Opera in Scotland Isles incident). Non-Scottish based operas by Davies include Mr Emmet Takes a Walk, Kommilitonen!, The Doctor of Myddfai, Cinderella and Resurrection. Davies died in 2016. Another major composer, with a questionable Scottish background is Judith Weir. In 2014 she was appointed Master of the Queen's Music, following on from Davies and becoming the first woman to hold this honorary role. Weir is of English birth, but Scottish heritage, and has worked both north and south of the border. She has used Scottish material in her opera, "The Vanishing Bridegroom". Commissioned by the Glasgow District Council, the opera was premiered by
Judith McCulloh Judith McCulloh Judith McCulloh (August 16, 1935 – July 13, 2014) was an American folklorist and ethnomusicologist. McCulloh was born in Spring Valley, Illinois, on August 16, 1935. She grew up at Northmoor Orchard, not far from Peoria, where her parents owned and apple orchard and sold apples and cider. She first became interested in folk music in 1954 while attending the National Folk Festival in St. Louis. She studied at Cottey College, Ohio Wesleyan University, and Ohio State University. She earned her Ph.D in folklore at Indiana University. McCulloh worked as an editor at the University of Illinois Press