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COMMITTEE The festival is organised by a group of volunteers who work all year round to bring you a great weekend of music. This year the committee comprised: Malcolm Gillies (Chair) Jeana Leslie (Artistic Director) Katie Dekeizer (Treasurer) Fiona SarahElaineMoiraDonaldDugaldCampbellMcArthurMurrayWeitzenApplebyBrown VOLUNTEERING Volunteers help make the festival happen. We need you! Various great roles are available, examples include: venue co-ordinators, stewards, artist liaison assistants, information desk hosts, stage management assistants and many more. There are also year-round opportunities as part of the committee. Get in touch at volunteers@scotsfiddlefestival.com Thank You The Pleasance Theatre, EUSA Dave Keay & Moray Munro, Munro Audio for sound John Weitzen Lighting Services for lighting Helen of Wylliecat Design for programme design Board members, Committee members & volunteers
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The big event, apart from the music, is the launch of our new 25+2 Tune Collection. This was intended for our 25th birthday festival, with 25 tunes, but got delayed along with everything else due to Covid and lockdown. So we decided to go for 25+2 tunes, since is now two years later. All from 27 fiddle-playing composers, it also gave the composers some income during lockdown. The 25+2 Collection book, being launched at this year’s festival, has the tunes arranged into sets for playing - many thanks from all at SFF to Adam Sutherland for going above and beyond in assisting us with this project.
Malcolm Gillies The Scots Fiddle Festival is a Company Limited by Guarantee Registered in Scotland No: SC217588 and a Scottish Charity No: SC031564. The programme is correct at time of going to press but may be subject to minor changes beyond our control.
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One venue, quality spaces, relaxed atmosphere, and a central hub in the Cabaret Bar where folk can relax and enjoy a tune. Format of the weekend is as before, with a few tweaks: an early morning young children / family concert, where there’s no requirement to sit still, and a dementia friendly concert, open to all to come and enjoy the music.
We were all set for our 25th birthday party in 2020 but Covid got in the way, as it did again in 2021, so we are now absolutely delighted to be back, live at the Pleasance, for our 25th + 2 years celebration.
The next phase will see arrangements made of these sets of tunes, a CD recorded by a Scots Fiddle Festival band, and the full scores of the arrangements being made available to schools, community groups, and others, providing a ready “plug and play” pack for a performance or session, helping to fulfill one of our key objectives of encouraging the playing of Scots Fiddle Music. As we battle to break even, we have taken the reluctant decision to stop printing and posting full programmes. We are encouraging people to join our email list (sign up at www.scotsfiddlefestival.com) or follow us on social media. If you wish to continue receiving information by post please let us know by writing to us to confirm you wish to do so, otherwise this is the last year you will receive information by direct mail.
2022FESTIVALFIDDLESCOTS MORE INFO & TICKETS AT WWW.SCOTSFIDDLEFESTIVAL.COMCONTENTS Concert Fri & Sat nights 2 Concert Sun night 4 Concert Sat & Sun mornings 5 Recitals Saturday 6 Recitals Sunday 8 Workshops Saturday 10 Workshops Sunday 12 Ceilidhs, sessions etc 14 Tickets 15 Timetable 16
Finally the really important bit - thanks for coming to the festival - people travel from all round the world to attend and it wouldn’t work without all of you! Please say hello, let’s have your feedback, but most importantly, enjoy the weekend!
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HEISK Vibrant six-piece trad band HEISK combine driving accordion, fiddle and keys with banging rhythms and punchy riffs to form a brand of ‘funked-up’ folk perfectly suited to sweaty dance floors. Having already filled festival tents all over Scotland the band released their debut album in August 2021.
HEISK FRIDAY 7.30 - 10pm PLEASANCE THEATRE (doors open at 7pm) MORE INFO & TICKETS AT WWW.SCOTSFIDDLEFESTIVAL.COM
Musicians explore each other’s musical and cultural heritage, reinvigorating traditional legacies while also creating intoxicating new music, representative of the vibrant and often invisible heritage of Scotland’s fragmented Roma people.
