AIYF
ABERDEEN INTERNATIONAL
YOUTH FESTIVAL
26 JULY – 3 AUGUST 2013
DANCE THEATRE WORLD MUSIC
CHOIRS ORCHESTRAS OPERA JAZZ
Platinum Sponsor
Gold Sponsor
Principal Supporters
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CONTENTS
Welcome 2013.............................................. 1
Box Office Information, Venues and Map......... 2
The Spotlight Sessions..................................... 3
Festival Programme Dates............................... 4
Communities Tour......................................... 14
The Port....................................................... 15
AIYF at a Glance.......................................... 16
Extended Festival.......................................... 18
Choirs......................................................... 22
Dance......................................................... 24
Jazz............................................................ 27
Orchestras................................................... 28
Theatre........................................................ 30
World Music................................................ 32
Spotlight Sessions......................................... 35
Up Close & Musical...................................... 37
Summer Courses.......................................... 40
Be a Part of the Art....................................... 42
B on a T................................................................. 43
Join Us – We Need Your Support!................. 44
Acknowledgements...................................... 45
Be a Part of the Art
Design a cover
WINNER:
NEVE SMITH, AGE 11, HOLY FAMILY R.C PRIMARY SCHOOL
SPONSORED BY SHELL
B on a T
WINNER: TRACY LEE, AGE 12, ST MARGARET’S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
WELCOME 2013
Hello, and please accept a very warm welcome to this year’s AIYF. Fresh off the back of last
year’s 40th anniversary celebrations AIYF is ready to shine once again.
This year the Festival has grown again, not just by
way of applications from groups and soloists but in its
aspiration and ambition.
We are delighted to once again be presenting performers
from countries such as the USA, Russia, Colombia,
Canada, Hungary, Ukraine, Australia and Uganda.
As part of an ever changing landscape of culture it’s
important that we are ahead in terms of recognising new
ways in which we can present the Festival to our wonderful
supporters, partners, participants and audiences.
It’s important for us to remember what a marvellously
international event the youth Festival is, and how it
provides a real hub for bringing together young people
to perform, collaborate and communicate with each
other in a creative environment.
With this in mind we have taken a fresh look at our
design for the event, revitalised the programme to
include new initiatives like the Spotlight Sessions and
the Lemon Tree Youth Dance & Theatre Series and
revamped our website so that it’s more user friendly.
We haven’t forgotten about our very successful core
work though, that is focussed on proudly showcasing
a wealth of home-grown and international talent from
across the arts disciplines. This ranges from classical
music to jazz, big band to choirs, soloists, opera,
theatre productions and dance performances.
In essence, AIYF 2013 is about fun, fresh, exciting
performances and expanding on the great work of past
Festivals providing stimulating cultural experiences for
everyone to enjoy. Finally I would like to invite you all
to take full advantage of this year’s eclectic programme
and enjoy every minute of the Festival, it always passes
so quickly and is over too soon!
Enjoy!
Stewart Aitken, CEO/Artistic Director
SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS
Platinum Sponsor
Bronze Sponsors
Supporters and funders
Gold Sponsor
Principal Supporters
Programme designed and created by APS Group Scotland
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BOX OFFICE INFORMATION
Tickets for shows in Aberdeen and a selection of shows
outside the city are available through Aberdeen Box Office.
Onlinewww.boxofficeaberdeen.com
Telephone 01224 641122 (Monday – Saturday, 9:30am – 6pm)
In personHMT or Music Hall Box Office
(Monday – Saturday, 9:30am – 6pm).
SPECIAL OFFERS
We are pleased to offer multiple ticket discounts for the majority
of performances taking place during the 2013 Festival.
FAMILY TICKETS & FESTIVAL PASS
Family tickets are available on any of the £6 shows.
Family Pass: £20 for a family of four
(must include at least one child)
BOOKING FEES
Booking fees are applicable when buying tickets for
most of the AIYF Festival shows. The normal charge is
10% booking fee per ticket added to the price of the
ticket at the point of purchase.
Festival Pass:Available on any of the £6 shows:
4 shows – £20 (saving £4)
8 shows – £38 (saving £10)
10 shows – £45 (saving £15)
20 shows – £75 (saving £45)
This fee is applied to cover box office administrative
costs. Please check at the point of purchase for
booking fee costs.
GROUP DISCOUNTS
Group of 8 people get £2 off standard rate ticket.
Groups of 15 or more get 1 free ticket for every
15 tickets purchased.
TICKET DISCOUNTS
There are a number of discounts and concessions
available on tickets. Ask at box office for more details.
EXTENDED FESTIVAL TICKETS
Tickets for these shows are available directly from the
venue or local outlets. Please contact the venue or
consult the Festival website for more information.
All information in this guide is correct at the time of printing. To confirm details please contact the Festival office or visit www.aiyf.org
The Festival reserves the right to make changes to the programme.
ABERDEEN CITY VENUES
1
ABERDEEN
CITY VENUES
7
2
8
4
Bon-Accord
Shopping
Centre
St. Nicholas
Shopping
Centre
1
Aberdeen
Town House
Union
Terrace
Gardens
2
3
3
4
5
Trinity
Shopping
Centre
6
6
7
5
2
ABERDEEN INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FESTIVAL
Aberdeen
Station
UNION SQUARE
SHOPPING CENTRE
& BUS STATION
8
His Majesty’s Theatre
Rosemount Viaduct, AB25 1GL
Music Hall
Union Street, AB10 1QS
Beach Ballroom
Beach Promenade, AB24 5NR
Aberdeen Arts Centre & Theatre –
(ACT Aberdeen)
33 King Street, AB24 5AA
The Sanctuary at Queen’s Cross Church
Albyn Place, AB10 1YN
Carmelite
Stirling Street, AB11 6JU
The Blue Lamp
121 Gallowgate, AB25 1BU
Lemon Tree
5 West North Street, AB24 5AT
THE SPOTLIGHT SESSIONS
A brand new initiative for AIYF 2013 is a Creative
Scotland funded element called the ‘Spotlight Sessions’.
These sessions look to shine a light on the best new
and emerging young professional talent in music
from across Scotland and the rest of the UK.
For the first time ever the Festival has programmed
young acts that have already turned professional in a
bid to support talent development, even when young
artists have already turned a corner in their careers.
These shows also recognise that young talent,
particularly musicians, are becoming professional
at a younger age and also need our support.
Although AIYF is a platform for high-quality amateur
groups including the National Youth Arts organisations,
in our strategic artistic vision we plan to also be a
platform for young professional performers across
different genres.
Promoting the best new professional young talent
through programming these artists at the Festival
also acts to inspire the young amateur groups and
individuals already participating in AIYF.
We see these ‘sessions’ as being an important part
in the development of the young artists themselves.
The following programme has been made possible
through funding from Creative Scotland.
Groups taking part in the ‘Spotlight Sessions’ will
also provide workshops for young people in and
around Aberdeen as part of the participation. To
find out more about the community workshops with
these musicians please visit the website and visit
the ‘Spotlight Sessions’ page to register an interest.
www.aiyf.org/spotlightsessions
Funded by: Creative Scotland
Jazz
Classical
GOGO PENGUIN
TRIO DALRIADA FEATURING BETH MACKAY
(MEZZO SOPRANO), PAUL LIVINGSTON
(VIOLIN) AND IAN WATT (GUITAR)
DATE: Thursday, July 25 VENUE: The Blue Lamp
TIME: 8:00pm COST: £15 & £12 (C)
Tipped for the top Jazz trio GoGo Penguin has been
hailed the ‘freshest sounding young jazz trio to emerge
in years’. Don’t miss this exclusive North-east show.
DATE: Friday, July 26 VENUE: Queen’s Cross Church
Sanctuary TIME: 7:30pm COST: £12 & £10
Described by audiences as “astoundingly atmospheric”,
this trio will perform Scottish songs by James Oswald,
Burns, Haydn, Respighi and Roger Quilter.
Indie
Traditional
TO BE ANNOUNCED
SKERRYVORE
DATE: Saturday, July 27 VENUE: Lemon Tree
DOORS: 8:30pm COST: £12 & £10 (C)
DATE: Sunday, July 28 VENUE: Lemon Tree
DOORS: 8:00pm COST: £12 & £10 (C)
Check press and the website for an exclusive
announcement on the indie band that will be
appearing. Supported by local rising stars, Akord.
Last in the series profiles young traditional music band,
Skerryvore. This multi-award winning act had one
journalist noting: “Six of the best musical ambassadors
Scotland could ever have wished for...a living, breathing,
12 legged party waiting to happen.”
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THURSDAY
JULY 25
FRIDAY
JULY 26
SATURDAY
JULY 27
SUNDAY
JULY 28
MONDAY
JULY 29
TUESDAY
JULY 30
WEDNESDAY
JULY 31
THURSDAY
AUGUST 1
FRIDAY
AUGUST 2
SATURDAY
AUGUST 3
FESTIVAL
PROGRAMME
DATES
THURSDAY, JULY 25
The Tempest
The Stars O’ Robbie Burns
MITCHELL SCHOOL OF DRAMA (MSD)
YOUNG BURNS PERFORMERS FROM ACROSS
SCOTLAND
VENUE: Lemon Tree TIME: 7:30pm COST: £6
Mitchell School of Drama MSD (Scotland) presents William
Shakespeare’s The Tempest. MSD completes its trilogy of
Shakespeare shipwreck plays with their 30th anniversary
production. Prospero has been banished and marooned
on an island with his daughter Miranda. With the help of
the spirit Ariel he raises a storm at sea, bringing his enemies
within his grasp. An eclectic mix of music, dance and
puppetry makes for an innovative and quirky production.
