Jan/2009 |
Jan. 15 - Celtic Connections Festival " Cape Breton Night", opening concert at Celtic Connections Festival, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall (singer)
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Feb/2009 |
Feb. 24 & 25 - Library of Congress in Washington "Robert Burns at 250: Poetry. Politics & Performance," which will take place at the Library of Congress in Washington , Visit:-www.loc.gov/folklife/Symposia/Burns/bios.html |
March/2009 |
March 9 - The Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott Club Hundredth Annual Dinner, (special guest HRH the Princess Royal); singer. Visit:- www.eswsc.com |
March/2009 |
Mar 23 - Gairloch & District Heritage Society. talk (AGM) "Echoes and Reflections of Traditional Scottish Customs in the New World " (speaker) Visit:- www.gairlochheritagemuseum.org/
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March/2009 |
March 26 - Perth library 'Homecoming stories' for children: Robert Douglas Memorial School , Scone (storyteller) Write to for more information: library@pkc.gov.uk |
March/2009 |
March 28 - Homecoming Newfoundlanders Cèilidh, (fund-raiser/ publicity for Homecoming Scotland - April 27 to May 7), Stephenville Cultural Centre, Stephenville , Newfoundland , Canada |
April-May./2009 |
April 27 to May 6 - The Homecoming Newfoundlanders' Tour: event at venues in Luss (Loch Lomond), Crieff, Perth , Laggan, Ullapool, Glenuig, Skye, Isle of Canna (research; speaker, & singer).For more information |
May./2009 |
May 8 to 9 - Ullapool Book Festival : Ullapool (writer/speaker). For more information visit : www.ullapoolbookfestival.co.uk |
May./ 2009 |
May 15 to 16 - Word Festival of Books , Aberdeen : The Scottish Diaspora (storyteller; speaker). For more information visit: www.abdn.ac.uk/word |
May/2009 |
May 21 to 24 - Orkney Folk Festival (singer, storyteller) For more information visit: www.orkneyfolkfestival.com/
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June/2009 |
June 12 to 14 - Keith Folk Festival. For more information visit: www. keithfestival.btinternet.co.uk/ |
Jun./2009 |
June 19 - 'Texas-Scotland Homecoming Tour' - speaker, singer. For more information visit: www.songsofscotland.com/ |
Jul./2009 |
July 12 to 18- 'The Swannanoa Gathering's Celtic Week', Asheville , North Carolina, For more information visit: www.swangathering .com/ |
Jul./2009 |
July 28 to 30 - Clan Morrison gathering, talk 'Scottish Gaelic Settlers in Quebec' Ness Lewis. |
Aug./ 2009 |
”- Laggan's Cèilidh - community gathering 2009. |
Sep/2009 |
.'ISLAND EMIGRANTS conference on 'Emigration from the Outer Hebrides' Leverburgh, HarrisAn important 3-day" organised by The Islands Book Trust, |
Sep/2009 |
Grimsay, North Uist: Celebrations for Michaelmas —Margaret’s talk is on Celtic Spirituality within the Celtic Calendar |
Oct/2009 |
the Netherbow Theatre, Edinburgh: “Leaving the Land: Migration, Emigration and Clearance in Song and Story”
Margaret Bennett hosts international storytellers Gayle Ross, Rangimoana Taylor and James MacDonald Reid.
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Nov/2009 |
TMSA Patron’s Concert, Margaret Bennett & Sheena Wellington at Lemon Tree the Studio Space, Aberdeen, 7.30. |
Oct/2009 |
HIGHLAND HOMECOMING EVENTS FROM Oct. 20 to 29 |
Oct/2009 |
Songs of Emigration and Homecoming - Eden Court Theatre
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Oct/2009 |
- The Highland Emigrants' Experience in Story and Song - The Stables, Cromarty -8pm - In association with Cromarty Arts Trust. |
Oct/2009 |
Scotland's Global Impact Conference - Eden Court Theatre 'Singing the History of Highland Emigrants in Eastern Canada' - www.uhi.ac.uk/homecoming |
Oct/2009 |
Skye & Lochalsh Archive Centre Event 7.30pm An illustrated talk on folklore collecting and collections in Skye |
Jan/2007 |
Celtic Connections 2007-Iain Anderson in Conversation with Margaret Bennett
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Jan/2007 |
There's Nov Gaelic / Chan eil v ann an Gàidhlig Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow.