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Based on authentic Gypsy music, the group’s unique partnership creates an exciting, high octane musical adventure that is just as exciting for the group as it is for their audience. Despite the extreme challenges of 2019-2021, the collective continues to provide a vital social and artistic community platform for increasingly innovative work.
The collective is a unique collaboration, bringing together some of the best musicians from Scotland’s diverse Romanian, Polish, Slovak, Czech and Hungarian Roma communities. Set up by Ando Glaso, it supports cultural and community development of the diverse Roma people living in Scotland. Employing Roma cultural heritage as a creative means of engagement, it generates opportunities for upskilling, income and social inclusion. Using culture and arts, particularly music and dance, it creates a comfortable Roma community space for often disparate and isolated individuals.
YEP This year’s Youth Engagement Project will be led by accomplished musician Patsy Reid. These young string players have attended master classes, and will perform at the Saturday concert.
SESSION A9 Session A9 are relishing their return to the stage and promising to “raise the roof” with their original compositions, exciting arrangements and usual skill, fire and enthusiasm at the Scots Fiddle Festival 2022. Mesmerising fiddle players Kevin Henderson, Adam Sutherland, Gordon Gunn and Charlie Mckerron are joined, as always, by David “Chimp” Robertson on percussion, Marc Clement on guitar and vocals, and Brian McAlpine on piano. Each member of Session A9 can be found on stage with many of traditional music’s most respected bands, including Capercaillie, The Treacherous Orchestra, The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc, as well as their own individual ensembles. Hailed as “Scotland’s Supergroup”, the band are previous winners of “Best Live Act” at MG Alba’s Scottish Traditional Music Awards, with individual band members having achieved countless awards in their own right. Excited by the chance to get back together to perform for an audience, they promise a “great craic”, “a night to remember” and simply “can’t wait”!
3MORE INFO & TICKETS AT WWW.SCOTSFIDDLEFESTIVAL.COM CONCERTSATURDAYSATURDAY 7.30 - 10pm PLEASANCE THEATRE (doors open at 7pm)
TOM MOORE & ARCHIE MOSS
While the distinct pulse and intuition of traditional music still haunts much of their playing, their understanding of tradition is also reinterpreted and reframed by the contemporary world around them.
Tom & Archie (by Kate Griffin)
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Widely regarded, amidst a precociously gifted generation, as two of the best players and innovators in traditional folk music, Tom Moore and Archie Moss’ finely-crafted arrangements wield a rare potency. Now, having toured with some of the biggest and brightest acts in the British folk scene, they reconvene to perform again as a duo. Their 2nd album Spectres, released in 2020, further unites the deep and resolute harmony of Moss’s accordion with the texture and flow of Moore’s viola; with droning, whirring, sparkling layers of electro-acoustic grit, provoking a musical palette of subtle complexity. Intrinsically borrowing from tradition, Moore and Moss sonically have their heads firmly in the present.
In the bush of Australia lives the elusive lyrebird, often considered the most gifted songbird on our planet. A rather apt name then for this recently formed trio, consisting of three of Scotland’s most exciting folk musicians. Cello, Nordic Mandola, Fiddle, Viola and even the occasional Xylophone come together in LyreLyre to create a unique, groovy, and irresistibly playful sound. Alice Allen, Marit Fält and Patsy Reid are all highly sought after musicians in their own fields, but LyreLyre takes their individual styles and creates a refreshing and dynamically new fusion of traditional Scottish, Scandi and classical music.
She and Dave Gray, producer and musician, have been collaborating since 2010. They have created four albums including the songs and soundstracks to her solo music theatre shows, Pulse (2016) and Auld Lang Syne ( 2018). They continue to work together in the studio when she’s back in Edinburgh. Mairi spends half the year living on the island of Lismore where she has established an island Scottish dance band and runs a weekly step dancing class.