VENUE: The Townhouse, Union Street
TIME: 8:00pm COST: £6
Top young performers from The Robert Burns World
Federation Festival and The Enlightened Burns project
explore the lively and humorous, yet sensitive and
fragile life of Caledonia’s Bard through songs, poetry
and music in this new play. The cast of extraordinary
musicians and actors will inspire and captivate
audiences with their phenomenal talent.
FRIDAY, JULY 26
UP CLOSE & MUSICAL
Laura Ayoub
VENUE: Ferryhill Church, Fonthill Road
TIME: 1:00pm COST: £6
Talented young violinist, Laura Ayoub, brings a special
touch to this year’s opening Up Close & Musical
programme. Her programme includes Beethoven Violin
Sonata no 7 in C minor, Le Grand Tango by Piazzolla,
Zigeunerweisen by Sarasate and Hypnosis by Ian Clarke.
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ABERDEEN INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FESTIVAL
Garthdee International Concert
HUNGARIAN DANCE ACADEMY (HUNGARY)
& HIP HOP SCHOOL SCOTLAND AND VOL’K
HIP (FRANCE)
VENUE: Inchgarth Community Centre
TIME: 7:30pm COST: £6
An evening of music and dance with Hungarian dance
troupe performing in traditional costume, French &
Aberdeen hip-hop companies Vol’K Hip & Hip Hop
School Scotland plus others.
THURSDAY
JULY 25
FRIDAY
JULY 26
SATURDAY
JULY 27
SUNDAY
JULY 28
MONDAY
JULY 29
TUESDAY
JULY 30
WEDNESDAY
JULY 31
THURSDAY
AUGUST 1
FRIDAY
AUGUST 2
SATURDAY
AUGUST 3
FRIDAY, JULY 26
The Tempest
The Stars O’ Robbie Burns
MITCHELL SCHOOL OF DRAMA (MSD)
YOUNG BURNS PERFORMERS FROM ACROSS
SCOTLAND
VENUE: Lemon Tree TIME: 7:30pm COST: £6
Mitchell School of Drama MSD (Scotland) presents
William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. MSD completes
its trilogy of Shakespeare shipwreck plays with their
30th anniversary production. Prospero has been
banished and marooned on an island with his daughter
Miranda. With the help of the spirit Ariel he raises a
storm at sea, bringing his enemies within his grasp.
An eclectic mix of music, dance and puppetry makes
for an innovative and quirky production.
VENUE: The Masonic Temple, 85 Crown Street
TIME: 8:00pm COST: £6
Top young performers from The Robert Burns World
Federation Festival and The Enlightened Burns project
explore the lively and humorous, yet sensitive and
fragile life of Caledonia’s Bard through songs, poetry
and music in this new play. The cast of extraordinary
musicians and actors will inspire and captivate
audiences with their phenomenal talent.
SATURDAY, JULY 27
AIYF Festival & Tartan Day
Parade
ROUTE: Union Street – Castlegate
TIME: 12noon COST: Free
Local and international participants of this year’s
Festival will have a chance to join together and ‘strut
their stuff’ alongside the many pipe bands that turn
out for this annual parade celebrating Tartan Day and
the first weekend of AIYF. The parade offers local and
international participants the chance to enjoy Tartan Day.
UP CLOSE & MUSICAL
Chamber Music Project
Participants
VENUE: Queen’s Cross Church Sanctuary
TIME: 2:00pm COST: £6
Young participants from this year’s Chamber Music
Project perform pieces learned during their time on one
of AIYF’s most prestigious summer courses for talented
musicians. Also featuring a performance from Hebrides
Ensemble, the course tutors.
Festival in the City
VENUE: City Centre
TIME: 1:00pm – 4:30pm COST: Free
Aberdeen comes alive with a jam-packed schedule of
performances including drummers, traditional music, song,
cultural dance and street theatre. Across the city centre
there will be a showcase of the best of the Festival’s
international talent, alongside young Scottish performers,
in the streets and shopping centres of Aberdeen.
Sponsored by BP
The Tempest
MITCHELL SCHOOL OF DRAMA (MSD)
VENUE: Lemon Tree TIME: 7:30pm COST: £6
Mitchell School of Drama MSD (Scotland) presents
William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. MSD completes
its trilogy of Shakespeare shipwreck plays with their
30th anniversary production. Prospero has been
banished and marooned on an island with his daughter
Miranda. With the help of the spirit Ariel he raises a
storm at sea, bringing his enemies within his grasp.
An eclectic mix of music, dance and puppetry makes
for an innovative and quirky production.
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THURSDAY
JULY 25
FRIDAY
JULY 26
SATURDAY
JULY 27
SUNDAY
JULY 28
MONDAY
JULY 29
TUESDAY
JULY 30
WEDNESDAY
JULY 31
THURSDAY
AUGUST 1
FRIDAY
AUGUST 2
SATURDAY
AUGUST 3
SATURDAY, JULY 27
String Orchestral Concert
NATIONAL YOUTH STRINGS ORCHESTRA (NYSO)
VENUE: Queen’s Cross Church Sanctuary
TIME: 7:30pm COST: £11 & £7 (C)
The ‘National Youth String Orchestra’ (formerly
known as the National Youth Strings Academy) is for
talented young string players in the UK. The repertoire
will include: Arensky – Variations on a Theme of
Tchaikovsky, Frank Bridge – Suite for String Orchestra,
Mozart – Divertimento in F major K138 and Britten –
Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge.
Alice in Wonderland – Queen
through the Looking Glass
ENCORE HIGH SCHOOL (USA)
VENUE: Aberdeen Arts Centre & Theatre
(ACT Aberdeen) TIME: 7:30pm COST: £6
Returning after a really successful run as part of the AIYF
40th anniversary celebrations last year, this self-styled
‘American Rock ‘n’ Roll Circus’ will present a brand
new Alice In Wonderland show for Festival audiences.
SUNDAY, JULY 28
Welcome Ceremony
Opera Masterclass
VENUE: Music Hall TIME: 3:00pm
COST: £1 (Free to Friends of AIYF and APA)
LISA MILNE WITH STUDENTS FROM AIYF’S
OPERA PROJECT
AIYF’s grand opening ceremony extends a huge welcome
to our talented performers from the UK and the rest of
the world. A truly marvellous spectacle not to be missed.
Countries this year include Canada, USA, Hungary,
Colombia, Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Ukraine,
France, Croatia and Bulgaria.
VENUE: Elphinstone Hall, University of Aberdeen
TIME: 7:30pm COST: Free
An opportunity to observe the Royal Conservatoire
opera students being taken through their paces in this
open public masterclass with Aberdeen’s own opera
star Lisa Milne.
Sponsored by ICRGU
Alice in Wonderland – Queen
through the Looking Glass
Classical Concert
ENCORE HIGH SCHOOL (USA)
VENUE: Queen’s Cross Church Sanctuary
TIME: 8:00pm COST: £11 & £7 (C)
VENUE: Aberdeen Arts Centre & Theatre
(ACT Aberdeen) TIME: 7:30pm COST: £6
Returning after a really successful run as part of the AIYF
40th anniversary celebrations last year, this self-styled
‘American Rock ‘n’ Roll Circus’ will present a brand
new Alice in Wonderland show for Festival audiences.
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ABERDEEN INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FESTIVAL
DUTCH YOUTH STRING ORCHESTRA (NJSO)
Highly acclaimed Dutch Youth String Orchestra (NJSO)
make a welcome return to AIYF for the 2013 Festival
season. The repertoire for performances in Aberdeen will
include Turina – La Oración del Torero (8´), Falla – Nana
and Sjostakovitsj – Kammersymfonie op 110a (25´).
THURSDAY
JULY 25
FRIDAY
JULY 26
SATURDAY
JULY 27
SUNDAY
JULY 28
MONDAY
JULY 29
TUESDAY
JULY 30
WEDNESDAY
JULY 31
THURSDAY
AUGUST 1
FRIDAY
AUGUST 2
SATURDAY
AUGUST 3
MONDAY, JULY 29
UP CLOSE & MUSICAL
UP CLOSE & MUSICAL
VENUE: Queen’s Cross Church Sanctuary
TIME: 11:00am COST: £6
VENUE: Elphinstone Hall, University of Aberdeen
TIME: 1:00pm COST: £6
Duncan (violin) and David (baritone) will perform a
morning recital of classical pieces that are programmed
to provide a gentle concert of excellent classical music.
Both students attend the North East Scotland Music
School Performers (NESMS) and come as a highly
recommended talented young duo.
Singers from this prestigious placement will perform
chosen pieces from opera classics.
