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The 16th Niel Gow festival will
be held in the beautiful and historic Perthshire village of
Dunkeld & Birnam, home of Niel Gow.
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New CD played on Niel Gow's fiddle - proceeds to Niel Gow memorial. Click on CD cover for ordering information.
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PROGRAMME Tickets available now from Birnam Arts Press release available here. Festival Programme for Printing Pictures for sale by sealed bid at festival - proceeds to Niel Gow Festival Memorial Fund Programme Details: Friday at 1.45pm: The Royal School musical afternoon (NB this is a private event) presented by Karys Watt & David MacFarlane. Followed by an Open Session at the the Tap (The Birnam Inn) from 3pm.
THE NIEL GOW FESTIVAL 2018 – WORKSHOPS AT THE BIRNAM INSTITUTE
WORKSHOPS £10 (Under 18s £5) NB Entry to the film “The Groove Is Not Trivial” by DONATION PRE-RECITAL WALK to the Birnam Oak & Little Dunkeld Church Led by David Martin, Saturday 17th March, 10am from the Birnam Institute THE NIEL GOW WALK to Niel Gow’s Cottage for soup and a dram! Led by Pete Clark, Sunday 18th March, 11am from the Birnam Institute. (The guided walks are FREE - but donations to the Niel Gow Memorial fund gratefully received!)
BiographiesALASTAIR SAVAGE & EUAN DRYSDALE
JAMES FORD
Harmony Workshop: This workshop aims to make musicians more confident at harmonising, particularly at a session. Harmony not only adds colour & texture to the tune, but allows you play along with tunes you're yet to learn. Harmony lines are often far easier to play than the tune itself. Bring any instrument to this mixed instrument class although the main focus will be on tune playing instruments like fiddle, whistle. ROO GEDDES & NEIL SUTCLIFFE
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ARCHIE McALLISTER & SILEAS SINCLAIR
He plays and has recorded with many different bands from both the folk and dance band scene; these include Skipinnish, Ross Kennedy and the Jura Ceilidh Band. He continues to play in different line-ups and also teaches fiddle in Lochgilphead. Sileas Sinclair will join him on piano and accordion.
HANNAH FISHER & SORREN MACLEAN
HANNAH FISHER
CHARLIE WALDEN & PATT PLUNKETT
Charlie’s interest in Scottish fiddle music began on the early 1980s as a result of his attempts to determine the origins of the local fiddle tunes being played in Missouri. Through considerable effort, relative to the ease with which we locate and order materials in the internet age, he obtained his first collection of Scottish music, Kerr’s Merry Melodies, from Mozart Allan in Glasgow. In the ensuing years he has maintained a keen in interest in Scottish tunes as played in both Scotland and in the Canadian Maritimes. Major concert and festival appearances include: Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, Smithsonian Festival of Folklife, Masters of the Folk Violin Tour, numerous U.S. National Folk Festivals, University of Chicago Folk Festival, and the National Folk Festival of Australia.
Patt has been dancing, calling and teaching social dancing for many years and is particularly interested in traditional square dancing, especially Western and Appalachian square formations. She once called the figures for the "World's Largest Square Dance" held in Chicago's Grant Park in conjunction with the WFMT Chicago Folk Festival.
KARYS WATT & DAVID MacFARLANE
PATSY REID & ALISTAIR PATERSON
After stepping back from Breabach, she has clearly carved out a niche for herself - since then she has been in constant demand to help animate others’ projects, as both a musician and producer. As the youngest and twice winner of the prestigious Glenfiddich Fiddle Championship, it’s no surprise Patsy has been longing to return to her roots, and her latest release, A Glint o’ Scottish Fiddle showcases her love of traditional Scottish fiddle tunes. Featuring the wonderful pianist, Alistair Iain Paterson, the new album was officially launched at Celtic Connections 2018 and they will be delighted to perform it once again in full, during the Sunday afternoon concert.
THE ROUTES QUARTETThe Routes Quartet is an exquisite blend of the folk and classical genres, featuring evocative arrangements of traditional tunes and stunning original compositions. The quartet is made up of the classical string quartet instrumentation of cello (Rufus Huggan), viola (Emma Tomlinson) and two fiddles (Gráinne Brady and Tricia Mullan). "Routes" explores the textures, tones and intimate qualities of the string quartet whilst drawing on the heritage and inspiration of folk music from Scotland, Ireland, England and beyond. Their debut album, "Windrose", is out now.
JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ROYAL CONSERVATOIRE OF SCOTLANDThe highly acclaimed Junior Conservatoire music programme has been running for over 50 years. We have some of the country’s best teachers, enjoying Scotland’s best facilities and engaging with some of the most talented young musicians from far and wide. The Trad Ensemble, aged 12-18, hail from all corners of Scotland to rehearse together on Saturdays led by some of Scotland’s leading traditional musicians. https://www.rcs.ac.uk/juniorc/juniors/music/traditional-music/
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