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….
The Gift – Review
We were delighted to receive a fabulous review of The Gift in the latest editions of The Living Tradition. The review is written by John O’Regan of ARC Music who is based in Limerick. two musical minds entwined creatively, each gifting the other with their presence and personality, producing music that’s at once emotional, beautiful and…
NEFS Celebrates its First Birthday!
North East Fiddle School has now completed a whole year and 10th January 2019 is our first birthday! And what a wonderful year it has been. The support from the participants has been outstanding – their commitment and good will are vital to the success of the project. We’ve also benefited from the work of some…
The Lads Like Beer
I am delighted to announce that the foremost authority on James Hill, Tyneside’s fiddling hero, has given me permission to stock his wonderful book and accompanying CD. So, Graham Dixon’s The Lads Like Beer is now for sale in the shop! Many of the tunes performed in Jimmy’s Fiddle can be found in this book, along with…
JSArts Announcement
Big changes are coming into effect at JSArts; after more than twenty-five years of running workshops, Jo and Jimmy have finally decided that from the end of June 2019, the time has come to step back and hand over the reins to someone else. The name is staying the same whilst the running of JSArts…
Jimmy’s Fiddle
What a great night was had by all at the seaside in Cullercoats last week! It was the first performance of Jimmy’s Fiddle, a wonderful show by Tom McConville and Alan Fitzsimmons all about the life and music of James Hill. There were fiddle tunes, songs and some fabulous clog dancing. Congratulations to fellow cast members Tom…
Folkest with Frank McLaughlin
Frank & I had a fab time playing at Folkest in northern Italy earlier this summer, where we were joined (and frankly upstaged) by Frank’s two sons, Euan and Lewis, for a couple of sets of tunes. The boys also wowed audiences with their own duo performances. Frank was able to bask in a father’s reflected…
‘Sacred Spaces, Secular Sounds’ ~ July 2018
Frank and I are touring in July, taking in some gorgeous acoustics around the north and east of England and the Borders. In our tour of “Sacred Spaces, Secular Sounds” we will perform traditional and self-penned material from our new album ‘The Gift’ alongside tunes from the critically acclaimed album ‘Root2’, exemplifying ‘the very best of partnerships…
RIP Alex Padraig Siday
A tune composed in memory of a wonderful man – a talented fiddle player and regular attendee at our Whickham Workshops for many years. Lament for Alex Padraig Siday (S. Hardy) Download the zip file containing the notation (pdf), mp3 and AAC files.
New half-term at NEFS
We’ve had a great start to the North East Fiddle School and have been delighted by the response from all the participants. We are now planning the next five-weeks of torment tuition(!), with scales, exercises and drills, and maybe one or two new tunes! It’s a great way to improve your fiddle tone, intonation, groove and…
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Upcoming Events
Nov13Friall-day Cancelled: Fiddle Technique @ Shepherd's DeneCancelled: Fiddle Technique @ Shepherd's DeneNov 13 – Nov 15 all-day
Fiddle Technique 13th – 15th November 2020 Shepherd’s Dene, Riding Mill, Northumberland NE44 6AF Join Stewart in the beautiful Northumbrian setting of Shepherd’s Dene near Riding Mill, for a weekend of intensive fiddle tuition. The... Facebook Feed
New workshops for October on Zoom!
A play-along session with suggested harmonies provided, on Friday evening, 2nd October - all instruments welcome.
Two fiddle workshops on Sat 3rd October, each one aimed at a slightly different level and focusing on a specific element of technique. Don't worry, there will be a tune in each workshop as well - carefully chosen to put the technique into practice!
Send an email or message the page to book 😊🎻🎼October Workshops on Zoom 🎧🖥
Fri 2nd Oct, 7 - 9 pm: Play-along session in Harmony for Mixed Instruments 🎻🎹🎸🎺
Sat 3rd Oct, 10 am - 12 noon: Fiddle Workshop 1 (Competent Beginners to Upper Intermediates) 🎻
Sat 2rd Oct, 2 - 4 pm: Fiddle Workshop 2 (Intermediate to Advanced) 🎻🎻
Full details here:
www.stewarthardy.co.uk/october-workshops/This was fun! Can't believe it was 3 weeks ago already! It was wonderful to see so many enthusiastic participants as well - thank you so much to all who took part 😊
We hope lots of you will be up for some more weekly online videos and new 'live teaching' as we gear up for the next block. Info and bookings on www.northeastfiddleschool.org.uk/Thank you to all our wonderful Virtual Summer School tutors who put in so much time to produce the resources, video tutorials and the concert, and taught live on Zoom too - brilliant job all round!
www.northeastfiddleschool.org.uk/