Outline of the 2020 festival will be very similar to the 2019 week.
Further details will be updated on here in due course!
Applications already being accepted here!


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! Our wonderful team of world class tutors get fully involved in nurturing the development of all cellists on the summer school, and also provide a series of professional concerts at super venues across this wonderful area of Scotland.

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 conservatoire students and those working towards music conservatoire. There are also opportunities for younger students to have group and individual lessons.

The Aboyne Cello Festival brings 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. Please contact us for further information.

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. 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+.

Read more about individual lessons, masterclasses and workshops, cello orchestra, and accompanists/chamber music.

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

Below is a provisional schedule for the week:

Date Morning Afternoon

Evening
Sunday 28th July Cello Orchestra Rehearsal Cello Orchestra Rehearsal Philip Higham Solo Recital
7pm Woodend Barn, Banchory
Monday 29th July Lessons/Workshops
Students – Tarland
Adults – Aboyne		 Lessons/Workshops
Students – Tarland
Adults – Aboyne		 Joshua Lynch Young Artist 2019 Concert
with Sally Birkett, piano
7:30pm Deeside Theatre, Aboyne
Tuesday 30th July Lessons/Workshops
Students – Tarland
Youngsters – Tarland		 Lessons/Workshops
Students – Tarland		 Scottish Music Session (optional)
Wednesday 31st July Lessons/Workshops
Students – Tarland
Adults – Aboyne		 Lessons/Workshops
Students – Tarland
Adults – Aboyne		 The Three Cellos Concert
7:30pm Woodend Barn, Banchory
Thursday 1st August Lessons/Workshops
Students – Tarland
Youngsters – Tarland		 Lessons/Workshops
Students – Tarland		 Film Night (optional)
Friday 2nd August Lessons/Workshops
Students – Tarland		 Lessons/Workshops
Students – Tarland
Youngsters – Tarland		 Students’ Concert
Saturday 3rd August Cello Orchestra Rehearsal Cello Orchestra Rehearsal Rebecca Gilliver Recital
with Sally Birkett
7:30pm Phoenix Hall, AB15 9DX
Sunday 4th August Cello Orchestra Rehearsal Giant Cello Ensemble Concert
Soloist Philip Higham
7:30pm MacRobert Memorial Hall, Tarland

Apply Now!

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