Senior pupils from SGG were invited to perform for guests at Hillhead High School’s Confucius Classroom.
The Glasgow Confucius Classroom is situated in Hillhead High School with the aim to establish a Centre of Excellence for the teaching and learning of Mandarin Chinese and the promotion of a greater understanding and appreciation for Chinese culture. Hillhead High already has a well established record of Mandarin language learning, with Mandarin now being offered and taught from S1 to S6.
Five pupils from the bun-sgoil provided music for Glasgow City Council’s Staff Recognition Award Ceremony at the City Chambers. They even got a mention on Twitter from Maureen McKenna, head of Education at Glasgow City Council!
Lovely music being provided by @GaelicSchool primary children for the Staff Recognition Award in Chambers
— Maureen McKenna (@maureen0207) April 27, 2015
SGG were invited to provide background music for the International Storyline Conference at Strathclyde University.
The Busking Fiddlers, Orcastra nan Teud and Mod group Tarsainn an Drochaid performed to an audience from over 20 countries, who enjoyed hearing Scotland’s traditional music played so well.
Some videos from the conference are on our new YouTube channel – click here to watch them!
2015 was a very successful year for Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu at the Glasgow Music Festival. Pupils participated in an array of classes from solo to group and orchestral performances. This was the first year our orchestras participated in these classes and we were up against very accomplished and experienced schools such as Douglas Academy (school of excellence in music) and one of East Renfrewshire’s flag-ship schools, Williamwood. Both of these schools had their senior orchestras performing which involved pupils from S3 – S6. The average age of the pupils in ‘Prìomh Orcastra’ and ‘Orcastra nan Teud’ is 13. Our pupils performed at a very high level and we are extremely proud of what they have achieved.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank their instrumental instructors:
Gwen Yorke (clàrsach), Djordje Gajic (accordion), Ruth Rowlands (cello) and in particular, Sharon Haslam (violin), who does a tremendous amount of work above and beyond what we could ever expect of her.
We would also like to thank Donna MacKenzie, Stuart MacKenzie and Fiona Hesling for both their administrative support throughout the year and their ‘hands on’ support during rehearsals and during the festival itself. Without their efforts our pupils would not be able to participate in this excellent Music Festival.
Pupils from Sgoil Ghaidhlig Ghlaschu provided music for a conference promoting the use of Gaelic in the Church of Scotland. Thanks to David Horsburgh for the photos.
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