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Story and Music-making from Nature and Place
Story and Music-making from Nature and Place is a skills workshop run jointly by storyteller Malcolm Green and musician Gordon Turnbull, taking place at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh. The workshop will be a creative collaboration between the workshop leaders … Continue reading
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Tagged collaboration, community, creative music workshops, edinburgh, nature, Surround Sound, workshops
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Schools project: Jock O’ the Syde
I’m delighted to be returning for the third year running to work with the Primary 7s at Trinity Primary School in Hawick as they prepare for their own dramatisation of a Border Ballad and performing it at the Hawick Reiver’s … Continue reading
Posted in Festivals, Schools, Workshops
Tagged collaboration, creative music workshops, Hawick, Primary 7, Scottish Borders, traditional music, workshops
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Autumn term dates and a few changes
The new dates for flute and whistle classes in Portobello are now live and there will be six fortnightly classes between now and Christmas for both Beginner and Improver groups, commencing on Thursday 6 September . A new feature is … Continue reading
Posted in classes, Community, FluteFling, Website
Tagged beginner, classes, community, creative music workshops, edinburgh, flute, improver, Irish, portobello, Scots, Scots Music Group, tin whistle, traditional music
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Flutes and whistles celebrate Midsummer at Hailes Castle
Fun Flute and Scots Music Group Beginner Whistle students performed traditional music last month in the striking setting of Hailes Castle in East Lothian. The summer terms at Fun Flute and the Scots Music Group have now finished, but there … Continue reading
Thomas the Rhymer School project in Hawick
This week sees the culmination of a collaborative project with artist Jane Gaze and the P6 and P7 children and teachers at Trinity Primary School in Hawick and I am enjoying working with them again. The project, which was praised … Continue reading
Posted in Festivals, Schools, Uncategorized, Workshops
Tagged Border Ballad, creative music workshops, Hawick, Scots, Scottish Borders, traditional music, workshops
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Flutes and whistles: Midwinter at Craigmillar Castle
Midwinter at Craigmillar Castle, a recording of whistles and flutes playing traditional music in Craigmillar Castle in Edinburgh has just been made available. Just before Christmas students from Fun Flute and SMG whistle came together to play some tunes in … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Events, Fun Flute, Scots Music Group
Tagged beginner, classes, collaboration, community, creative music workshops, edinburgh, flute, improver, Irish, MP3, Scots, Scots Music Group, tin whistle, traditional music
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Joy of Sound Workshop in Edinburgh
This Friday I’ll be running a creative music workshop as part of a collaborative event in Edinburgh organised by Edinburgh volunteer Will Golding and Joy of Sound, an inclusive particpatory music-making charity based in London. All people are welcome. Celebrating … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Events, Workshops
Tagged collaboration, creative music workshops, inclusion, SEN, special needs
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Surround Sound at North Berwick
Last week I returned to Law Primary School at North Berwick to deliver Surround Sound to P5s. The workshop explores music and sound inspired by nature and uses natural found objects as instruments. Situated at the foot of the dominating … Continue reading
Posted in Schools, Workshops
Tagged creative music workshops, East Lothian, Primary 5, Surround Sound, workshops
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Coldstream Border Gaitherin 2011
I can confirm that I will be running two workshops and performing at this year’s Border Gaitherin’ Festival in Coldstream. One workshop will be on traditional whistle, the other on traditional flute. There is also an end of festival performance … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Events, Festivals, News, Workshops
Tagged advanced, beginner, Border Gaitherin, Coldstream, creative music workshops, flute, Scottish Borders, tin whistle, traditional music
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Surround Sound in East Lothian
Following on from a successful pilot scheme in Summer 2010, I have begun delivering a new series of Surround Sound workshops in East Lothian primary schools. These creative music workshops explore the sounds of nature and how they influence music, … Continue reading
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Tagged creative music workshops, East Lothian, Surround Sound
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