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FURTHER INFO...
WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW?
This page is for blethers:
what's going on in the studio at the moment, what's
coming up plus any other bits and pieces regarding studio artists, people or places that
we feel might be of interest - wherever it may be.
Andrew Mackenzie 1st – 31st July at Sarah Myerscough Fine Art
Still Surfacing
In this new body of work, Andrew Mackenzie confronts heterogeneous notions concerning the history of art, aesthetics, and man’s relationship to his natural environment. He mixes deliberate references to both classical landscape painting and modernist painting and architecture; whilst considering non romantic functional urban sites, his work simultaneously alludes to an aesthetic which indulges our romantic notions of wilderness. He brings to the fore the modernist idea of the physicality of the painted surface through the layering of car parks, quarries, reservoirs, trees, stone and gravel.
www.a-mackenzie.co.uk (more images from the exhibition can be seen on Andrew's website - click on Still Surfacing)
mailboat
Following on from 7 short sails, mailboat is a new project from Pat Law based around communication by wind and current together with an uncertain timescale...
www.studiolog.heriot-toun.co.uk
Mobile with a Home
Mattie Fould's - musician extraordinaire, fabby producer, Pathheider and dad of Arlo and Rosa - now has a new mobile recording studio. (and it's all here at Heriot Toun Studio waiting to go) So the album that you've been dying to make but have been putting off can now be expertly recorded at a very reasonable price.
Ring Mattie for more details on: 07817 428 470 or: mattiefoulds@mac.com - you can also become a fan on Facebook
Bed with a view..
In the heart of historic Edinburgh a studio apartment with a back door onto the Royal Mile and front step onto The Mound, is very nearly ready to rent. It's owned by the artist Rachel Hazell and has huge views stretching over the city to Fife, - think printer chic writing retreat. Minutes from the castle and Princes Street, the flat is ideal for festivalling and shopping. Sleeps two. Special rates for this first summer, and for writers in the quieter seasons: Book now. The website is currently under construction but here's a glimpse...
Eda Frandsen
As you all probably know, we like our boats. Oldest offspring has just returned from a crewing fortnight on this beautiful classic boat and has done nothing but rave about it since she came back. We know the boat a wee bit too so can whole heartedly back her up. If you fancy cruising the west coast then go for this:
"Eda Frandsen (pronounced “Ada”) is a 60 year old gaff cutter, originally built in Grenna, Denmark in 1938. She started life fishing for lobsters, and then seine netting out of Lemvig, Denmark. Between 1990-95 she was totally rebuilt and refitted by the Robinsons at Doune to combine her natural seaworthiness and reliability with romance and tradition.
She offers modern comfort, superb food, 8 guests berths in twin cabins and full safety specification and certification.
Eda is based in the Hebrides of Scotland – the finest unspoilt cruising ground in Europe. Each island has a unique charm. Some are bird sanctuaries or nature reserves. Some have thriving communities, while others only ruins. Explore from the sheltered lochs and soaring peaks of the mainland, to the remote rocky stacs of St Kilda or the Flannan Islands."
Eda is a beautiful classic boat that you can't beat for a summer's cruise in the western isles - go for it.
Post: Jamie Robinson at Doune, Knoydart, Mallaig, Inverness-shire, PH41 4PL, UK.
Telephone: +44 1687 462917
Email: jamie@eda-frandsen.co.uk
Local events featuring Pathhead Music Collective musicians
Thurs 5th to Sun 8th Aug: 3-day music performance workshop
Working across acoustic music genres including folk, jazz and traditional
10.30am - 4.30pm each day in Pathhead, Midlothian
Tutors: Amy Geddes (fiddle), Corrina Hewat (Scots song and clarsach), Tom Lyne (guitar & bass), Sophie Bancroft (voice, guitar + piano)
Develop your instrument: Technique, Phrasing + Repertoire
Ear training + Repertoire
Improvisation: Making a tune your own
Ensemble Work with Vocals + Instruments
Embellishment + Interpretation
Maximum 4 students per group session (over 14s)
Student concert on Sunday afternoon
Booking Info: Workshop fee: £275 (£125 deposit required by 5th July)
Limited places so book early!
Contact Sophie Bancroft: sbancroft@btinternet.com or 07989 915 302
Tues 10th to Thurs 12th Aug: children's 3-day morning music workshop
Working across acoustic music genres including folk, jazz and traditional
10.30am - 1pm each day, 8 - 14 year olds, in Pathhead, Midlothian
Tutors: Amy Geddes (fiddle), Tom Lyne (guitar & bass) & Sophie Bancroft (voice)
Melody + accompaniment
Instrument technique
Working in a band - communication and arrangements
Short student concert on last day
Booking Info: Workshop fee: £50 if paid by 2nd July, £60 thereafter.
Limited places so book early!
Contact Sophie Bancroft: sbancroft@btinternet.com or 07989 915 302
Tues 10th to Thurs 12th Aug: young childrens & beginners 3-day morning music workshops
Tutor: Jenny Gardner
Music for 0-3 years 9.30 - 10am each day, parent must attend
Music for 3-5 years 10.05 -10.35am each day, parent must attend
Fiddle 'Come and Try' for Primary age - 10.45 - 11.30am each day,
Workshop Fee: 0 - 5 year old workshops - £10
Fiddle 'Come and Try' workshop - £15
Contact Sophie Bancroft: sbancroft@btinternet.com or 07989 915 302
Edinburgh Fringe Concerts:
Mon 9th Aug: The Burns Unit - Album launch tour for Side Show @ The Queen's Hall
Karine Polwart, King Creosote, Emma Pollock, Kim Edgar, MC Soom T, Future Pilot AKA, Michael Johnston and Mattie Foulds.
Tickets £14/£12
http://www.thequeenshall.net/whats-on/shows/the-burns-unit-release-side-show
Mon 9th + Tues 10th Aug: Amy Geddes Trio @ The Acoustic Music Centre, 8pm,
Tickets £10/£8 concession
Fri 13th + Sat 14th Aug: Sophie Bancroft Band @ the Acoustic Music Centre 8pm,
Tickets £10/£8 concession
http://www.acousticmusiccentre.co.uk/
Fri 27th Aug @ 7pm + Sat 28th Aug @ 8pm: Corrina Hewat solo show @ World Cafe Live
St John’s Henderson's Vegetarian Restaurant (venue 127)
www.festivalofspirituality.org.uk
Tickets £4 from 0131 473 2000
www.hubtickets.co.uk 0131 221 2277 or at the door.
www.corrinahewat.com
Grace Notes Scotland & the TMSA
‘Bridging tradition’: a series of weekends of Scots, Gaelic and Irish song master- classes with Saturday evening ceilidhs showcasing all participants. Optional, Sunday ‘let’s sing them over’ sessions.
details to follow...
To book or for more information: (01764) 679-518 or email: sara@gracenotescotland.org
http://www.margaretbennett.co.uk/home/02GraceNoteSScotland/OchtertyreWeekends_2010.pdf
