Tolbooth stirling guide apr jun 2014

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Welcome to the Tolbooth's guide to April, May and June, jam-packed with fantastic events, performances and classes.

We don't have any favourites, obviously, but here are just a couple of our highlights from this season.

Excited is not the word! We have the premieres of two pieces of new music.

The Bruce 700 was commissioned by the Tolbooth, from renowned piper and composer Allan MacDonald, to mark the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn. It will premiere at the Albert Halls on 26 June.

Stories From The Enchanted Garden is a spectacular collaboration between musicians; Martin Green, Karine Polwart and members from Frightened Rabbit and Admiral Fallow.

Legends, plural! We have two of them at the Tolbooth this season.

Hamish Stuart (Average White Band, Paul McCartney Band, Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band) brings his band to Stirling in June.

With worldwide chart hits and sales of over 360 million to his name, singer-songwriter, Albert Hammond Snr, shares his songs, in his own way.

And it doesn't stop there; from the caustic wit of Jo Caulfield to the sonorous tones of James Grant - from the current wunderkinds of the trad scene Treacherous Orchestra to Merrymouth and their special guest John McCusker.

All that plus performances by Luke Daniels and our own Laura Macdonald as part of the Glasgow 2014 Cultural Programme to celebrate the XX Commonwealth Games.

Commissioned by Stirling Council's Creative Learning programme, they will And our 2014 celebrations include be performing orginal songs inspired performances at our sister venue, The Albert Halls by the RSNO, soul legend children's stories from Stirling and Clackmannanshire. Not sure yet how we Andy Abraham, Barbara Dickson and Noakes, and the mighty Fiddlers Bid. will Tolbooth fit all those musicians on stage a Rab The is owned and operated by with Stirling Council Phew!

The redevelopment of the Tolbooth was funded by 60 strong children's choir!

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EMILY SMITH

Thu 3 Apr 8pm Tickets £13/£11 Having celebrated a decade as one of Scottish music's most distinctively sublime voices, Emily Smith begins a fresh chapter in her illustrious career, on tour to coincide with the release of her fifth album Echoes.

Time has passed ridiculously fast since Emily was named BBC Radio Scotland's Young Traditional Musician of the Year back in 2002. The accolades continued as she won the USA Songwriting Competition in 2005, Scots Singer of the Year at the Scots Trad Music Awards in 2008, and she received two nominations in the 2012 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.

Featuring songs from her new album, and past favourites, with her band Jamie McClennan and Matheu Watson.

Scotland's "most impressive young songwriter" The Guardian "bursting with joy and talent" The Telegraph "the freshest sounding folk album in an age" Sunday Express

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JAMES GRANT

J J GILMOUR

Sat 5 Apr 8pm Tickets £14

Fri 25 Apr 8pm Tickets £12

James Grant’s influence on the emerging Glasgow sound of the 1980’s cannot be denied and the critical and commercial success as front man of Love and Money; four albums, several hit singles and a world wide following, helped seal his reputation as one of the best songwriters in the country.

Singer songwriter JJ Gilmour's last appearance at the Tolbooth was fronting 'The Casbah Club' alongside members from Big Country, The Jam & his band The Silencers.

2012 saw the release of James Grant’s ‘best of’ album and the new Love and Money opus the Devil’s Debt.

James returns to the Tolbooth with an array of his classic songs from the eighties right up to the present day.

It was as lead singer with The Silencers that JJ Gilmour came to prominence, selling over half a million records worldwide.

This gig will see him perform songs from his solo career as well as some past favourites, joined by keyboard player Phil Kane.

“Songwriting at its zenith” MOJO “Genuinely Epic” Q

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TREACHEROUS ORCHESTRA Sat 26 Apr 8pm Tickets ÂŁ14 STANDING Nominated for Best Group at the 2013 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, Treacherous Orchestra take Scottish dance music to a thrilling new dimension.

Having grown up under the influence of pioneering fusion acts such as Shooglenifty, Martyn Bennett, Salsa Celtica & Croft No 5, they draw simultaneously on deep traditional roots and contemporary influences.

