By Alice Maxwell I would like to give my views on the concept of competition within the arena of music education, views which are shared by (among others) the composer Bela Bartok[1], a wide variety of professional musicians who come to play on Arran, and the Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu.[2] Let me tell you a …
Late summer is the season of festivals in Arran, and this year there is even more on offer… Read on to find out details of all the fantastic cultural events that are happening this month. Festival of the Sea 11th August, Lamlash The aim is to celebrate everything that the sea means for an island …
By Peter Finlay What follows are not exactly the most recent thoughts on Good Friday and Easter you could find. They date from the second half of the 19th Century after all! Yet they are remarkable. They come from the mind of one of the greatest of opera composers, Richard Wagner. Not a conventional Christian …