Tuition,
Education and Demonstration
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ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS CEILIDH DANCE
ADULT LEARNING 
84 Dalry Road,
Edinburgh EH11 2EP
tel 0131-337 5442 fax 0131-337 9316
BALNAIN HOUSE
40 Huntly Street, Inverness tel 01463-71 57 57
Practical Skills for Traditional Musicians. Training courses in practical issues for traditional musicians and singers.
BANJO (5-string) - NOEL ROCKS
tel 0131-337 8712
Learn to play lead, accompany songs, back tunes using three-finger picking/frailing or melodic claw-hammer. Try this practical and progressive approach and feel good about your banjo playing.
DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY "Sangs, Reels and High Jinks", A traditional music pack for primary schools with CD, song. Lyrics and dance instructions. £15 (+ £2.80 p&p) also " Traditional Arts Directory", Musicians, singers, bands, dancers, storytellers and other useful contacts. £2 includes p&p. Contact: Dumfries and Galloway Arts Association, 28 Edinburgh Rd. Dumfries DG1 !JQ. tel: 01387 253383.
FOLKWORKS
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TRADITIONALEDINBURGH GUITAR STUDIO
54 East Claremont
Street, Edinburgh EH7 4JR tel 0131-557 3215
ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND DRAMA
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RSAMD Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama BA (Scottish Music) Scotland's all-in degree course in traditional music A full-time course, offering practical and vocational training for musicians intending to make a career in traditional music. Subjects include principal study lessons with experienced tutors, ensemble work, training placements, historical studies, dance fieldwork skills and other related topics. Principal Studies: Highland Bagpipe, Clarsach, Accordion, Fiddle, Scots or Gaelic Song. For further information, please contact Jo Miller (Course Leader), RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G2 3DB Tel 0141-332-4101. The RSAMD is a charity committed to the achievement of excellence in the performing arts. |
SABHAL MOR OSTAIG
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COLAISDE GHAIDHLIG na
h-ALBA (Scotlands Gaelic College)
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SCOTTISH SMALLPIPES &
LOWLAND/BORDER PIPES - SUMMER SCHOOL
D R Hannay, Kirkdale
House, Carsluith, Newton Stewart,
Wigtownshire DG8 7EA
tel/fax 01557-84 02 29
August 3-7 1998. Individual tuition on pipes by David Taylor and Jock Agnew.
Numbers limited; all levels; own instruments.
THE SPLORE
27 to 5th Aug 
Summer school for young musicians, 16-25. Part of Aberdeen International Youth
Festival, an sponsored by Shell and Esso. Tutors include Mairi Campbell, Kenny
Hadden, Alastair Hardie, Corrina Hewat, Hazel Wrigley, Aberdeen International
Youth Festival,
3 Nutborn House, Clifton Rd, London SW19 4QT. tel: 0208 946 2995
TEMPLE HARP TUITION
tel 01875-83
03 28 fax 01875-83 03 92
Weekend October 30 - November 1 1998 with Alison Kinnaird.
UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS MUSIC
CENTRE
(Continuing Education) The Secretary, North Street, St Andrews,
Fife KY16 9AJ tel 01334-46 22 26
A one year distance learning course in traditional music offering an opportunity
for fiddle players and singers to improve their existing technique and knowledge
of Scottish music and to provide teachers with guidelines for the introduction
and reinforcement of traditional skills and repertoire within the curriculum.
Well known tutors. Includes four days study at the University.
UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING (SUMMER
SCHOOLS)
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UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING 23rd SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMME JUNE/JULY/AUGUST 2000 A wide variety of week/weekend summer schools, residential/non-residential, are offered by the University which has one of the finest campuses in Europe, neighbouring The National Wallace Monument. Accordion Playing Bagpipe Calligraphy Clarsach Creative Textiles Creative Writing Drama Enjoying Geology Gaelic Language Highland/Old Time/Scottish Country/Step Dancing Jazz Guitar Landscape Painting The Footsteps of Scottish Heroes Natural Therapies Roman Scotland Scottish Singing Scottish Pottery Scots Fiddle Shetland/Scandinavian Fiddle Scottish Family History Studies Stained Glass (Also other subjects available) For details contact: Margery Stirling. Summer School Office (FM), Airthrey Castle, University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA Tel 01786 467951 Fax 01786 463398 Email m.f.stirling@stir.ac .uk Promoting Excellence in Teaching and Research |
VIOLIN (trad/classical)
- REBECCA ROOSMAN
tel 0131-228 8418 or 0131-225 9031
VOICES OF OUR KIND
Adult Learning Project, 184 Dalry Road, Edinburgh EH11 2EP
tel 0131-337 5442
Two weeks of study and Celtic crac with courses about Writing In Scotland, Scots
Fiddle, Women's Studies, the People's Song, Gaelic, Social Dance, History and
Piping.
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