Featuring bagpipes, whistles, flutes, fiddles, accordion, banjo, guitars, bass, drums and percussion they combine ferocious energy, sophisticated musical arrangement with explosive results.

Adam Sutherland - Fiddle Fraser Stone - Drums Martin O'Neill - Bodhran Ali Hutton - Pipes/Whistles Duncan Lyall - Bass Éamonn Coyne - Banjo

Innes Watson - Fiddle John Somerville - Box Kevin O'Neill - Flute Ross Ainslie - Pipes/Whistles Barry Reid - Guitar

"Scotland's musical first eleven." Living Tradition

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JO CAULfIELd THE CELEBRATION Of ANGER Fri 2 May 8pm Tickets £12 Jo's always wondered why anger is seen as such a bad thing. When life presents such irritations as vacuous celebrities, endless TV quizz shows, arrogant shop assistants, and emotionally 'challenged' men, surely having a good rant - and a good laugh - is the only sensible reaction?

Enjoy your anger.

SINGING NINA Sat 3 May 8pm Tickets £13/£11 Singing Nina is the fabulous new show brought to you by Chicago Jazz Queen, Karen Underwood & her band.

Karen brings to you, in narration and song, the engrossing life story of Nina Simone. From her struggles against racism and exile from her homeland to the flamboyant, troubled relationships and poignant later years.

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dISTIL Fri 9 May 8pm Tickets ÂŁ10 The annual Distil showcase of new work from Scottish traditional musicians returns, once again with the superlative backing of Mr McFall's Chamber.

The Tolbooth so enjoys being a partner in this valuable project which gives musicians with various levels of experience in composition the opportunity to hone and enhance their skills, collectively producing a mesmerising musical evening.

The composers this year feature some well-known names including our own Lori Watson who so ably leads the Monday trad groups in the Tolbooth.

Musicians/Composers Jen Austin Andrew Dunlop Gillian Fleetwood Catriona MacDonald

James Mackintosh Catriona Price Tina Jordan Rees Tom Richardson

Matt Seattle Pete Stewart Lori Watson Kate Young

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MERRYMOUTH Sat 10 May 8pm Tickets £15 Merrymouth are a three-piece folk orientated band featuring Ocean Colour Scene songwriter and vocalist Simon Fowler (guitar/vocals), Dan Sealey (guitar/vocals) and Adam Barry (piano/organ/vocals).

For this performance they will be joined by special guest, John McCusker!

Lending their decades of first class musicianship, Merrymouth were joined in the studio by multi award winning folk musicians John McCusker and Andy Cutting in 2012 to perform on their critically acclaimed debut album, the self titled, ‘Merrymouth’.

After signing to Navigator Records, 2014 sees the band return with their second album, “Wenlock Hill”, a collection of new songs, again featuring some very special guests.

They released their self-titled debut in 2012 to much acclaim. They take to the road in 2014 featuring songs from their brand new release.

"Beautiful and Majestic" - Chris Evans, BBC Radio 2

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LANdOLfI STRINGS A MOMENT Of JOY Sat 17 May 2.30pm Tickets ÂŁ8 Following their successful autumn concert, Stirling based Landolfi strings return to the Tolbooth with another afternoon recital.

The Landolfi duo, Carolyn Sparey - violin, and Maggie Miller - viola, will be joined by actress Noreen Leighton, to bring an afternoon of music, poetry and prose.

The afternoon's repertoire will include folk songs from all corners of the world, a handful of classical gems, a collection of Scottish tunes and some surprises.

Noreen Leighton’s TV credits include Taggart, Rebus, Casualty and The Bill; Carolyn Sparey has been principal viola with both the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the BBCSSO, and Maggie Miller regularly appears with the Scottish Opera orchestra and in chamber groups such as the Glasgow Viennese strings and the Trossachs Quartet.

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LUKE dANIELS

SONGS Of THE SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT (SOILLEIREACHAdHNA H-ALBA) fEATURING NEW WORLd dROVERS Wed 21 May 8pm Tickets £12/£10 Contemporary folk songs and instrumental music exploring the nature of society, autonomy and personal identity, inspired by the Scottish Enlightenment and modern day progressives.

