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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Stewart and Frank will be holding a full day’s Mixed Instrument workshop in Tulse Hill on Sunday 26th May. Stewart & Frank are both experienced and popular workshop leaders. Individually they teach regularly in their...May27Mon7:30 pm Stewart & Frank / Margate @ Rosslyn CourtStewart & Frank / Margate @ Rosslyn CourtMay 27 @ 7:30 pmPrivate performance: advanced bookings only – please contact Morag. Stewart and Frank will be offering workshops during the day at the same venue. Please get in touch for details and to book your space. Please try... Facebook Feed
Lovely afternoon for a trip up to The Ship Inn, Low Newton and chance to hear some wonderful songs by Lee Maddison. Fab!
What a lovely way to spend a Sunday afternoon, playing some of Lee Maddison's fabulous songs at The Ship Inn, Low Newton. Sun 12th May from 4 pm.
Lee
This Sunday, at The Ship Inn at Low Newton By-the-Sea in Northumberland, from 4pm, I'll be joined be the brilliant Stewart Hardy Music, to do this.Looking forward to getting out and about on tour with Frank. Details and ticket info on the website: www.stewarthardy.co.uk/events/
Taking in Kirkcaldy Acoustic Music Club, St George's in Wall Village Community, Tulse Hill (London SW2), Rosslyn Court, Uckfield in East Sussex, the Swallow Theatre in Dumfries & Galloway, a house concert in Edinburgh and St. Nicholas Church Guisborough - excellent!