Scots Fiddle Festival 2016 brochure

SESSIONS RECITALS CEILIDHS

18th-20th NOVEMBER

ADULT & YOUTH

QUEEN'S HALL & SUMMERHALL

WORKSHOPS CONCERTS STALLS TALKS

EDINBURGH

www.scotsfiddlefestival.com

SUPPORT THE FESTIVAL

VOLUNTEERING

BECOME A FRIEND OF THE FESTIVAL!

WANT TO SEE THE FIDDLE FESTIVAL FOR FREE - WHY NOT VOLUNTEER?

Fiddle 2016 is organised by the Scots Fiddle Festival charity, run by volunteers, and our aim is to promote traditional fiddle music. We are inviting everyone who cares about the future of fiddling in Scotland to become a friend of the Festival to help keep the event going.

Volunteers help make the festival happen.

We need you!

Various great roles are available, examples include: Venue Coordinators; Stewards; Artist Liaison Assistants; Information Desk Hosts; Stage Management Assistants and many more!

• help to give traditional fiddling a strong and vibrant future in Scotland.

• support the many young fiddlers who are taking forward the tradition, and who perform at the festival.

There are also year-round opportunities as part of the committee. Get in touch at volunteers@scotsfiddlefestival.com.

• get the opportunity to help plan the event.

SPONSORSHIP / DONATIONS

A Friend of the Festival membership is an annual subscription of £20.

The Scots Fiddle Festival is a charitable organisation. Continued public and private sector funding is vital to ensure the ambitions and aspirations of the festival are realised.

We appreciate donations at all levels and if you would like to support the festival, please email us at info@scotsfiddlefestival.com or donate at: www.scotsfiddlefestival.com

Many thanks to our funders & supporters: THE HUGH FRASER FOUNDATION

By becoming a friend of the festival, you will:

City of Edinburgh Council Ernest Cook Trust Hugh Fraser Foundation Foyle Foundation Eskmills Scottish Fiddle Orchestra

design: wylliecat.co.uk

• receive advance notice of the programme.

• be entitled to vote at the Annual General Meeting Apply online at www.scotsfiddlefestival.com or at the information table during the festival.

Studio Recording Mixing and Mastering Live Sound PA Hire

9 Ferry Road Leith Edinburgh EH6 4AD 0131 553 8952 info@soniclodge.co.uk

www.soniclodge.co.uk

THE SONIC LODGE

WELCOME TO THE FESTIVAL

CONTENTS The Scots Fiddle Festival

The Scots Fiddle Festival started in 1996 with the aim to promote and sustain traditional fiddle music. 20 years on this is still our aim and, over the years, the number of events at the festival has tripled.

It brings people together from all over the world, as performers and audience members, and continues to inspire thousands to take part in traditional music, either as players, learners, listeners or dancers.

Our all-volunteer committee spends the year organising the festival and is helped, at the weekend itself, by a further army of enthusiastic volunteers.

Huge thanks to all of them and everyone who makes the festival what it is.

The Scots Fiddle Festival is a Company Limited by Guarantee Registered in Scotland No: SC217588 and a Scottish Charity No: SC031564

The Scots Fiddle Festival Ltd 9 Ferry Road, Edinburgh EH6 4AD t: 0131 555 7669 e: info@scotsfiddlefestival.com www.scotsfiddlefestival.com

Friday & Saturday night 2 Sunday night 5 Recitals 6 Workshops 8 Timetable 10 Youth Programme 13 Talking fiddles 15 Free events 17 Special events 19 Tickets 21 The programme is correct at time of going to press but may be subject to minor changes beyond our control.

1

FRIDAY NIGHT

FRIDAY CONCERT (QUEEN’S HALL)

FRIDAY CEILIDH (SUMMERHALL)

7.30 – 10pm. Tickets £19/£17

7.30pm – 11pm, Main Hall. Tickets £9/£7

Tonight’s concert is sponsored by Eskmills www.eskmills.com

The Pentlands Ceilidh Band

Haley and Dylan Richardson

The Pentlands Ceilidh Band are Colin Brown, Derek Rae and Garry Kellow with Iain Anderson guesting on fiddle.

The Pentlands Ceilidh Band have been playing at ceilidhs all over Scotland for over 20 years. The band released their first album in 2009, and have recently finished a follow up which is to be released later in the year. The line up for the fiddle festival includes Iain Anderson who has played with the band on numerous occasions. Iain is a well known fiddler in his own right and is one of the top fiddle players in Scotland.

All of the ceilidh dances can be called by the band to ensure everyone can join in whatever their experience.

Duncan Chisholm

FESTIVAL CLUB (SUMMERHALL)

Duncan Chisholm is one of the most accomplished and authentic interpreters of traditional Highland fiddle music.

Duncan’s music is elegant, trancelike and laced with strokes of genius. The correlation between music and the natural world lies at the heart of Duncan’s motivation and inspiration. Subsequent to the release of his seminal album Redpoint, the elements that make the Highlands of Scotland such a unique canvas have been the force behind Duncan’s music - his melodic interpretations seeking to paint imagined visual pictures through music. Having spent recent months touring his superbly evocative Strathglass Trilogy at venues and festivals throughout the UK and Europe, Duncan has enjoyed much deserved international acclaim. He now looks forward to performing at a handpicked selection of Scottish venues during winter 2016 and being part of the Scots Fiddle Festival at The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh. He will be joined on stage tonight with Conal McDonagh and Innes Watson.