The collective will also perform "New World Drovers", jointly composed by Daniels and Matheu Watson. Haunting music inspired by the history of the old drove roads of the Scottish Highland cattle trade and following musical links to the wider world.

Luke Daniels / Vocal, guitar, piano, melodeon Matheu Watson / Guitars and fiddle Patsy Reid / Fiddle and viola Ross Ainslie / Low whistle and border pipes Signy Jacobsdottir / Percussion With special guests...

James Fagan / Bouzouki Yaffa Quan-Weinreich / Vocals

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R M HUBBERT + support in associtaion with tHE LoCAL

Thu 29 May 8pm Tickets £10 Age Recommendation 16+ RM Hubbert is a prolific guitarist from Glasgow who writes music about love, death, friendship, mental illness and occasionally a dog called D Bone.

It’s not as depressing as the previous sentence suggests.

The dark and traumatic events that have informed most of his music have also resulted in work that can only be described as beautiful and majestic.

His technical prowess as a guitarist is beyond question as are, perhaps more importantly, his considered and subtle strengths as a composer.

His second album, ‘Thirteen Lost & Found’, produced by long-time friend Alex Kapranos (Franz Ferdinand), won the 2013 Scottish Album of the Year Award.

‘Breaks & Bone’ is his latest release and sees a return to solo guitar performance, albeit augmented for the first time with his own vocals.

Conceived as an end to the ‘The Ampersand Trilogy’, Breaks & Bone explores the ideas of letting go of grief, accepting depression and finding new love.

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CHRISTINE TOBIN

SINGS THE SONGS Of LEONARd COHEN Fri 30 May 8pm Tickets £13/£11 Christine Tobin takes the Tolbooth audience a thousand kisses deep, in a stunning reworking of the great Leonard Cohen.

Leonard Cohen is now widely regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of the 20th century and Christine Tobin is acknowledged on the international scene and in the UK as one of the finest interpreters of his work. As The Guardian’s John L Walters writes, “her 24 carat voice and captivating arrangements are spellbinding, expressing the poetry of his lyrics with unalloyed soulfulness.”

Accompanied by talented jazz musicians, Phil Robson on guitar and bass player Dave Whitford, Christine brings together some of Cohen staple songs and some new unexplored material. She takes you on a journey through Cohen’s classic repertoire, with a few diversions to admire fellow Canadian songsmiths, Joni Mitchell and Rufus Wainwright.

“Sexy, gutsy, bluesy and beautiful.” Lionel Shriver

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ALBERT HAMMONd SNR Sat 31 May 8pm Tickets £18 We are so privileged to welcome a songwriting master - as he brings his band on tour to mark his 70th birthday year. Albert Hammond has been writing hit songs for over forty years and responsible for the sale of over 360 million records worldwide including over 30 chart-toppers.

Many of his most beloved songs, like 'The Air That I Breathe' and 'When I Need You' have become hits multiple times with various artists, decade after decade.

Albert achieved early success as an artist with his song 'It Never Rains in Southern California' and repeatedly topped the international pop charts with hits including, “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” (nominated for an Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy), “One Moment in Time,” and “To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before.”

This will be an amazing opportunity to hear classic songs, brought back and sung by their creator, an artist in his second youth. Because, as Hammond says, 'I'm gonna turn 70, I feel loved when I am on stage. I just want to be where people love me.'

Let's ensure a warm Tolbooth welcome.

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BARBARA dICKSON & RAB NOAKES Fri 6 Jun 7.30pm Tickets £20/£18/£16 The Albert Halls Barbara Dickson and Rab Noakes have been friends since they were teenagers, singing and playing in venues around Scotland.

Subsequently, they have ‘occasionally’ performed live, sang on each other’s records and remained friends for over 40 years. Both have diverse careers and have won awards and praise for their solo work in many fields.

Now, they've reunited to perform a wonderful blend of folk songs, classic pop influences and self written favourites.

Rab's continuing reputation as one of Scotland's finest singer-songwriters and Barbara's skills as an interpreter of new and traditional songs provide an enviable platform for this unique show.