UP CLOSE & MUSICAL
Demain l’Aurore
(Tomorrow’s Dawn)
Duncan Thomson and David
Ferguson (NESMS)
Beijing All Stars
VENUE: St Machar’s Cathedral
TIME: 3:00pm COST: £6
Chinese choir perform traditional and classical pieces
in their first ever visit to the Festival.
FESTIVAL RADIO
Royal Conservatoire of
Scotland Opera Song Studio
LA PETITE FAMILLE
VENUE: Lemon Tree TIME: 3:00pm & 7:30pm
COST: £6
This marvellous French Youth Theatre Company will
bring one of its own productions to AIYF in 2013
titled Demain l’Aurore (Tomorrow’s Dawn). Performed
in English, the play looks at the difficult and sometimes
fractious relationship between adolescents and adults.
Billed as ‘lively, funny, sparkling, sensitive and delirious’.
Every day on shmuFM 99.8 FM
Alice In Wonderland – Queen
through the Looking Glass
ENCORE HIGH SCHOOL (USA)
VENUE: Aberdeen Arts Centre & Theatre
(ACT Aberdeen) TIME: 7:30pm COST: £6
Returning after a really successful run as part of the AIYF
40th anniversary celebrations last year, this self-styled
‘American Rock ‘n’ Roll Circus’ will present a brand
new Alice in Wonderland show for Festival audiences.
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THURSDAY
JULY 25
FRIDAY
JULY 26
SATURDAY
JULY 27
SUNDAY
JULY 28
MONDAY
JULY 29
TUESDAY
JULY 30
MONDAY, JULY 29
Fanfare Music & Choral
Concert
BANDA MUNICIPAL DE LLEIDA (SPAIN),
MEDICINE HAT COLLEGE GIRLS’ CHOIR (CANADA)
AND VIVA SANDNES CHOIR (NORWAY)
VENUE: Music Hall
TIME: 7:30pm COST: £15 (C)
Three wonderful international groups present a wide
programme of classical, traditional and contemporary
music and song.
Sponsored by Craig Group
Jazz
BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN MUSIC SERVICE
BIG BAND
VENUE: Carmelite
TIME: 8:00pm COST: £11 & £7 (C)
This lively group visited the Festival for its 40th
anniversary in 2012 and enjoyed fabulous reviews
from audiences from across the North-east. Having
toured internationally these performers know how to put
on a ‘Big Band’ with a concert programme that covers
everything from Van Morrison to Herbie Hancock and
Henry Mancini.
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WEDNESDAY
JULY 31
THURSDAY
AUGUST 1
FRIDAY
AUGUST 2
SATURDAY
AUGUST 3
THURSDAY
JULY 25
FRIDAY
JULY 26
SATURDAY
JULY 27
SUNDAY
JULY 28
MONDAY
JULY 29
TUESDAY
JULY 30
WEDNESDAY
JULY 31
THURSDAY
AUGUST 1
FRIDAY
AUGUST 2
SATURDAY
AUGUST 3
TUESDAY, JULY 30
UP CLOSE & MUSICAL
Ann Vovk and
Ann Doroshenkova (Russia),
Maya Tarasova (Russia) and
La Isla Youth Classical Guitar
Ensemble (Canada)
VENUE: Cults Parish Church TIME: 2:00pm COST: £6
International Dance Evening
FEATURING YOUTH BALLET OF
SASKATECHEWAN AND HUNGARIAN DANCE
ACADEMY (HUNGARY)
VENUE: Aberdeen Arts Centre & Theatre
(ACT Aberdeen) TIME: 7:30pm COST: £6
Two fantastic international dance companies present
traditional Hungarian dance and contemporary ballet
pieces choreographed especially for AIYF 2013.
Russian duo Vovk and Doroshenkova perform an intimate
recital of song and music, with repertoire of classical and
traditional Russian music. They will be joined by operatic
soloist Maya Tarasova.
Dance
PEGASUS YOUTH DANCE COMPANY (UK),
AND THE THEATRE SCHOOL OF MODERN
DANCE ‘POTOKI’ (UKRAINE)
VENUE: Lemon Tree TIME: 7:30pm COST: £6
An exciting evening of contemporary dance from
Oxford based youth dance company, Pegasus and
Ukrainian contemporary dancers ‘Potoki’. These
talented young dancers will present pieces mainly
to be showcased in Aberdeen for the first time.
Concert
Jazz
THE SCOTTISH ENSEMBLE (SCOTLAND)
WITH CHRIS STOUT AND CATRIONA
MCKAY FEATURING DUTCH YOUTH STRING
ORCHESTRA (NETHERLANDS) AND NORTH
SHORE CELTIC ENSEMBLE (CANADA)
THE ALEX SILVER QUINTET
VENUE: Queen’s Cross Church Sanctuary
TIME: 7:30pm COST: £11 & £7 (C)
A wonderful fusion of classical and traditional music
through compositions including Seavaigers by Sally
Beamish, Tunes from ‘White Nights Album’ by Chris Stout
and Catriona McKay plus Bach’s Double Concerto for
Two violins and Bartok’s Divertimento for Strings.
VENUE: The Blue Lamp TIME: 8:00pm
COST: £11 & £7 (C) under 16s £2.50
Australian all-female quintet makes its first ever trip to
Aberdeen to perform at this year’s Festival. An ensemble
led by Alex Silver, the quintet had its premiere performance
at the Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival in 2012.
The band members of the Alex Silver Quintet are Alex
Silver (trombone), Melissa Mony (sax), Emma Stephenson
(piano), Lucy Clifford (bass) and Holly Conner (drums) –
all top emerging Australian jazz players in their own right.
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THURSDAY
JULY 25
FRIDAY
JULY 26
SATURDAY
JULY 27
SUNDAY
JULY 28
MONDAY
JULY 29
TUESDAY
JULY 30
WEDNESDAY
JULY 31
THURSDAY
AUGUST 1
FRIDAY
AUGUST 2
SATURDAY
AUGUST 3
WEDNESDAY, JULY 31
UP CLOSE & MUSICAL
Allingham Quartet
VENUE: Craigiebuckler Church
TIME: 1:00pm COST: £6
Classical quartet, all students at the Royal Conservatoire
of Scotland, perform once again for Aberdeen audiences.
FESTIVAL RADIO
Every day on shmuFM 99.8 FM
UP CLOSE & MUSICAL
Spencer Strachan Duo
VENUE: Queen’s Cross Church Sanctuary
TIME: 3:00pm COST: £6
Violinist Rachel Spencer and cellist Duncan Strachan
met as students at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
As a duo they have gone on to perform across the
country to critical acclaim (“enthralling versatility
and intensity... power, panache, and a remarkable
intimacy” Herald 2011).
Supported by AIYF Festival
Friends Founders Bequest
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Jazz
YOUNG SCOTTISH JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE
YEAR AWARDS
VENUE: Beach Ballroom TIME: 7:30pm
COST: £11 & £7 (C) under 16s £2.50
AIYF is proud to host the Young Scottish Jazz Musician
of the Year (YSJM) Awards following last year’s successful
final. Scotland’s top young jazz musicians battle it out for
this prestigious award during sparkling live performances.
This glittering event is one of the signature jazz events
of this year’s programme.
Sponsored by Shell
In association with
Scottish Jazz Federation
Performance
Classical
INTERNATIONAL SHOWCASE EVENING
NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF SCOTLAND
VENUE: International School
TIME: 7:30pm COST: £6
VENUE: Music Hall
TIME: 7:30pm COST: £17.50 & £10 (C)
Performers from home and abroad take to the stage
during this international extravaganza which offers
top class performances from the Beijing Allstars
(China), The Theatre School of Modern Dance ‘Potoki’
(Ukraine), and traditional Scottish pieces from the Karen
Little School of Dance, Dumfries.
Featuring soloist Alina Pogostkina (Violin) and
conducted by Christopher Seaman
ABERDEEN INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FESTIVAL
The repertoire for the evening is set to be one of the
classical highlights of the Festival, and will include
Dvorak: Carnival Overture, Judith Bingham: Celticity,
Glazunov: Violin Concerto, and Shostakovich:
Symphony No 10.
THURSDAY
JULY 25
FRIDAY
JULY 26
SATURDAY
JULY 27
SUNDAY
JULY 28
MONDAY
JULY 29
TUESDAY
JULY 30
WEDNESDAY
JULY 31
THURSDAY
AUGUST 1
FRIDAY
AUGUST 2
SATURDAY
AUGUST 3
THURSDAY, AUGUST 1
UP CLOSE & MUSICAL
UP CLOSE & MUSICAL
VENUE: St Marys Church, King Street
TIME: 1:00pm COST: £6
VENUE: Ferryhill Church, Fonthill Road
TIME: 3:00pm COST: £6
RCoS Wind Ensemble comprising Aleksandra Henszel,
flute, Siobhan Parker, oboe, Ross Montgomery, clarinet,
Christopher McShane bassoon and Jenna Sloane,
French horn.
This year’s talented winner of the Ogston Music Prize 2013
performs in this lovely church venue.
