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…
Bottle Bank Band September Gigs
Towards the end of this month I am looking forward to performing three local gigs with my esteemed colleagues in Bottle Bank Band. We are excited to be playing in The Vault in Hexham, a new live music venue in a cellar under the Haslam’s of Hallgate Gallery. This is followed by the beautiful acoustics of…
New Learning Resources Available
Well, the IT elves have been busy behind the scenes, and we are delighted to be able to offer some new Learning Resources on the website. If you haven’t explored these before, they are single, or small collections of tunes, such as might be taught in workshops. If you are interested in expanding your repertoire, or…
Rothbury Traditional Music Festival 2017
The music festival at Rothbury is a delightful weekend celebrating the traditional music of Northumberland and the Borders. We will be heading there early on Saturday morning to run workshops from 10.30 am until 12 pm, one each on fiddle and guitar; Stewart will be in the Main Hall and Frank will be in the…
Summer 2017
Well, the summer is nearly here, and the double edition of the newsletter has just been sent out. You can read all the upcoming news here, with details of gigs, workshops and a summer school which is fast approaching! Following a truly fantastic tour with Frank in May, we have recently been working on (and…
May Tour with Frank McLaughlin
Well, it’s getting closer now, and Frank and I are looking forward to heading off around the country, visiting and performing in some lovely venues. We are delighted to have been invited to play at The Swallow Theatre in Dumfries and Galloway, as it has been many years since we last played in that area….
Morpeth Community Strings
As part of the Morpeth Northumbrian Gathering, I will be leading two Community Strings workshops, culminating in a performance at the Golden Gala Concert on the Friday night at the Gathering. These two workshops will be rehearsing arrangements of tunes I composed to commemorate the tricentenary of the Town Hall – all welcome, just turn…
Cracking Concert in Stocksfield
We had a fantastic time in Stocksfield on Feb 11th. There was a great crowd, and The Stocksfield Stompers provided a wonderful first half hour of tunes and songs to get us underway. Many thanks to Chris Pentney of Sharper Than who organised the concert, arranged the hall & bar and provided a fabulous tea…
Sixty Minutes an Hour ~ Album Launch
Excitement levels are rising as we approach the album launch for Maddison’s Thread‘s new album, Sixty Minutes an Hour. Lee has done an amazing job with the songs and lots of fun was had adding the arrangements. Tonight is the first launch concert at Hartlepool Cricket Club and we are looking forward to a very…
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Early Summer Term Five week course (25th Apr- 23rd May 2018) Technique Class: 18:30 – 19:45 Style Class: 20:00 – 21:15 Both classes will be available at two ability levels. (Level 1: beginner/intermediate; Level...Apr28Sat7:30 pm MT: T-Junction International Poe... @ mimaMT: T-Junction International Poe... @ mimaApr 28 @ 7:30 pm
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Fiddle Techniques with Stewart Hardy 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 technique to...May27Sun4:00 pm Maddison’s Thread @ Chilli CakeMaddison’s Thread @ Chilli CakeMay 27 @ 4:00 pm
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After a fabulous tour of Germany and the Netherlands, now looking ahead to what's next... did you see the April Newsletter? It has a sneak preview of the July tour dates with Frank!!! All past newsletters are here...
www.stewarthardy.co.uk/news/newsletter/It's been a great start to the tour - fab venues, lovely people and terrific hospitality. Gosh, it's such a rotten job!! 🎻🎵🍰☕
It was a fabulous night on Wednesday at the Launch Concert - thanks to all who were able to come along. Safely crossed the North Sea and in the Netherlands now - and all sound checked for the first gig at Peter en Leni in Steendam.
Many thanks to everyone who came out on a rather damp and miserable evening on Wednesday! We had a great night celebrating the launch of the new album. Special thanks to Scott and all at Gosforth Civi...