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Feb./2007 |
Celtic Connections 2007-Event: Spirit, Psalm and Sacred Song |
Feb./2007 |
The Association for Scottish Literary Studies annual conference Theme: 'the Language of Protest Songs in Scotland' Margaret's paper: ' Protest Songs — A Gaelic Perspective'
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Feb./2007 |
Workshops, Folklore & Folk songs Plockton |
Feb./ 2007 |
HAMISH HENDERSON FOLK CLUB ROMAPRESENTA “MARTYN BENNETT FOLK FESTIVAL” |
Mar/2007 |
The Third National Graduate Conference in Folklore and Ethnology
at the Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen, Scotland - Keynote speaker Title: “Their Voices Live On...” Preserving Folklore for a New Generation. |
Mar/2007 |
National Conference on Traditional Music -Scottish Parliament, Holyrood - Edinburgh |
May/2007 |
Beltane Forum 2007Speakers: Margaret Bennett - Angus Farquhar- Mark Oxbrow Jon Clarke Edinburgh
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June/2007 |
Festival 500 - The International Symposium VI — the Phenomenon of Singing - Memorial University of Newfoundland. Canada. |
July/2007 |
FESTIVAL 500 - Sharing the Voices
International Choral Festival Memorial University - St Johns Newfoundland |
July/2007 |
Gaelic Songs workshop -Banner Elk College -Grandfather Mountain Highland Games |
July/2007 |
Celtic Week at Swannanoa Gathering - Warren Wilson College- Asheville, North Carolina |
August/2007 |
Touring the Edinburgh, Skye and parts of the Highlands, and the Glasgow with East Tennessee State University summer school in Scotland |
Aug/2007 |
Once again Margaret joins with friends from the RSAMD and Aberfeldy District Gaelic Choir to release a New CD "Take the Road to Aberfeldy" |
Aug/2007 |
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society - An evening with . . . Margaret Bennett |
Aug/2007 |
37th International Ballad Conference -Balmacara, Lochalsh, Scotland |
Sept/2007 |
The Scottish Crofting Foundation SCF Annual Gathering - 2007- Dingwall, Scotland |
Sept/2007 |
The Third Annual Spanish Peaks International Celtic Music Festival - La Veta Colorado. |
Oct/2007 |
Scottish Folklore and Songs - Margaret Bennett Chante l'Ecosse - Quebec |
Oct/2007 |
The American Folklore Society / Association canadienne d’ethnologie et de folklore/Folklore Studies Association of Canada |
Oct/2007 |
Martyn Bennett Night - Queen Hall Edinburgh |
Nov/2007 |
The Carry Stream Festival [Hamish Henderson Festival |
Nov/2007 |
The Cooish Festival of Isle of Man -'Maddrell Lecture'.Lecture Topic: Remembering the work of Eric R Gregeen, Manx and Scottish Gaelic Folklorist |
Nov/2007 |
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2004 |
Celtic
Connections Festival -- Glasgow-
concerts, lectures, storytelling |
2004 |
BBC Radio ScotlandOut of Doors
- recording Frieda Morrison |
2004 |
Royal
Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh - Leabhar Mòr na Gàidhlig
Imprint series:
Folklorist Margaret Bennett discusses the of traditional
uses of plants in Gaelic Scotland. |
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Glasgow -Celtic
Connections-The Cottar's Saturday Night.An evening with Robert Burns. |
2004 |
Glasgow - Storytelling,
nursery schools |
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Celtic Connectionswith
Iain Anderson, BBC radio Scotland |
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Ibrox Library, Glasgow -
talk on folklore collecting |
2004 |
Performance