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CONCERTSUNDAY SUNDAY 7.30 - 10pm PLEASANCE THEATRE (doors open at 7pm) MAIRI CAMPBELL
Mairi Campbell is the recipient of six national music awards including the Inspiration Award in 2018. In 2019 she was inducted into the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame. Her career has taken her from her time as half of The Cast, a duo with David Francis, to being a go-to session musician, a fiddle teacher, and a fearless experimenter with sound, working with everyone from folk singer Dougie MacLean to fiddler Patsy Reid, and from improvisation troupe The Working Party to Scottish dance band The Occasionals.
Pick up a fiddle for the first time and try some simple techniques and notes. Ask at the info desk on the day for further details and give it a go! No ticket required.
Roo & Neil Ellie & Ciar
Join Live Music Now Scotland musicians for an informal hour of tunes and chat presented in a relaxed style with something to suit everyone, whatever age and interest in music. The setting is relaxed and if people want to get up and move around or make and noise that is perfectly ok. These concert are designed for people to come and have a good time listening to music, and not have to worry about the formalities or restraints a formal concert setting usually has. These concerts are free, but donations are invited. & CIAR CONCERT: ROO & NEIL
For babes in arms upwards. Children must be accompanied by at least one adult.
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Come & try fiddle - Michael Moore
Marie Fielding's Fiddle Clinic one to one Any age / stage. Free but ticketed with time slots. Focusing on one or two aspects that you want to improve on or simply chat about, get fresh ideas to take home and work at.
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5 EVENTSFREE&CONCERTSMORNINGFREE MORNING CONCERTS 10 - 11Am QUAKER STUDIO SPECIAL FREE EVENTS MORE INFO & TICKETS AT WWW.SCOTSFIDDLEFESTIVAL.COM
Tuning the fiddle, playing in tune, tone, position work, bow work, phrasing, reels, jigs, slow airs, playing from memory, etc. Or simply play a tune and Marie will offer areas to focus on. A relaxed, unique and individual experience. Book a slot on the day at the info desk on a first come first served basis. Live Music Now Scotland enables the power of live music to reach people at the heart of our communities, especially those who wouldn’t normally have access to its enriching benefits and pleasure. At the same time, it gives almost 100 outstanding emerging artists across a range of genres – traditional, classical, jazz and pop, invaluable training and performing experience at the outset of their careers. Around 500 performances are given in care homes, day centres, special schools and other community venues throughout Scotland each year.
The Southside Fiddlers are an enthusiastic and exciting group of young musicians from Glasgow. Taught by Louise Hunter, who has been running her fiddle school on the Southside of Glasgow for twenty years, the group have played many concerts, competitions and festivals both at home and away. Delighting audiences wherever they go with their mix of Irish and Scottish traditional music and their absolute love of performing, the group playing this weekend are 6-16 years old.
2PM: Ellie McLaren and Ciar Milne Hailing from Aberdeenshire and Dundee, Ellie and Ciar play the fiddle, pipes and whistle and are based in Glasgow. Ellie is a graduate from The University of Highlands and Islands where she received a first-class honours degree in Applied Music. Ciar is currently studying at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in his third year studying BMus Traditional Music- Piping degree. Following the formation of the group after meeting at their student accommodation in 2020, Ellie and Ciar’s first public performance was at Celtic Connections.
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Price Violinist and award-winning composer, Catriona Price is one of the most versatile musicians working in Scotland today. Growing up amidst a vibrant Orkney music scene, and the likes of Douglas Montgomery, she furthered her musical journey at the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal Northern College of Music. As such, Catriona is equally at home in a folk or improvisation session, as in an orchestra or chamber group. She is half of the contemporary folk duo Twelfth Day; a founding member of folk band FARA; and co-artistic director of Thirteen North, a new string ensemble focused on bringing classical music out of the concert hall and to more diverse audiences.
