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.
March 2010
Fri 5th Bluegrass/Old Time workshop with Rick Townend at St Julian's Club, Sevenoaks, Kent. info www.ricktownend.co.uk
Sat 13 Mellor Brook Fiddle Day ith Nick Wyke and Becki Driscoll in Lancashire. Info from soundpost@fiddlemusic.co.uk or 07745 493135
Fri 19–21 Niel Gow Festival orkshops, concerts etc with Aongais Grant, Lauren MacColl and others. Visit www.niel-gow.co.uk or call 01350 728920
Fri 19–21 KlezNorth 2010 lezmer workshop at Youlgrave, Derbyshire with Ilana Cravitz. Info from judithplowman@googlemail.com
Sat 27–28 Bruce MacGregor Fiddle School t Bogbain Farm, Inverness. Info from bruce@bogbainfarm.com
Sat 27 Mixed Instrument Workshop ncluding fiddle with Carly Blain at Alington House, Durham. Info from folkworks@thesagegateshead.org or call 0191 443
Sat 27 Fiddle Workshop ith Ben Paley at Elephant & Castle, Lewes, Sussex. Info from 01273 476757 or ValmaiGoodyear@aol.com
APRILMon 5–9 Sore Fingers Summer School b luegrass and Old time workshops for mixed instruments at Kingham, Oxfordshire. www.sorefingers.co.uk
Fri 16–17 Blowzabella Day oncerts and workshops including fiddle with David Shepherd at Thoresbury Park, Ollerton, Notts. Info from 0788 794 8873 or info@pauljames.eu
Sat 16–18 Bruce MacGregor Fiddle School t Bogbain Farm, Inverness. Info from bruce@bogbainfarm.com
Fri 23–26 FiddleOn 10th Anniversary Weekend essions, walks, workshops and fun at Wilderhope Manor in Shropshire
Sat 24–26 Lismore Fiddle Retreat ith Mairi Campbell on Lismore, West Coast of Scotland. Info from: mairi_campbell@hotmail.com
Sat April 24–May1 Old-Time week ith Dave Bing and Kate Lissauer in Andalucia, Spain. Info from kate@katelissauer.com
Fri 30–2 May Folk Fiddle ith Anna Esslemont at Farncombe Estate, Worcestershire. Info visit www.farncombeestate.com or 01386 854100
May
Sat 2–9 Old-Time week ith Dave Bing and Kate Lissauer in Andalucia, Spain. Info from kate@katelissauer.com
Sat 29–31 Lismore Fiddle Retreat ith Mairi Campbell on Lismore, West Coast of Scotland. Info from: mairi_campbell@hotmail.com
June
Sun 27–3 July Traditional Irish Music Workshop and Easy Peasy Whistle Week t The Boghill Centre, County Clare. Info: www.boghill.com
28–3 July Guitar and Fiddle Workshop ith Kevin Dempsey and Joe Broughton at La Moreau, Charente Maritime, France. Info from www.creativevacances.com orwww.dempseybroughton.com
July
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
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
August
Sun 1–7 International Fiddle School ith Harald Haugaard and other in Solingen, Germany. Info fromwww.haugaardsfiddleschool.com/ or 49 212 66544
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
Sun 1–7 Traditional Irish Music Worksho t The Boghill Centre, County Clare. Info from:www.boghill.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 orwww.dempseybroughton.com
September
Sat 18–20 Lismore Fiddle Retreat ith Mairi Campbell on Lismore, West Coast of Scotland. Info from: mairi_campbell@hotmail.com
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 18–23 Blazin’ in Beauly ith Blazin’ Fiddles and others in Beauly, Inverness-shire. Info from
www.blazininbeauly.com/
December
Fri 10–12 Folk Fiddle ith Anna Esslemont at Farncombe Estate,
Worcestershire. Info visit www.farncombeestate.com or 01386 854100
Please check all details with the organisers.
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.
