Celebrating
Highland Music...

5th - 15th Sept 2008

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Weekly and Monthly Music Classes

Fèis Rois are pleased to announce their weekly and monthly classes for Autumn/Winter 2008.

We currently organise weekly traditional music and dance classes in fiddle, accordion, clarsach, mandolin, guitar and step dance throughout Ross-shire taught by a team of expert tutors in a fun and relaxed environment. These are open to young people aged 8 to 18 and to all ability levels.

Additionally we also run monthly traditional music and dance classes. A complete downloadable version of all classes and workshops for the Autumn/Winter term can be found by clicking on the icon at the bottom right of this page.

If you find nothing in this programme to suit you please let us know and if there is sufficient interest and demand in any area we will endeavour to put on a class.

Just announced

27th September at the Glachbeg Centre - Galic Song Masterclass with Eilidh Mackenzie

29th November at the Glachbeg Centre - Gaelic Song Masterclass with Eilidh Mackenzie

Attendance at classes

Regular attendance at classes is important for building up your skills and knowledge.

We ask all Parents/Guardians to please note that pupils should arrive on time for classes and must be picked up on time after the classes. Our tutors are only responsible for teaching during the appointed hours.

If you wish to stop coming to classes please contact Fèis Rois so that we can offer your place to someone on the waiting list. If you are unable to attend for one term please let us know and we can inform the tutor and keep the registers up to date. All participants should pay and register for each term of classes in advance. For current registration form please click here.

Practice Advice

We recommend that you practice for a minimum of 15 minutes a day. Let your friends and family hear how you are getting on and they can give you lots of praise and encouragement.

We also recommend that class participants purchase a chromatic electronic tuner, so that you can keep your instrument in tune, which will make practising easier, improve your skills and help to reduce time spent tuning instruments during class.

Bad Weather Policy

A lot of our classes are held in school buildings, so if schools are closed due to bad weather then our classes will be cancelled.

We will make every effort to let you know that the classes have been cancelled. If in any doubt, please put your own safety first.

SCRO Check Policy

It is Fèis Rois policy that all our tutors are registered with Disclosure Scotland.

Instrument donations

If you have any fiddles, accordions, harps, guitars, mandolins, small pipes that you are no longer using we welcome donations to our instrument bank throughout the year.