Athenaeum Winds
Ogston Music Prize
FESTIVAL RADIO
Every day on shmuFM 99.8 FM
The Drowning Pond
YOUTH MUSIC THEATRE: UK
VENUE: Lemon Tree TIME: 7:30pm COST: £6
The play is by award-winning Scottish novelist and
playwright Catherine Forde and adapted here for this
moving and gritty new musical loosely based on her
2005 novel, The Drowning Pond.
Book and Lyrics: Catherine Forde | Composer: Michael
John McCarthy | Director: Joe Douglas | Musical
Director: Michael John McCarthy | Choreographer:
Vicki Manderson
Classical Concert
YOUTH SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA RIJNSTREEK
Opera: Royal Conservatoire
of Scotland (RCoS)
VENUE: Queen’s Cross Church Sanctuary
TIME: 7:30pm COST: £11 & £7 (C)
OPERA RESIDENCY PERFORM OPERA SCENES
AND SONGS
This young Dutch orchestra will visit Aberdeen for the first
time for the 2013 Festival and will present a selection of
pieces including L.van Beethoven: overture Egmont,
opus 84, J Horner: Titanic and A.Dvorak: Czech suite
in D, opus 39. With many of the young orchestra’s
members performing at Festivals and competitions
across Europe this will be a marvellous concert full
of the very best young talent from the Netherlands.
VENUE: Elphinstone Hall, University of Aberdeen
TIME: 7:30pm COST: £11 & £7 (C)
Singers will perform opera scenes with students from the
RCoS following a week of acting workshops with Director
Mark Hathaway and group music coaching with Head of
Opera, Tim Dean. This is the students’ opportunity to put
their new skills to the test by appearing in this public concert
held in an outstanding venue.
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THURSDAY
JULY 25
FRIDAY
JULY 26
SATURDAY
JULY 27
SUNDAY
JULY 28
MONDAY
JULY 29
TUESDAY
JULY 30
WEDNESDAY
JULY 31
THURSDAY
AUGUST 1
FRIDAY
AUGUST 2
SATURDAY
AUGUST 3
THURSDAY, AUGUST 1
Dance
Jazz
AIYF INTERNATIONAL DANCE GALA
YOUNG SCOTTISH JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR
PREVIOUS WINNERS
VENUE: His Majesty’s Theatre
TIME: 7:30pm COST: £22 & £10 (C)
AIYF presents a stunning evening of contemporary,
classical and traditional dance featuring companies
from Hungary, Bulgaria, Canada, China, France, UK
and Ukraine giving the dance gala a truly international
flavour. One of the must see shows of the entire Festival.
VENUE: The Blue Lamp
TIME: 8:00pm COST: £11 & £7 (C)
A stunning evening of jazz is promised here when
some of the previous winners of the Young Scottish Jazz
Musician of the Year award come together offering
an eclectic mix of styles from some of the best up and
coming jazz talent Scotland has on offer.
Sponsored by Shell
Sponsored by Henderson Loggie
Supported by the
Scottish Jazz Federation
FRIDAY, AUGUST 2
UP CLOSE & MUSICAL
VIVA Sandnes Choir
(Norway)
VENUE: Holborn West Church
TIME: 11:00am COST: £6
Marvellous and compelling girls’ choir from Norway
perform classics and traditional Nordic pieces from
a wide repertoire.
The Drowning Pond
YOUTH MUSIC THEATRE: UK
Opera
OPERA, FAMILY AND FUN
VENUE: Lemon Tree TIME: 11:00am COST: £6
An informal hour of songs, scenes, stories and opera
suitable for all ages. This morning of fun is aimed at
families and no-one is too young or too old, to enjoy
this laughter filled workshop.
UP CLOSE & MUSICAL
Sharing Concert
Writers Talk with playwright Catherine Forde
VENUE: Lemon Tree TIME: 12noon
COST: £3 or free with performance ticket
SPLORE AND YOUNG SCAT
VENUE: Lemon Tree TIME: 2:30pm & 7:30pm
COST: £6
Young participants from the AIYF Splore course, aimed
at developing and progressing the talent of young
traditional musicians from Scotland and the rest of the
UK, will perform a sharing concert profiling their work
from the course.
The play is by award-winning Scottish novelist and
playwright Catherine Forde and adapted here for this
moving and gritty new musical.
VENUE: MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen
TIME: 1:00pm COST: Free
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ABERDEEN INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FESTIVAL
Sponsored by Apache
THURSDAY
JULY 25
FRIDAY
JULY 26
SATURDAY
JULY 27
SUNDAY
JULY 28
MONDAY
JULY 29
TUESDAY
JULY 30
WEDNESDAY
JULY 31
THURSDAY
AUGUST 1
FRIDAY
AUGUST 2
SATURDAY
AUGUST 3
FRIDAY, AUGUST 2
Sharing Concert
Music
ROYAL CONSERVATOIRE OF SCOTLAND (RCOS)
STRINGS AND WIND SUMMER COURSES
CEÒL MÒR WITH KARINE POLWART
VENUE: MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen
TIME: 4:00pm COST: Free
Young participants from this year’s summer music course
in strings and wind, led by the RCoS, will perform at a
sharing concert for family, friends and the public.
VENUE: Music Hall
TIME: 7:30pm COST: £17.50 (C)
Also featuring North Shore Celtic Ensemble (Canada)
and the North-East Folk Collective (Scotland)
Featuring award-winning Scots singer/songwriter
Karine Polwart and our Summer Course participants
who have rehearsed as part of Ceòl Mòr, with bonus
appearances by the rousing Canadian Celtic band,
the North Shore Celtic Ensemble and the North-east’s
very own folk collective.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 3
UP CLOSE & MUSICAL
Aberdeen and North-east
Music Festival performers
VENUE: To be confirmed
TIME: 11:00am COST: £6
Local young performers who participated in the annual
local music festival showcase their talents as part of AIYF.
Concert
INTERNATIONAL VARIETY GALA
VENUE: His Majesty’s Theatre
TIME: 2:30pm & 7:30pm
COST: M
atinee: £20 & £15 (C)
Evening Tickets: £25 & £15 (C)
The AIYF Variety Gala showcases the best music,
dance, song and theatre from the Festival programme
all wrapped up in two stunning performances.
Sponsored by BP and Shell
Dance
PROJECT Y 2013 YDANCE
VENUE: Lemon Tree TIME: 7:30pm COST: £6
Join the talented dancers of Project Y 2013 for an
inspiring evening of dance. Now in its eighth year
and bringing together performers from across Scotland
this successful programme, which is run by YDance
Scotland’s national youth dance organisation, presents
new works created by Anna Kenrick (YDance Artistic
Director) and guest choreographers – Joan Clevillé,
Diana Loosmore and Filip Van Huffel.
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COMMUNITIES
TOUR
Taking performances to the people
July 26 – August 3 • Various venues
Once again our Communities Tour looks
to bring a wide range of local and
international performers into the hearts
of Aberdeen’s communities.
This is where young people from all over the world
take their performances, traditions and talent out
into community areas such as Garthdee, Tillydrone,
Torry, Northfield and Seaton.
The Communities Tour allows audiences, both young
and old, and from many diverse backgrounds, to
engage with the Festival and its participants within
their own community settings.
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YOUTH FESTIVAL
FESTIVAL
ABERDEEN INTERNATIONAL YOUTH
This tour is an invaluable part of what AIYF delivers
across the rest of its programme and includes
free-to-access workshops and pre-performance classes
that benefit both our groups and our communities.
International and Scottish groups from across the
AIYF festival will form part of the Communities Tour
programme and performances will include music,
dance, traditional folkloric performances and theatre.
Please visit the Communities Tour page of the website
for more information as the programme takes shape.
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Sponsored by: Marathon Oil
The
Port
Following on from the great success of last year’s 40th anniversary
parade, The Port Project is set to sail again for a second year. The
Port Project, a multi-arts collaboration, delivering ‘first in a lifetime’ arts
experiences to young people across the North East. Partly funded by a
£130,000 grant from Creative Scotland, and sponsored by Aberdeen
Harbour, the project aims to continue to bring new arts opportunities to
the youth of the City.
The ‘Cultivate’ arts volunteer strand of the programme has been a great success. Team
Cultivate was established in 2012 by Aberdeen City Council’s Arts Development team, and
has grown from strength to strength since. The team have been challenged to build on their
learning from last year by developing and delivering their very own project.
The Port project 2013 will be working with different groups of young people who will be
given the choice of stilt walking, dance, drumming or making a large display piece. The
groups will also participate in the parade, along with the participants of AIYF and the
Tartan Day parade. AIYF is working in partnership with ACC Creative Learning and
community learning teams to get these groups of young people involved in arts
activities across the city. The parade will take place on Union Street on
Saturday 27th July from 11am.
The Cultivate team will then deliver workshops as part of
Festival in the City at Union Terrace Gardens, passing their
skills on to even more young people.
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AIYF
AT A GLANCE
THURSDAY, JULY 25
Mitchell School of Drama, The Tempest, Lemon Tree.
Time: 7:30pm
Young Burns performers, The Stars O’ Robbie Burns,
The Townhouse, Union Street. Time: 8:00pm
FRIDAY, JULY 26
Laura Ayoub, Up Close & Musical, Ferryhill Church,
Fonthill Road. Time: 1:00pm
Mitchell School of Drama, The Tempest, Lemon Tree.
