A twice winner of the Welsh Celtic Fiddle Competition, finalist in the #BBC Young Folk Award, and a co-winner of the Independent Music Award for Best Album in the World Music category.
Christine has toured internationally, both solo and with the Welsh folk group Fernhill She has taught fiddle to children and adults for over ten years. She is a storyteller and a ceilidh dance caller. Repertoire: Welsh, Irish, English, American Old Time, Scandinavian, improvisation.
Michael Ferrie is an award-winning guitarist and composer from Callander, Scotland. A former student of Sgoil Chiùil na Gàidhealtachd (National Centre of Excellence in Traditional Music) and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Ferrie is currently studying on the MMus Folk Music program at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland.
Ferrie was named Highland Young Guitarist in 2010, and his compositions have been performed by Ceol Mor, Aberdeen International Youth Festival’s Folk Big Band (Scotland); Inxa Impro Quartet (Catalonia); Nua (Canada); and The Sunshine Coast School of Celtic Music Trad Band (Canada). In 2013 Ferrie was commissioned to compose for the Royal Scottish National Orchestra’s ‘Out and About’ week, and in the same year was nominated for the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award with Scottish folk band ‘Thalla’. Ferrie is now performing with innovative folk trio ‘Reelinki’, based in Helsinki, Finland.
Main instrument and repertoire
Guitar
Base City
Helsinki
Website
www.michaelferrie.co.uk
Languages
English
Normal Price
42 Euros / hour
Teaching levels / prices:
Master class: / hour – dependent on regularity of lessons (i.e. continuing classes or a one off lesson).
Intermediate: 42 / hour
Beginner: 42 / hour
Group lessons: ? / hour – dependent on number of participants and regularity of lessons (i.e. continuing classes or a one off group lesson).
Lessons for kids: 42 / hour
Teaching where:
Skype, from August
Helsinki, at own space, until August
Violin: Galician tunes (Muiñeiras, Jotas, Alalás, Alboradas, pasacorredoiras…) : Violin and voice (Galician songs of blind musicians) : Bouzouki (Galician tunes) : Viola Braguesa-Caipira (10 strings guitar- Galician repertoire, classical and traditional music) : Hurdy gurdy (Galician repertoire).
Website:
www.panchoalvarez.com/en
Honours degree in Scottish music from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow in 2006.
ABOUT Pedro Aibéo
Strings Instruments (Guitar, Irish Bouzouki, Oud), wind intruments (bagpipes, flutes) and percussion. Classic and Modern Guitar training by Prof. Rui Rufino, Porto and Trinity College / Modern Drums training at Rytmi Instituti Seinäjoki / Former member of the band Wolfenmond and current member of the band Homebound.
MAIN INSTRUMENT AND REPERTOIRE
Strings and bagpipes
OTHER INSTRUMENTS
Guitar, Bagpipes, Percussion, Irish Bouzouki
BASE CITY
Helsinki
BAND WEBSITE
www.homebound.info
Other links
www.aibeo.com
LANGUAGES
English, German, Frech, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
PRICE
50 Euros / hour
Teaching levels
Teaching where