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Aberdeen
International Youth Festival offers variety of options
for students interested in learning more about traditional
music and improving your skills.
Splore Traditional
Music Summer School
dates to be confirmed for 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. There will also be special two day
piping course running during the course.
The course ends with a public sharing for friends and
family on Friday 1 August.
" 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, (Cloud 9) 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.
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