Where did Sorley MacLean go to school?
Sorley MacLean
He was educated at Raasay Primary School and Portree Secondary School.[10][3] In 1929, he left home to attend the University of Edinburgh.[3] For economic reasons, he chose to study English instead of Celtic.[lower-roman 5][8]:16[11] He disliked the head of the English department, Herbert Grierson, who favoured different poets than MacLean; MacLean felt that Grierson imposed his aesthetic preferences on the department. MacLean's academic work has been described as merely "dutiful".[21]:2 While at Edinburgh, MacLean also took classes in the Celtic department, then under William J. Watson.[11] He was involved in left-wing politics, literary circles, and the university shinty team.[12][20] MacLean later described an occasion in which he had demonstrated against Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists.[18] According to Celtic scholar Emma Dymock, MacLean's education at Edinburgh broadened his horizons and the city itself was significant in his life.[12] While in Edinburgh, he observed urban poverty, slums, and overcrowding, especially severe due to the Great Depression.[16]:9 After his graduation in 1933 with a first-class degree, rather than pursuing postgraduate studies[8]:16[11] he remained in Edinburgh and spent a year at Moray House Teachers' Training College, where he met Hugh MacDiarmid.[20]
McLean High School
The McLean Orchestra program is currently conducted by McLean High School alumni Starlet Smith. It consists of four separate orchestras: Concert, Symphonic, Sinfonia, and Philharmonic. McLean belongs to District XII of the Virginia Band & Orchestra Directors Association. The McLean High School Philharmonic Orchestra has participated in a musical exchange program with sister school, Grabbe Gymnasium, located in Detmold, Germany for over 20 years. In alternating years, musicians from the Grabbe Gymnasium travel to McLean and collaborate on a joint concert with McLean High School's Philharmonic Orchestra, while McLean Philharmonic musicians travel to Detmold for a similar experience with their German counterparts.