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...
Helen Hopekirk keeping me company in challenging times. Gave two more of her Scots songs at this cool ceilidh venue just a couple of miles (as the corbie flies!) from her Portobello birthplace. Spot concluded with big cheer and barking dog. Good to have the critics on board! 😅
June 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Helen Hopekirk keeping me company in challenging times. Gave two more of her Scots songs at this cool ceilidh venue just a couple of miles (as the corbie flies!) from her Portobello birthplace. Spot concluded with big cheer and barking dog. Good to have the critics on board! 😅
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
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!
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.