The Inverurie Music workshop season will finish this season with a bonus String Ensemble Day led Dr Aaron McGregor on Saturday 29th June 2024 at Kemnay Church Centre. This is an extra session arranged at short notice and we are grateful to Aaron for giving us more of his time and expert tuition. There are places for around 20 string players (violin, viola, cello and double bass) who will come together to play music chosen by Aaron.

The music planned for the session is shown below and the parts can be found by clicking on the links. (There is lots to work on and there may not be time to cover all of it during the workshop.)

Telemann: Don Quixote Suite
Bartok: Romanian Dances
Cooke: Three Meditations

Find some highlights from previous workshops here.

If you would like to attend, please get in touch by emailing inveruriemusic@gmail.com with your name, address, phone number and instrument.

The cost for the day is £25 standard price. There is a reduced cost of £15 for those in full-time education, and for those on disability or low-income benefits. Pay by bank transfer (Account Name: Inverurie Music – Sort Code: 80-08-41 – Account number: 00842458) – or by cash or card on the day.

Arrangements for lunch are not yet certain – more information will be available in due course.

The provisional timetable for the day.
9.30 – arrival and set up
10.00 – 11.30 – tutored session
11.30 – 11.45 – break
11.45 – 13.00 – tutored session
13.00 – 13.45 – lunch
13.45 – 14.45 – tutored session
14.45 – 15.00 – short comfort break
15.00 – 15.30 – performance session
15.30 – depart

Dr Aaron McGregor is a freelance violinist and Lecturer in Music (Performance) at the University of Aberdeen. Aaron’s performance background ranges across a spectrum of styles, including modern and baroque violin, and Scottish traditional fiddle. He has performed with ensembles such as the Dunedin Consort, Ludus Baroque, Oxford Baroque, Ex Cathedra, RSNO, Scottish Ensemble, Scottish Ballet and Manchester Camerata.Aaron is a leading exponent of 17th and 18th-century Scottish fiddle music, performing regularly with Concerto Caledonia. A graduate of the University of Edinburgh and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Aaron completed an MMus in Historically Informed Performance Practice with distinction at the University of Glasgow and the RCS in 2014. He led the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, NYOS strings, the Edinburgh University orchestras and performed concertos including Mendelssohn, Saint-Saens, and Bach with the Edinburgh University orchestras. In January 2020, he completed a PhD at the University of Glasgow, his research focussing on the early history of the violin in Scotland.