Whistle for Pipers with Angus MacKenzie

Whistle for Pipers with Angus MacKenzie

By Far North Retreats

Join Angus Mackenzie for a series of online play-alongs on whistle. Ideal event for pipers who want to improve their whistle playing.

Date and time

Location

Online

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Highlights

  • 1 hour
  • Online

Refund Policy

No Refunds

About this event

Back by popular demand for a second season and another opportunity to connect the Far North musical community through the darker months of the year.

Angus technical ability on both whistle and pipes is awe-inspiring and he chooses the best tunes to share with his students. His Zoom craic is also worth tuning in for.

Angus will provide 4 sessions over the Winter months. The ticket price covers all four sessions and recordings will be sent out following each session for people who are not able to attend in person. Concessions are available for students and young people.

This event is particularly aimed towards pipers who are trying to improve their whistle playing but anyone is welcome to join.

Dates

9th November

7th December

1st February

22nd March

Timings (all local time in Scotland - GMT)

Zoom opens for general craic and community catch up - 18.15

Slowish whistle - 18.30 - 19:00

Medium/Fast whistle - 19:00 - 19.40

The idea is to drop in and out of the onine meet according to the speed you wish to play at

Angus will be leading tunes on a soprano whistle in D

Ticket price of £60 covers all four sessions

Photo credit: Penny Ryles-Bowen

Frequently asked questions

How is this going to work?

If you have attended a Far North Zoom before it'll be exactly the same. Audio files and manuscripts will be sent a month ahead of time and on the night we meet online Angus will play through the tunes with everyone else on mute. You will just hear yourself playing together.

What will I learn?

The learning of the tunes will be done in your own time. What we aim to provide with these sessions is a focus, a reason to practice and an opportunity to come together as a community and to ask questions. It's always good craic.

I am not a Piper - can I still come along?

Yes of course but there will likely be chat around the considerations that Pipers have when transferring their skills onto Whistle.

What level of player is this event meant for?

You need to have some ability on the whistle as it's not a teaching session. The tunes will be intermediate + level in terms of difficulty.

Will anyone hear me playing?

No - you'll be on mute so will just hear yourself and Angus playing together. It's a safe place to try whistle if you're not feeling too confident.

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Far North Retreats

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Nov 9 · 10:30 AM PST