The pair share common ground with their respect for artists such as Dylan, The Beatles and the Everly Brothers which when mixed with their experiences of the folk revival of the 1960s and beyond, create a stage show they are keen to share - recalling their early years in Scottish folk clubs and concert halls along the way.

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SONGS fROM THE ENCHANTEd GARdEN

HEROES, VILLAINS & EXTRAORdINARY CHARACTERS Fri 6 Jun 7pm Sat 7 Jun 3pm & 7pm Tickets £6/£3/FREE under 18 ON SALE 5th MAY Written by the award-winning team of composer Martin Green (Lau) and songwriter Karine Polwart, this beautifully staged production of original songs based on stories written by local children, is a show like no other.

Featuring the cream of Scotland's indie pop scene, including members of Frightened Rabbit, Admiral Fallow and The Bananas Sessions, this is genuinely exciting music for any age.

The show will also feature a 60 strong children's choir led by legendary Big Big Sing director Stephen Deazley and musicians from the Tolbooth based Stirling and Clackmannanshire Youth Jazz Ensemble.

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GRAEME CLARK & GRAHAM dUffIN Sun 8 Jun 8pm Tickets ÂŁ12.50 As a cornerstone of the record breaking, multi-million selling band Wet Wet Wet, Scottish songwriter Graeme Clark is no stranger to playing sellout stadium concerts all over the world. More recently though, he's been performing his own stripped back, intimate and acoustic songs to an army of loyal and devoted fans.

Graeme penned over 30 hits with Wet Wet Wet, including Goodnight Girl, Sweet little Mystery, Julia Says and Temptation. Now, his debut solo album, Mr Understanding and EP, Catching Fire are being very well received.

Playing his new solo material and covers some of the Wet's favourites in his own inimitable style, Graeme will be joined by fellow Wet Wet Wet member, guitarist Graeme Duffin along with Iain Duff on piano and accordion.

This is a soul man steeped in a history of wonderful pop music. The move to centre stage finds Graeme in fine voice and comfortable switching his bass for the acoustic guitar.

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KAKATSITSI MASTER dRUMMERS Sat 14 Jun 7.30pm Tickets £10/£5 Under 16 The Kakatsitsi Master Drummers from Ghana are one of Africa's leading traditional drumming groups. Their UK tours have including appearances at WOMAD, Glastonbury and numerous folk festivals, wowing audiences with their combination of funky, accessible dance and five part harmony singing.

Their performance includes a traditional 'Libation' ceremony in which the drummers summon the spirits of their ancestors to sanctify and bless the gathering.

They also play the powerful, 5ft high ceremonial Fonton From drums which play patterns of drum language in call and response with the Atumpani talking drums which were used in pre-modern times to communicate between villages.

TOP FESTIVAL

Stirling's Arts & Heritage Festival for children, young people and families

SAT 14 Jun, 12 - 4Pm

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RSNO IN CONCERT Sun 15 Jun 7.30pm Tickets £18/£16/£14/£5 under 16 The Albert Halls We warmly welcome back the Royal Scottish National Orchestra to Stirling and the Albert Halls. A perfect programme for a summer's evening.

Bizet L'Arlésienne - Suite no.1 Saint-Saëns - Violin concerto no.3 Mendelssohn - Symphony no.5 Conductor - Alexandre Bloch Solo violin - Maya Iwabuchi

ANdY ABRAHAM'S SOUL BANd Sat 21 Jun 7.30pm Tickets £20/£17.50/£15.50 The Albert Halls Come and be swept away by the smooth, swinging vocals of the UK's most loved soul artist. The most refreshing voice on the current soul scene, Andy Abraham is a talent that takes you back to the golden years of music, yet bringing his own contemporary twist to classic songs.

ONLY TWO SCOTTISH DATES!

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16MM ANIMATED SOUND WORKSHOPS WITH LUIGI ALLAMANO Wed 25 June, 7 - 10pm Age: 16+ Led by Luigi Allamano from Concordia University (Montreal), these Animated Sound Workshops offer participants the unique opportunity to engage with a rare and idiosyncratic method of creating sound by making pictures directly on 16mm film, a techiniqe made most famous by Norman McLaren.