Time: 7:30pm
Garthdee International Concert, Hungarian Dance
Academy & Hip Hop School Scotland and Vol’K
Hip, Inchgarth Community Centre. Time: 7:30pm
Welcome Ceremony, Aberdeen Music Hall.
Time: 3:00pm
Encore High School USA, Alice in Wonderland –
Queen through the Looking Glass, Aberdeen Arts
Centre & Theatre. Time: 7:30pm
Opera Masterclass, Lisa Milne with students from
AIYF’s Opera Project, Elphinstone Hall, University
of Aberdeen. Time: 7:30pm
Dutch Youth String Orchestra (NJSO), String
Orchestral Evening, Queen’s Cross Church
Sanctuary. Time: 8:00pm
MONDAY, JULY 29
Duncan Thomson and David Ferguson (NESMS),
Up Close & Musical, Queen’s Cross Church
Sanctuary. Time: 11:00am
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Opera Song
Studio, Up Close & Musical, Elphinstone Hall,
University of Aberdeen. Time: 1:00pm
Beijing All Stars, Up Close & Musical, St Machar’s
Cathedral. Time: 3:00pm
Young Burns performers, The Stars O’ Robbie Burns,
The Masonic Temple, 85 Crown St. Time: 8:00pm
La Petit Famille, Demain L’Aurore (Tomorrow’s
Dawn), Lemon Tree. Times: 3:00pm & 7:30pm
SATURDAY, JULY 27
Encore High School USA, Alice in Wonderland –
Queen through the Looking Glass, Aberdeen Arts
Centre & Theatre. Time: 7:30pm
AIYF Festival & Tartan Day Parade, Union Street –
Castlegate. Time: 12noon
Festival in the City, Around Aberdeen City Centre.
Time: 1:00pm – 4:30pm
Chamber Music Project Participants, Chamber
Music Recital, Queen’s Cross Church Sanctuary.
Time: 2:00pm
Mitchell School of Drama, The Tempest, Lemon Tree.
Time: 7:30pm
National Youth String Orchestra (NYSO),
Classical Concert, Queen’s Cross Church Sanctuary.
Time: 7:30pm
Encore High School USA, Alice in Wonderland –
Queen through the Looking Glass, Aberdeen Arts
Centre & Theatre. Time: 7:30pm
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SUNDAY, JULY 28
ABERDEEN INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FESTIVAL
Blackburn with Darwen Music Service Big Band,
Carmelite. Time: 7:30pm
Banda Municipal de Lleida (Spain) Medicine Hat
College Girls’ Choir (Canada) & VIVA Sandnes
choir (Norway), Fanfare Music & Choral Concert,
Aberdeen Music Hall. Time: 7:30pm
TUESDAY, JULY 30
THURSDAY, AUGUST 1
Ann Vovk and Ann Doroshenkova, Maya Tarasova,
and La Isla Youth Classical Guitar Ensemble, Up
Close & Musical, Cults Parish Church. Time: 2:00pm
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCoS) Athenaeum
Winds, Up Close & Musical, St Marys Church,
King Street. Time: 1:00pm
Pegasus Youth Dance Company and the
Theatre School of Modern Dance, Lemon Tree.
Time: 7:30pm
Ogston Music Prize Winner, Up Close & Musical,
Ferryhill Church, Fonthill Road. Time: 3:00pm
Youth Ballet of Saskatechewan and Hungarian
Dance Academy (Hungary), Aberdeen Arts Centre
& Theatre. Time: 7:30pm
The Scottish Ensemble with Chris Stout and Catriona
McKay featuring Dutch Youth String Orchestra
and North Shore Celtic Ensemble, Queen’s Cross
Church Sanctuary. Time: 7:30pm
The Alex Silver Quintet, The Blue Lamp. Time: 8:00pm
WEDNESDAY, JULY 31
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCoS) Allingham
Quartet, Up Close & Musical, Craigiebuckler
Church. Time: 1:00pm
Spencer Strachan Duo, Up Close & Musical,
Queen’s Cross Church Sanctuary. Time: 3:00pm
Youth Music Theatre: UK presents The Drowning
Pond, Lemon Tree. Time: 7:30pm
Youth Symphonic Orchestra Rijnstreek, Queen’s
Cross Church Sanctuary. Time: 7:30pm
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCoS) Opera
Residency perform opera scenes and songs,
Elphinstone Hall, University of Aberdeen.
Time: 7:30pm
AIYF International Dance Gala, His Majesty’s
Theatre. Time: 7:30pm
Young Scottish Jazz Musician of the Year previous
winners, The Blue Lamp. Time: 8:00pm
FRIDAY, AUGUST 2
Opera, Family & Fun, Lemon Tree. Time: 11:00am
Young Scottish Jazz Musician of the Year Awards,
Beach Ballroom. Time: 7:30pm.
VIVA Sandnes Choir, Up Close & Musical, Holborn
West Church. Time: 11:00am
National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, Aberdeen
Music Hall. Time: 7:30pm
Writers Talk with Playwright Catherine Forde,
Lemon Tree. Time: 12noon
International showcase evening with ballet,
drumming, theatre and song, International School.
Time: 7:30pm
Splore and Young SCAT, Sharing Concert, MacRobert
Building, University of Aberdeen. Time: 1:00pm
Youth Music Theatre: UK presents The Drowning
Pond, Lemon Tree. Time: 2:30pm & 7:30pm
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCoS) Strings and
Wind Summer Courses, Sharing Concert, MacRobert
Building, University of Aberdeen. Time: 4:00pm
Ceòl Mòr with Karine Polwart also featuring
North Shore Celtic Ensemble & the North-East Folk
Collective, Aberdeen Music Hall. Time: 7:30pm
SATURDAY, AUGUST 3
International Variety Gala, His Majesty’s Theatre.
Time: 2:30pm & 7:30pm
Project Y – YDance, Lemon Tree. Time: 7:30pm
Aberdeen and North-east Music Festival performers,
TBC. Time: 11:00am
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Extended
Festival
The AIYF Extended Festival reaches out to a
community near you. Please check the website for
updates or changes to performances: www.aiyf.org
FRIDAY, JULY 26
Medicine Hat College Girls’
Choir (Canada)
VENUE: Brechin Cathedral, Brechin TIME: 7:30pm
TICKETS: £8 & £6 (C). Children under 16 free if
accompanied by an adult. Available from:
Cathedral office, 6 Church Street. T: 01356
629360 between 9.30am and 12noon
Banda Municipal de Lleida (Spain)
VENUE: St Ninian’s and Forglen Church, Turriff
TIME: 7:30pm TICKETS: £8 & £5 (C) Available
from: The Church. T: 01888 560282
Spanish fanfare orchestra with wide repertoire and big
band sound.
Award-winning choir, The Medicine Hat College Girls’
Choir from Alberta, Canada
FESTIVAL RADIO
Every day on shmuFM 99.8 FM
La Isla Youth Classical Guitar
Ensemble (Canada), Youth Ballet
Company of Saskatchewan (Canada)
VENUE: Deeside Theatre, Bridgeview Road, Aboyne
TIME: 7:30pm TICKETS: £8 & £6 (C) Available
from: The Deeside Theatre. T: 01339 886222;
Aberdeen Box Office: www.boxofficeaberdeen.com
An exquisite evening featuring Canada’s top young
musicians and ballet dancers.
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North Shore Celtic Ensemble
(Canada)
VENUE: Kemnay Village Hall TIME: 7:30pm
TICKETS: £8 & £6 (C) Available from: The Hair Shop
T: 01467 642177; Kemnay Library T: 01467
643906; Kintore Library T: 01467 634393
Traditional musicians with a twist! Celtic/Canadian music
at its very best.
SATURDAY, JULY 27
SUNDAY, JULY 28
Trio Dalriada with Ian Watt (UK)
The Alex Silver Quintet (Australia)
VENUE: St Margaret’s Church, Aberlour
TIME: 7:30pm TICKETS: £6
Available from: Venue on the night
VENUE: Hopeville Social Club, Inverurie
For times and tickets please see the Garioch Jazz
Festival website for details www.jazz-club.co.uk/
Trio Dalriada featuring North-east’s famed classical
guitarist Ian Watt. The trio will perform Scottish songs
by James Oswald, Burns, Haydn, Respighi and
Roger Quilter.
Made up of an all-female cast of jazz impresarios from
Australia, this group have travelled thousands of miles to
take part in AIYF 2013.
This performance is in partnership
with the Garioch Jazz Festival 2013.
SUNDAY, JULY 28
National Youth Strings Orchestra
(UK)
VENUE: Macduff Arts Centre TIME: 7:30pm
TICKETS: £8 (including refreshments) under 16s
free. Available from: On the door on the night
or from: Alistair Mason, Deveron Music, 14 Old
Castlegate, Banff AB45 1DE. T: 01261 812941
Some of the UK’s best young strings musicians perform
varied repertoire of classics.
