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Past Conferences, Concerts & festivals

Jan/2007

Celtic Connections 2007- Iain Anderson in Conversation with Margaret Bennett

Jan/2007 There's no v in Gaelic / Chan eil v ann an Gàidhlig Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow.
Feb/2007

Celtic Connections 2007 - Event: Spirit, Psalm and Sacred Song

Feb/2007

The Association for Scottish Literary Studies annual conferenceTheme: 'the Language of Protest Songs in Scotland' Margaret's paper:  ' Protest Songs — A Gaelic Perspective'  

Feb/2007 Workshops, Folklore & Folksongs 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 - Edinburg
May/2007 Beltane Forum 2007Speakers: Margaret Bennett - Angus Farquhar- Mark Oxbrow Jon Clarke Edinburgh
Jun/2007

Festival 500 - The International Symposium VI — the Phenomenon of Singing - Memorial University of Newfoundland. Canada.

Jul/2007

FESTIVAL 500 - Sharing the Voices International Choral FestivalMemorial University - St Johns Newfoundand

Jul/2007 Gaelic Songs workshop -Banner Elk College -Grandfather Mountain Highland Games
Jul/2007 Celtic Week at Swannanoa Gathering - Warren Wilson College- Asheville, North Carolina
Aug/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
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society -St Andrew’s Night with Margaret Bennett
2004 Celtic Connections Festival -- Glasgow- concerts, lectures, storytelling
2004 BBC Radio Scotland Out 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.
2004 Glasgow - Celtic Connections - The Cottar's Saturday Night. An evening with Robert Burns.
2004 Glasgow - Storytelling, nursery schools
2004 Celtic Connections with Iain Anderson, BBC radio Scotland
2004 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
2004 Sir Walter Scott Club: Sir Walter Scott's Minstrelsy an 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 mural Scottish Customs.
2004 Keynote address to The Carrying Stream Festival in honour of Hamish Henderson (1919-2002)
2004 Giles Street, Leith - St. Andrews Day Feast at The 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? and Songs 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 Calendar and Songs of the Celtic Year.
2003 Stirling - Scottish Traditions of Dance Trust Conference
2003 Edinburgh: Storytelling - Themes of emigration at 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 - Lecture Skye Songs and Song-makers across the Centuries
2003 Washington, DC: Smithsonian Festival of Folklife.
2003 North Carolina, USA The 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 - the Fife 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 Conference Highland Settlers: Virginia Historical Society and the University of Richmond. Paper on The 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 for Leabhar 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