The school is held in an intimate and peaceful mountain setting , is a unique opportunity to concentrate on Scottish fiddle music in general and strathspey playing in particular. Dr. John Turner , the school's director and instructor, is the third generation in a family of traditional fiddlers. Three group classes daily - Sunday through Thursday. Daily individual lessons from John Turner - Sunday through Thursday. Past years have included violists, players of flutes, cittern, guitar, cello and other instruments.
Participants usually devote themselves to a single instrument during classes and practice hours.
You should be able to read music, and bring your own instrument and a music stand. The great fiddlers of the Golden Age of Scottish Fiddle all wrote books of their fiddle music. Each year, Dr. Turner provides a music book from his collection of 18th Century Scottish fiddle music for day classes, and a separate collection of ceilidh and dance music for night classes. Past classes have included the music of Niel Gow and the Gow family, Dow, MacIntosh, William Marshall, Capt. Simon Frasier and Petrie, among others.