3pm: Rona Wilkie & Marit F lt Marit and Rona, in exploring the similarities between Scandinavian and Highland Scottish tunes, meld traditional tunes and songs of both genres, to create a new music that is uplifting, daring and harmonious. Their synthesis is playful, borderless and thrilling, gliding from evocative, neoclassical movements, through elegant polskas to buoyant reels, all vividly brought to life by Rona’s virtuosic performance on the fiddle and Marit’s breath-taking mastery of the versatile låtmandola. Their debut album Turas was met with widespread critical acclaim and since then the duo have collaborated with musicians across many genres, from rappers to string quartets, from the Basque Country to the Balkans. Marit and Rona have also made their names as composers, being commissioned to write for Celtic Connections and a BBC film soundtrack.
4pm: Gr inne Brady Gráinne’s Irish fiddle style emanates from the musical lyricism of counties Cavan, Leitrim and Clare, and has more recently evolved to incorporate newfound Scottish influences. Living in the heart of Glasgow’s traditional music scene, Gráinne is a vital part of the city’s musical pulse, relishing the creative milieu of community, where young players are writing new music, swapping tunes, and drawing from the rich cultural lode of regional styles and identity. Her debut solo album, The Road Across the Hills, received critical acclaim, while her 2021 album, Newcomer, features a plethora of Scotland’s top musicians including Innes White, Andrew Waite, Seonaid Aitken and Su-a Lee.
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1pm: Roo Geddes & Neil Sutcliffe Roo and Neil combine their shared experience across Classical, Folk and Jazz to create original music for violin and accordion. Based in Glasgow, their compositions are inspired by landscape and people and by how music can evoke a sense of place and community.
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Portobello High School’s Portonova Folk Band is a dynamic group of young Scottish traditional folk music enthusiasts. Rehearsing during lunch breaks they perform regularly throughout the year, including The Queen’s Hall and local events such as Portobello Village Show. They explore different folk styles and play traditional music with a modern twist.
12 noon: Fun Fiddle & Portonova Folk Band
Fun Fiddle is a local fiddle group for all ages, central to Portobello’s cultural life. Based at The Wash House, Fun Fiddle brings vibrancy to local events such as ceilidhs and marches along with collaborations with street bands, choirs and, more recently, Portonova Folk Band.
The pair met as students of the Royal Conservatoire Juniors’ School, aged 13. They quickly formed a close friendship and began collaborating throughout their studies until graduating this year with First Class Honours. In 2020 during the first Covid-19 lockdown, a piece of theirs won the Feis Rois “In Tune with Nature” competition. They remotely composed, recorded and filmed the piece that celebrated the wildlife and landscape of the magical Taynish National Nature Reserve. In January 2021, the duo was selected by the prestigious ‘Danny Kyle Award’. Born into families of educators, both musicians are passionate teachers and their pedagogy significantly informs their identity as artists. They work with students from a diverse range of ages and abilities in both private and community-music settings. Away from their instruments, they share a love of hillwalking, tree climbing, and all things outdoors.
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3pm: Michael Alpert & Gica Loening CROSSING THE BORDER
4pm: Ewen Henderson Ewen Henderson is a singer and multiinstrumentalist from Lochaber in the West Highlands of Scotland. Though most often heard performing with Mànran, the band he co-founded in 2010, he has also performed all over the world with many top Scottish and cross-genre artists including Battlefield Band and the Afro-Celt Sound System.
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Join Michael Alpert and Gica Loening, Scotland’s premier exponents of traditional East European Jewish klezmer music and Yiddish song. Splicing their own Jewish, Scottish and American cultural heritages, they take us on a musical and poetic journey through the beauty and depth of Yiddish music today on double fiddles, guitar and voice.
2pm: Paul Anderson Aberdeenshire’s Paul Anderson is one of Scotland’s best-known traditional fiddle players and was tutored by acclaimed pupil of Hector MacAndrew, Douglas Lawrence. A prolific composer, contributing over 600 tunes, he led the critically acclaimed tour production of Sunset Song and, as a fiddle teacher, has nurtured many award-winning pupils, recognised with an MBE in the Queen’s 2021 honours list.