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THE BRUCE 700 Thu 26 Jun 7.30pm

Tickets £12/£10/£6 The Albert Halls

Stirling Council commissioned the renowned piper and composer, Allan MacDonald, to produce a musical commemoration of the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn.

Alongside Allan the piece will feature a mass ensemble of some of Scotland’s best traditional musicians.

The ensemble will include Bannockburn piper, Craig Muirhead, and will also feature the Tolbooth senior trad group and the Stirling and District Schools’ Pipe Band, led by Chris Gibb.

The first half will feature some of Stirling’s best young traditional talent.

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HAMISH STUART Fri 27 Jun 8pm Tickets £20 Hamish Stuart shot to fame in the 1970's as the falsetto voice and guitarist of the Average White Band, his distinctive song-writing and vocal and guitar style helping pave the way to AWB's extraordinary worldwide success.

After AWB split up, Hamish toured and recorded with David Sanborn, Chaka Khan, Aretha Franklin and others. Most notably, in the late 80s he joined Paul McCartney's band as guitarist for a half dozen years and several albums.

He also wrote for a number of artists, including Atlantic Starr's hit "If Your Heart Isn’t in It" and songs for Smokey Robinson, Jeffrey Osborne, George Benson and Diana Ross.

A regular with Ringo Starr’s All Starr Band, Hamish continues to write and play live with The Hamish Stuart Band, while still finding time to undertake other projects like Quincy Jones’ 64th birthday event and guesting with Bonnie Raitt on her recent tour.

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fIddLER'S BId & fRIENdS Sun 29 Jun 7.30pm Tickets £17/£16/£14 The Albert Halls A very special evening of the finest traditional music, featuring the leading exponent of Shetland’s rich fiddle tradition, Fiddler’s Bid. There are a total of seven formidable musicians on stage in the Bid, including four fiddlers who seem to be linked by musical telepathy, a strong rhythm section of guitar and bass and the flawless touch of Catriona McKay on harp and piano.

They effortlessly blend the tradition of Shetland with wider musical influences, reels, jigs and polkas, are all delivered with amazing power and dexterity, while their beautifully measured waltzes and slow airs never fail to delight.

“If they don’t sweep you away - check your pulse.” The Herald Maurice Henderson - Fiddle Andrew Gifford - Fiddle Catriona McKay - Scottish Harp Fionán De Barra - Guitar Chris Stout - Fiddle Kevin Henderson - Fiddle Jonathan Rich - Bass

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LAURA MACdONALd (20 fOR 14) Mon 30 Jun 8pm Alto and soprano saxophonist Laura Macdonald is one of Scotland’s leading jazz musicians and has a fast developing international reputation as a performer, composer and recording artist. She is also an outstanding educator, which currently includes expertly leading the regular Tolbooth jazz workshops.

20 for 14 is a 90 minute world premier of an International Sextet featuring musicians from the Commonwealth inspired by traditional folk melodies of Commonwealth Countries. Part of the Glasgow 2014 Cultural Programme.

"Laura continues to strive forward as one of the U.K's most prominent women in Jazz."

Rob Adams – The Herald International Sextet Laura Macdonald - Alto Saxophone Claude Deppa - Trumpet Utsav Lal - Piano Prince Bulo - Bass Chris Grieve - Trombone Tom Bancroft - Drums

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HIGHLIGHTS

JAMIE SMITH'S MABON Fri 11 Jul 8pm

BLAZIN' FIDDLES Sat 23 Aug 8pm

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JULIE FOWLIS, FRED MORRISON & RANT Sat 27 Sep, Albert Halls 7.30pm

kiki dee & carmelo luggeri Sat 4 Oct 8pm

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ARTS NEWS TOLBOOTH SINGERS

Serendipity has played a part, as we were looking for a new tutor for Singin' Stirling, Susie Kelly, a song tutor with a huge amount of experience has just moved to Stirling.

With a new name to mark the change, please come along and give it a try. This term will include the song written to mark the XX Commonwealth Games.

