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Hamish and Fin Moore |
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Hamish Moore's 2010 Barga School of Scotch music song and Dance Hamish Moore is delighted to announce an exciting new Summer School to be held in Barga in Tuscany where he spent 2008 as musician in residence. Barga dates back a thousand years and is a walled hill town of astounding beauty. As well as being surrounded by natural, Spectacular Mountain scenery its architectural glory is a joy and its narrow streets and lanes make pedestrian transport the norm with the presence of cars somewhat of a rarity. This all adds to the incredible charm of the town. Teaching will take place in an old Conservatorio, which is ideally suited to hosting classes. As well as budget dormitory style accommodation in The Convent, Barga has many self-catering apartments, hotels and Guest Houses. There are a maximum of 20 places in dormitory accommodation Because approximately 60% of the town's population have relatives in the west of Scotland and also because of the strong links through John Bellany with East Lothian, Barga quite rightly and proudly boasts the title of, "The most Scottish Town in Italy". Hamish has a series of articles and pictures on the Barga News website. Co-ordinator Hamish Moore in conjunction with B.I.G. Dates 20th to 27th June 2010 Piping
A wide range of piping styles is on offer as well as the school catering for the complete range of abilities from beginners to advanced.
Fiddle Sarah Hoy. Sarah is one of Scotland's brightest and best young fiddlers and teachers and can offer a wide range of styles from Scottish, Irish, Shetland to Cape Breton. Dance Frank McConnel is arguably Scotland's best step dancer with a huge wealth of teaching and choreographic experience. He is also a very well known and respected contemporary dancer. He will be offering classes in some of Scotland's oldest and most exciting dance forms.
Flute Chris Norman is a world renowned flute player and teacher and runs the hugely successful and popular teaching festival in Nova Scotia, "Boxwood" Chris will be teaching traditional Scottish Music of the Flute and can also offer Baroque style, something he is in demand for all over Europe. Cello Christine Hanson who although originally Canadian has made her home in The West of Scotland and has become known as one of the best players and teachers of Scottish Cello. She will be teaching the big Scottish melodies as well as cello accompaniment to Scottish tunes. Song There will also be song-sharing sessions and these will be shared by Tom Lawrie and Scott Gardener. Tom has an absolutely stunning voice and interprets songs with great passion and commitment. He will be concentrating on some of the great contemporary songs that have entered out culture in recent years like "The Immigrants Song", "Caledonia" or "Follow the Heron Home" Scott is generally regarded as the best Bothy Ballad singer of his generation. He will be leading his singing classes, concentrating on traditional material and Bothy Ballads. Tuition Fees €300 or £300 for all classes except song sharing which will be £100, and the Fiddle classes which will be £200 Please note that a minimum of 4 students are needed for each teacher. A sliding scale of fees will operate so that after the minimum number of students per teacher is achieved the fees will start going down as more students enrol. Meals It has been organised so that everyone attending the school has the opportunity to eat together, a great chance to discuss matters of the day, sing the occasional song or play a tune round the table. Lunches These have been organised at the beautiful Ricardo's Trattoria, which has stunning views of the mountains from one of the most beautiful balconies anywhere. Hosted by the lovely Scots Italian Adele and her husband Ricardo.
Alternatively students can go to a very good local bakery where a small lunch can be had for €5. Dinner These have been organised in The Osteria which is in the heart of The Old Town in Piazza Angelio, one of the most beautiful piazzas in the world. Hosted by the wonderful and welcoming Ricardo Negri who takes a pride in all things culinary. Two courses, wine, water and coffee for €15. Classes and Timetable There will be four teaching sessions per day
A Short Talk by a member of staff will take place every day from 16.15 to 16.30 Free time between 16.30 and 20.00 when students can relax, sleep, practice, partake of aperativos or take advantage of walking in the beautiful surrounding countryside. Dinner will be at 20.00. Accommodation
Booking For pipers from Italy book through The BIG web site. For all other enquiries please email Hamish Moore directly on hamish@hamishmoore.com Related If Irish music is more your thing, Martin Vallely and the Feramus family will be your hosts at the inaugural Dordogne Irish Music Week 2010 which will run from 21 August -28th August of this year.. |
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