2 Kevin HendersonTraditional Shetland Fiddle Ochil room. Advanced. This workshop focuses on traditional Shetland fiddle music with a look at bowing techniques and ornaments associated with the music.
5 Sally Simpson – Swedish tunes Ochil room. Intermediate / above. Don’t know your polskas from your polkas, and no idea what a schottis is when it’s at home? Come and learn some Swedish tunes in this workshop with Edinburgh-born Sally Simpson, an alumna of Sweden’s Royal Music College. All instruments welcome, but focus will be on bowed instruments.
6 Ellie McLaren – Building your repertoire Highland room. Beginner / Improving beginner. Come and learn some fun tunes that are stalwarts in every fiddle player’s repertoire. We will also look at how we can fit the tunes together to make sets.
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1 Heisk – Learn a 'funked-up' tune arrangement
Pentland room. Youth. Mixed instrument. Learn a funked up Heisk arrangement with some members of the band! All instruments welcome.
4 Adam Sutherland – Practicing more effectively; refining your method of improvement Pentland room. Mixed ability. How we practice is really at the heart of learning any skill. This class will examine what kind of things could actually be making learning the fiddle harder for you, while also offering some easy-to-apply, practical solutions.
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3 Rona Wilkie – Gaelic slow airs Highland room. Beginner / Improving beginner. In this workshop you will learn a slow air from the Highland tradition. You will look at how to mimic the phrasing and ornamentation of songs, from which these grace notes draw their inspiration. You will also consider how to make a performance out of a slow air, thinking about variations such as double stopping and swapping octaves.
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11 Catriona Price –Healthy relationship with your fiddle Ochil room. Mixed Abilities. Playing the fiddle is not always a piece of cake. We’ve all experienced claw hand, aching shoulders, lazy fourth finger etc! Join Catriona for some quick tips on how to make your relationship with your fiddle a little healthier, for a happier and more joyful time playing. All questions and queries encouraged
8 Gordon Gunn – Tunes from Caithness Ochil room. Improving beginners / Intermediate. This workshop is about tunes from Caithness. We’ll look at bowing, ornamentation, dynamics and how to improve your tone. This workshop will also be by ear but music will be available for the class at the end of the workshop.
9 Gr inne Brady – Irish tunes and own compositions Highland room. Intermediate. Gráinne will teach a selection of Irish tunes along with some of her own compositions, including ornamentation and bowing techniques with sheet music provided.
10 Louise Hunter - Using our ears Pentland room. Advanced. Don’t read music… no problem! Trad music has been passed down aurally for generations and listening is a very important part to making music ‘musical’. Taught by ear with emphasis on adding different ornamentation where you hear it. Sheet music can be provided at the end or for anyone who would prefer for the class.
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12 Ellen Pellegrom – How to play & call for ceilidh Highland room. Intermediate. Am I choosing the right tunes for dances? Am I making sense, “forward and a two and a three ‘up down’?? Come along and get tips on tune selection and calling for a ceilidh. Gráinne Catriona Ellen Louise
7 Charlie McKerron – Strathspeys from Strathspey Pentland room. Intermediate and above. Learn some Strathspeys from the North East of Scotland focusing on “The Scottish Snap” rhythm, with a look at bowing and double stopping.
18 Paul Anderson – North-East and Scottish characteristics in fiddle music Highland room. Intermediate and above. Paul will work through a selection of his own compositions while also spending time working on the unique characteristics and bowing techniques of the North-East fiddle tradition.
Pentland room. Beginner / Intermediate. Patsy will concentrate on developing good fiddle techniques, while teaching a simple traditional tune by ear. Patsy will also help players to develop their sound, including bow control and pitching.
