I was covering for Teirnan Courell’s whistle class at the Scots Music Group last night and found myself wandering into the woods of cuts, strikes and rolls. It’s a subject that comes up often when I teach flute or whistle. Some people don’t know what they are and those that do can find themselves at… Continue reading Cuts, strikes, rolls
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A busy spring, a quiet summer
After a busy period in the run up and aftermath of organising Edinburgh FluteFling in April, I have been taking some time to focus on the day job as the end of the Scottish school year approaches. Reports, assessments and other admin tasks have essentially taken up most of my spare time. However, not all… Continue reading A busy spring, a quiet summer
Tradwinds Winter Workshops
After a successful Autumn series, my monthly Tradewinds workshops series will run again at the Fisherrow Community Centre in Musselburgh on Saturday afternoons January – March 1-4pm. Ticketing will be online very soon. The dates are:
Tradwinds workshops
Next weekend sees the last of a series of 3 monthly Saturday workshops I have been running over the Autumn. Looking at a mixture of tunes from the Hebrides and some very local ones, I have just added the resources to my Dropbox for participants to look at in advance. From a teaching perspective, the… Continue reading Tradwinds workshops
Autumn workshops
Gordon returns to leading a series of workshops this Autumn, commencing on 23 September with a special 3-hour afternoon on Scottish Folk Day. Taking place at The Fisherrow Centre in Musselburgh, the stand-alone workshops will cover repertoire and technique and are suitable for players of keyed and unkeyed simple system flutes, Boehm system flutes, whistles and low… Continue reading Autumn workshops
Upcoming projects
Most of my current focus is on FluteFling events for the Autumn and into next year, when we will be celebrating our 10th anniversary. Following our successful return to in-person events, I am also planning a return to traditional flute and whistle teaching and tuition in Edinburgh. This website is part of the preparation, so… Continue reading Upcoming projects