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Ukulele Workshop
Wednesday 23rd April , 2008
Interested in learning to play the cutest stringed instrument there is?? Please contact the office on 0141 331 0606 for further details. ... click heading for details
Great New Session Venue
Wednesday 23rd April , 2008
Monday nights at Uisge Bheatha, Woodlands Road, from 9:30pm. ... click heading for details
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Forthcoming Events
Saturday 28th June 2008
Come and Try Fiddle, Whistle, Bodhran, Guitar for the Entire Family
Location: Hillhead Library
Time: All Day
This popular event during the West End Festival offers everyone the chance to have a go at playing a traditional musical instrument. The GFW has some of the finest tutors in the country and they are there to teach you the basics!
GFW Juniors Concert at the West End Festival
Location: Hillhead Library
Time: All Day
GFW Juniors Concert at Hillhead Library will be held on Saturday, 28 June 2008. Here is a great opportunity for all to see and hear what the Glasgow Fiddle Workshop can teach junior learners in a concert for the whole family. Our GFW Juniors will be joined by their tutors to play a selection of tunes. Perhaps they can all be persuaded to play together!
GFW Allcomers Ceilidh at the West End Festival
Location: Glasgow University Mens Union Ballroom
Time: All Day
GFW Allcomers Ceilidh with the Buie All Girl Ceilidh band! Saturday night, 28 June 2008 in the Glasgow University Men's Union Ballroom. 8 til late
Saturday 12th July 2008
The BIG Session with the Cape Breton Fiddlers
Location: Glasgow University Mens Union Debating Chamber
Time: All Day
Come and join us when 80 fiddlers called the Cape Breton Fiddlers and members of the Glasgow Fiddle Workshop join in sharing some tunes. It's a night off for these fiddlers who have travelled across the Atlantic Ocean to tour Scotland, so we organised an informal social occasion where they could meet other fiddlers from Scotland and hear the kinds of tunes we play and in return, play us some of their tunes. Ages range from high school to retired. This will be a very informal night and any instrument is welcome. There will be a Cape Breton pianist and people who can step dance as well. You don't have to play, just come along, enjoy some lively music and show them some good old Scottish hospitality. There will be a nominal entry fee and a bar. Please contact the office on 0141 331 0606 for further details.
Wednesday 20th August 2008
GFW Autumn Term Enrolment Night
Location: Stow College
Time: 6:30 PM
Click here to view all forthcoming eventsWelcome to Glasgow Fiddle Workshop
GFW is an organisation that runs classes in Traditional musical instruments and Song at Stow College.
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About Us
Glasgow Fiddle Workshop's Key objectives are :
- To advance education, and in particular to promote the learning, understanding and appreciation of Scottish traditional fiddle music, its links with other traditions and its contemporary development; and to act as a conduit for the tradition.
- In furtherance of the above objects, the Association shall seek to provide tutors to give group instruction to the general public on the fiddle, with particular emphasis on Scottish traditional styles and on learning by ear.
GFW Aims
- to promote the learning, understanding, appreciation, preservation & development of Scottish Traditional fiddle music
- to bring traditional fiddle music into the community as performers
- to enable social interaction of people with a common interest
Emphasis is given to enabling participants to improve and develop their own individual fiddle technique.
All the activity is coordinated by a voluntary committee of members with a part time administrator. All funds raised are directed towards furthering the aims of the organisation.