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Pentland room. Intermediate and above. Learning and using material from English folk traditions, featuring Morris, Playford, Rapper dance and other English lineages, focus will be on more unusual melodies and rhythms. Tom will teach some of his favourite English tunes, by ear, and discuss bowing, rhythmic inflection, stylistic techniques and ornamentation. Tunes will be taught at a sensible pace, and Tom will try to cater for any requests to cover specific areas.
14 Marie Fielding - What do I sound like?
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13 Tom Moore – English Trad Tunes
Ochil room. Advanced. Have you ever stopped to think “What do I sound like? Do I have a style? What is sound? How do I get an individual style?”. Come and participate in a musical conversation, comparing and experimenting, aimed at refining your fiddle skills. A simple tune will be taught by ear as a starting point, before building on and layering in ideas.
15 Gica Loening – Play Klezmer! A taster workshop from the National Klezmer Youth Orkester project. Highland room. Youth. A chance to learn some simple tunes by ear from the soulful and exciting tradition of Jewish Eastern European klezmer music, with sheet music and recordings also available. This workshop celebrates the launch of a UK-wide Klezmer Youth Orkester for ages 8 – 18 (a follow-on for anyone who finds they get the klezmer bug). Come and dip a toe into this rich culture with string players of intermediate level or above very welcome as are those simply attending out of curiosity.
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17 Mauris Otves from Ando Glaso –Romanian Gypsy Fiddle Ochil room. Advanced. One of the most musically diverse areas of Europe, Transylvania is also the home of many authentic masters of Gypsy music, such as Marius Otves from the Bihor region. An expert of many different methods, including unique fiddle styles using Stroh violins, violins with horns, or the old style Lautar Gypsy music made famous by Taraf de Haidouks. Marius will teach music and techniques from these mesmerising traditions.
16 Patsy Reid – Good technique and how to apply it
24 Michael Alpert – East European Klezmer Fiddle Highland room. Intermediate. Embrace the joy and energy of old-time klezmer music, the East European Jewish string band tradition. Learn how to play ‘sekund’ (the rhythmic, chordal accompaniment) as well. Aimed primarily at fiddlers, other bowed string players and hammer dulcimers (‘tsimbl’) are welcome. You should be competent, of at least 2-3 years experience and able to learn and play by ear.
23 Roo Geddes – Awaken your bow arm! Ochil room. All levels welcome. Taking a deep dive into the secret world of the fiddlers’ right hand: focusing on exercises and techniques for improved tone, control and creativity. Working from a simple tune which will be learnt at the beginning of the workshop.
19 Alice Allen – Eclectic mix from LyreLyre's set Pentland room. Mixed, All instruments. Come along to this session to explore an eclectic mix of tunes from LyreLyre, taught from the cello with added focus on different styles of chordal accompaniment technique, from pizzicato to chopping. Grade four on cello would be handy but not essential, and a love of all things baseline is imperative! All instruments are welcome in this session.
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22 Mairi Campbell – Cape Breton fiddle and feet Pentland room. Mixed ability. Mairi leads a merry dance of fiddle and feet. Bring both or either, it’s up to you. Mairi uses Strathspeys and Reels with a particular swing and drive that she loves. For her, step dancing is foot percussion, and these particular tunes work with the feet like hands in a glove. Music is available beforehand.
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21 Jani Lang – Hungarian Gypsy Fiddle Highland room. Intermediate and above. An introduction to the Hungarian Csárdás, a style of music that originates from the Hungarian folk tradition but made world famous in the skilful hands of Gypsy musicians. Jani Lang, a Hungarian expert of the genre will take you through tunes, ornaments and techniques to introduce you to this colourful style of music.
20 Ewen Henderson – Pipe music for the Fiddle Ochil room. Advanced. This is an in-depth look at interpreting Highland Bagpipe music on the fiddle with a particular focus on ornamentation, phrasing and style.
14 CEILIDHS 7.30 - 11pm QUAKER STUDIO FRIDAY JIM JAM CEILIDH BAND
FINAL STRAMASH
5.45pm SUNDAY, CABARET BAR
CABARET BAR 11pm – 1am Fri & Sat
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 un-billed 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.