11pm – 1am, Dissection Room. Tickets £4

Duncan

2

Want more music? The Festival Club brings you even more great music after the recitals and concerts are over. Join local and international artists as they make special unbilled appearances. You may get the opportunity to see someone you wouldn’t have had a chance to hear elsewhere and witness some spellbinding musical collaborations.

SESSION (SUMMERHALL) 10pm - 1am, Cafe.

A lively session for everyone to join in.

Pentlands

Hayley & Dylan

Haley and Dylan Richardson are a young sibling duo of traditional Irish musicians from the United States. They have amassed a long list of accomplishments, performed together at venues all over the United States, and shared the stage with many of the icons in Irish music. They released their debut album, Heart on a String, in March 2015. Haley is the 2015 Junior Fiddler of Dooney and in 2013 won All Ireland Championships in both fiddle and fiddle slow airs. Dylan’s playing is influenced by the legendary John Doyle. His driving rhythms and interesting chord choices back Haley’s melodies perfectly.

SATURDAY CONCERT (QUEEN’S HALL)

SATURDAY CEILIDH (SUMMERHALL)

7.30 – 10pm. Tickets £20/£17

7.30pm – 11pm, Main Hall. Tickets £9/£7

SCOTS FIDDLE FESTIVAL 20TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT

HotScotch Ceilidh Band

Aonghas Grant / Catriona Macdonald / Aidan O’Rourke / Liz Doherty / Paul Anderson / Chris Stout / Allan MacDonald / Mhairi Hall We are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Scots Fiddle Festival with some of the biggest names in fiddle playing. We have brought together a unique line up of fiddlers; Aonghas Grant, Catriona Macdonald, Aidan O’Rourke, Liz Doherty, Paul Anderson and Chris Stout - along with percussionist Allan MacDonald and pianist Mhairi Hall - to share repertoire from their various styles and treat you to a one off performance.

The Scots Fiddle Festival Outreach Project

HotScotch Ceilidh Band are a trio of dynamic musicians and offer an exciting blend of traditional and contemporary Scottish ceilidh music. Formed in 2006, the band is led by well-known accordionist Paul Chamberlain, with Michael Haywood – fiddle and Jim Walker – drums. Their lively style of playing and rapport with the audience will have the dancers up on the floor all evening. All of the ceilidh dances can be called by the band to ensure everyone can join in whatever their experience.

FESTIVAL CLUB (SUMMERHALL) 11pm – 1am, Dissection Room. Tickets £4 Want more music? See Friday’s description!

SESSION (SUMMERHALL) 10pm - 1am, Cafe.

A lively session for everyone to join in.

HotScotch Ceilidh Band Chris

Catriona

Our outreach project will be opening this special concert.

This group of young musicians from across Scotland will be working together for a few months towards performing at the festival. This project has been running for four years to great success, giving a group of young fiddlers an insight into being professional musicians in the form of arranging repertoire, recording and performing.

SATURDAY NIGHT

Mhairi

Liz

Aonghas

Aidan, by Genevieve Stevenson

3

SUNDAY NIGHT

SUNDAY CONCERT (QUEEN’S HALL) 7.30 – 10pm. Tickets £19/£17

The Strathspey and Surreal Society

Adam Sutherland comes from Errogie on the south shores of Loch Ness in the Highlands of Scotland. He is one of Scotland’s most exciting fiddle players, composers and teachers. Outfits that Adam has been a part of include Treacherous Orchestra, Session A9, Peatbog Faeries, Babelfish and Croft no. Five. He has also played with a host of other well known acts including Salsa Celtica and Manran. Adam’s tunes are perhaps his most impressive legacy and are played in music sessions and on youtube videos around the world!

Created with the idea of writing new music based on the traditional Strathspey and Reel Society form, this project premiered earlier this year in The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall as part of Celtic Connections, and are now set to perform their idyllic music for you at Fiddle 2016. The group of 20+ fiddlers will perform four stunning compositions by Aidan O’Rourke, Shona Mooney, Jenn Austin and Simon Thoumire, and will be conducted by Dave Milligan. You simply cannot beat the stunning soundscape created by this stupendous collection of musicians.

A quote from Adam: “The content of the concert will be a performance of my own compositions, all of which feature on my album Squall and in my first ever book of tunes entitled The Errogie Collection, which will be launched at the fiddle festival.”

Strathspey & Surreal by Martin Forry

lo Strathspey & Surreal by Louis DeCar

Adam

adam sutherland and friends

5

RECITALS

SATURDAY RECITAL SERIES (SUMMERHALL)

SATURDAY

Sarah

Southside

Robbie

MAIN HALL. Hours of concert play for the price of a Day Ticket, Saver or Full Weekend Ticket

12 noon : Robbie Greig

2 pm : Seonaid Aitken

Local lad Robbie will perform material from his new album in the recital, blending Scots and Gaelic tunes seamlessly alongside tunes from all over Ireland, from rip-roaring and explosive reels to plaintive and haunting slow airs and everything in between. He will be accompanied by one of Ireland’s finest young guitar players, Niall Hanna, from Co. Tyrone, and the intricate playing of Scottish bodhrán player Ewan Baird, best known from his work with The Paul McKenna Band.

