Dr Sally Garden
banner
monsgraupius.bsky.social
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.
Kernow Kensa! Will the new concert hall have 'prapper' Cornish name, or another anglicisation? Asking for a concerned Cousin Jack.
September 19, 2025 at 7:22 AM
'Waverley'! Someone hasn't read their Walter Scott.
September 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Your link to the survey doesn't work.
August 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Even a few musical crumbs are exciting to me 😅 Thank you! Hope the lost thesis is soon found,
August 11, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Great topic! Any mention of music in the mortifications?
August 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Thank you! That's very interesting. 👍
July 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
So, no email confirmation of response submitted. This feels like another useless attempt at 'consultation'. Meanwhile tenants are being evicted. Lives turned upside down. What happened to the noble aspiration of 'land reform'?
July 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Musical and mechanical skills cultivating the best in us. The sense of wonder and achievement, respect and humility. The sense of our own humanity. All will be lost to a generation fed on AI. (And all the more reason for my continued research into our forgotten Scots musicians and composers!).
June 27, 2025 at 4:27 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! 😅
June 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
What does it mean to celebrate Norway's national day in Scotland's capital city? See and enjoy it from my perspective as Vice-chair of the Norwegian Scottish Association and musician for the celebrations later in the day.

Syng med, hvis du vil!
Norway Day in Edinburgh - 17th May 2025
YouTube video by Mons Graupius
youtu.be
May 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Does this advocacy extend to independent scholars, and those working at the grassroots in our communities?
May 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Aye aye, fit like? Affa gweed tae spy ye here!
April 15, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Very distant. Our folks were all farming & crofting in Buchan and Aberdeenshire.
Welcome Blueskyer! 😍
April 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Normalising tyranny won't make it go away. This event hands a diplomatic coup to the architects of a coup. In the name of decency, please cancel.
March 4, 2025 at 9:16 AM