• home
  • about
    • tutors
    • funding
  • Our Living Rivers and Glens
  • new music
  • OLRaG book
  • tune book
  • events
  • contact

Dee and Don Ceilidh Collective

  • home
  • about
    • tutors
    • funding
  • Our Living Rivers and Glens
  • new music
  • OLRaG book
  • tune book
  • events
  • contact

"...  always felt that we are welcome to participate ... my daughter felt supported and inspired to practise and create new music”   

 "... always an encouraging atmosphere in which to learn new styles and tunes ... good to get together with a mix of musicians ... very much appreciated the overall community feel "

snapshots from  Dee and Don Ceilidh Collective weekends 2016-2019

snapshots from Dee and Don Ceilidh Collective weekends 2016-2019

workshops, performances and ceilidhs 

Previous events

Huntly Music Day

Huntly Music Day

Saturday, November 5, 2022 @ 10:30AMSat, Nov 5, 2022 @ 10:30AM

Brander Building, The Square, Huntly AB54 8BR

Adam Sutherland (fiddle), Pete MacCallum (guitar), Arthur Coates (mixed instruments) and Iona Fyfe (voice) will be teaching tunes and songs including those from 'Our Living Rivers and Glens'. This will be extra special as Arthur and Iona are from the Huntly area and this is reflected in their work for the project.

Share
View on Google Maps
Scotland’s Year of Stories Concert

Scotland’s Year of Stories Concert

Sunday, September 25, 2022 @ 3:00PMSun, Sep 25, 2022 @ 3:00PM

The MacRobert Hall, Tarland AB34 4YL

Acclaimed musicians Hamish Napier, Arthur Coates, Paul Anderson, Shona Donaldson and poet Sheena Blackhall to celebrate the music and songs of Deeside. Hear old stories and folklore as well as new pieces which were written as part of The Dee and Don Ceilidh Collective Our Living Rivers and Glens Project. This concert is part of the Tarland Food and Music Festival.

Adults £5 , under 16s Free

Share
View on Google Maps
Glenbuchat Music Day

Glenbuchat Music Day

Saturday, June 25, 2022 @ 9:30AMSat, Jun 25, 2022 @ 9:30AM

Glenbuchat Hall and Bothy, Strathdon AB36 8TS

We are restarting our program, with our favourite mix of workshops and some sessioning to get your musical juices flowing again. We will focus on learning and performing tunes and songs from our 2021 project 'Our Living Rivers and Glens' with Shona Donaldson (voice), Charlie McKerron (fiddle), Arthur Coates (mixed instruments) and Steve Garrett (guitar). There is a fabulous evening BBQ provided by the local community, who are also providing lunch and teabreaks during the day. Just what we all need after this very long, enforced hiatus! Camping is available next to the hall for those that wish to stay over.

Adults £40, Child/Concession £20, Family £65, Daytime Food Adult £12 Child £6, Evening BBQ Adult £10 Child £5, Camping £10

Share
View on Google Maps
Our Living Rivers and Glens - book launch and finale event - recording

Our Living Rivers and Glens - book launch and finale event - recording

Monday, December 13, 2021 — Monday, January 31, 2022Mon, Dec 13, 2021 — Mon, Jan 31, 2022

YouTube

Recording of our live streamed event on 12th December 2021.

Share
Our Living Rivers and Glens online book launch and concert

Our Living Rivers and Glens online book launch and concert

Sunday, December 12, 2021 @ 7:30PMSun, Dec 12, 2021 @ 7:30PM

Facebook and YouTube live

Our 9 fantastic composers for ‘Our Living Rivers and Glens’ (Paul Anderson Adam Sutherland Charlie McKerron Arthur Coates Hamish Napier Fraser Fifield Iona Fyfe Jenny Sturgeon and Shona Donaldson) will feature in a free online finale gig including performances and interviews, alongside Gill Russell and Pete Stollery who curated the media map. We will also introduce and launch the beautiful new book at the gig. We’d love to see you there to celebrate the project! The broadcast will be LIVE on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/deedonceilidhcollective (follow us) and on our YouTube page https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC28H9uPkIKgU-VX_f99GbMA (please subscribe) at 7.30pm on Sunday 12th December.

