Linsey Aitken & Ken Campbell
Wednesday October 19th
Evening Meal
To
entertain us… sold out at Celtic
Connections Jan 2016 …..One of Scotland’s most distinctive duos with a unique
sound and repertoire, an unusual combination of instruments and harmony, cello,
guitar, pipes and voice www.linskencotland.scot
WORKSHOP Thursday October 20th
– workshop
10am – 12 noon
Arranging Music! – a workshop to find out how to
produce harmony parts, accompaniment and arrangement of tunes. We will start with three traditional tunes
(provided in advance), all you need to do is to bring along your instrument (be
it fiddle, whistle, guitar, uke… or voice) and creativity! Come and try, open to those with a basic
knowledge of their own instrument. The
workshop is led by Linsey Aitken and Ken Campbell, a celebrated Scottish
touring duo who produce distinctive sounds with their unique combination of
instruments. In addition to the songs
that we focus on, they will bring along examples of arrangements from their
repertoire and explain how these were conceived and written.
Class
size 15
Finlay Allison
Finlay is a freelance musician and tutor and has been
playing on the Scottish folk music scene for many years. His inspiration and enthusiasm has generated
a bit of a ukulele revolution across Scotland - his Ukulele School and Ukulele
Workshops at Celtic Connections are sell-out attractions every year. We are lucky to attract a tutor of his
calibre – luckily he likes visiting Braemar so this is his third visit to
Braemar Arts Festival!
Friday October 23rd Ukulele for absolute beginners. 10-12 noon
Ukuleles
available to borrow. Join the ukulele
revolution and discover just how much fun ukulele playing can be. Ability to read music isn’t essential. A handful of chords opens up a world of music!
Class
size: 25
Friday October 23rd Ukulele for improvers
2-4 pm
for
those who already know some basic chords and would like to extend their
capabilities
Class
size 25
Saturday October 24th Ukulele techniques 10-12
noon
–
how to play with other ukes to make a dynamic group sound; tips on arranging,
strumming, intros and outros, and a brief look at tablature
Class
size: 25
Saturday October 24th Traditional music
group workshop
2-4 pm – open to those with a basic
knowledge of their own instrument who would like to play well-known tunes in
informal sessions. Suitable for fiddle,
guitar, ukulele, whistle etc.
Class
size: 25
Liz Robertson
Tin whistle for
absolute beginners.
Whistles are cheap (and not necessarily made of tin!),
portable and great fun to play. Bring along your high D whistle and give it a
go. We will aim to master a couple of
simple traditional Scottish tunes.
CERAMICS
Hand-made ceramics
with Hilary Duncan Thurs 20th OctoberTimes:10.00-13.00
Class description:
In October there will be some lovely seed-heads around, so we’ll have a look at
them, draw them and make our own from clay. These will be glazed and
fired, and you can mount them on stalks of willow to display in a vase or in
your garden.
No Materials Required:
Max 8people Cost : £30 including materials and
glazing
HELEN JACKSON –Cordage and coiling
Wednesday 19th
Max 8
Cost £30 includes main materials
9.30am - 12.30pm
Class description: Learn the technique of making cordage out of
natural leaves and fibres then make it into a basket using the coiling method.
Materials required: suggested
materials to bring: dried cocosmia, iris, rush, pine needles etc.
MAGGIE PATIENCE – Mosaics
Wednesday 19 th and Thursday
20thMax 5 8 hours of instruction over 2 days for £65Wed. 10.00 – 15.00 and follow up
grouting class Thursday 20th from 11.00 – 14.00.
TOM BANKS – Wood CarvingFriday 21st 10.00 – 16.00Max. 6
£50 inc materialsLearn to carve a traditional Scottish whisky quaich. This course
is a little more physical than other courses such as the intro course or spoon
carving as you will be carving a large piece of wood.You will learn all the green wood
skills and tool techniques needed to carve your own wooden traditional quaich.
Starting with the carving axe you will move through the tools onto the gouge
and finally the carving knife. This is a great course that is very
rewarding and you get to walk away with a beautiful wooden quaich at the end
(an ideal wedding gift). DONALD BLACK –
SCOTTISH TRADITIONAL HARMONICA WORKSHOPWednesday 19th
October 10.00 – 12.30 then 13.30 – 15.00Class Size – 12Cost including purchase
of Harmonica - £40
Although it is most probable that some people will come along who already
can play a tune or two (even much more) on the instrument, this workshop will
focus very much on absolute beginners. Non-beginners, however, ARE also very
welcome as they can/will enrich the experience by contributing their own
knowledge and skills – and hopefully pick up some extra ideas and skills on the
way.
So, this workshop will involve the following - with relevant handouts.
Brief introduction to
the harmonica:- This will
cover the instrument's evolution and history, different manufacturers, types
and their purposes.
Learning to play some
notes:- This will promote all participants getting the
“feel” of the instrument and initially getting to learn where the different
notes are.
Learning to play some
whole TUNES on the harmonica:- This will
involve participants tackling and succeeding to play a slow air, or waltz, or
march etc – AT THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL SPEED – with lots of encouragement, help
and advice from Donald.
To
facilitate learning to play tunes there will be several relevant handouts given
out. All of these are based on a very inexpensive and appropriate instrument –
the Hohner “Big Valley” tremolo 24 note model. To ensure the best usage of time
and to obtain maximum benefit from this workshop, it is hoped that participants
will purchase one of these, which Donald will bring with him. For people to
bring along harmonicas of different types, keys and sizes to this type of
workshop would prove to be very problematic. So, everyone will be
learning/playing in unison and in the same key (ie D). All handouts will be
tailored to this. Please note:- the price of these is £12 each – much less than
if purchased in the shops!! No profit is being made by Donald on the sale of
these.
Intermittently, there will be OPEN DISCUSSION,
QUESTION & ANSWER SESSIONS where Donald will pass on any ideas and
demonstrate some PLAYING TECHNIQUES.
In all of this Donald identifies two main objectives:-
1. To be able to make a good start
in effectively PLAYING SCOTTISH TRADITIONAL MUSIC ON THE HARMONICA
2. To ENJOY.
Paper Sculptures – Friday 21st
October
Pop up card for children 10.00 – 12.00
Tutor: Sofia
Sita – Suitable for children aged 8+
Class size
max 10 Cost £12 (inc materials)
Sofia will
guide you through paper craft methods to make some original pop up
illustrations.
This workshop will teach you how to create unique hand crafted pop
up cards, using cut-out paper and folds. This course is suitable for all, with
or without experience.
Carousel book card
13.30 - 16.00
Tutor: Sofia
Sita – Suitable for children aged 12+ and adults
Class Size
max 10 Cost £12 (inc materials)
A "carousel" or "star" book consists
of several accordion-fold sheets bound together to create layered stage-like
pages.
Students will learn the basics of constructing one page
of the book and, if they want, do the other pages at home. Illustrations will
made with premade stamps or, otherwise participants should bring images or
collage materials which they can use to create a visual story.
A bit about the
tutor:
Sofia is an Italian illustrator.
She studied Painting and Fine Arts in Milan and Editorial
Illustration in Bologna. There she specialized in illustrations for magazine
and educational illustrations.
She worked for: 1977 magazine, Skinny magazine, Creative
Dundee, Chicken and broccoli magazine and more..
Websites: http://sofiasita.wix.com/sofiasita
Email: sita.sofia.elena@gmail.com
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