CIMSRS

CIMSRS Encore Workshops: Millport June 2025! Sunshine & Rock n Roll! What a day exploring bow speed, discussing learning methods, and jamming out to ‘Paint it Black’! 🤘🏻🏝️🎻 I’m amazed, most only started playing in September! Opportunity matters! instagram.com/reel/DLIqCDkot…

It was great to play a part in organising this event at @EdinburghNapier in which we were exploring ways to develop music education provision for adults in rural Scotland and celebrating the work of @CIMSRS, Arianna Ranieri's excellent PhD project! #musiceducation #ruralscotland

CIMSRS Glencoe Week 7! Growth and coming together, and discussing the barriers adulthood presents in engaging with music! 🎻 instagram.com/reel/DKu3zZutD…

Had a great time at the Community Instrumental Music Service for Rural Scotland Symposium! CIMSRS is a fantastic organisation who aims to make music education more accessible for adults in rural Scotland. It was lovely meeting the Auchtermuchty Fiddlers there yesterday too 🎶

🎻 | “This project has had a huge impact on people across Fife, including Auchtermuchty in my constituency, and it’s fantastic to see such great efforts to ensure music education is more accessible for adults in rural Scotland." - Liberal Democrat MP @wendychambLD. An #EdNapier PhD student’s endeavour to teach music to adults in rural parts of Scotland has been hailed for its ‘huge impact’. Lear more about the @CIMSRS Symposium ➡️ orlo.uk/xL9ht #MustBeNapier | #ENUDifferenceMakers

Monday was the CIMSRS Symposium 2025 @edinburghnapier ! This event’s mission was to bring together champions for accessible music tuition and music-making across the country, to create a network for adult rural music education with Napier leading the way!

CIMSRS Glencoe Week 4! What amazing playing, I can’t believe it’s only been 4 weeks. THIS is the impact of opportunity! 👏🏽🎻 instagram.com/reel/DJwfpzsMC…

Check out the Fife Fiddlers as they hold their weekly jam session at Auchtermuchty Community Centre! With a puppy break! 🐾🎻 instagram.com/reel/DJuIQS8NZ…

CIMSRS Glencoe Week 2! Today we rocked out to some @RollingStones & Johann Strauss! Participants also shared with me the importance of locality and opportunity for adults in rural areas, to contribute to life enrichment 🎻 #phd #cimsrs #lifelonglearning instagram.com/reel/DJMmf3NoM…

CIMSRS Glencoe Week 1! ⛰️🎻 On Saturday, adults from the village & nearby, came together to make incredible music, some for the first time, & some reopening their cases after 10, 20, 30 and 40 years! Many thanks to @fngaidheal and Caerini Violins! #phd instagram.com/reel/DI9BRxotZ…

CIMSRS Auchtermuchty Week 11! Our last class 🥺🎻 join us for our Jam session CONCERT at Lochgelly Library @onfifelibraries on Saturday 29 March at 12:30! instagram.com/reel/DHlJ3Hftp…

🎻 | #EdNapier PhD student Arianna Ranieri was on @BBCRadioScot yesterday as part of a feature on her Community Instrumental Music Service for Rural Scotland (@CIMSRS) which is inspiring adults in rural areas to pick up an instrument. You can listen back below ⤵️ (from 11 mins) 🔗- orlo.uk/ijbB7 #MustBeNapier

CIMSRS GLENCOE! 🌄 🎻 Calling adults (18 years+) living in Glencoe: FREE violin/viola group lessons + jam sesh for all levels of experience, for a 10 week study & incredible future project! @EdinburghNapier email Arianna.Ranieri@napier.ac.uk to sign up! instagram.com/p/DHYy_yeNXFu/…

CIMSRS Auchtermuchty Week 10! 🌷 I can’t believe how quickly the time has gone! Watching these players become the Fife Fiddlers has been such an honor. 🎻 join us for our jam concert 29 Mar at noon, at Lochgelly Library @onfifelibraries @ONFifePress instagram.com/reel/DHOa-W6NI…

CIMSRS Auchtermuchty Week 9! We are ramping up towards our Jam Session Concert at @onfifelibraries Lochgelly Library at 12pm on 29 Mar! I’m amazed at the growth of this ensemble & how much connection has been made through this journey. instagram.com/reel/DG_aVMPtD…

CIMSRS Auchtermuchty Week 8! POV: you have to stay home due to family illness, & your participants meet up to play & put together a video for you! 🐓🐑🎻🪵 amazing work by Muchty’s Fife Fiddlers, what incredible musicians! #phd #cimsrs @EdinburghNapier instagram.com/reel/DG5i43Pts…

CIMSRS Auchtermuchty week 6! This past weekend we explored how much connection with others has been gained since the first week, and explored an Irish classic ‘The Black Velvet Band’ by @TheDublinersNow 🇮🇪🎻 instagram.com/reel/DGLEFsxtN…

Thank you to @STVNews @STVcaitlin for creating such a lovely story about CIMSRS in Millport and the impact of this research with @EdinburghNapier ! #phd #cimsrs #rural #scotland #lifelonglearning

CIMSRS Millport Encore Workshops: Feb 2025 🚢🎻 The Bothy Bowers are getting more incredible every month. In our Feb workshop, we worked on The Black Velvet Band, & used clapping & singing to nail down 6/8 meter 👏🏽 instagram.com/reel/DGCHbBvtD…

CIMSRS Auchtermuchty Week 5! What an amazing week discussing adulthood and rurality, and coming together to play beautiful music. What an incredible group, check out the link! 😍🎻 #cimsrs #phd #ruralscotland #accessiblemusic #fife instagram.com/reel/DF3HfOgtL…