MONDAY, JULY 29
Andrew Kagumba Kalyowa
(Uganda) and Los Niños Vallenatos
del Turco Gil School (Colombia)
VENUE: Woodend Barn, Banchory TIME: 7:30pm
TICKETS: £5 (£6 on door) Available from:
T: 01330 825431 www.woodendbarn.co.uk
Wonderful evening of Ugandan traditional drumming
and singing alongside the sweet sounds of the young
Colombian music and voice group made up of rescued
‘street kids’ from South America.
MONDAY, JULY 29
Youth Symphonic Orchestra
Rijnstreek (Netherlands)
VENUE: Elgin St. Giles’ and St. Columba’s South
TIME: 7:30pm TICKETS: £8 & £5 (C) under
16s free. Available from: Olive Tree Chocolate,
15 High Street Elgin T: 01343 547700
This young Dutch orchestra will present an uplifting
selection of pieces including L.van Beethoven: overture
Egmont, opus 84, J Horner: Titanic and A.Dvorak: Czech
suite in D, opus 39.
Hungarian Dance Academy
(Hungary), The Theatre School of
Modern Dance ‘Potoki’ (Ukraine)
and the Youth Ballet Company of
Saskatchewan (Canada)
VENUE: Webster Theatre, Arbroath TIME: 7:30pm
TICKETS: £8 & £5 (C) Available from: T: 01241
435800
An evening of fantastic dance performances that includes
traditional styles from Hungary, contemporary pieces from
Ukraine and outstanding ballet from Canada.
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MONDAY, JULY 29
La Isla Youth Classical Guitar
Ensemble (Canada) & Ann Vovk
and Ann Doroshenkova (Russia)
VENUE: Gordon Chapel, Castle Street, Fochabers
TIME: 7:30pm TICKETS: £6 & free for under 16s
Available from: Christies Chemist, Fochabers or
at the door on the evening. T: 01542 833213
Russian classical pianist and singer will be joined by
classical guitar ensemble from Canada.
TUESDAY, JULY 30
National School of Folk Arts
‘Philip Kutev’ (Bulgaria)
VENUE: Woodend Barn, Banchory TIME: 7:30pm
TICKETS: £5 (£6 on door) Available from:
T: 01330 825431 www.woodendbarn.co.uk
Fantastic traditional song and dance performed by one
of the most acclaimed Bulgarian national schools of
traditional arts.
TUESDAY, JULY 30
Blackburn with Darwen Music
Service Big Band (UK), VIVA
Sandnes (Norway) And Andrew
Kagumba Kalyowa (Uganda)
VENUE: Dalrymple Hall, Fraserburgh TIME: 7:30pm
TICKETS: £8 & £6 (C) Available from: R & S Dyga,
51 Broad St, Fraserburgh. T: 01346 518715
and from the venue.
Los Niños Vallenatos del Turco
Gil School (Colombia)
VENUE: Victoria Hall, Ballater
TIME: 7:30pm TICKETS: See AIYF website for
details: www.aiyf.org. Available from: 46 Bridge St
or BRD office. T: 01339 755467
First ever visit by rescued South American ‘street kids’.
Traditional song and dance from Colombia.
UK big band jazz, African drumming and dance and
Norwegian choir makes for a truly international evening
of performance.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 31
Youth Symphonic Orchestra
Rijnstreek (Netherlands)
VENUE: Webster Theatre, Arbroath
TIME: 7:30pm TICKETS: £8 & £6 (C)
Available from: T: 01241 435800
Presenting an uplifting selection of pieces including L.van
Beethoven: overture Egmont, opus 84, J Horner: Titanic
and A.Dvorak: Czech suite in D, opus 39.
International Performers Evening
WITH THE NATIONAL SCHOOL OF FOLK ARTS
‘PHILIP KUTEV’ (BULGARIA), LA ISLA YOUTH CLASSICAL
GUITAR ENSEMBLE (CANADA), PEGASUS DANCE
(UK) AND ENCORE HIGH SCHOOL (USA)
VENUE: Inverurie Town Hall, Inverurie
TIME: 7:30pm TICKETS: £8 & £6 (C)
Available from: Aberdeen Box Office
www.boxofficeaberdeen.com or
Strachan’s of Inverurie T: 01467 621489
Bulgarian traditional song and dance academy combined
with USA, Canadian and UK talent make this an exciting
evening of music, song, and dance.
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 31
AIYF International Showcase
PRESENTING BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN
MUSIC ENSEMBLES (UK), ANDREW KAGUMBA
KALYOWA (UGANDA) AND ANN VOVK &
ANN DOROSHENKOVA (RUSSIA)
VENUE: Westhill Trinity Church, Westhill
TIME: 7:30pm TICKETS: £8 & £6 (C)
Available from: Parish office after church service
on Sundays and from a selection of local shops.
African drumming and song alongside talented young
Russian duo and UK jazz make for a memorable evening
with a wonderful international mix.
Maya Tarasova
VENUE: Auld Kirk, Clatt TIME: 7:30pm
TICKETS: £7 & £5 Available from: Lachlan Rhodes.
T: 01464 831462 or email lachy.rhodes@gmail.com
Up and coming Russian opera singer performs varied
repertoire.
FESTIVAL RADIO
Every day on shmuFM 99.8 FM
THURSDAY, AUGUST 1
VIVA Sandnes (Norway), North
Shore Celtic Ensemble (Canada)
and Los Niños Vallenatos del
Turco Gil School (Colombia)
VENUE: Stonehaven Town Hall, Stonehaven
TIME: 7:30pm TICKETS: £8 & £6 (C)
Available from: Stonehaven Tourist Office
VIVA choir from Norway join upbeat traditional musicians
from Canada providing a Celtic flavour. Also performing
is a young group of traditional musicians from Colombia,
visiting Scotland for the very first time.
Blackburn and Darwen Music
Ensembles (UK)
VENUE: Mearns Academy, Laurencekirk
TIME: 7:30pm TICKETS: £TBC
Available from: TBC
One of the UK’s top youth jazz bands performs
modern and classic jazz pieces during an evening
of big band swing.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 2
VIVA Sandnes (Norway)
VENUE: Peterculter Parish Church
TIME: 7:30pm TICKETS: TBC
Available from: Church Office.
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VIVA choir from Norway present uplifting choral concert.
Youth Symphonic Orchestra
Rijnstreek (Netherlands)
VENUE: St Margaret’s Church, Braemar
TIME: 7:30pm TICKETS: £TBC
Available from: Check AIYF website for more
information: www.aiyf.org
Dutch Youth Orchestra present Beethoven, Bach and
Dvorak.
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CHOIRS
CANADA
MEDICINE HAT COLLEGE GIRLS’ CHOIR
The Medicine Hat College Girls’ Choir is a community choir of girls aged 12 to 18 years.
An ensemble of the Medicine Hat College Conservatory, the aim of the choir is to provide
teenage girls with the experience of achieving excellence in choral singing and to encourage a
lifelong love of choral music. The choir was founded in 1972 by Dr. Carol Anderson, and has
been under the guidance of its current director, Bradley van Middelkoop, since 2008. Through
involvement with the choir, each girl is given the opportunity to sing a challenging and varied
repertoire of music from many countries and styles, work in an environment of shared
music-making with other young people, and gain the satisfaction of high achievement.
The choir maintains a very busy schedule of rehearsals, performances, workshops and tours.
Although tours provide special opportunities for the choir to perform, the choir believes that it is
a pleasure and privilege to sing in the local community and appear regularly at local churches
and varied community events in addition to annual Christmas and Spring Concerts. Recent
tour highlights include a tour of France and attendance at the Europa Cantat International
Choral Festival in Utrecht, The Netherlands (2009), the Unisong Festival in Ottawa, Canada
(2010), and a tour of Cuba (2011). The choir is honoured to consistently win their classes at
the local music festival, achieve GOLD standings at Choralfest Alberta, and be recommended
to compete at the Alberta Provincial Music Festival. In addition to competitions and festivals the
choir actively seeks opportunities to learn from other conductors and choirs through workshops,
exchanges and joint concerts.
CHINA
BEIJING ALL STARS
Founded in 1998, the group has become one of the most outstanding choirs of Beijing.
It is made up of students aged between 13 and 18. The choir is frequently invited to social
performance in the Great Hall of the People, Beijing Concert Hall and CCTV Tower. From
1999 onwards, the choir has won first prize in Beijing Students’ Choir Festival every year.
It has presented special choir concerts like ‘Sailing In The New Century’, and ‘Flower In
Full Bloom’. The choir holds the ethos of ‘based in Beijing, going to the world’, playing an
important role in the international cultural exchange between China and the rest of the world.
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NORWAY
VIVA SANDNES
VIVA belongs to Sandnes School of Music and Art, one
of the oldest and biggest in Norway. The choir was
established in 1968 and consists of about 40 girls and
boys aged from 12 to 19, most of them receive vocal
and instrumental lessons.
VIVA has previously toured in Denmark, Sweden,
Finland, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Germany, England,
Scotland, Wales, Spain, USA, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Singapore, Thailand and South Africa.
LIV H SÆRHEIM, CONDUCTOR
VIVA’s objective is to be a choir of a very high musical
standard combined with a positive social atmosphere
that encourages its members to respect and care for
each other and have a good sense of humour!
