Youth Engagement Project
Our Youth Engagement Project (YEP) is an expanding part of our Festival.
From a small beginning many years ago, tutored by Eilidh Steel, we are gradually increasing the scale and scope of the YEP; giving an expanded programme of tutoring, with the YEP Group featuring as part of the Saturday night concert at the Festival itself.
This year’s tutor was the wonderful Graham Rorie, and in the past we have been lucky enough to have Patsy Reid and Adam Sutherland in the role.
YEP is free to the participating students, and is intended to be an opportunity to progress not just in the playing of the fiddle, but also in the practical issues of music choice, arranging and playing as part of a bigger group, stagecraft and the performance itself.
It’s a stepping stone to considering fiddle music as a future option; be it as a career or as an enthusiastic amateur - and is a noteworthy event on any musician’s CV .
PS - Did we mention that it’s also a huge amount of fun?!