Mull Music Makers play on

Mull Music Makers has hosted its second Mull Fiddle Week thanks to Covid recovery funding. Money from Creative Scotland’s Recovery Fund for Cultural Organisations meant the event could bring together around 30 youngsters for fi ve days of musical learning.

Pop-up performances, a concert and a ceilidh during the week raised more than £700 for next year’s event. The young musicians were in expert hands with a top quality tutor team led by Scottish “ fi ddle ace and music educator Patsy Reid.

Joining her was colleague and Dalcroze specialist Vanessa Edwards and visiting guest tutor Douglas Montgomery of Saltfi shforty and The Chair fame, who travelled from Orkney with his family, including his three fi ddle playing children, wife, dad and dog. Also joining the tutor team was returning trainee from last year, Emily Goan from Inellan, Argyll. Three more students and aspiring fi ddle teachers took part in this year’s mentoring programme, which runs alongside Mull Fiddle Week. They were Blythe Primrose from Stonehaven, Emilia Marienfi eld who is based on

South Uist and Martha Carrdus from Northumberland. Mull Music Maker’s Laura Mandelberg said: ‘The youngsters worked so hard all week learning tunes and The youngsters parts to new arrangements worked so by ear. hard all week learning tunes ‘They wowed passers-by on Tobermory’s Main Street with their pop-up perforand parts to new mances and they played to arrangements a full house at the concert by ear and ceilidh at the Aros Hall towards the end of the week, which raised more than £700 for next year’s Mull Music Makers’ workshops.’

Fiddle ace patsy Reid led the expert tutor team at this year’s Mull Fiddle Week.