Aberdeen International Youth Festival offers variety of options for students interested in learning more about traditional music and improving your skills.

Splore Traditional Music Summer School
28 July - 1 August 2008

The Splore offers classes in fiddle, whistle, guitar and percussion for students aged 12 - 16, with tutors from leading young trad band
Bodega. (http://www.footstompin.com/artists/bodega)

All for just £100 including lunch.

There will also be special two day piping course running during the course.

The course ends with a public sharing for friends and family on Friday 1 August.


Ceol Mor Residency
Scotland's Young Traditional Big Band
30 July - 9 August

Ceol Mor is the Aberdeen International Youth Festival's young traditional big band, made up of some of the most most promising young musicians from Scotland and overseas.

The courses are both part of the Aberdeen International Youth Festival, so you will have the opportunity to meet and work with the international participants and take part in Festival events.

this has been an amazing week - inspirational, challenging and fun"

" the tutors were all brilliant, great fun and friendly"

" I loved the chance to meet other young people interested in traditional music and to learn new tunes"

" great fun - I've come away once again enthused and inspired"


Past students include Mairearad Green, (cloud 9) Mark Laurenson, Vaila Tait, Innes Watson (Borders Young Fiddles) and Amy Lord - both semi-finalists at the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award 2004.

Students have gone on to study at Plockton and RSAMD and many are now pursuing careers in traditional music.

Most students on the Splore come from Scotland, but we have welcomed students from Brittany in France, Waterford in Ireland, Israel, Japan and Norway.