10.30-11.30am: LED, SLOW 11.30am - 1pm: INFORMAL 1-2pm: LED, SLOW 3-4pm: INFORMAL 4-5pm: LED, FAST 5-7pm: INFORMAL (SAT ONLY)
FESTIVAL CLUB
The Jim Jam Ceilidh Band formed in 2009. Word quickly spread of their fresh and fiery approach and bookings started coming in for all sorts of functions including weddings, parties, St Andrews night ceilidhs and Burns Suppers. The rest, as they say, is history. Jim Jam is one of the few ceilidh bands who don’t use the accordion in their line-up.
One of Scotland’s finest ceilidh bands, Nevis features three professional musicians including alumni of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Each member brings a wealth of experience from performing professionally.
SESSIONS MUNRO ROOM SAT & SUN
The Pleasance Cabaret Bar is the place to network, relax, listen, and browse. The café/bar is open throughout the festival
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FESTIVAL HUB
A hugely popular feature of our festival, our slow sessions are for you if you love to play but feel the formal workshops might be too hard for you, and think the people in the regular sessions just go too fast!
If you’re looking for something a bit faster, we’ll see you at 4pm!
CABARET BAR 10am ONWARDS SAT & SUN
SATURDAY NEVIS CEILIDH BAND
Access & Car Parking:
There will be no general parking in the Pleasance Courtyard.
Tickets last festival went quickly and quite a few events were sold out early, causing a bit of angst, so don’t delay.
TICKETS
BOOKING TICKETS: www.scotsfiddlefestival.com
Parents can wait in the Festival Hub in the Cabaret Bar which has free access Access to the Cabaret Bar is free during the day.
If you are planning on bringing a large group to the festival, please contact Malcolm Gillies via email: malcolm.gillies@scotsfiddlefestival.com and we’ll do our best to assist.
All rooms at the venue are wheelchair and mobility impaired accessible. However, to get into the venue itself, there are cobbles to negotiate. All rooms are accessed from the main entrance, with the exception of the Quaker Studio, which is a standalone building across the courtyard, and the Munro Room, which is accessed from the pavement outside.
15SAVE THE DATE: NOVEMBER 19TH – 21ST 2023 Ticket Cost Access to... Festival Saver £110 All three evening CONCERTS plus RECITALS & FESTIVAL CLUB Evening Concerts Unreserved seating £24 FRIDAY concert £27 SATURDAY concert £24 SUNDAY concert Recital Ticket £30 All recitals on either SATURDAY OR SUNDAY Ceilidh £10 / £9.50 FRIDAY OR SATURDAY ceilidh / if 8 or more tickets in one purchase Festival Club Over 18s only By donation, suggested £5 Festival Club - either FRIDAY OR SATURDAY Adult Workshop £20 Individual workshop Youth Workshop £10 Individual workshop (U18 only)
Donations appreciated note a ticket processing charge will be levied when booking.
If you have any questions regarding access or parking, SFF committee member Dugald is a wheelchair user himself and would be keen to help - contact info@scotsfiddlefestival.com.
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Or if you like leaving things to chance, last minute tickets, if the event has not already sold out, can be bought in person during the festival at the venue!
Festival Hub & Sessions FREE
Accompanied children aged 12 or under are entitled to a free recital ticket (up to 2 children per paying adult). Personal assistants / carers go free.