As the leading violinist in Scotland playing in the Gypsy Jazz style, Seonaid Aitken will present a programme of ‘Hot Club’ standards, 1930s swing favourites and Gypsy Jazz-inspired original compositions. Accompanied by Tom Watson, solo guitarist in Rose Room, their Glasgow-based Scottish Jazz Awards-nominated band, this “toe-tapping fiddler” will entertain you with her virtuosic playing and swinging improvisations reminiscent of the great Stephane Grappelli.

1 pm : Sarah and Felix von Racknitz Fiddler Sarah (nee Naylor) is from Uig on the Isle of Skye where she learned fiddle from her Grandmother, June Halliday who passed on her knowledge and highland style from her own teacher, Donald Riddell. Sarah went on to study a BA in Applied music at Strathclyde University and since has worked as a teacher and performer. She is joined by her husband Felix who is a talented guitarist and singer song writer. They will perform a mixture of traditional west coast fiddle and their own compositions and songs married with a good dose of humour.

Seonaid

Wildings

3 pm : Southside Fiddlers The Southside Fiddlers are an enthusiastic and exciting group of young musicians from Glasgow. They are taught by Louise Hunter who has been running her fiddle school for fifteen years. The group have played at many festivals both at home and away. They delight audiences wherever they go with their mix of Irish and Scottish traditional music and their love of performing.

4 pm : Wildings In their first visit to the Scots Fiddle Festival, Wildings will perform newly-written material and selections from their debut album alongside their mesmerising National Galleries of Scotland commission, The Bellany Suite, a fifteen minute instrumental work inspired by John Bellany’s art and its links to the sea. Jennifer Austin (piano), Fiona MacAskill (fiddle) and Sarah Hayes (flute, singing) perform tunes and songs old and new, in a unique and colourful blend of Orcadian, Skye and Northumbrian influences.

“There’s a gentle sway and a natural, unforced directness to [their] playing that makes it immediately appealing” (The List)

6

RECITALS

SUNDAY RECITAL SERIES (SUMMERHALL)

SUNDAY

MAIN HALL. Hours of concert play for the price of a Day Ticket, Saver or Full Weekend Ticket

3 pm : Gregor Borland Bob Turner

Neil Ewart is from Kilchoan in Ardnamurchan and his main focus has been with his band, Sketch, who have had great success with their two albums followed by domestic and international tours over the last couple of years. Newcastleborn Luc’s background in traditional music comes from many influences. Under the guidance of Kathryn Tickell, Ian Stephenson, Amy Thatcher and Shona Kipling he has gained a diverse repertoire of tunes and songs.

Gregor Borland’s fiddling heritage is impressive – a student of two legends of the Scottish fiddle, Donald Riddell and Hector MacAndrew, and 8 times Scottish Fiddle Champion. Gregor now teaches the same style of fiddle to students all over the world and in his own fiddling camps in Scotland and Spain. As a performer, he has toured all over the world with high profile musicians including Davie Steel, Kathryn Tickell and Burach to name a few, from a young age. He has many recordings to his name but Bowstrokes is his only solo recording to date. The recital will consist of traditional North East and Highland tunes as well as more up to date tunes and compositions.

“Scottish fiddler redefines modern Celtic folk” (Q)

2 pm : Hannah MacRae From Lochyside, Fort William, Hannah took up the fiddle at the age of seven after being inspired by her grandpa Dougie MacRae and her great uncle Farquhar MacRae. For many years she attended Feis Lochabair and studied music at Lochaber College. She is currently in first year at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow on the BMus Traditional Music Course.

The focus of this recital is to portray the relationship between West Coast and Cape Breton fiddle playing, highlighting the similarities and differences between these two styles.

4 pm : Claire Mann and Aaron Jones Claire Mann and Aaron Jones met on the thriving Edinburgh folk music scene in 1997 and over the years they have developed a unique and exciting musical relationship, enthralling audiences with their mixture of traditional and original Scottish and Irish music and song. Both are highly sought after as performers and teachers and they have recorded and toured with many of the biggest names on the traditional music scene in Scotland, Ireland and England.

5pm : Final Stramash Possibly one of the largest sessions you’ll get the chance to play in!

Neil

Gavin is a fiddler rooted in the Scottish tradition but with a very internationalist outlook. Projects he is currently working with include Bellevue Rendezvous, Ceilidh Minogue, The Tailor of Inverness and his own Journeyman series. Gavin’s recital will include Ruth Morris (nyckelharpa/ piano). There’ll be music from his own tune book Horizons showcasing his inspirations and creativity, and tunes from Scotland and other parts of the world too.

Hannah

Gregor

Luc

1 pm : gavin Marwick

Claire

Gavin

12 noon : Neil Ewart and Luc McNally

7

WORK SHOPS

SATURDAY

SATURDAY WORKSHOPS (SUMMERHALL)

AFTERNOON: 12 - 1.30PM

Please book workshops in advance.

