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THIRD TIME LUCKY FOR MULL FIDDLE WEEK Players at Mull Fiddle Week finally celebrated getting back together this month, after the event had been postponed twice due to Covid. Mull Fiddle Week, funded by the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, aims to immerse young people in the energy and spirit of traditional fiddle music. It was open to players of all abilities from Argyll and Bute and attracted more than 30 participants. The main fiddle programme was based in venues around Tobermory and was led by some of Scotland’s finest absolutely inspired to keep fiddle players - Patsy Reid, teaching. Adam Sutherland, Dan‘All of the tutors were iel Thorpe and Vanessa patient, encouraging, helpful Edwards - who travelled up and supportfrom Lancaster ive, as well as to join the team. fantastic musiI had an Also taking part cians. It was so absolutely in Mull Fiddle great to be able fantastic week Week was a to work with all at Mull Fiddle group of young of them and see aspiring musiWeek and I their different cians who all have left feeling teaching styles. gained places I feel that I took absolutely on a mentoring inspired to keep something programme led different from teaching. by Patsy Reid. each of them.’ Emily Goan, Another one of the traintrainee, Lucy ees from Innelllan, Argyll, Houston from Ardnamursaid: ‘I had an absolutely chan, said: ‘This was one of fantastic week at Mull Fiddle the best weeks of my life. Week and I have left feeling ‘It was so much fun and
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such an incredible learning experience.’ The participants, aged between five and 17, took part in small, focused workshops learning traditional repertoire by ear and bowing techniques, musicianship classes experiencing traditional music through movement as well as creative composition classes. The youngsters all learned parts to tunes including Jig Runrig, An T-Eilean Muileach and Pinacle Ridge, all specially arranged by Patsy Reid, which they performed en-masse to delighted passers-by on Tobermory Main Street towards the end of the week. Adam Sutherland, one of
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