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…
The Gift Launch Date
Frank and I are very excited about this – our new album, The Gift, will be launched on 3rd April 2018. Keep an eye open for details about pre-ordering the CD, and there might be some special bundles available to those who support us by pre-ordering! And don’t forget to save the date for the…
Edinburgh Folk Club with Frank
We are delighted to have been invited up to the Edinburgh Folk Club to play on Wednesday 7th February. They have a spectacular line-up of acts scheduled this year and it will be a great gig to kick off 2018. They start at 8pm, and tickets are available online from Brown Paper Tickets. We thought last…
Happy Christmas one and all!
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and may your New Year be filled with fiddle music! It’s not too late to sign up for the first half-term for classes at the North East Fiddle School! Indeed, if your New Year’s Resolutions include self-improvement, doing something creative, or dedicating a small amount of time to yourself…
‘Tis Holly & Ivy Season
The School Performances have started and we had a wonderful evening at a House Concert at the beginning of December. Coming up are three public performances – all very different, so take your pick or come along to all three! Saturday 16th December: A Midwinter Warmer. This evening concert in Seaton Sluice Community Centre at 7.30…
Concert in Alnwick tonight
It’s short notice, but if you can join me in Alnwick this evening there promises to be a lovely little concert in St Michael’s Church. I’ll be joining Bryan Jackson and Alan Edwards for An Evening of Light Music arranged for three fiddles. All the details are on the Event page – come along if…
Announcing the North East Fiddle School
We are extremely excited to be able to announce a new project for 2018, the North East Fiddle School. If you missed our special announcement Newsletter at the end of November, then below is the message that Stewart sent out. We have appreciated all the support we’ve received so far, and can’t wait to get…
Fiddle Day Adult places sell out!
It’s fantastic news that the Fiddle Day has had such a good response, and that all the adult spaces for the day are now sold out. It is going to be a marvellous day of fiddle teaching and music making. There are still spaces left on the Youth Workshop, so if you know of any…
Fiddle Day Workshops
I am delighted to announce that I will be teaching a day of Fiddle Workshops on Sunday 10th Dec, 2017 in Low Fell, Gateshead. The focus will be on tunes and techniques for fiddle players, featuring popular and interesting folk tunes and the techniques required to bring these to life on the fiddle (bowing, groove, ornamentation). The adult…
A week with Frank
Looking forward to a week with Frank McLaughlin up in Edinburgh. We’ll be rehearsing lots, but also spending time with the splendid Richard of B & B Studios in Edinburgh, mixing the new album. We’ll be finishing the week back down in the North East and are delighted to be playing a House Concert on…
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Mar20Wed6:30 pm North East Fiddle School: 2019 B... @ Westfield School - Senior HouseNorth East Fiddle School: 2019 B... @ Westfield School - Senior HouseMar 20 @ 6:30 pm – 9:15 pmNORTH EAST FIDDLE SCHOOL Five week course: Weds 27th Feb – 27th Mar 2019 Level 2 – Technique (6.30 – 7.45 pm) and Style (8.00 – 9.15 pm) £80 Level 3 – Technique (6.30 – 7.45...Mar22Friall-day Fiddle Techniques Workshop – Ful... @ JSArtsFiddle Techniques Workshop – Ful... @ JSArtsMar 22 – Mar 24 all-day
Fiddle Techniques with Stewart Hardy Fully Booked Tunes are carefully selected to work as exercises demonstrating particular techniques, whilst at the same time providing a melodic stimulus. Exercises are extracted from the tunes to facilitate applying the...Mar27Wed6:30 pm North East Fiddle School: 2019 B... @ Westfield School - Senior HouseNorth East Fiddle School: 2019 B... @ Westfield School - Senior HouseMar 27 @ 6:30 pm – 9:15 pmNORTH EAST FIDDLE SCHOOL Five week course: Weds 27th Feb – 27th Mar 2019 Level 2 – Technique (6.30 – 7.45 pm) and Style (8.00 – 9.15 pm) £80 Level 3 – Technique (6.30 – 7.45...Mar28Thu7:30 pm Jimmy’s Fiddle / Gosforth @ Gosforth Civic TheatreJimmy’s Fiddle / Gosforth @ Gosforth Civic TheatreMar 28 @ 7:30 pm
“Jimmy’s Fiddle” is launching its next mini-tour with a North East show at Gosforth Civic Theatre on Thurs 28th March at 7.30 pm Join us for a night of music, dance, songs and humour as... Facebook Feed
JSArts Music Workshops are intensive residential weekend courses tutored by Stewart Hardy Music. Friendly, small groups of Fiddles or Mixed Instruments are hosted in beautiful venues in County Durham and the Lake District. All courses are fully catered with single occupancy, mainly en suite, accommodation and all tuition and resources, both audio and notation, are included.
- Fiddle Technique
- Arrangement Techniques for Mixed Instruments
- Advanced Fiddle Technique
- Advanced Style & Repertoire for Mixed Instruments
www.stewarthardy.co.uk/jsarts/Great to see the gig with Frank on Thurs 30th May already in the brochure! Delighted to be returning to the Swallow Theatre. Event details will be on the duo page soon (Stewart Hardy and Frank McLaughlin)Our new brochure is now out! It will be appearing in shops, cafes, libraries and visitor centres in the area over the next couple of weeks. Friends of The Swallow Theatre will receive their copies by post this week. And all our shows are on our website at www.swallowtheatre.co.uk/all-events/
We hope there will be something to tempt you to visit us.
Rouse Ye Women, Eco Drama, Dyad Productions, Brooks Williams, Tin Can People, Stewart Hardy Music, David William Bryan, Hotbuckle Productions, Tenterhooks, And this is my friend Mr. Laurel, Fitzwilliam String Quartet, Dumfries And Galloway Arts Festival, Puppet Animation ScotlandMusic for a Spring Evening. Fri 15th March, 7.30 pm. Fundraising concert in Embleton, Northumberland with Alan Edwards and Bryan Jackson
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