A3 : Contemporary Shetland Tunes : Chris Stout

Under 12s must be accompanied by an adult (if taking part, the adult must also have a ticket). Places are allocated on a first-come first-served basis and, in the interests of participants, spectators are not allowed into workshops.

MORNING: 10 - 11.30 AM A1 : Slow Air Technique : Duncan Chisholm

Aonghas

Workshop Room 1 (advanced)

Mhairi

Few can match Duncan’s expressive feel for a Highland air.

This workshop will provide a rare opportunity to be part of a Duncan Chisholm masterclass focusing on slow air technique.

Duncan Chisholm was taught to play fiddle by the great Donald Riddell.

A2 : Highland Tunes : Aonghas Grant Workshop Room 2 (beginner)

8

Chris

Aidan by Genevieve Stevenson

Duncan

Aonghas Grant’s fiddle career spans more than six decades, and he is still very active as a soloist, teacher, workshop leader, and session participant. He has been playing the fiddle since he was thirteen years old, learning many tunes from his uncle and his father. His family hails from the Highlands of Glen Moriston and Aonghas is a Gaelic speaker and a natural-born storyteller, bringing tales of close friends and long-ago people and events equally alive.

Workshop Room 1 (intermediate / advanced) Chris Stout’s workshop will focus on his own compositions over the last 20 years. He will be looking more closely at some tunes with unusual rhythmic features and time signatures and would like to talk about how these tunes relate to the landscape and the people of his home of Shetland.

A4 : Trad fiddle with a twist : Aidan O’rourke Workshop Room 2 (advanced) With an Irish ancestry, O’Rourke grew up in the Highland port of Oban, his family settling later to the Island of Seil. His earliest years were coloured by the sound of Irish traditional music played in the home by his father, and he began formal training on the fiddle at the age of eight. Studying locally at first, he went on to absorb a range of different playing styles from various distinguished Highland teachers. Come and learn from one of Scotland’s greats.

AFTERNOON: 2 - 3.30 PM A5 : Mixed Instrument : Mhairi Hall Workshop Room 2 (all levels - players with less experience will learn simple accompaniments) Pianist, composer and arranger Mhairi Hall was born and brought up in Aviemore. As well as performing and recording Mhairi is a dedicated freelance teacher. Join Mhairi’s workshop to learn some tunes and arrange them as a group.

Paul

Laura

SUNDAY WORKSHOPS (SUMMERHALL) MORNING: 10 - 11.30 AM B1 : Irish Fiddle Tunes & Technique : Liz Doherty Workshop Room 1 (advanced) Liz Doherty, traditional Irish fiddle player and renowned teacher, imparts what is best about Irish music – sheer fun and joy! In this workshop she will focus on some tunes and techniques used in Irish fiddle playing from the north-west.

AFTERNOON: 2 - 3.30 PM B5 : Shetland Fiddle : Catriona Macdonald Workshop Room 1 (advanced)

Hosted by Mhairi Mackinnon, a highly sought after traditional fiddler and violinist from Perthshire, this workshop is a fantastic introduction to learning the fiddle and an insight into some of the varying styles within the Scottish fiddling tradition. With Mhairi’s extensive background in string instruction and performance, she will guide you through all you need to know for the beginning of your journey as a fiddler!

Catriona is a proud bearer of one of the world’s great fiddle traditions, that of the Shetland Isles. A pupil of the late Dr Tom Anderson MBE, Catriona at once embodies the strength and spirit of her heritage with the freshness and diversity of a thoroughly modern performer. Come along to this workshop to learn about Shetland fiddle style and technique.

Learn one of the melodies featured in Adam’s newly released book of self-penned tunes, The Errogie Collection. This class will explore not just melody but harmonic and rhythmic methods of expression. Expect a fun atmosphere, full of encouragement, good humour and many pearls of wisdom.

Catriona Adam

B6 : developing your playing : Laura Jane Wilkie Workshop Room 2 (beginner / intermediate)

Workshop Room 1 (advanced)

SUNDAY

Patsy Reid is a versatile fiddle and viola player from Perthshire, specialising in performing, teaching and writing.

As a teacher, Patsy incorporates classical technique into her lessons, focusing particularly on bow control, dexteriaty and tone. Students will also learn a melody by ear, including stylistic features such as bowing and ornamentation.

Workshop Room 2 (beginner)

B3 : Advanced Fiddle : Adam Sutherland

Liz

Workshop Room 2 (intermediate)

B2 : Beginner Fiddle : Mhairi MacKinnon

AFTERNOON: 12 - 1.30 PM

WORK SHOPS

B4 : Fiddle Technique : Patsy Reid

Mhairi

Patsy

Learn from experienced fiddler and teacher Laura Jane Wilkie, who has performed and recorded alongside songstress Rachel Sermani and with her own band Fatsuit. This workshop will focus on developing your style and playing with more emotion.

B7 : North East fiddle tunes : Paul Anderson Workshop Room 3 (advanced) From Tarland in Aberdeenshire, Paul is one of Scotland’s most acclaimed traditional fiddlers. A pupil of Golden Fiddle Awardwinner Douglas Lawrence, he won the Glenfiddich Scottish Fiddle Championship in 1995 and has since had three of his pupils win the same event. A respected composer, teacher and adjudicator he has released nine solo albums, performed and taught all over the world and appears regularly on TV and radio.

