Aboyne Cello Festival – SUNDAY 24th JULY – SUNDAY 31ST JULY 2022 Inclusive

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Welcome to the Aboyne Cello Festival and Summer School!

Started back in 2005, the Aboyne Cello Festival is now established as one of the cello highlights of the year.

Eight days of intensive cello workshops, lessons, chamber music, cello orchestra and all-round Cello Inspiration, all set in an incredibly beautiful part of Scotland. Our wonderful team of world class tutors will get fully involved in nurturing the development of all cellists on the summer school.

We welcome participants of all ages and stages and can offer a bespoke experience. There are sessions for adult amateurs as well as intensive sessions for young professionals, conservatoire students and those working towards music conservatoire. There are also opportunities for younger students to have group and individual lessons.

In 2020, we were forced to take the festival online, but it was a good mix of fantastic lessons and fun social cello playing and cello chat! We also managed to bring a flavour of our Aberdeenshire home to the week with a Scottish cello workshop, and stream some great concerts on our YouTube Channel which were enjoyed by people as far away as Australia!

In 2021 we had a blend of live lessons and orchestra in 3 parts of the UK, and fantastic online sessions exploring Feuillard, Popper, Bach and Beethoven as well as Traditional Scottish cello, art of teaching and cello basics.

2022 – Everything should be live again this year and the Aboyne Cello Festival will bring recitals that would grace top venues anywhere in the world, and teachers of major international standing to this fantastic part of Aberdeenshire, and we look forward to welcoming you as a student or a member of the audience very soon.

Please contact us for further information, follow our Facebook page, our Instagram and apply here!

James Halsey
Festival Director

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About

The Aboyne Cello Festival and Summer School is known to be a fun, supportive cello summer school based in wonderful surroundings with an ethos of friendship and positive thinking and the very best international cellist tutors. The core of the course is designed for conservatoire level students, but we also inspire teenagers, professionals, adult amateurs grade 6+, and include coaching for younger participants. If you play the cello but are unsure about what you would want to be involved with, please get in touch to find out more about which parts of the course would be suitable for you!

The Aboyne Cello Festival is open to all ages from 7+ and of any standard. The advised standard for those participating in the Cello Orchestra is grade 6+.

Apply here to secure your place to be part of this fantastic cello festival!

Below is a typical schedule for the week when the festival runs live in Scotland:

Date	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
Sunday	Cello Orchestra Rehearsal	Cello Orchestra Rehearsal	Young Artist Recital
Monday	Lessons/Workshops Students – Tarland Adults – Aboyne	Lessons/Workshops Students – Tarland Adults – Aboyne	Recital TBC
Tuesday	Lessons/Workshops Students – Tarland Youngsters – Tarland	Lessons/Workshops Students – Tarland	Scottish Music Session
Wednesday	Lessons/Workshops Students – Tarland Adults – Aboyne	Lessons/Workshops Students – Tarland Adults – Aboyne	The Three Cellos Concert TBC
Thursday	Lessons/Workshops Students – Tarland Youngsters – Tarland	Lessons/Workshops Students – Tarland	Film Night (optional)
Friday	Lessons/Workshops Students – Tarland	Lessons/Workshops Students – Tarland Youngsters – Tarland	Students’ Concert
Saturday	Cello Orchestra Rehearsal	Cello Orchestra Rehearsal	Recital TBC
Sunday	free	Cello Orchestra Rehearsal	Giant Cello Ensemble Concert MacRobert Memorial Hall, Tarland