Sunday 7th Aug sees the start of this year’s Fiddle Frenzy, a marathon seven-day and night music festival and summer school celebrating the contemporary culture of Shetland.
Fiddle Frenzy’s showcase concerts will feature Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham headlining the opening night concert on Sunday 7th August with Bodega, Harris Playfair’s Youth Big Band Project,…
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Fiddle Frenzy 2011 kicks off on Sunday
Posted by Bryan Peterson on August 3rd, 2011 No CommentsYouth Scholarships – Fiddle Frenzy & Harris Playfair Trad Big Band
Posted by Bryan Peterson on May 26th, 2011 No CommentsShetland Arts is offering free scholarship places for young musicians from Scotland’s Islands to visit Shetland and take part in two exiting music events this summer.
Scholarship students will participate in The Harris Playfair Youth Trad Big Band Project and Fiddle Frenzy, our renowned fiddle school that comprises a week long programme of tuition from…
Big Band Project October dates – notes to participants
Posted by Bryan Peterson on October 18th, 2010 No CommentsThe next Harris Playfair Big Band Project workshops and performance will be taking place at the following times and locations:
Workshops (Garrison Theatre, Lerwick – entry via stage door) These workshops are not open to the public – participation is by prior arrangement only
Thursday 21 Oct (5pm-9pm)
Friday 22 Oct (10am-3pm)
Saturday 23 Oct…
John Etheridge – Peerie Willie Guitar Season – October dates
Posted by Bryan Peterson on October 13th, 2010 1 CommentLead guitar in 1970s and 80s rock fusion band Soft Machine, long term collaboration with Stéphane Grappelli (following in Django Reinhardt’s footsteps), duos with classical guitarist John Williams, founder of the Zappatistas dedicated to keeping alive the music of Frank Zappa and a long and distinguished career as a leading jazz guitarist are just some…
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Posted by Shetland Arts on July 28th, 2010 No CommentsShetland is about to see the launch of a new youth ‘super group’ featuring some of the islands’ finest young musicians who, under the tutelage of Harris Playfair, Margaret Scollay and a range of youth tutors, will focus on material which spans jazz and traditional Shetland music with ‘big band’ style arrangements.
The as yet…