SCRIBBLERS PICNIC

There will once again be a Tolbooth stage at this year's Scribblers Picnic - on Sunday May 11th this year at the Stirling Rugby Club, come along and support your local bands as well as an important local event which raises funds for cancer charities.

STIRLING'S BIG WEEK-END and QUEEN'S BATON RELAY

To enhance the atmosphere over the last week-end in June and also during the journey of the Queen's Baton on its journey through Stirling on the 5, 6 and 7 July, there is some space for music groups to perform - drumming, voice or dance - preferably groups which can be heard without a PA.

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Get in touch if you would like to take part - though we may not be able to find everyone a space!

SUMMER WORKSHOPS

We will be running a programme of events for children and young people including art to make batons for the Queens Baton Relay, Big Band in a Day, Recording workshops, film & animation so look out for information on our web-site

YUKELELE or BODHRAN

We are hoping to add an additional workshop after the summer - to add to the adult fiddle, guitar and harmonica Already there has been interest in the Yukelele and Bodhran - so let us know if there are any budding Yuke or Bodhran fans out there who may bring together enough to make a class.

JAZZ BIG BAND SUMMER SCHOOL

Tues 1 Jul, 10am - 4pm ÂŁ5 "Band in a Day" with tutors Kevin/Laura and special day tutor Prince Bulo from South Africa.

Songs from the Enchanted Garden

Songs from the Enchanted Garden has been commissioned

by Stirling Council's Creative Learning programme as part of Stirling's 2014 events. This opportunity is being funded by Creative Scotland with support from Stirling Council.

Winning stories were written by children and young people from: St Serfs Primary, Muckhart Primary, Dollar Academy, Kippen Primary, Bannockburn Primary, Allans Primary, Drymen Primary and Wallace High School.

The performances in the Tolbooth will take place on Fri 6 and Sat 7 June and feature a 60 strong children's choir and perfromances from members of Frightened Rabbit, Admiral Fallow and The Bananas Sessions. Alongside musicians from the Tolbooth based Stirling and Clackmannanshire Youth Jazz Ensemble.

See page 15 in the brochure for full details and times.

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TOP FESTIVAL

Stirling’s Arts and Heritage Festival for Children, Young People and Families.

Sat 14 June , 12pm – 4pm We are very excited to let you know about TOP Festival.

Bringing together Stirling’s arts and heritage organisations to offer a programme of exciting activities for children, young people and families.

Alongside a wide range of opportunities for all ages the headline act for the Festival is comedian Phil Kay who will be with us all day.

Look out for the programme that will be launched at the end of April via www.topfestival. wordpress.com and a brochure that will be available in schools, libraries and venues from early May.

Youth Jazz Ensemble Concert

Mon 10 Jun, 7 - 8pm £3 In this concert the ensemble will perform pieces of music written by greats such as Charlie Mingus and Jaco Pastorious that have been specially arranged for the group and this performance.

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SCOTS SONG PROJECT

We have now held two massively successful Scots song concerts with Bannockburn Primary School and St Margarets RC Primary School in Cowie - both performed magnificently in The Albert Halls, including Matt McGinn's humorous take on Bannockburn!

The image is one of the winning drawings, inspired by the songs they learned. Also Matthew Fitt has taken a session in each of the 4 schools involved in the project leading a workshop the Rhymes O Independence.

All a good precurser to our mass school's concert in The Albert Halls on 23 June.

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CLASSES & WORKSHOPS CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE ART

COWANE CENTRE Sat 3 May - 21 Jun Age 6 - 9 yrs: 9.45 – 11am Age 10 - 14 yrs: 11.30am – 12.45pm £34 (inclusive of materials)

Explore painting, printing and drawing - learn about colour, design and composition and have fun creating your very own works of art.

Tutor: Lori Anderson

POTTERY

COWANE CENTRE Sat 26 Apr - 21 Jun (not 17 May) Age 10 - 14 yrs: 9.45 – 11am Age 7- 9 yrs: 11.30am – 12.45pm £38 (inclusive of materials)

THE CITY MUSIC PROJECT Fri 25 Apr - 13 Jun Age 11+ yrs: 7 – 9pm FREE

Our Friday night music club. Come and have a go at playing an instrument and maybe even writing some songs. No previous musical experience is required.

