Dee and Don Ceilidh Collective launches free workshops with top north-east musicians for 'Our Living Rivers and Glens' project
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A SERIES of free workshops have been launched offering people the chance to work with some of the north-east's best-loved traditional musicians – including fiddlers Charlie McKerron of Capercaillie and Tarland’s Paul Anderson.
The Dee and Don Ceilidh Collective, a charity based in Aberdeenshire, launched its "Our Living Rivers and Glens" project in May.
They encouraged participants to explore their local landscape and collect their responses in word, sound, video and images.
These impressions were then uploaded onto an online map.
Composers drew inspiration from the map to create new music and have met with participants through online Zoom workshops which has allowed them to be involved in the creative process.
People are now being encouraged to sign up for workshops to learn the specially composed music and song.
Participants will be able to work alongside fiddlers Adam Sutherland and Arthur Coates and multi-instrumentalists Hamish Napier and Fraser Fifield as well as on three new songs composed by singers Jenny Sturgeon, Iona Fyfe and Shona Donaldson.
Experienced tutors Averil Blackhall, Grace Banks, Pete MacCallum and Carola MacCallum will also be involved in the Zoom workshops, teaching the new tunes on a range of instruments including fiddle, guitar, voice and clarsach.
The workshops, suitable for all ages and levels of ability, begin on October 25 and run through until mid-November.
These include: Singing with Iona Fyfe on October 24 at 7pm; Hamish Napier (all instruments welcome) on October 25 at 7.30pm; Singing with Grace Banks on October 27 at 7.30pm; Paul Anderson (melody instruments welcome) on October 31 at 11am; Charlie McKerron and Pete MacCallum (all instruments welcome) on November 2 at 7.30pm; Averil Blackhall (beginner/intermediate) on November 6 at 10am; Fraser Fifield (all instruments welcome) on November 9 at 7.30pm; Arthur Coates (all instruments welcome) on November 10 at 7.30pm; Adam Sutherland (all instruments welcome) on November 13 at 11am; and Pete and Carola MacCallum (singing and accompanying instruments welcome) on November 13 at 1pm.
People can listen to the new tunes and songs composed for Our Living Rivers and Glens at https://bit.ly/3DJfMqj.
To sign for the workshops go to https://bit.ly/2YZMzbM.
