email me: chris@fiddlingaround.co.uk
thanks to Fiddle On magazine for most of this info
Info on various fiddle styles at fiddlingaround.co.uk:
This page lists fiddle workshops and special fiddle events or fiddle festivals happening in the UK. Feel free to contact me with details of events you would like to see included.
July 2010
Sat 3–11 Willie Clancy Summer School orkshops, concerts and session in Miltoown Mobay, County Clare. For info visit www.setdancingnews.net
Sun 11–17 Traditional Irish Music Workshop t The Boghill Centre, County Clare. Info from:
www.boghill.com
Wed 14–18 The North Atlantic Fiddle Convention orkshops, concert, lectures etc at University of Aberdeen. Info from 01224 272996 or email: nafco@abdn.ac.uk
Sun 18–23 Traditional Music, Song and Dance Week usic and dance workshops including fiddle in Dundee. Info from: www.livingtradition.org.uk/
Mon 19–23 Taransay Fiddle Camp ith Alistair White, Alan Henderson, Charlie Mackerron, Patsy Reid on Taransey, Outer Hebrides. Info from Dolan at: dolanmorrison@tiscali.co.uk
Sun 25–30 Guitar and Instrumental Week usic workshops including fiddle in Dundee. Info from: www.livingtradition.org.uk/
August
Sun 1–7 International Fiddle School ith Harald Haugaard and other in Solingen, Germany. Info from www.haugaardsfiddleschool.com/ or 49 212 66544
Sun 1–7 Traditional Irish Music Workshop t The Boghill Centre, County Clare. Info from:
www.boghill.com
Mon 16–20 Sandpipers Fiddle Week orkshops with Emma Dixon and others at North Broomhill, Northumberland. Info from info@NorthumbrianSandpipers.com
Sun 25–6 Common Ground Scotland arious arts workshops including music in Dundee. Info from: www.livingtradition.org.uk/
Mon 9–15 Fiddle Frenzy orkshops, concerts and tours on Shetland with Catriona MacDonald and others. For info email: richard.wemyss@shetlandarts.org or visit: www.shetlandarts.org
Mon 9–14 Folkworks orkshops, sessions, concerts, ceilidhs in Durham. Info from 0191 443 4627 or visit www.thesagegateshead.org/folkworks
Fri 20–22 Django/Grappelli camp for violinists and guitarists ith Tim Kliphuis and Reinier Voet near Rotterdam, Holland. Info from info@timkliphuis.com
30 Aug–3 Sept Guitar and Fiddle Workshop ith Kevin Dempsey and Joe Broughton at La Moreau, Charente Maritime, France. Info from www.creativevacances.com or
www.dempseybroughton.com
Mon 20 Bluegrass Workshop ith Greg Smith at St Julian’s Club, Sevenoaks, Kent . Info from www.stjulians.co.uk
September
Wed 1–5 Fiddle Festival of Wales orkshops and concerts at Stackpole Centre, Pembrokeshire. Info from www.fiddlefestivalofwales.org.uk
Sat 4–11 Mixed Instrument Workshops
including fiddle with Aidan Broadbridge at St Audries Bay Holiday Club, West Quantoxhead, Somerset. Info from info@rodstradling.com
Sat 18–20 Lismore Fiddle Retreat ith Mairi Campbell on Lismore, West Coast of Scotland. Info from: mairi_campbell@hotmail.com
Fri 24_27 Walking Weekend in the Cotswolds alks sessions and fun. Info from sue.finlay12@btinternet.com (see ad)
Sat 25–October 2 Old-Time week ith Beverly Smith (fiddle) and Carl Jones (mandolin and banjo) in Andalucia, Spain. Info from kate@katelissauer.com
October
Sat 9–11 Lismore Fiddle Retreat ith Mairi Campbell on Lismore West Coast of Scotland. Info from: mairi_campbell@hotmail.com
Mon 11-15 Blazin’ in Beauly ith Blazin’ Fiddles, Brian Cromarty and others in Beauly, Inverness-shire. Info from
www.blazininbeauly.com
Fri 22–24 Sore Fingers Weekend ixed instrument Old Time workshops including fiddle with Dave Proctor and Ian Nicholls at Kingham Hill, Oxfordshire. Info from john@sorefingers.co.uk
Fri 29–7 Nov Perthshire Amber Festival oncerts, workshops and fiddle tune competition. For info visit: www.perthshireamber.com.
November
Fri 12–14 Walk and Fiddle Weekend alks sessions and fun on the Isle of Wight. Info from bobhuxtable@hotmail.com
Sat 13_14 Swedish Music Workshops ith Karin Wallin in a pub in central London. Info from taniasimon007@yahoo.co.uk
Fri 12–14 Fiddle 2010 orkshops, concerts, sessions etc in Edinburgh. For more info visit: www.scotsfiddlefestival.com
December
Fri 10–12 Folk Fiddle ith Anna Esslemont at Farncombe Estate, Worcestershire. Info visit www.farncombeestate.com or 01386 854100
February 2011
Sat 5–6 Strings at Witney orkshops including fiddle with concert at Witney, Oxfordshire. Info from www.handsonmusic.org.uk
CHRIS HAIGH is a fiddle player and fiddle teacher based in London:
I have developed an easy way to teach improvisation for the fiddle, (some people call it bluffing!) and give workshops in schools, at festivals and every year at the London Fiddlers Convention. I have done many workshops at Sidmouth Folk Festival and at the Brigg fiddle Festival. I have done educational tours for Folkworks, and was involved in a long series of school performances by Mike Adcock's Last Dance Orchestra, funded by the national Lottery. I have taught jazz violin at Middlesex, Newcastle,and Brunel Universities and Truro College, and have been booked as tutor at "Hands On" fiddle weekends (Fiddles@Witney), and at the Wigmore Hall. Workshop subjects include improvisation, swing, klezmer fiddle, East European fiddle, Western Swing and composition of fiddle tunes.
I also give private tuition.
My books "Fiddling around the World" and "Any fool can write Fiddle Tunes" are published by Spartan Press; I've written articles for Fiddle On, Acoustic Musician, the MU Musician magazine and the American Old Time Monthly. My book "The Fiddle Handbook" was published in August 09 by Backbeat/Hal Leonard.