FRIDAY Pleasance Theatre Quaker Studio Pentland Room Ochil Room Highland Room Munro Room Cabaret Bar 7 pm AndoHEISKConcert/Glaso Collective 7.30pm (doors 7pm) JimCeilidhJamCeilidh Band 7.30 - 11pm 8 pm 9 1110pmpmpm Festival Club 11pm - 1am12 am SATURDAY Pleasance Theatre Quaker Studio Pentland Room Ochil Room Highland Room Munro Room Cabaret Bar 10 am Morning Concert Dementia friendly FunkedHEISKup arrangements no1 (youth) Kevin no2ShetlandHendersonfiddle(advanced) Rona Wilkie Gaelic slow airs no3 (beginner/improver) Festival Hub From for(seespecialwithCAFE/BARSESSIONSSTALLS10amtheoddeventnoticeboarddetails)Led Session (slow) 10.30 - 11.30am11 am Informal Session12 pm 12noonSouthside Fiddlers Adam Sutherland Practice effectively no4 (mixed ability) Sally no5SwedishSimpsontunes(intermed/above) Ellie no6BuildingMcLarenrepertoire(beginner/improver)1 pm 1pmCatriona Price Led Session (slow) 1 - 2pm 2 pm 2pmEllie & Ciar Charlie no7StrathspeysMcKerron(intermed/above) Gordon Gunn Caithness tunes no8 (improver/intermed) Gráinne Brady Irish tunes no9 (intermediate) Informal Session 3 pm 3pmRona & Marit 4 pm 4pmGráinne Brady Louise Hunter Using our ears no10 (advanced) Catriona Price Healthy fiddle relationship no11 (mixed abilities) Ellen no12Play/callPellegromforceilidhs(intermed) Led Session (fast) 4 - 5pm 5 pm Informal Session 6 pm (NB workshops levels are for guidance only) 7 pm SessionConcertA9 / Tom & Archie / YEP 7.30pm (doors 7pm) NevisCeilidhCeilidh Band 7.30 - 11pm 8 pm 9 1110pmpmpm Festival Club 11pm - 1am12 am CEILIDHCONCERT LED SESSION FESTIVAL CLUBFESTIVAL HUB / INORMAL SESSION FREE EVENTSRECITALS WORKSHOPSSATURDAY&FRIDAYGLANCEAAT MORE INFO & TICKETS AT WWW.SCOTSFIDDLEFESTIVAL.COM
SUNDAY Pleasance Theatre Quaker Studio Pentland Room Ochil Room Highland Room Munro Room Cabaret Bar 10 am Morning Concert Family friendly Tom no13EnglishMooretunes(intermed/above) Marie Fielding What do I sound like? no14 (advanced) Gica no15KlezmerLoeningtaster(youth) Festival Hub From for(seespecialwithCAFE/BARSESSIONSSTALLS10amtheoddeventnoticeboarddetails)Led Session (slow) 10.30 - 11.30am11 am Informal Session12 pm Portnovanoon Folk Patsy no16TechniqueReid(begin/intermed) Mauris no17RomanianOtvesGypsy(advanced) Paul Anderson North East & Scottish no18 (intermed/above)1 pm 1pmRoo & Neil Led Session (slow) 1 - 2pm 2 pm Paul2pm Anderson Alice no19LyreLyre,Allenmixinstrument(anylevel) Ewen Henderson Pipe tunes for fiddle no20 (advanced) Jani Lang no21: Hungarian (intermediate/above)Gypsy Informal Session 3 pm Michael3pm & Gica 4 pm Ewen4pm Henderson Mairi Campbell Cape Breton fiddle/feet no22 (mixed ability) Roo AwakenGeddesyourbow arm no23 (beginner/improver) Michael Alpert East European Klezmer no24 (intermediate) Led Session (fast) 4 - 5pm 5 pm 6 pm (NB workshops levels are for guidance only) 7 pm 7.30pmMairiLyreLyreConcert/Campbell(doors 7pm) 8 pm 9 pm CEILIDHCONCERT LED SESSION FESTIVAL CLUBFESTIVAL HUB / INORMAL SESSION FREE EVENTSRECITALS WORKSHOPS SUNDAYGLANCEAAT WORKSHOPS ARE FIDDLE ONLY UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED. If you wish to attend with an alternative instrument, please get in touch in advance to allow the tutor to be asked/prepared. MORE INFO & TICKETS AT WWW.SCOTSFIDDLEFESTIVAL.COM Final5.45pmStramash
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