9

FRI & SAT

CONCERT / CEILIDH

AT A GLANCE FRI 18

Summerhall Workshop Room 1

Summerhall Workshop Room 2

Summerhall Workshop Room 3

RECITALS

WORKSHOPS

Summerhall Cafe / Basement

SESSIONS

Summerhall Anatomy

TALKS

Summerhall Dissection &co.

7 pm 8 pm

FREE EVENTS

SPECIAL EVENTS

Summerhall Main Hall

The Queen’s Hall

Ceilidh

Concert

7.30 - 11pm

7.30 - 10pm

9 pm

Session

10 pm 11 pm

Cafe 10pm - 1am

Festival Club 11pm - 1am

12 am

SAT 19

Workshop Room 1

Workshop Room 2

Workshop Room 3

Cafe / Basememt Anatomy

Dissection &co.

10 am

A1 Slow Air Techniq

Y1 Fun Tunes

Slow Session

Session & Stalls

11 am

Duncan Chisholm 10 - 11.30am

A2 Highland Tunes

12 pm

A3 Shetland Tunes

A4 Trad with a Twist

Y2 Mixed Instrument

1 pm 2 pm 3 pm

Chris Stout 12 - 1.30pm

Aonghas Grant 10 - 11.30am

Aidan O’Rourke 12 - 1.30pm

Lucy MacRae 10 - 11.30am

Pàdruig Morrison 12 - 1.30pm

Basement 10am - 5pm

Led sessions: 11am - 12pm 1 - 2pm

Mhairi Hall 2 - 3.30pm

4 pm

The Queen’s Hall

10 am - 5pm

11.30 Adam Sutherland Book Launch (courtyard gallery)

1.30 Fiona Scott Reading: Fairyland

A5 Mixed Instrument

Main Hall

1-2 Try Fiddle

(courtyard gallery)

12noon

Robbie Greig 1pm

Sarah & Felix 2pm

2.30 Steve Burn’t Fiddle Maintenance

Seonaid Aitken

3.30 Fiona Scott Reading: Fairyland

Southside Fiddlers

3pm 4pm

Wildings Open Stage

5 pm 6 pm 7 pm 8 pm

5 - 6.30pm

THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND Live Fiddle Making

Ceilidh

Summerhall Cafe. Drop in.

7.30 - 11pm

9 pm 10 pm 11 pm 12 am

Session

Cafe 10pm - 1am

Festival Club 11 pm - 1am

Concert

7.30 - 10pm

SUNDAY

AT A GLANCE SUN 20

Summerhall Workshop Room 1

Summerhall Workshop Room 2

Summerhall Workshop Room 3

Summerhall Cafe / Basement

10 am

Slow Session

B1 Irish Tunes Liz Doherty 10 - 11.30am

B2 Beginner Fiddle

Y3 Tips & Tricks

11 am 12 pm

B3 Advanced Fiddle

B4 Fiddle Technique

Y4 Contemporary

1 pm 2 pm 3 pm

Adam Sutherland 12 - 1.30pm

B5 Shetland Fiddle Catriona Macdonald 2 - 3.30pm

Mhairi Mackinnon 10 - 11.30am

Patsy Reid 12 - 1.30pm

B6 Developing

Laura Jane Wilkie 2 - 3.30pm

Daniel Thorpe 10 - 11.30am

Lori Watson 12 - 1.30pm

Summerhall Anatomy

B7 North East Tunes Paul Anderson 2 - 3.30pm

The Queen’s Hall

10am - 5pm

12noon 12.30 Aonghas G Fiddle Tales 1.30 Mairi Field’g Alternative Teaching 2.30 Mark Neal Some Sound Advice 3.30 Sara Watkin Musicians’ Health

4 pm

Summerhall Main Hall

Session & Stalls

Basement 10am - 5pm

Led sessions: 11am - 12pm 1 - 2pm

Summerhall Dissection &co.

Neil & Luc 1-2 Try Fiddle 1pm (courtyard gallery) Gavin Marwick 1-2 Try Fiddle (courtyard gallery)

2pm

Hannah MacRae

3-4 Try Gaelic 3pm (courtyard gallery) Gregor & Bob 3-4 Try Gaelic (courtyard gallery) 3-5 Fiddle Clinic 4pm (Fiddle clinic room) Claire & Aaron

5 pm

5pm

THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND Live Fiddle Making

6 pm 7 pm

Summerhall Cafe. Drop in.

8 pm

Final Stramash

Concert

7.30- 10pm

9 pm

FESTIVAL FOOD DISCOUNTS

Show your Festival ticket or performer’s pass BEFORE ORDERING for a discount on your food bill at these supporting venues:

Abbey Bar, 65 South Clerk St: 10% Edinburgh Coffee Cake, 18 South Clerk St: 10% Greenmantle, 133 Nicolson St: 30% Flip Healthy Fast Food, 54 Clerk St: 10% The Wee Boulangerie, 67 Clerk Street: 10% PLAY A TUNE FOR A FREE COFFEE Tanjore South Indian, 6-8 Clerk Street: 10%

More info at: www.scotsfiddlefestival.com Summerhall’s bar and café will also be open over the weekend.

