Set up in 1966, the Traditional Music & Song Association of Scotland aims to promote, preserve and present all the music and song traditions of Scotland through local branch and national activities. Encouraging both widespread popular participation and individual artistic excellence, the TMSA branches work on a local level to provide opportunities for universal participation by running festivals, ceilidhs, concerts, workshops and competitions. On a national level and in partnership with other traditional arts organisations, the TMSA campaigns to have the intrinsic value of Scottish Traditional Art forms recognised and to secure current and future funding for them.
