Adults and children/kids alike and all instruments are welcome Merlin Music Academy’s residential traditional music summer camp. Classes include Fiddle, Voice, Guitars, Piano, Accordion, Drums/percussion (give us a call if you are not sure) for 5 days of great music, sessions, food and the opportunity to learn from some of Scotland’s finest musicians.
You will be learning and playing tunes, improving your technique and invited to come up with arrangement ideas. Teaching will be mainly in mixed instrument classes but with regular break out sessions for back line, melody players and voices.
As a general guide to levels, you will probably get more out of the experience if you are not a complete beginner. When you book you will be asked to confirm your level.
Improving Beginner: You’ve been playing for a short time but can feel you way around the instrument and can play a few tunes or chords.
Intermediate: You’ve been playing for a couple of years and know a dozen or so tunes or can play a few by ear, although not necessarily up to speed. Or you can accompany songs or tunes from chord charts given to you.
Intermediate/Advanced: You’ve been playing for longer, can play tunes more or less up to speed or accompany songs and tunes by ear. Can sight read tab or notation quite well.
It would help us plan classes if you can choose what you think is the closest mach to your current level.
Summer Camp Tutors
Mixed Instrument Tutors
Our Summer Camp is led by our Music Director Iain Fraser. Iain’s
teaching includes group workshops, helping people young and old to pursue their musical dreams, as well as making music a fun social experience available to all.
Iain has been our fiddle tutor and music director for the last 8 years and is very passionate about offering high quality tuition in a fun relaxed environment.
Iain will be leading classes in fiddle as well as leading our mixed instrument groups along with Andy Gray our resident Guitar Guru.
Singing Tutors
We are delighted to announce that this year’s Guest Tutor is Findlay Napier.
Findlay Napier is one of the most highly-regarded performers and creative forces on the Scottish music scene – thoroughly active and a truly energised with a heart-warming zing. Find out more about Findlay here.
Findlay joins our resident Harmony Belle and vocal genius Kathy Stewart-Kennedy to lead workshops in Traditional and Contemporary Ballads, Songwriting and Vocal Harmonies.
(More Guest Tutors to be announced shortly)