue: Royal Norwegian Consulate, 12 Rutland Square, Edinburgh. (£3 at door including 'hjembakt' waffles!) 😉
February 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
One of the most important things we can do for each other in society is to keep socialising and keep learning, which is why I keep up my voluntary work.
Come along if you're in Auld Reekie tonight. You might even find me serving waffles 😅
Come along if you're in Auld Reekie tonight. You might even find me serving waffles 😅
Reposted by Dr Sally Garden
Tonight, Edinburgh, all welcome!
The Norwegian Scottish Association presents a wee linguistic feast with skilled Scots translator Dr Rachel Rankin. Venue: Royal Norwegian Consulate, 12 Rutland Square, Edinburgh. (£3 at door including 'hjembakt' waffles!) 😉
The Norwegian Scottish Association presents a wee linguistic feast with skilled Scots translator Dr Rachel Rankin. Venue: Royal Norwegian Consulate, 12 Rutland Square, Edinburgh. (£3 at door including 'hjembakt' waffles!) 😉
February 4, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Tonight, Edinburgh, all welcome!
The Norwegian Scottish Association presents a wee linguistic feast with skilled Scots translator Dr Rachel Rankin. Venue: Royal Norwegian Consulate, 12 Rutland Square, Edinburgh. (£3 at door including 'hjembakt' waffles!) 😉
The Norwegian Scottish Association presents a wee linguistic feast with skilled Scots translator Dr Rachel Rankin. Venue: Royal Norwegian Consulate, 12 Rutland Square, Edinburgh. (£3 at door including 'hjembakt' waffles!) 😉
Exactly, and so too one of Norway's greatest daughters, singer of Scots descent, Nina Grieg.
Two of Norway’s greatest sons, the composer Edvard Grieg & the Statesman WFK Christie were Scots & what is remarkable about both is their importance in heightening Norway’s national identity during the 19th C. They were prime movers in a movement which culminated in Norwegian independence in 1905.
January 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Exactly, and so too one of Norway's greatest daughters, singer of Scots descent, Nina Grieg.
A Haydn-a-day keeps the doctor away? 😅 This is inspired!
A group of us are coordinating, to listen to a Haydn Symphony each day. We all started slightly differently but will converge on the same work early next week. Today, Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon and Tue we are covering 40, 61, 45, 30 and 84 in any order. Want to join this Starter Pack? go.bsky.app/TMUf57F
November 21, 2024 at 7:59 PM
A Haydn-a-day keeps the doctor away? 😅 This is inspired!
Reposted by Dr Sally Garden
Hei alle sammen! Hi everyone! We're lighting up with the lighting of Edinburgh's Christmas Tree, kindly gifted the city by Vestland County, Norway - all in thanks for faithful friendship during WW2. Piper to the Lord Provost and Deacon of the Candlemakers warm the gathering up for the big moment! 🎄
November 19, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Hei alle sammen! Hi everyone! We're lighting up with the lighting of Edinburgh's Christmas Tree, kindly gifted the city by Vestland County, Norway - all in thanks for faithful friendship during WW2. Piper to the Lord Provost and Deacon of the Candlemakers warm the gathering up for the big moment! 🎄
Led on my Norwegian-Scottish duties last night by Piper to the Lord Provost of Edinburgh. So admiring her skill and stamina at leading our procession from the City Chambers. Takes both imaginative repertoire planning and patience with dumb photographers like me! 😂 #Edinburgh #Norge #Vestlandet
November 19, 2024 at 12:01 PM
Led on my Norwegian-Scottish duties last night by Piper to the Lord Provost of Edinburgh. So admiring her skill and stamina at leading our procession from the City Chambers. Takes both imaginative repertoire planning and patience with dumb photographers like me! 😂 #Edinburgh #Norge #Vestlandet
Taking care of another scholar's legacy - a New York musicologist who died before completing her PhD on Scots-born opera phenomenon Mary Garden. This, the much compressed result of what was sent me over the Atlantic many years ago, and still it's overwhelming. I'm so tired.
November 14, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Taking care of another scholar's legacy - a New York musicologist who died before completing her PhD on Scots-born opera phenomenon Mary Garden. This, the much compressed result of what was sent me over the Atlantic many years ago, and still it's overwhelming. I'm so tired.
Reposted by Dr Sally Garden
Fear not the boasts which wound:
Fear not the threats which bind:
Always on broken ground
The seeds fall from the mind…
—William Soutar (1898–1943), “In the Time of Tyrants”
from In the Time of Tyrants (privately printed, 1939)
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/time-ty...
Fear not the threats which bind:
Always on broken ground
The seeds fall from the mind…
—William Soutar (1898–1943), “In the Time of Tyrants”
from In the Time of Tyrants (privately printed, 1939)
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/time-ty...
November 6, 2024 at 11:12 AM
Fear not the boasts which wound:
Fear not the threats which bind:
Always on broken ground
The seeds fall from the mind…
—William Soutar (1898–1943), “In the Time of Tyrants”
from In the Time of Tyrants (privately printed, 1939)
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/time-ty...
Fear not the threats which bind:
Always on broken ground
The seeds fall from the mind…
—William Soutar (1898–1943), “In the Time of Tyrants”
from In the Time of Tyrants (privately printed, 1939)
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/time-ty...