We teach traditional fiddle, and other instruments, to youngsters and adults in Cowal and Argyll; we arrange school, community music tours and residential tuition weekends. We present the BEST traditional musicians in concerts and events at local community venues!

Please enjoy browsing our site, which includes Argyll news, details of events, reviews and lots of photos. Most of all we hope to have the opportunity of welcoming you at one of our events.

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Fiddler's Farewell

Item Posted: Friday 18th June, 2010

A Fond Farewell to Sarah Sarah Naylor has been the tutor for Lochgoilhead Fiddle Workshop and FiddleFolk for three years. In that time she has introduced hundreds of new children in the Cowal peninsula to the fiddle and to Scottish traditional music, and achieved huge success in training our young stars to take part in fiddle competitions. Inspire ...
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Singing Workshops in Cairndow and Dumbarton

Item Posted: Monday 10th May, 2010

DO YOU SING? If singing yourself is more to your taste than listening to singing, there are two days of singing workshops on offer. Cairndow Village Hall is hosting singing workshops with Alison Burns. She is a songwriter, music facilitator, educator and community choir director. She writes songs for community and folk choirs, as well as for schools. ...
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Glasgow Jazz Festival

Item Posted: Monday 10th May, 2010

Glasgow Jazz Festival The Cowal Music Club and FiddleFolk brought the Tim Kliphuis Band to Cowal last year, and I now hear he is performing at the prestigious Glasgow Jazz Festival. The greatest living exponent of Grappelli's elegantly swinging, energetic violin style, Kliphuis trained at the Amsterdam Conservatory and first came to the jazz world's ...
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Upcoming Events

BODEGA in association with Cowal Open Studios

Strachur Memorial Hall, Argyll
Sep 25th, 7:30 PM

25th SEPTEMBER 7.30 p.m. STRACHUR MEMORIAL HALL BODEGA (BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Band Award 2005; Scottish Folk Band of the Year Scots Trad Music Awards) In as ...


Paul McKenna Band

Strachur Memorial Hall, Argyll
Oct 16th, 7:30 PM

16th OCTOBER 7.30 p.m. STRACHUR MEMORIAL HALL PAUL MCKENNA BAND (Best Up and Coming Act: Scots Trad Music Awards 2009) In association with COWALFEST. Combining their love ...


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