by the Lothian Special Music School Orchestra of the composition
by Martyn Bennett -MacKay's Memoirs. |
2004 |
Glasgow University - The
Folklore Society, annual conference & AGM - lecture,Tradition
and Change: Hallowe'en & Mischief Night in the Isle of Lewis |
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Sir Walter
Scott Club:Sir Walter Scott's Minstrelsyan illustrated
talk and recital. |
2004 |
University
of Edinburgh - American-trans-Atlantic studies, Lecture:The
Scots in Quebec. |
2004 |
Campbelltown
Library Project- Emigrations : talks, drama for children. |
2004 |
The Museum
of Edinburgh - When You Know a Good Thing, Pass It
On . |
2004 |
The Keith Folk Festival
Guest- TMSA |
2004 |
Liverpool
-The Merseyside
Festival- Gaelic Psalm |
2004 |
The Glasgow
Royal Concert Hall -Education Day Kid's Concert. |
2004 |
Tour
of the Highlands in Song with Ed Miller |
2004 |
North Carolina,
USA -The
Swannanoa Gathering, Celtic Week,at Warren Wilson
College. |
2004 |
Ayrshire
-Common Ground
Festival |
2004 |
Fife -Auchtermuchty
Festival |
2004 |
The Edinburgh
Fringe Festival- Roots at the Reid -"Ye Hielands an' ye Lowlands" . |
2004 |
Alabama,
USA - Psalm singing |
2004 |
Greenbank
Parish Church, Morningside, Edinburgh, 7.30 -Scottish
Custom. |
2004 |
Ireland
-Kilkenny
Festival- Lecture:Latha Buidhe Bealtainn-
The Golden Day of Beltane |
2004 |
Perth -The
National Mòd- Ceilidh. |
2004 |
The Royal
Scots Club, Edinburgh - Erskine Hospital benefit-fund raising
cèilidh. |
2004 |
Royal College of Medicine
Conference -Folklore and Medicine |
2004 |
The Highlands
- Public Lectures - Aberdeen University extra muralScottish
Customs. |
2004 |
Keynote address toThe
Carrying Stream Festivalin
honour of Hamish Henderson (1919-2002) |
2004 |
Giles Street,
Leith -St.
Andrews Day FeastatThe
Scotch Malt Whiskey Society. |
2003 |
Glasgow, Scotland -Celtic
Connections Festival |
2003 |
Scottish Women Concert |
2003 |
Glasgow -The
Scottish Women- Talk with Iain Anderson, Brian MacNeill
and others |
2003 |
The Piping Centre, Glasgow
- Waulking women concert, with Flora MacNeill, Maggie MacInnes,
Mairi MacInnes, Ishbel MacAskill, Maeve MacInnes |
2003 |
Glasgow
- Discussion with
Iain Anderson and artist Will MacLean |
2003 |
Glasgow
-An Afternoon
with Robert Burns and Margaret Bennett. |
2003 |
Glasgow
- Celtic Connections lecture -The life and songs of Kitty
MacLeod. |
2003 |
TMSA day
at Caputh.What is Folklore?andSongs
of Love and Laughter- |
2003 |
Isle of Lewis - Mactv
Interview |
2003 |
Stornoway,
An Lanntair:The
life and songs of Kitty MacLeod |
2003 |
Ionad Ealain
's Ciùil/Arts & Music
Centre, Ness:Highland
Customs. |
2003 |
Tolsta,
Isle of Lewis -From Lewis to Quebec: A Hundred and Fifty
Years of Memories. |
2003 |
TMSA day
at Caputh.The Folklore
of the Scottish CalendarandSongs of the Celtic Year. |
2003 |
Stirling
-Scottish
Traditions of Dance Trust Conference |
2003 |
Edinburgh: Storytelling
-Themes of emigrationat the Museum, Huntly House
St. NY |
2003 |
Storytelling at Primary
School - Crianlarich |
2003 |
Isle
of Skye, Conference of The Scottish Society for Northern
Studies-Skye Songs and Song-makers
across the Centuries |
2003 |
Derry,
N. Ireland: Crossroads Conference on Traditional Music. My
paper is:Understanding
the Heart and Soul/ More than just notes. |
2003 |
Edinburgh, Broughton History
Society:Celtic Customs |
2003 |
Balquhidder - filming
with Caledonia, Sterne & Wylde: documentary about fairies |
2003 |
Kinning
Park Library Ibrox over 60s Club, Glasgow A tour of Scotland
