Sgoil-feasgair
Sgoil-feasgair offers pupils already receiving regular instrumental tuition the opportunity to develop their skills.
Applications are now closed for 2024
Under the direction of Scottish singer-songwriter, Findlay Napier, the participants are offered four afternoons of ensemble and small group workshops. The programme is aimed at experienced players – those who have been receiving regular tuition on their instrument for some time already i.e. anyone in the High School Trad Band and / or with 3 years or more playing experience in at least one instrument.
Participants will be invited to perform, either solo or in a group, in the Fèis Participants’ Concert on the Friday afternoon.
Fee: £45 for four afternoons
Sessions will start each day at 1:15pm and finish at 3:45pm.
Findlay Napier
Fèis Arainn is very fortunate to have one of Scotland’s most creative singer song writers and guitarists teaching at this year’s Fèis.
Findlay will be directing the instrumental ensembles and small group workshops at Sgoil-feasgair.
One of Scotland’s finest songwriters. In 2021 he was nominated for Musician of the Year at the Scot’s Trad Music Awards and in 2018 he was the first solo act to be nominated for Live Act of the Year.
Described as Micheal Marra meets Elvis Costello, a Caledonian Loudon Wainwright or a Scottish James Taylor this master storyteller’s songs are full of earthy humour, hopeless love and biting satire.