The Final Trawl is the 19th annual CD of the students of the National Centre of Excellence in Traditional Music.

These CDs are well established as an acoustic yearbook, and all the material is chosen and arranged by the students themselves. Once again this year many of the tunes recorded, were composed by the students, in addition to the usual proportion of older material. The Centre is proud to be able to provide an outlet for the creativity of these talented young people, and to see the great Scottish musical tradition being kept moving forward as a consequence.

Since it opened in the 2000-01 academic session, the Centre has become established as a place where talented young traditional musicians can develop their skills to the full. Situated in Plockton on the West Coast of Scotland, it offers top class tuition and an all-round, in-depth experience in traditional music, which includes individual tuition, groupwork, workshops and masterclasses.

Many of the Centre’s former students are now well-established names on the traditional music scene, but it is not merely a hothouse for professional musicians. Many of its leavers have followed other career paths, and what’s important is that they take their music with them wherever they go in life.

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