Curriculum for Excellence in practice - literature, music and photography

The teaching team are committed to working as part of numerous teams cross college and on June 13th 2011, Music, Photography and Access to Languages students were involved in a wonderful concert in the Music Box Auditorium that combined music, poetry and visual imagery. Learners studying Literature with one member of the teaching  team, Scott Inglis, were invited to pick a favourite poem of theirs (sometimes in their native langauge), recite it and the music students prepared and performed music to accompany the words (sometimes original compositions). Photography students were encouraged to supply images to anchor the spoken and musical 'texts'. Below is an example of one such poem, 'The Deil's Awa Wi' Th' Exciseman' by Rabbie Burns.

The Deil's awa, the Deil's awa,
The Deil's awa wi' th' Exciseman!
He's danc'd awa, he's danc'd awa,
He's danc'd awa wi' th' Exciseman!

The Deil cam fiddlin thro' the town,
And danc'd awa wi' th' Exciseman!
And ilka wife cries: -'Auld Mahoun,
I wish ye luck o' the prize, man!

' We'll mak our maut, and we'll brew our drink,
We'll laugh, sing, and rejoice, man,
And monie braw thanks to the meikle black Deil,
That danc'd awa wi' th' Exciseman!

'There's threesome reels, there's foursome reels,
There's hornpipes and strathspeys, man,
But the ae best dance ere cam to the land
Was The Deil's Awa wi' th' Exciseman!'

Video evidence of the performance will appear shortly.