The Mystic Ring - String Quartet Open Workshop

Carolyn Sparey-Fox is a composer, violist, storyteller and artist whose Baha’i faith deeply inspires her artistry. Join us in the lecture room at Lauriston Castle for an open workshop on her first string quartet The Mystic Ring with emerging Scottish ensemble the Resol Quartet, ahead of their performance at St John’s Church, Princes Street, on Monday 18th August.

The Mystic Ring is a tribute to the great English potter, Bernard Leach, one of the most significant and influential pioneers of craftsmanship during the twentieth century, and a practicing Baha’i. Each of the five movements in The Mystic Ring reflects an aspect of his life and work, beginning with a portrait of Leach and ending with a musical interpretation of the potter’s craft in action.

This workshop and the following performance are in partnership with the charity Live Music Now Scotland, with which Just Festival has enjoyed a fruitful relationship for several years.

Free, ticketed