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Reviews
Evening Express
Saturday 1st August 2009
Aberdeen International Youth Festival
Ceol Mor, Beach Ballroom
"Toes were tapping and hands were clapping
as Ceol Mor took to the stage at Aberdeen's Beach Ballroom.
For a band that formed just five days ago, the result was
outstanding. Blending traditional instruments like clarsach,
fiddle and bagpipes with brass and woodwind made for a huge
variety of sound. The gig featured debut compositions by up-and-coming
artists along with traditional Scottish songs like The Dark
Island.
Ceol Mor, made up of local youngsters -
and those from overseas - performed with huge energy and enthusiasm.
The audience was left amazed with how naturally they blended
jazz and traditional music styles. The band aimed to explore
a new kind of Scottish music inspired by traditions and they
certainly achieved that. It was fantastic to see so many youngsters
bursting with fresh ideas."
The Herald
Monday 6th August 2007
Aberdeen International Youth Festival:
World Music Night, Music Hall
"The ultimate
source of the special atmosphere surrounding Aberdeen Youth
Festival is its capacity for bringing together young musicians
from every corner of the world in a spirit of co-operation.
World Music Night was the very embodiment of this ideal. Ceol
Mor, the Festival's Trad Music Big Band, featured performers
from as far apart as Easter Ross and San Francisco, the Isle
of Lewis and British Columbia. Their music is a fusion of
many influences, Celtic, rock, jazz, classical, Latin and
more. Aidan O'Rourke's Coriolis brought together Celtic fiddles
and minimalism, while Corrina Hewat's The Wife O' Kelso underscored
a Scots ballad with Latin rhythms. Harris Playfair's Movement
4 was the most convincing merging of rock, jazz and Celtic
music. It sparked wild applause before an encore brought all
the players together"
Performance Calendar
Ceol Mor will be performing at Aberdeen
International Youth Festival 2010.
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Ceol Mor & More
Friday 6 August, His Majesty's Theatre, 7.30pm
Our popular trad big band will join forces with international
groups plus Scotland's Bodega (winners of the 'Best trad band
2009 award) in an evening of energy and flair.
Other AIYF appearance dates to follow
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