Blossom house

THE BEST OF SCOTTISH MUSIC AND CULTURE

A small family run B&B in the Southside of Edinburgh. Excellent bus service.

Close to Queens Hall, Commonwealth Pool and Pollock Halls.

8 MINTO STREET EDINBURGH EH9 1RG t: 0131 667 5353 e: info@blossomrooms.co.uk

www.blossomguesthouseedinburgh.co.uk • Scottish Music Books • Digital Sheet Music • ebooks, DVDs & MP3s • Multi-angled video lessons

s

c

o

t

l

a

n

d

s

m

u

s

i

c

1 3 U p p e r B r e a k is h I s le o f S k y e IV 4 2 8 P Y • 1 3 B r e a c a is A r d A n t- E ile a n S g ith e a n a c h Al b a info@scotlandsmusic.com www.scotlandsmusic.com T: +44 (0)1471 822 528 www.scotlandsmusic.com

YOUTH WORKSHOPS (SUMMERHALL)

SUNDAY MORNING: 10 - 11.30AM

Please book workshops in advance. Youth workshops can only be attended by those up to the age of 18.

Y3 : Tips & Tricks to aid accurate, fast playing : Daniel Thorpe

SATURDAY MORNING: 10 - 11.30AM

Workshop Room 3 (beginner)

Y1 : fun tunes for beginners : Lucy MacRae Workshop Room 3 (run in Association with Fèis Dhùn Èideann) Lucy plays a wide range of Scottish and Irish tunes and is an experienced fiddle tutor. Her playing has been influenced by time spent learning music in the Highlands and Islands and also in Ireland, where she obtained a Masters from the Irish World Academy of Irish Music and Dance, Limerick.

SATURDAY AFTERNOON: 12 - 1.30PM Y2 : Mixed Instrument : Pàdruig Morrison Workshop Room 3 (run in Association with Fèis Dhùn Èideann) Pàdruig is a multi-instrumentalist from the Isle of Grimsay in the Outer Hebrides and is part of the band Causeway Trio. He attended St Mary’s Music school in Edinburgh and is currently studying music at Edinburgh University. This workshop is for all levels, working on tunes, rhythms and chords and playing together as a band. Note that players with less experience will learn simple accompaniments.

YOUTH WORK SHOPS

Daniel is from the North East of Scotland, started playing the fiddle at the age of seven and went on to study traditional music at Plockton Music School then the RSAMD in Glasgow.

He won the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year competition in 2010.

SUNDAY AFTERNOON: 12 - 1.30PM

Daniel

Y4 : Contemporary Fiddling : Lori Watson Workshop Room 3 (intermediate) Doctor of Artistic Research and Innovation in Scottish Music and Lecturer in Traditional Music at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Lori is a well-known teacher and performer (solo and with Boreas, Rule of Three, Iain Morrison, The Shee, Margaret Bennett, Strathspey and Surreal Society). Lori’s workshop will explore new tunes and bowing technique for contemporary rhythmic feels.

Fèis Dhùn Èideann

has been providing tuition in traditional music, Gaelic Song and Scottish Step dancing to children aged 8 -18 in Edinburgh since 1995.

Lucy & Padruig

Lori by Louise Bichan

13

Steve Burnett Piano Tuner & Violin Maker

TEACHING TRADITIONAL MUSIC IN GLASGOW

0131 228 3638 steve@burnettviolins.co.uk Scottish maker of violins, violas and cellos in the old Italian spirit Maker of the famous Sherlock Violin and Arthur Conan Doyle String Quartet which appeared in the 2011 Concert for Trees at the Usher Hall (part of the UN Year of the Tree celebrations)

EDINBURGH SINCE 1985

TEACHING TRADITIONAL MUSIC IN GLASGOW

TALKING FIDDLES (SUMMERHALL) SUMMERHALL ANATOMY LECTURE THEATRE Your chance to listen, question and tap into the expertise of the people who know the tradition inside out.

Entrance with a Day Ticket, Saver or Full Weekend Ticket.

SATURDAY 1.30 pm : fiona scott : fiddlers in fairyland reading Fiona Scott is the author of Fiddlers in Fairyland, a dual language book that retells a mysterious old Scottish folk tale: a tale about music, merriment and the inescapable passage of time. Fiona will be reading the tale in English – with a little Gaelic thrown in too. The reading will be followed by a Q&A session with Fiona (the reading itself is around 15 mins long).

2.30 pm : Steve Burnett : Fiddle Maintenance Scottish instrument maker Steve Burnett builds his violins, violas and cellos in the old Italian/Scottish spirit. Steve will share his views on tonal production, set up, and give advice on buying a fiddle.

3.30 pm : fiona scott : fiddlers in fairyland reading A second chance to catch Fiona Scott’s reading.

Marie

TALKING FIDDLES

SUNDAY 12.30 pm : Aonghas Grant : Fiddle Tales Tradition bearer Aonghas Grant will share some fiddle-related stories. A Gaelic speaker and a natural-born storyteller, he brings tales of close friends, long-ago people and events equally alive.

