Summer Classes and Workshops at the Tolbooth

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Telling Tales Mon 14th & Mon 21st July 11am – 4pm / Age 8-12 / £10 Come armed with your wildest imagination, as you start out writing your very own short story before bringing it to life with the use of photography. On the second session, the whole group will come together to develop one story into a fully-fledged film!

Dreamer to film-maker in just 2 days!

Tutor: Lisa Flemming Songwriting with Robert Gillies Fri 18th July / 3pm – 9pm / Age 14+ A former Stirling native, Robert Gillies is a singer-songwriter who’s tasted success out in the US, co-writing a hit single, appearing on the Ellen Show, and releasing the awardwinning EP ‘Astronaut’. This is your chance to take part in a songwriting masterclass with Robert, including the opportunity to play in support of his show live at the Tolbooth later that evening.

Portrait Photography Tue 22nd July / 11am – 1pm / Age 8-12years / £5 A fun and hands-on introduction to editing photography using computer software. Start with portrait shots of you and your friends and use Photoshop to overlay different textures, styles and filters, before printing the results!

Tutor: Kenny Bean

A Hidden World Tue 22nd July / 2pm – 4pm / Age 8-12 years / £5 Explore the natural world around the Tolbooth by taking macro close-up photographs before bringing them back inside to make detailed images on light boxes. A quick and clever edit on Photoshop and you’ll leave with printed evidence of tiny life up-close.

Tutor: Kenny Bean

Musician Skills 101 Mon 24th and Tue 25th July / 11am – 4pm / Age 12 + / Free In a band, act or perform solo? Looking to get gigs, record a demo, promote your act and build a following?

Over 2 days, Musician Skills 101 takes you through all you need to know about instrument set-up/maintenance, building your own home studio, approaching promoters/venues, securing gigs, staging your own, and using new technology and social media to your advantage.

You’ll leave with the vital ‘One-Sheet’, complete with photos, a logo, full bio and web links, ready to take the next step.

Tutors: Norrie McCulloch & Kenny Bates

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Printmaking Mon 4th August / 2pm – 4pm / Age 6 – 10 / £5 Come and enjoy the magic of revealing your own original work through printmaking with inks, rollers, paper and drawing.

Tutor: Amy Marletta

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Concertina Kings Mon 4th August / 11am – 1pm / Age 6-10 / £5 Children’s book illustrator Jill Calder hosts a special drawing activity creating concertinastyle books with a secret hidden message - when folded out they turn into full pictures of Robert The Bruce and Edward II! Tutor: Jill Calder

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Studio Recording Mon 4th – Tues 5th August / 11am – 4pm / Age 14+ / £10 This 2-day course taking place in the Tolbooth Recording Studio will introduce you to all the techniques and practices involved in recording a band or artist in a professional studio.

Tutor: Mark Lough

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Sound Stories Wed 6th August / 11am – 1pm / Age 5 – 8 / £5 Music plays an important role in films, theatre shows and TV programmes, helping the audience to follow a story and to understand how the characters are feeling. Come along and work with theatre composer David Trouton, make up and perform your own music to underscore a story.

Tutor: Dave Trouton

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Make Your Own Zine!

Fri 8th August / 11am – 4pm / Age 12+ / £10 Fanzines or ‘zines’ have been the underground and alternative voice of teenage enthusiasm and passion for music, art, film, poetry, writing and photography since the 1940s. The makers behind 2 current Scottish music and art zines will introduce you to the wild and limitless freedom of the artform and in the space of one day you’ll go home with your work in a collaborative zine and your head buzzing with ideas for your own!

Tutors: Bruce MacKintosh & Kenny Bates

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Wee Birds Wed 6th August / 2pm – 4pm / Age 5 – 8 / £5 Come and make your own feathered friend with papier mache Tutor Linda McCann

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Trad Summer Session Fri 8th August / 10am – 4pm / Age 10-18 / £5 For musicians with 6 months experience of their instrument and beyond.

Your chance to play traditional music for the first time or to develop and improve your playing and knowledge of traditional music and have lots of fun in the process.

Tutors will include Tolbooth trad tutors Lori Watson (fiddle) and Innes Watson (guitar) with guest tutors on the day.