TRADITIONAL Gaelic talent will help form part of the cultural celebrations to mark the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow – and place the language at the very heart of the Games.

Sabhal Mor Ostaig’s Musician in Residence Mary Ann Kennedy has been commissioned to create and produce an innovative new work for the prestigious UK music initiative, the ‘PRSF New Music Biennial’.

Mary Ann – who comes from the well-known Gaelic musical family, the Campbells of Greepe – will work with an international team on ‘Aiseag’ (The Ferryboat) to form part of The Biennial; the flagship commissioning programme of the PRS (Performing Rights Society) Foundation for the year of the Commonwealth Games. More.

See: Stornoway Gazette

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