TRAdITIONAl MUSIC WORkSHOPS

Monday nights – June 2014 Age 10 – 18, FREE Beginners Whistle: 5.30 – 6.15pm

For those who would like to learn the whistle but have no previous experience.

The Traddies (Access): 5.30 – 6.15pm

Group tuition in guitar, fiddle (violin) and whistle / flute / recorder (min 6 months exp)

The Session and The Session Extra (Intermediate): 6.20 – 7.20pm

Traditional music session and group tuition open to all trad instruments.

Explore the fabulous world of clay and learn different techniques to make wonderful original objects.

Tutor: Lorraine Robson

Tolbooth Trad Band (Advanced): 7 – 8.15pm

FIDDLE, CLARSACH, GUITAR, ACCORDION & WHISTLE

STIRlING & ClAC l kMANNANSHIRE lAC YOUTH JAZZ ENSEMBlE

Sat 26 Apr - 21 Jun

Music classes run by Feis Fhoirt, to book please contact John Macneil, 07770 930295

PUMP UP THE JAM Wed 23 Apr - 11 Jun Age 11+ yrs: 4.45 – 7.15pm FREE

It’s back! Led by Scotland’s top professional musicians this is the place to develop your songwriting or performance skills.

Book now as it fills up FAST!

All trad instruments welcome (by audition).

Tuesday nights – June 2014 Age 10 – 18

ACCESS ENSEMBlE: 5.30 – 6.30pm (1 yrs experience of instrument minimum)

STIRlING YOUTH JAZZ ENSEMBlE: 6.30 – 7.45pm

(4 years experience of instrument minimum) The traditional music workshops are funded by YMI, the jazz workshops are funded by YMI and NYJOS. Both are open to pupils attending Stirling Council schools.

Children MUST have a signed consent form submitted BEfORE the class starts.

Download a form www.stirling.gov.uk/tolbooth or call 01786 274000.

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ADULTS 16yrs+

PAINTING

COWANE CENTRE Wed 23 Apr - 18 Jun, We will be running a summer school for young people or and a class in the autumn for adults. Please contact us Fri 25 Apr - 20 Jun, for more information.

10 – 3pm £112/£96

STUDIO RECORDING

FIDDLE

Wed 23 Apr - 11 Jun, 7 - 8.30pm £50/£42

For fiddlers keen to play together in a relaxed atmosphere, learning new tunes as well as technique.

Not for complete beginners.

Tutor: Marie Fielding

CERAMICS

COWANE CENTRE Wed 23 Apr - 18 Jun (not 14 May), 7 - 9pm £60/£50 (Incl Materials & Firings)

Demonstration and tuition in a wide range of handbuilt ceramic techniques including use of glazes but not potters’ wheel.

Tutor: Lorraine Robson

GUITAR

Thu 24 Apr - 12 Jun Beginners: 7 - 7.45pm £40/£32 Intermediate: 8 - 9.15pm £46/£38

Beginners will take you through the chord structures and basic techniques. Intermediate will explore different styles including contemporary. Bring your own guitar.

Tutor: Lorne Ralston

HARMONICA

Participants to bring their own materials.

Tutor: Peter Russell

KNITTING & CROCHET BEE Tue 22 Apr - 24 Jun, 5.30 – 7.30pm £1 per session, includes refreshments.

An informal gathering for chatting, swapping patterns, techniques and tips. All levels welcome, no booking required.

STIRLING WRITERS GROUP Tue 22 Apr - 24 Jun, 7 – 9.30pm £5/£3.50 per session

Advice, encouragement and constructive criticism for writers of all styles and abilities. Great record of success. Sessions with top tutors. It's not a course come along any week and see what we do.

TOLBOOTH SINGERS Tue 24 Apr - 12 Jun, 7 – 9pm £52/£44

Building on the great fun of the much misssed Singin' Stirling, the Tolbooth Singers is a friendly, informal singing group.