A beautiful new book ‘Our Living Rivers and Glens’ is at the printers after some amazing design work by Gill Russell and Richy Lamb. It has imagery and words of sky, springs, waterways, trees, stones and people from the entries to the on-line media map, the sheet music with guitar chords for the new tunes and songs and named recognition for the 80 of you who have contributed to the project in so many different ways. The base price of the book is £10 plus postage and packing - there is an option to pay more if you are able, have loved this project and would like to support further events and projects from the Collective. We are aiming to ship during the week commencing 13th December - in time for festive gift giving - barring power cuts, paper shortages, pandemic variants and postal problems! Pre-order here: https://deedonceilidhcollective.com/olrag-book

Share
Traditional Music in the Community: 3 Local Projects

Traditional Music in the Community: 3 Local Projects

Monday, December 6, 2021 @ 6:30PMMon, Dec 6, 2021 @ 6:30PM

Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen

Join us for an evening of insight and discussion on traditional music projects in the community. We'll hear from three traditional music organisations running educational activities in north-east Scotland about their work. Presenters will showcase their projects, discuss the successes and issues faced in carrying out their work and share any lessons learned in the process. We'll hear from: SC&T Youth SC&T Youth currently provides exciting, high quality online opportunities for young people interested in Scottish traditional music! This includes weekly classes, taster sessions, a summer Youth Camp, and fantastic Spotlight Sessions. The majority of our events are totally free to make it as accessible as possible for every young person. www.scottishculture.org/youth Dee and Don Ceilidh Collective Their project entitled 'Our Living Rivers and Glens - a musical exploration', is funded by Creative Scotland and aims to encourage participants to explore and respond creatively to their local environment and our unique local landscapes. Through the educational strand of the project, participants also learn new music created by guest composers. Gathering together to play and enjoy music both on and offline is another important project activity. www.deedonceilidhcollective.com Ballad School As part of the new North East Ballad School project Janice Clark ran a series of ten, one-hour, on-line workshops for adult singers who were interested in learning some of the beautiful North East Ballads. www.northeastballadschool.com Presentations will be followed by a discussion. Audiences will be most welcome to contribute.

Free

Share
Trad Awards

Trad Awards

Saturday, December 4, 2021 @ 9:00PMSat, Dec 4, 2021 @ 9:00PM

BBC Alba

Trad music awards live from Glasgow, hosted by Mary Ann Kennedy and Alistair Heather. 'Our Living Rivers and Glens' has been nominated for Community Project of the Year.

Share
Free Online Singing and Guitar Workshop with Pete and Carol MacCallum

Free Online Singing and Guitar Workshop with Pete and Carol MacCallum

Saturday, November 13, 2021 @ 1:00PMSat, Nov 13, 2021 @ 1:00PM

Zoom

Our Living Rivers and Glens project from The Dee and Don Ceilidh Collective present a free online singing and guitar workshop with experienced tutors Pete and Carola MacCallum. Join them to learn both the song and accompaniment to Jenny Sturgeons song Spinning Discs which was inspired by all of the responses to the map.

Free

Share
Free Online Music Workshop with Adam Sutherland

Free Online Music Workshop with Adam Sutherland

Saturday, November 13, 2021 @ 11:00AMSat, Nov 13, 2021 @ 11:00AM

Zoom

Our Living Rivers and Glens project from The Dee and Don Ceilidh Collective present a free online music workshop with fiddler Adam Sutherland. Adam will be teaching his new composition inspired by The Cabrach. Suitable for all instruments.

Free

Share
View on Google Maps
Free Online Music Workshop with Arthur Coates

Free Online Music Workshop with Arthur Coates

Wednesday, November 10, 2021 @ 7:30PMWed, Nov 10, 2021 @ 7:30PM

Zoom

Our Living Rivers and Glens project from The Dee and Don Ceilidh Collective present a free music workshop with multi instrumentalist Arthur Coates. Suitable for all instruments. Learn Arthur's new tune "The Picardy Stone".

Free

Share
Free Music Workshop with Fraser Fifield

Free Music Workshop with Fraser Fifield

Tuesday, November 9, 2021 @ 7:30PMTue, Nov 9, 2021 @ 7:30PM

Zoom

Our Living Rivers and Glens project from The Dee and Don Ceilidh Collective present a free workshop, via zoom with multi instrumentalist Fraser Fifield. Suitable for all instruments. Fraser will teach his new tune "Our Rivers and Glens" inspired by the media map.

Free

Share
Free Beginners/Intermediate Music Workshop with Averil Blackhall

Free Beginners/Intermediate Music Workshop with Averil Blackhall

Saturday, November 6, 2021 @ 10:00AMSat, Nov 6, 2021 @ 10:00AM

Zoom

Our Living Rivers and Glens project from The Dee and Don Ceilidh Collective present a free beginners/intermediate music workshop with Averil Blackhall. Experienced tutor Averil Blackhall will teach a tune from the project at a slow and steady pace.

