The Aberdeen and NE Scotland Music festival is a week-long annual traditional music festival in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.
[1] The festival was created 1n 1909 by Professor Stanford Terry, to encourage music making and performance in the north east of Scotland.
[2] It was attended that year by well-known composer Sir Edward Elgar.
[3] The motto of the festival, "Not to gain a prize or defeat a rival but to pace one another on the road to excellence" continues to be relevant today.
[4] The festival is entirely run by volunteers and relies on entry fees, legacies and sponsorship to continue to offer performance opportunities to musicians, singers and actors from the area.