Flex Fund Project Music Event
Published on 11 November 2025
Of the Land is part of the Building Sustainability on a Foundation of Care project, led by Sarah Parry (University of Edinburgh), which received an ACCESS Flex Fund award.
How do communities care for their people, nature and place? Of The Land is a musical exploration of community experiences and practices in Badenoch and Strathspey as they respond to climate and nature crises.
This event is part of the Building Sustainability on a Foundation of Care project, led by Sarah Parry (University of Edinburgh), which received an ACCESS Flex Fund Award.
Working collaboratively and emphasising co-production of knowledge throughout, the team have worked on key outputs on socioecological care, including:
- a publicly available workbook on socioecological care for communities and decision-making containing findings from our three case studies.
- an exploration of socioecological care through newly composed Scottish music
The project data has inspired the creation of traditional Scottish music by the local musician Mhairi Hall. This music has now been composed and will be performed with young musicians from the local Fèis Spè (a gaelic arts organisation) and the Sgoil Chiùil na Gàidhealtachd (National Centre of Excellence in Traditional Music) on Saturday, 17 January 2026 at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, New Auditorium.
Mhairi Hall’s compositions build on a long tradition in the Scottish Highlands of music that expresses stories of place, relationships, conflict and care.
Through her deep engagement with a University of Edinburgh social science research project, Of the Land offers a powerful musical reflection on the giving and receiving of care that accompany efforts to repair both social and natural environments.