With a wide musical repertoire, and using drama as
an important element, the choir challenges itself by
singing everything from opera to jazz and pop styles.
VIVA has won a lot of national and international prizes
and has represented Norway at many festivals and
conferences all over the world.
Liv H Særheim has been the conductor of VIVA since
1974. She graduated as a voice teacher and music
nursery school teacher from the Music Conservatory
of Oslo in 1970. She has studied the Kodaly-method
in Hungary and Orff-method in Austria and has
undertaken master classes with Doreen Rao (Canada)
and Stefan Sköld (Sweden).
She has been awarded many prizes for her choral
work and was voted ‘The Conductor of the Year,
Children’s Chorus’ in 2005 by the Norwegian Choir
Association. Mrs Særheim regularly gives lectures about
her choir method in Norway and abroad.
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ABERDEEN & FRANCE
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SCOTLAND
HIP HOP SCHOOL SCOTLAND
& VOL’K HIP
THE KAREN LITTLE DANCING
ACADEMY
Hip hop group from France, Vol’K Hip, join together
with Hip Hop School Scotland from Aberdeen, and run
by well-known local artists Hip Hop School Scotland, to
perform a selection of individual group and joint pieces
at this year’s Festival. For this collaboration at AIYF both
groups will rehearse together to devise and develop
pieces profiling original hip hop material as part of the
AIYF programme of community-based shows.
Returning to AIYF after a short visit in 2012, The Karen
Little Dance Academy continues to grow in numbers
and activities in and around Dumfries. The school runs
classes in tap, ballet, modern and Irish dance styles
and competes in many Scottish Highland dancing
competitions. They dancers have a busy schedule
each year with performances in their annual show,
dance exams as well as regular participation in many
other festivals. This year they have participated in The
Big Burns Supper Festival in Dumfries and for the past
two years have organised dance workshops at the
Wickerman Festival. The competitive dancers have
won a variety of medals and honours for their Highland
dancing expertise.
YOUTH FESTIVAL
FESTIVAL
ABERDEEN INTERNATIONAL YOUTH
HUNGARY
UKRAINE
THE HUNGARIAN DANCE
ACADEMY
THE THEATRE SCHOOL OF
MODERN DANCE ‘POTOKI’
The Hungarian Dance Academy has a range of
versatile skilled dancers, teachers, choreographers
and trained professionals. The school seeks to work
in harmony with modern trends and past history which
can then be incorporated into choreography that is
fresh and constantly evolving.
First time visitors to AIYF, Potoki, are a Theatre School
of Modern Dance hailing from Ukraine.
The Hungarian Dance Academy trains future
professional dancers in the fields of classical ballet,
contemporary dance and Hungarian folk (character)
dance. Students join the school usually at age 9 (for
ballet) or at age 14 (for majoring in other dance
techniques) and graduate with a Bachelor of Arts
degree at the age of 19.
During their studies students regularly perform many
projects including famous ballets as part of their end
of school year concert at the National Dance Theatre
as well performances at the Hungarian State Opera.
As well as regular trips to participate in AIYF students
of the Academy often travel on international tours and
in recent years have performed with great success in
festivals and events in Italy, Japan, Slovenia, Sweden.
The Theatre School of Modern Dance, ‘Potoki’,
is attached to the creative association ‘AZ Dance’.
It has been a youth and children’s public organisation
in the city of Dniepropetrovsk since 2001. It works
as a school of contemporary dance for children and
youth dance theatre, combining such genres as dance,
and theatre to create unique choreographed and
improvised pieces.
‘Potoki’ has participated in and organised several
international projects such as; Ukrainian and French
together with the Christine Basten Company (2002);
Ukrainian and Swedish with the choreographer Benno
Whoaram (2003, 2007, 2009); Ukrainian-Austrian
and Hungarian with the group ‘Voices’ (2005, 2006,
2007, 2009, 2010, 2011). The school has also held
The International Festival of the Contemporary Dance
for four years. AIYF is delighted to include Scotland in
the list of this innovative school’s tour locations.
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SCOTLAND
PROJECT Y
Regular AIYF participants YDance (Scottish Youth Dance)
is the National Youth Dance Agency for Scotland. It
encourages young people aged 3 to 21 to get active
and to realise their potential as individuals through dance.
They will be providing a foundation workshop in
association with Citymoves and AIYF at the Festival.
Project Y provides a unique opportunity for young dancers
to develop their skills and experience with a view to
progressing to professional dance training. Primarily a
contemporary dance company, these young dancers
aged between 16 and 21, present an innovative
programme combining a number of different styles
including street dance, ballet and break dancing.
ENGLAND
YOUTH BALLET COMPANY OF
SASKATCHEWAN
The Youth Ballet Company of Saskatchewan is a
pre professional youth dance company from Regina,
Saskatchewan Canada. Dancers, aged 14 to 22,
perform the work of renowned Canadian choreographers
in styles ranging from classical and contemporary
ballet to modern dance. The company has received
accolades for its technical excellence, innovative and
age appropriate choreography, as well as audience
appeal. The dancers combine youthful energy with
a well developed sense of flow and artistry. The
company has grown under the artistic direction of
Richard Zimich and Connie Moker Wernikowski.
BULGARIA
PEGASUS YOUTH THEATRE
DANCE COMPANY
NATIONAL SCHOOL OF FOLK
ARTS – ‘PHILIP KUTEV’– KOTEL
The Youth Theatre at Pegasus was founded in 1962
and continues to flourish with courses in music, drama,
dance and technical theatre working with over 1,000
young people a year.
This school was founded in 1967 and was the first
school in the country to teach Bulgarian folk music.
Almost 1,100 students have successfully graduated
from the school since it was opened.
Pegasus Youth Dance Company was set up in
September 2008 and is made up of 12 young
members aged between 14 and 19 years, who wish
to further their knowledge and practice of dance and
related studies within the discipline. The company
is designed to operate along the same lines as a
professional dance company, in terms of creating,
developing and touring work. The company focuses
on creating new work, learning choreographic skills,
and developing individual dance training alongside
performance skills.
The school has a five-year course of studies including
secondary musical education in specialties such as;
kaval, gaida (bagpipe), tambura, gadulka and
Bulgarian folk singing and dancing. The school also
teaches the manufacture of Bulgarian hand-made
musical instruments. The students aged from 14 to 18
study both general and musical subjects. They have
individual folk music and piano lessons and are taught
by highly-qualified teachers.
The dancers work throughout the year looking at
technique in contemporary, jazz, and ballet as
well as also focusing on developing the individual
choreographic and devising skills of company members
within the works produced. They are pleased to be
returning to AIYF with newly created pieces of work.
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The school takes part in various concerts, festivals and
competitions throughout Bulgaria and though this is
their first trip to AIYF they have also toured extensively
abroad to countries such as Germany, Poland, Hungary,
Denmark, Turkey, the Czech Republic, Cuba, Moldavia,
France, the Netherlands and USA.
JAZZ
AUSTRALIA
THE ALEX SILVER QUINTET
This ensemble were brought together from young
female musicians who were involved in a Young
Women’s jazz workshops project as part of the work
of the Sydney Improvised Music Association. The
Quintet had its premiere performance at the Sydney
International Women’s Jazz Festival in 2012 and band
members are Alex Silver (trombone), Melissa Mony
(sax), Emma Stephenson (piano), Lucy Clifford (bass)
and Holly Conner (drums).
Band leader Alex Silver has performed at the
Montreaux Jazz Festival, Vienne Jazz Festival, Ascona
Jazz Festival, Manly Jazz Festival and Wangaratta
Jazz Festival to name just a few, and has performed
with some of Australia’s most notable jazz performers
including James Morrison, Don Burrows, The Catholics,
Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra, Jackie Orzcazsky,
Dale Barlow and George Gruntz and Andy Scherrer
in Europe as well as other notable performers including
The Whitlams and Tex Perkins.
She was the Winner of the Jann Rutherford Memorial
Award for Young Women in Jazz in 2005, was
awarded a Highly Commended in the 2006 IAJE
Women’s Collegiate Competition and won the Pan
Pacific James Morrison Scholarship.
In addition to being a band leader she is the Director
of the annual Young Women in Jazz workshops run by
SIMA and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
ENGLAND
BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN
MUSIC SERVICE BIG BAND
The Blackburn with Darwen Music Service Big Band
making a return visit to AIYF consists of 18 performers
and has a broad repertoire.
Led by Paul J Rigby, an acclaimed jazz musician, the
band was set up in 2001 to encourage up-and-coming
players who wanted to develop their musical skills
further. The band has performed at many leading
events throughout the UK including the Darwen Jazz
& Blues Festival and many other venues in their area.
Since 2001 they have been on two international tours,
the first in France and more recently in Belgium, playing
on the main stage in Gent for part of their Festival. The
band plays a variety of styles and has a wide range of
repertoire from Van Morrison to Amy Winehouse, from
Herbie Hancock to Henry Mancini.