in Pictures and Songs. |
2003 |
Folklore
and song tour of the Highlands with Ed Miller's Texas tour |
2003 |
Glasgow
-The Evangelist-
a musical by Mark Sheridon, at St. Mary's Cathedral. |
2003 |
filming with mactv - documentary
on folklorists |
2003 |
Grimisay, North Uist |
2003 |
Cèilidh at the
Grimisay Boat Day, North Uist |
2003 |
Isle of Mull - workshops
and lectures with students from Warren Wilson College, North
Carolina. |
2003 |
Cèilidh
at An Tobar Arts Centre, Tobermory, Isle of Mull |
2003 |
Isle of
Raasay - Cèilidh
with Doris Rougvie and Duncan MacNab at Raasay House. |
2003 |
Isle of
Raasay - LectureSkye
Songs and Song-makers across the Centuries |
2003 |
Washington,
DC:Smithsonian
Festival of Folklife. |
2003 |
North Carolina,
USAThe
Swannanoa Gathering, Celtic Week,at Warren Wilson
College. |
2003 |
Isle of
Lewis. Hebridean
Festival |
2003 |
Dublin -The Celtic
Congress |
2003 |
Auchencruive,
Ayrshire - Common Ground Scotland -The National Folk
Festival,
Scotland |
2003 |
New York
-Celebration
of the Eistedfodd for Howard Glasser
founder of the Eistedfodd in Mass |
2003 |
Edinburgh
-Edinburgh
International Festival-Scottish Traditions of
Dance Trust |
2003 |
Kirkcaldy
- theFife
Family History Fair- Talk about recording family traditions. |
2003 |
Toronto
-Celtic Women
International- concerts, workshops, lectures. |
2003 |
Bishops
University, Lennoxville, Quebec:The Robin Burns Memorial
Lecture |
2003 |
Cape Breton:Celtic
Colours International Festival- workshops, lectures,
concerts. |
2003 |
Edinburgh
-An Leabhar
Mor/Great Book of Gaelic- major exhibition and regular
events |
2003 |
ConferenceHighland
Settlers:Virginia Historical Society and the University of Richmond.
Paper onThe Scots in Quebec. |
2003 |
Inverness,
the Gaelic Society (for TGSI). Lecture:Bho'n chaill mi'n
Gàidhlig,
na b'fhearr cha d'fhuair mi |
2003 |
Edinburgh - events forLeabhar
Mòr na Gàidhlig- see above. |
2003 |
St. Michael and All Saints,
Edinburgh -The Evangelist, produced by composer mark
Sheridan and choirs; Soloists Margaret Bennett, Julie Fowlis
and musicians |
2000 |
Celtic Connections,
Glasgow, Scotland: 'The Celtic Divas'; concerts, storytelling & radio
broadcasts |
2000 |
singing for Glasgow
City's civic reception for St.Malo, France |
2000 |
singing at Holyrood Palace garden
party, Edinburgh, for His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales |
2000 |
Royal , Scottish Museum, Edinburgh |
1999 |
Celtic Colours Festival, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia |
1999 |
Gould Festival of Scottish Tradition, Quebec,
with Martyn Bennett and Tony McManus |
1999 |
Celtic Connections Festival, Glasgow, Scotland |
1983-99 |
BBC radio & television
appearances |
1998 & 99 |
Celtic Colours Festival, Cape Breton |
1988-99 |
the Edinburgh International Festival |
1989-99 |
North Carolina, Celtic Week (award in 1998) |
1995-2000 |
Grandfather Mountain Highland Games, NC |
1995 |
International Festival, Austria (EEC) |
1994 |
Valley of the Moon Fiddle School, California |
1996 |
The National Festival (England) |
1996 |
European Comission events (Austria, Scotland) |
1991 |
Christmas Revels, 'Symphony Space', Broadway,
NY |
1989 |
The Australian National Festival, Bicentennial
year |
1987 & 93 |
the Eisteddfod (Mass.) + others, tour of East
coast USA |
1986 |
The Faroese Nordic Festival |
Annually |
many traditional music and song festivals |
1973-76 |
Mariposa, Toronto. |
1974 |
the Atlantic Folk Festival, Halifax, NS, Canada |
