Tyneside Fiddle Alliance and Phoenix Chamber Folk Ensemble present Music in our Roots A celebration of new and old folk melodies from the North East and beyond, by two of the region’s leading community folk ensembles. Saturday 23rd November 2024, 7.00pm (doors 6.30pm) St George’s Church, St George’s Close, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 2TF. Tickets are £7 each…
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…
Tyneside Fiddle Alliance Annual Concert
The Tyneside Fiddle Alliance will be performing their annual November concert in St Mary’s Heritage Centre, where we meet on the first and third Thursdays of the month between 6.30 and 8.30 pm. The group continues to go from strength to strength and is a wonderful example of community music making. In the concert this…
Tyneside Fiddle Alliance Concert
Tyneside Fiddle Alliance Concert Thurs 23rd June, 7.30pm Rehearsals have been going extremely well for the TFA concert, and we have had fantastic attendances at recent meetings. St George’s Church in Jesmond is a beautiful venue with great acoustics in which to play, so come along for a real treat of a concert from the…
Morpeth Northumbrian Gathering
Fri 1st – Sun 3rd April @ Morpeth The 49th wonderful Morpeth Northumbrian Gathering will be taking place during the 1st weekend in April this year. “An exciting three-day annual festival of street entertainment, indoor events, music, dance, craft, dialect, heritage and traditional fun!” I will be involved on the Saturday, playing for the clog competitions…
Recordings
-
Upcoming Events
Oct26Sun10:00 am Advanced Fiddle Workshop – Oct 2025 @ Wall Village HallAdvanced Fiddle Workshop – Oct 2025 @ Wall Village HallOct 26 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Advanced Fiddle Workshop – Oct 2025 with Stewart Hardy Sun 26th October, 10.00 am – 5.00 pm Wall Village Hall, Northumberland NE46 4DX Advanced Fiddle Technique workshop. If you are interested in signing up, please...Nov7Friall-day JSArts Fiddle Technique @ Rydal HallJSArts Fiddle Technique @ Rydal HallNov 7 – Nov 9 all-day
JSArts Fiddle Technique 7th – 9th November 2025 Rydal Hall, Ambleside LA22 9LX 3.00 pm start and finish time. £402 fully inclusive (except bar drinks) Join Stewart in the beautiful surroundings of Rydal Hall in...Nov15Sat7:00 pm Music in our Roots 2025 – TFA & ... @ St George's ChurchMusic in our Roots 2025 – TFA & ... @ St George's ChurchNov 15 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Tyneside Fiddle Alliance and Phoenix Chamber Folk Ensemble present Music in our Roots 2025 A further celebration of new and old folk melodies from the North East and beyond, by two of the region’s leading... Facebook Feed
A new Tune Vault video! 🎻🎶🎧The Tune Vault has been much neglected of late, for all sorts of good reasons! Here’s a wild tune from the William Vickers Manuscript to blow away the cobwebs.
Scotch Lilt
youtu.be
Scotch Lilt- The Tune Vault by Stewart HardyA wild and raucous tune to be found in the William Vickers Manuscript. It probably originates in Scotland where ...
🎻 Following the wonderful response to the Advanced Fiddle Technique workshop we held this time last year, we have decided to put on another one. Expect some meaty tunes that you can really get your teeth into, with a focus on technique and style.The tunes themselves will be selected from a list that includes a fabulously groovy Swedish waltz, Vals från Seglora, my West Allen Jig, an old favourite reel by Tom Anderson, Da Sweerie Box, and the utterly amazing Shotgun Polska by Andy May (which started life as an innocent 3/2 hornpipe and was adopted by his Finnish colleagues in Baltic Crossing). What a stonker of a tune!!
📆 Sunday 26th October, 10:00 - 5:00 pm in Wall Village Hall.
🎟 Bookings are now open. If you are interested in coming, please see the Event or website for details and get in touch for bookings.
This content isn't available at the moment
When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it, or it's been deleted.
🎶 One of my favourite Scots (aka ‘Scotch’) measures is heading for The Tune Vault!I taught 'The Farther ben the Wilkemar' at the last JSArts Advanced Fiddle course to a lovely group of players. It’s an absolute cracker and significantly different from the currently better known Shetland version. Well worth a look, particularly for fans of Nathaniel Gow’s 'Lady Mary Hay’s Scotch Measure'.
The Farther ben the Wilkemar
The Farther ben the Wilkemar | The Tune Vault
youtu.be
The Farther ben the Wilkemar (Further Been the Welcomer / Da Farder Ben da Wylcomer)- The Tune Vault by Stewart HardyI was first introduced to this tune by ...