1.30 pm : Marie Fielding : Alternative Teaching Ideas Fiddler, composer, examiner and lecturer, Marie Fielding will be sharing her methods and ideas, all relating to the preparation and skills of performance. This will be a very open relaxed session, encouraging others to offer their thoughts, questions and experiences. Marie teaches Fiddle and Fiddle Performance at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, using various techniques, aiming to bring out the best in each individual musician. Suitable for any standard as we can all learn from one another.

Mark

2.30 pm : Mark Neal: Some Sound Advice Dr Mark Neal is a musician and sound engineer who runs the recording studio and live sound company “The Sonic Lodge.”

He has over 20 years of experience in sound engineering both live and in the studio. This talk will cover the basics of amplifying and recording fiddles and other traditional instruments and will provide opportunity to ask questions.

3.30 pm : Sara Watkin : Musicians’ Health Sara

Dr. Sara Watkin has been the school doctor for London Studio Centre, assistant to the extraordinary Cirque du Soleil physiotherapy team and Honorary Physician for the British Association of Performing Arts Medicine. Sara now works in the NHS as a speciality doctor in Child and Adolescent Mental Health and privately as an osteopath. Sara will explain pain, drawing upon everything from psychoanalytical theories about psyche-soma to neurophysiology and anatomy. She will think about why it is so hard for a fiddle player to balance what’s best for their body with their passion (and bank balance).

Aonghas

Steve

15

Edinburgh Highland Reel & Strathspey Society Musical Director—Yla Steven BEM

New members are very welcome We meet on Monday evenings: juniors 6.30-7.30 pm and adults 7.30-9.30 pm Forthcoming concerts: 25 November at Reid Memorial Church, Edinburgh 11 March at The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh Contact ehrss.secretary@gmail.com for further information Find us on: facebook.com/ehrss @EHRSS ehrss.org.uk Scottish Charity registered number SCO06204

TRADITIONAL

ASSOCIATION OF SCOTLAND

Congratulations to the Scots Fiddle Festival in their 20th year from the TMSA in our 50th!

Check out our celebratory events and publications at www.tmsa.org.uk or TMSA Scotland / 0792 253 3915.

The TMSA Young Trad Tour

Featuring winners and finalists from the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year Competition

Seamus O’Baoighill, Ryan Young, Heather Downie, Robyn Stapleton (2014 winner), Claire Hastings (2015 winner), Gemma Donald & Ainsley Hamill plus Anna Massie

6 Oct The Tower, Helensburgh 23 Nov Cresset Hall (Loch Arthur), Dumfries | 5 Dec Mareel, Shetland 13 Dec Sabhal Mor Ostaig, Skye | 21 Dec Victoria Halls, Dunblane CD available to purchase or download 6 Oct Hugh Fraser Foundation

SC032702

Sylvia Aitken Charitable Trust

Photography: Louise Bichan

The TMSA is registered as a Scottish Charity SCO03819 & a Company Limited by Guarantee No: SC199976.

Registered Office: The Signal Box, 5 Appin Lane, Edinburgh EH14 1JL, Scotland.

Summerhall is the place to network, relax, listen, and browse.

The café and pub/restaurant are open during the day.

SATURDAY AT SUMMERHALL Daytime : Stalls (Dissection Room) The perfect place to treat yourself, your fiddle or someone else to an early Christmas present! See below for a list of stalls.

10am - 5pm : Session (Dissection Room) Tunes! Come and play with other musicians at the festival.

We’ll give you a place to play to your heart’s content.

10am - 5pm : Slow Session (Basement) Free with a day ticket / Supersaver. A hugely popular feature of our festival, these sessions are for you if you enjoy playing with other people at a slower pace. Run in association with Glasgow Fiddle Workshop who provide their experienced tutors to lead the session between 11am - 12pm and 1pm - 2pm. Thanks to GFW for their continued support.

1 - 2pm : Come and Try Fiddle : Isla Ferguson (Courtyard Gallery)

SUNDAY AT SUMMERHALL Daytime : Stalls (Dissection Room) (see Saturday) 10am - 5pm : Session - More tunes! (see Saturday) 10am - 5pm : Slow Session - More tunes! (see Saturday) 1 - 2pm : Try the Fiddle : Isla Ferguson (see Saturday) 3 - 4pm : Try Gaelic : Eilidh Munro (Courtyard Gallery) Learn the basics of Gaelic pronunciation, try getting to grips with some conversational phrases and useful vocabulary, as well as maybe learning a song or two using the words and phrases learned during the session.

Eilidh

Eilidh is from Glasgow and attended the Gaelic Unit at Meadowburn Primary where she was immersed in the language from a young age. She went on to read Celtic Studies at Edinburgh University, and now works as a researcher for MacTV, who produce Gaelic documentaries for BBC Alba.

5pm : Final Stramash (Main Hall) Your chance to play with our performers in one of the largest sessions in the UK!

Pick up the fiddle for the first time and try simple techniques and notes. Isla has a lot of experience and patience helping new students begin their journey on the fiddle and enjoys making the instrument accessible to all. Many thanks to Stringers Violin Shop for supplying instruments.

5 - 6.30pm : Open Stage (Dissection Room) If you want to listen, come along and help create the lovely atmosphere... if you are a budding musician come and perform! To showcase your talent, email soon because performance slots fill up quickly: info@scotsfiddlefestival.com Many thanks to the tutors for their help with the slow sessions!