Learn a varied repertoire including world music, chants, spirituals, contemporary material, harmonies and traditional songs. You don't need to have sung before - everyone welcome.

Tutor: Susie Kelly

Thu 24 Apr - 12 Jun, 7 - 8.30pm £32/£28 (+ £5 for harmonica)

Join our regular harmonica group to play tunes and learn about this great wee instrument.

Open to all ages.

Tutor: Niall Lee

Please note: classes may be cancelled if there are insufficient numbers.

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01786 473 544 | www.stirling.gov.uk/alberthalls Box OfďŹ ce 01786 473 544 1

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INFORMATION Tolbooth is Stirling’s venue for live music and the arts and is the home for Stirling Council’s arts development team.

TICKETS Book online www.stirling.gov.uk/tolbooth By phone

01786 27 4000 open Tue - Sat: 10am - 6pm

In person

Tolbooth Box Office is open Tue - Sat: 10am - 6pm 30 mins after a performance starts.

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Box Office: 01786 27 4000 Book online: www.stirling.gov.uk/tolbooth

Concessions

Conditions

Discounts are available to children (those under 16), students, people with disabilities, senior citizens, the unemployed and former and current members of the armed forces.

Proof will be required when purchasing or collecting tickets.

Tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded unless the event is cancelled.

We reserve tickets for a maximum of 3 days. No reservations will be taken within 3 days of an event.

Booking fees vary but you will be advised at the time of purchase.

ACCESS

Tolbooth is fully accessible and can accommodate a number of wheelchair users at each performance. Please mention at the time of booking if you require a wheelchair space.

The Tolbooth has an induction loop system, please ask at Box Office for more details.

If you need information on tape, large print or Braille, contact 0845 277 7000.

GETTING HERE Public Transport

For information contact Traveline Scotland on 0871 200 22 33 www.travelinescotland.com

Parking On street parking is limited and metered until 5.30pm around Tolbooth. There are longer stay carparks in the city centre.

The information in this guide was correct at the time of going to print. © Tolbooth, Stirling Council 2013

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Thu 3 Apr

Emily Smith

8pm

Trad

p3

Sat 5 Apr

James Grant

8pm

Pop

p4

Fri 25 Apr

JJ Gilmour

8pm

Rock/Pop

p4

Sat 26 Apr

Treacherous Orchestra

8pm

Trad

p5

Fri 2 May

Jo Caulfield: The Celebration of Anger

8pm

Comedy

p6

Sat 3 May

Singing Nina

8pm

Blues

p6

Fri 9 May

Distil with Mr McFall's Chamber

8pm

Trad

p7

Sat 10 May

Merrymouth

8pm

Folk

p8

Sat 17 May

Landolfi Strings: A Moment of Joy

2.30pm

Classical

p9

Wed 21 May

Luke Daniels

8pm

Trad

p10

Thu 29 May

RM Hubbert + support

8pm

Indie

p11

Fri 30 May

Christine Tobin sings Leonard Cohen

8pm

Jazz

p12

Sat 31 May

Albert Hammond Snr

8pm

Pop

p13

Fri 6 Jun

Barbara Dickson & Rab Noakes (Albert Halls) 7.30pm

Trad

p14

Fri 6 & Sat 7

Songs From The Enchanted Garden

various

Family

p15

Sun 8 Jun

Graeme Clark & Graham Duffin

8pm

Pop

p16

Sat 14 Jun

Kakatsitsi Master Drummers

7.30pm

World

p17

Sun 15 Jun

RSNO (Albert Halls)

7.30pm

Classical

p18

Sat 21 Jun

Andy Abraham's Soul Band (Albert Halls)

7.30pm

Soul

p18

Wed 25 Jun

16mm Animated Sound Workshops

7-10pm

Workshop

p19

Thu 26 Jun

The Bruce 700 (Albert Halls)

7.30pm

Trad

p20

Fri 27 Jun

Hamish Stuart

8pm

Rock/Blues p21

Sun 29 Jun

Fiddler's Bid & Friends (Albert Halls)

7.30pm

Trad

p22

Mon 30 Jun

Laura Macdonald International Sextet

8pm

Jazz

p23

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