Imparting & Inheriting Highland Bagpiping in New Zealand. Daniel Milosavljevic – University of Otago Singing Maol Donn overview • Singing = method of aural transmission • Presentation about transmission • Factors that govern transmission • Varied contexts for performance • Highland bagpiping beyond instrument Performance transmission • What informs performance? • Cultural practices imparted & inherited • ‘Knowledge’ = understanding of performance • Deliberate & passive transmission • Transmission in context… Pedagogy Practice Performance Playing Maol Donn Participant Role Performer Pupil Tutor Participation Enthusiast Judge Supporter Official audience interpreting • Performance = both aural & visual symbols • Allows for varied perceptions of imparting • Also allows for widely varied inheriting • Competitions are arena for transmission • Judge accepts or denies any performance Competitor list trophies hierarchies • Role of participation • Role of elite • Role of Scotland • Role of the past • Participation link between past & present What of local tradition? NZ HB • Localised transmission evident • Yet decried by elite as ‘inauthentic’ • Conformity to Scottish standards demanded • Imparting & inheriting knowledge bound • Transmission reflects HB in NZ in general