Splore Traditional Music Summer School
27th - 31st July 2009

The Splore offers classes in fiddle, whistle, guitar and percussion for students aged 12 - 16, with tutors from leading young trad band. All for just £100 including lunch.

Residential places are also available. The residential option is an additonal £100 and includes accommodation in single bedrooms at the University of Aberdeen, breakfast and dinner.

The course ends with a public sharing for friends and family on Friday 31 July.


" this has been an amazing week - inspirational, challenging and fun"

" the tutors were all brilliant, great fun and friendly"

" I loved the chance to meet other young people interested in traditional music and to learn new tunes"

" great fun - I've come away once again enthused and inspired"


Past students include Daniel Thorpe (finalist - BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award 2008) Mairearad Green, (Box Club and the Poozies) Mark Laurenson, Vaila Tait, Innes Watson (Borders Young Fiddles) and Amy Lord (semi-finalist BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award).

Students have gone on to study at Plockton and RSAMD and many are now pursuing careers in traditional music. Most students taking part in Splore come from Scotland, however we have welcomed students from Brittany in France, Waterford in Ireland, Israel, Japan and Norway.

Amy Lord was also a finalist in the Young Traditional Musician competition. Mairearad Green plays with the band Box Club and with the Poozies (Cloud 9 are no more). Also could you mention Bodega by name, and add that they were winners of the BBC2 Young Folk Award?