Free

Share
FREE online melody and accompaniment workshop with Charlie McKerron and Pete MacCallum

FREE online melody and accompaniment workshop with Charlie McKerron and Pete MacCallum

Tuesday, November 2, 2021 @ 7:30PMTue, Nov 2, 2021 @ 7:30PM

Zoom

Our Living Rivers and Glens project from The Dee and Don Ceilidh Collective present a free online melodyand guitar workshop with Charlie McKerrons and Pete MacCallum. Join them to learn both Charlies new tune and accompaniment to Jwhich was inspired by the responses to the map. Sign up here: https://bit.ly/2YZMzbM Our 9 composers have now written their tunes and songs inspired by the media map ( https://bit.ly/DDCCmediamap ) and are ready to share them with you through an online workshop! It's a great chance to learn a brand new tune or song from the composer or tutor involved and get an insight into what inspired them

Share
Free Workshop with Paul Anderson

Free Workshop with Paul Anderson

Sunday, October 31, 2021 @ 11:00PMSun, Oct 31, 2021 @ 11:00PM

Zoom

Our Living Rivers and Glens project from The Dee and Don Ceilidh Collective present a free music workshop via zoom with Paul Anderson. Suitable for intermediate/advanced melody players. Paul will be teaching some of his tunes inspired by Hosie's Well, Millert of Rhynie and The battle of Essie.

Free

Share
Stories of our Living Rivers and Glens - a free online ceilidh

Stories of our Living Rivers and Glens - a free online ceilidh

Saturday, October 30, 2021 @ 7:00PM — 9:00PMSat, Oct 30, 2021 @ 7:00PM — 9:00PM

Zoom

Come an jyne a ceilidh wi Grace Banks an the Dee & Don Ceilidh Collective - guid craic wi music, sang, wird and pictures inspired by nature.

This ceilidh is a wee celebratory reflection of an on-going project led by the Dee & Don Ceilidh Collective (D&DCC) - folk have shared their personal touch of the land on a communal story map. Their contributions have provided the stimulus for composers to create new musical and song pieces which will then be shared with the community. This unique ceilidh evening will be led by Grace, and in atween her tale-telling, there'll be opportunity to hear some participants tell their stories through word, song, picture or music and hopefully from the composers too!

In partnership with the Scottish International Storytelling Festival.

Share
Free Singing workshop with Grace Banks

Free Singing workshop with Grace Banks

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 @ 7:30PMWed, Oct 27, 2021 @ 7:30PM

Zoom

Our Living Rivers and Glens project from The Dee and Don Ceilidh Collective present a free singing workshop via zoom with Grace Banks. Suitable for all levels of singer. Grace will be teaching Shona Donaldson's song "Dear Mither" inspired by the redwood trees at Aboyne Castle estate.

Free

Share
Free workshop with Hamish Napier

Free workshop with Hamish Napier

Monday, October 25, 2021 @ 7:30PMMon, Oct 25, 2021 @ 7:30PM

Zoom

Our Living Rivers and Glens project from The Dee and Don Ceilidh Collective present a free workshop via zoom with multi instrumentalist Hamish Napier. Learn Hamish's new piece inspired by the Wells of Dee. Suitable for all instruments.

Free

Share
Free Singing workshop with Iona Fyfe

Free Singing workshop with Iona Fyfe

Sunday, October 24, 2021 @ 7:00PMSun, Oct 24, 2021 @ 7:00PM

Zoom

Our Living Rivers and Glens project from The Dee and Don Ceilidh Collective present a free singing workshop with Iona Fyfe. Suitable for all levels of singer. Learn Iona's new song inspired by The Meeting o the Waters.

Free

Share
Afternoon Community Concert with The Dee and Don Ceilidh Collective

Afternoon Community Concert with The Dee and Don Ceilidh Collective

Sunday, September 26, 2021 @ 3:00PM — 5:00PMSun, Sep 26, 2021 @ 3:00PM — 5:00PM

The MacRobert Hall, Tarland AB34 4YL

Come along to an informal concert with tutors from the Dee and Don Ceilidh Collective as well as local musicians and singers and perhaps even have a dance or two! There will also be a chance to sign up on the day if you fancy sharing your party piece with us!

Free entry but donations welcome

Share
View on Google Maps
Singing Workshop with Grace Banks

Singing Workshop with Grace Banks

Sunday, September 26, 2021 @ 2:00PM — 3:00PMSun, Sep 26, 2021 @ 2:00PM — 3:00PM

The MacRobert Hall, Tarland AB34 4YL

Join experienced singing tutor Grace Banks for an informal singing session. No singing experience needed. Children are welcome if accompanied by an adult.

Free

Share
View on Google Maps
« First ‹ Prev 1 2 Next › Last »

The Dee and Don Ceilidh Collective , Scottish charity SC047411

  • Log out
Powered by Bandzoogle