FREE EVENTS

Many thanks to Stringers for lending us instruments!

STALLS

Box & Fiddle Magazine Burnett Violins Scottish Fiddle Orchestra Stringers of Edinburgh The Hardie Press Glasgow Violin Shop Braw Wee Emporium Marie Fielding Helen Reid-Foster jewellery Vaughan Trower Isla

17

Hands

p for Trad

P r o m ot i n g S cot t i S h m u S i c g lo b a l ly

Congratulates the Scots Fiddle Festival in their 20th year What a great festival with a brilliant community of fiddlers!

For all the latest Scottish trad music news direct to your inbox join the Hands Up for Trad mailing list

w w w. H a n d s u p f o r T r a d n e w s l e T T e r .c o m

SPECIAL EVENTS ALL WEEKEND (SUMMERHALL)

SPECIAL EVENTS

SUNDAY (SUMMERHALL)

s1 : Live fiddle Making : matthew hannafin

s3 : Fiddle Playing Clinic : Marie Fielding

Café : various times throughout the weekend, non-ticketed

Fiddle Clinic room : 3pm - 5pm : non ticketed

A chance to see fiddle making in action - from carving scrolls, carving the outside and inside of the belly and backs of instruments, shaping necks and fitting necks to bodies.

Mathew Hannafin will be at Summerhall and will provide some fiddles for you to try out. He is a member of the British Violin Makers Association, and uses traditional materials, and traditional tools and methods, to make new violins based on Amati, Stradivari and Guarneri models.

NB: children should be accompanied by a parent/guardian

SATURDAY (SUMMERHALL) s2 : BOOK LAUNCH & SIGNING : adam sutherland

An opportunity to have a “one to one” short session with fiddler Marie Fielding. Suitable for any age or stage, the idea is to focus on one or two aspects of fiddle playing that you may want to improve on or simply chat about, getting fresh ideas to take home and work at. Anything from tuning the fiddle, playing in tune, tone, position work, bow hold, bow position, speed of bow, phrasing, reels, jigs, slow airs, playing from memory and so on. Or, simply play a short tune and Marie will offer areas to focus on. A relaxed, unique and individual experience.

Courtyard Gallery : 11.30am : non-ticketed Highland fiddler Adam Sutherland is releasing the first ever collection of his own compositions at this years Scots Fiddle Festival. Joined on keyboards by Hamish Napier, Adam will be playing a selection of his tunes, sharing some of the stories behind them and signing copies of the book.

Adam

Matthew

Marie

19

The Violin Shop We know fiddles inside & out • Large selection of new and old violins, violas, cellos, double basses, bows, cases & accessories • Instrument & bow repairs carried out by experienced staff in our workshops • Realistic prices offered for your old instrument • Advice readily given on valuations, insurance etc.

tel: 0141 339 8078 www.theviolinshop-glasgow.co.uk 7/11 Blackie Street, Glasgow G3 8TN

Ticket

Cost

Access to...

saver

£59/£50 saves £12/£10

any two evening Concerts, plus recitals, talks & festival clubs

full weekend

£76/£65 saves £14/£12

all three evening Concerts, plus recitals, talks & festival clubs

Friday evening Concert Under 16s £8 with adult

£19/£17

Friday Evening Concert

Friday Ceilidh

£9/£7

Ceilidh

Friday Festival Club

£4

Festival Club

Saturday Day Ticket Under 12s free with adult

£12/£9

Recitals and Talks Workshops to be purchased separately

Saturday evening Concert Under 16s £8 with adult

£20/£17

Saturday Evening Concert

Saturday Ceilidh

£9/£7

Ceilidh

Saturday Festival Club

£4

Festival Club

Sunday Day Ticket Under 12s free with adult

£12/£9

Recitals and Talks Workshops to be purchased separately

Sunday evening Concert Under 16s £8 with adult

£19/£17

Sunday Evening Concert

Workshop (Youth & Adult)

£8 (£5 with a day ticket)

To book a £5 workshop, you must hold a Saver or day ticket for that day

Concessions are provided for unwaged people (unemployed/student/OAP/children). Accompanied children under 12 are entitled to a free day ticket.

Bargain tickets are available in the form of discounted concert tickets for under 16s with an adult, and the Saver or Full Weekend ticket bundles.

TICKETS & BOOKING

Book at the Queen’s Hall Box Office: By phone: 0131 668 2019 (until 5pm, except on concert evenings when phone lines are open until one hour before the show.

Online: www.thequeenshall.net In person: 85 - 89 Clerk Street Edinburgh EH8 9JG Mon – Sat 10am - 5.30pm

21

Scots Fiddle Festival @Scotsfiddlefest info@scotsfiddlefestival.com www.scotsfiddlefestival.com 0131 555 7669

AIDAN O’ROURKE - DUNCAN CHISHOLM CATRIONA MACDONALD - AONGHAS GRANT CHRIS STOUT - LIZ DOHERTY - PAUL ANDERSON ADAM SUTHERLAND & FRIENDS THE STRATHSPEY & SURREAL SOCIETY HALEY & DYLAN RICHARDSON