I am excited to annouce that there will be three online Fiddle Workshops on 25th and 26th July, open to all intermediate & advanced fiddle players. Drawing on what we have learned in various group workshops during lockdown these workshops will be held on Zoom, focusing on three fabulous tunes associated with the North East….
Virtual Summer School with NEFS
North East Fiddle School is hosting an online Summer School in August with some wonderful guest tutors. There will be guided fiddle practices, live workshops, exclusive video tutorials, Q&A panels, a play-along session led by the tutors and a Summer School Tutors’ Concert. Melissa Whitehead and I are joined by Sophy Ball, Kevin Lees, Grace…
Virtual NEFS!
North East Fiddle School is online! We are running our first block of virtual classes, using pdfs of worksheets, audio files of studio recordings of the tunes at different speeds, and video tutorials on YouTube for interactive technical practice sessions and for teaching the tunes with bowing and ornamentation. We are also running Fiddle Technique…
Interesting times
Well, it’s the morning after the PM’s address to the nation advising against unnecessary contact and travel, staying away from pubs and theatres and working from home wherever possible. Quite where that leaves us is difficult to say. Schools are still open for now so does that mean educational activity is still encouraged? Probably not,…
A Spring Celebration
Tyneside Fiddle Alliance are hosting a concert which will be A Spring Celebration of Northumbrian Music, and will be joined the by The Northumbrian Ranters. The concert will be in St George’s Church, Jesmond on Saturday 14th March and will provide a feast of traditional music from Northumberland and beyond. The Northumbrian Ranters are a…
New Tunes for Christmas
As a celebration of the year, or indeed in an effort to focus on the positive in these current ‘interesting times’, I’d like to offer four tunes, free to download for a limited period, that came too late to be included in my 30 Years Collection. Links to the audio, notation and the zip files…
37th Annual Glenties Fiddlers Weekend
Graham Dixon continues to be a great ambassador for the fiddle music of North East England. His books on Robert Whinham and James Hill are among my favourites and I would recommend them to anybody. He is also a lovely, lovely man. So when he asked me to play some of James Hill’s tunes to…
30 Years Collection
Exciting news! This book of original compositions is now out of my control and with the printers. Thirty years of life as a professional folk musician portrayed in melody… as well as the occasional harmony! Huge thanks to Amanda Jayne White (www.mandascat.com) for her original artwork for the cover, and to Rob Say for putting the…
2019 Tour Dates with Frank
Frank and I are delighted to be going on another tour at the end of May and beginning of June and are pleased to announce the first dates at some of our favourite venues. There are still some gaps to be filled, so if you know of a venue that would be interested in having…
Music for a Spring Evening
Looking forward to something a little different on 15th March. I’ll be joining Alan Edwards and Bryan Jackson as we take a stroll with our fiddles through a range of musical landscapes, from light classics to folk and swing. The concert is in the wonderful community of Embleton and will raise money for hall funds….
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Upcoming Events
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Fiddle Foundation Technique 10th – 12th July 2020 Parcevall Hall, Appletreewick, Skipton, N. Yorks BD23 6DG 3.00 pm start and finish time. Join Stewart in the beautiful surroundings of Parcevall Hall near Skipton, for a...Jul25Sat10:00 am July Fiddle Workshops – Lower In... @ Online - on ZoomJuly Fiddle Workshops – Lower In... @ Online - on ZoomJul 25 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
July Fiddle Workshops Lower Intermediate Learn a tune and all the fiddle techniques behind it to get the style and groove of the music into your playing. This live workshop will be delivered on Zoom,...2:00 pm July Fiddle Workshops – Upper In... @ Online - on ZoomJuly Fiddle Workshops – Upper In... @ Online - on ZoomJul 25 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pmJuly Fiddle Workshops Upper Intermediate Learn a tune and all the fiddle techniques behind it to get the style and groove of the music into your playing. This live workshop will be delivered on Zoom,...Jul26Sun2:00 pm July Fiddle Workshops – Advanced @ Online - on ZoomJuly Fiddle Workshops – Advanced @ Online - on ZoomJul 26 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pmJuly Fiddle Workshops Advanced Learn a tune and all the fiddle techniques behind it to get the style and groove of the music into your playing. This live workshop will be delivered on Zoom, with... Facebook Feed
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www.stewarthardy.co.uk/product-category/workshops/Wow! That's the 100th video tutorial just uploaded to YouTube! It's been a busy few months recording material for North East Fiddle School, Tyneside Fiddle Alliance, other workshops and students. As well as running online lessons and live Zoom workshops! Plans are underway to bring what has been learned to run some public fiddle workshops next month - watch this space! 🎻😀