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ORCHESTRAS
ENGLAND
NATIONAL YOUTH STRING ORCHESTRA (NYSO)
The ‘National Youth String Orchestra’ (formerly known as the National Youth Strings Academy)
is a pre-eminent chamber orchestra for talented young string players, drawing its members
from across the UK and abroad to work with world-class professional coaches, conductors and
soloists. NYSO makes a return visit to Aberdeen following their acclaimed visit in 2010.
In less than 20 years the ‘National Youth String Orchestra’ has become one of the UK’s most
prestigious and important training organisations for young string players, providing specialist,
quality training for talented young string players between the ages of 9 and 21, and giving
them regular experience in the art of public performance, both in the UK and overseas tours.
SCOTLAND
THE NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SCOTLAND
(NYOS)
The National Youth Orchestras of Scotland is unique in that it provides orchestral experiences
in classical and jazz music for its students from the age of 8 to 25, through no fewer than eight
ensembles, ranging in age, size and musical style.
In addition to organising training, intensive rehearsals and national and international concert tours
for its orchestras, NYOS is committed to introducing musical experiences to Scotland’s young
people through workshops in primary and secondary schools in communities across the country.
THE NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF SCOTLAND
The National Youth Orchestra of Scotland is the flagship orchestra of NYOS. Founded in 1979,
it is a symphony orchestra for musicians aged between 13 and 25.
The orchestra performs throughout the year in a variety of high-profile venues in Scotland, the UK
and around Europe and its young musicians benefit from the invaluable performance experience
this provides.
CLASSICAL PROGRAMME - SUMMER TOUR 2013
Conductor: Christopher Seaman
Soloist: Alina Pogostkina
Repertoire: D
vorak: Carnival Overture. Bingham: Celticity. Glazunov: Violin Concerto
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10
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NETHERLANDS
DUTCH YOUTH STRING
ORCHESTRA
The Dutch Youth String Orchestra (NJSO) was founded
in 1986 and celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.
The NJSO has 25 members aged between 12 and 19
years old all of which are students at the young talents
department of the Dutch Conservatories. The aim of
this orchestra is to educate these young professionals
and give concerts at a high level. The artistic director
and conductor Bas Wiegers compiles a challenging
program for each of the projects.
The enormous energy, enthusiasm and the very high
musical and technical level of this young orchestra often
surprise and inspires audiences. The NJSO is regarded
as the best youth string orchestra in the Netherlands
and they look forward to sharing this string playing
talent with the AIYF audiences.
NETHERLANDS
YOUTH SYMPHONIC
ORCHESTRA RIJNSTREEK
Making its AIYF debut the Youth Symphonic Orchestra
Rijnstreek (JSR) bring a reputation for quality musicianship
and exciting programmes.
SPAIN
BANDA MUNICIPAL DE LLEIDA
Banda Municipal de Lleida is a Fanfare Orchestra from
the city of Lleida (Catalonia). The band, now with over
50 musicians, was founded in 1996 under the direction
of Mr. Amadeu Urrea Pérez who was born in Lleida,
began his music studies there and still conducts them.
The band plays symphonic music, though its repertoire
also includes film, traditional and fanfare favourites.
With support from Lleida City Council, the band has
contributed to the musical education of its members
and the sharing of music since its founding, and has
achieved a great cultural prestige due to the presence
of guest conductors, premieres of works by local
composers, and a regular season of local concerts.
The band has recorded two CDs, including ‘Fem 10
anys’ to celebrate their 10th anniversary in 2007.
Throughout the years the band has started co-productions
with several organisations in Lleida, such as dance schools,
choirs and cultural organisations as well as charities.
They also pride themselves in including within their
number a street performance band which will be a seen
as part of the AIYF parade and Festival in the City
events. The band has toured extensively and has played
festivals in many European countries including Spain,
Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands,
Greece and Portugal.
This is a large regional youth orchestra with some
120 players split into three orchestras. During the year
the orchestra organises and performs at two big concerts,
the Queens Concert and the Summer Concert.
The aim of this orchestra is to teach its musicians to
play together in a symphonic orchestra through regular
rehearsals and by setting a challenging programme.
Over the years the orchestra has visited a number of
European countries to perform including Germany and
France.
The conductor is Mark Tempelaars, who himself
participated in AIYF as a younger musician in 1998,
2000 and 2001.
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THEATRE
SCOTLAND
ABERDEEN PERFORMING ARTS
YOUTH THEATRE
MITCHELL SCHOOL OF DRAMA
(MSD)
The APA Youth Theatre has both Junior and Senior
performing groups for participants age 12 to 18. It
gives them the chance to develop their skills in theatre
and performance whilst also assisting them to gain
confidence and explore their creativity. They specialise
in contemporary performances and these energetic and
passionate young performers love appearing on stage.
For AIYF they are presenting a new and challenging
work called ‘Greymatter’ looking at issues of teenage
mental health problems.
The Rhona Mitchell School of Drama was set up
originally in Inverurie in 1983, and then operating
as MSD in the West End of Glasgow in 1988,
where it ran very successfully until Rhona’s return to
Aberdeenshire in 1998. The school aims to cultivate
an interest in theatre and drama by providing classes
for a wide range of abilities and the opportunity to
participate in a variety of stage productions. MSD
has been a regular contributor to the AIYF since 2006
when they performed their production of ‘Twelfth Night’.
Since then they have delighted audiences with such
productions as ‘Doorways’, ‘Lottie’ and ‘Our Scotland’.
MSD frequently perform at a variety of festivals
and shows across Scotland.
USA
ENCORE HIGH SCHOOL
Using a youth team that was established in the United
States in California in 2005, the Rock ‘n’ Roll American
Youth Circus is part of a free public education program in
the U.S. Ranging in age from 13 to 19, the members of
the RRAYC are students at Encore High School, California.
The secondary school ranges from years 8 to 13,
teaching a balance of rigorous academic studies and
combining it with a variety of performing and visual arts.
The unique flavour of this particular circus group is that
all its dancers and musicians are classically trained and
have performed on stages across the U.S, including
Disneyland. A summer project saw them create a 30
minute show that was performed three times at Disney’s
California Adventure on their Hollywood back lot stage.
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FRANCE
LA PETIT FAMILLE
The story of the French company ‘La Petit Famille’ began in school six years ago and has since
continued with the same group of people. Despite their young age (15 to 22) they have had
many opportunities to perform both in France and abroad.
Specialising in musical theatre they have so far created four original works and have also ran
several workshops to fellow young people. All of the performers are French however they come
from many different cultural backgrounds such as Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Bosnia and Germany.
GERMANY
FREIGEISTER
Founded in 2011, the amateur theatre group Freigeister has taken the stage at Kaltstart Festival
2012 in Hamburg with its first play, ‘Treppenhaus’ (Stairway). Now, in 2013, they return with
a new play called ‘corpse’. The play will not appear in the main programme as it is designed
to ‘pop-up’ where you least expect it so watch out for a corpse lying about!
The people behind the group have different theatre backgrounds (school plays, several years
of improvisational theatre, workshops in Germany and France). They are a creative and vibrant
group and bring together diverse ideas and genres to create intense synergy and new work.
What Freigeister promise: There will be enthusiasm, excitement and surprise for the audience.
UK
YMT:UK
The Youth Music Theatre is one of the UK’s principal national youth arts organisations and
largest provider of musical theatre activities for young people. They are one of the National
Youth Music Organisations supported by Youth Music and were the first arts organisation
to receive the Learning Outside the Classroom Kite Mark awarded by the Department for
Education. The company caters to young people’s creative needs over a broad age range,
from 11 to 21. The YMT aims to make the company as inclusive and open to as wide a range
of young people as possible from a variety of different backgrounds. It promotes outreach and
local projects and provides bursaries to those in financial need. Most of the work is residential
so the YMT provides a duty of care to the many children and young people who stay with them
on their courses during each year.
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WORLD MUSIC
COLOMBIA
LOS NIÑOS VALLENATOS DEL ‘TURCO’ GIL
This band founded and conducted by Andres Gil, is one
of the most important promoters of vallenato culture.
Since 1999, they have been sharing, with their voices
and their accordions, the welcoming cultural and
artistic sounds of traditional Colombia its to the world,
surprising everyone with their talent and happiness.
Their performance repertoire has been, carefully
developed, from the Colombian Caribbean folklore,
and most especially from the traditional and contemporary
vallenato music, cumbia, porro, and salsa.
The instruments they play are: the diatonic accordion,
the ‘caja’ (a small single-patched drum played with
the hands), the ‘guacharaca’ (a cane with slots that are
scraped with a metallic pitchfork), and the electric bass.
Though this is the first time they will have been in the UK,
these talented children, with ages between 10 and
15 years old, are no strangers to international
touring having already performed at the
White House (Washington D.C.), the
Quinta de los Olivos (Buenos Aires), the
Casa de la Moneda (Santiago de Chile),
the World Folklore Festival (Amsterdam),
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the International Meeting of Accordionist Children
(Panamá), the Independence Colombian Festival
(New York City), the Fight for Children (Washington
D.C), the Jorge Eliécer Gaitán and Roberto Arias theatres
(Bogotá), the Contemporary Art Museum (Zulia, Venezuela),
the Tokyo Imperial Palace where they had the honour to
be received by the princess Hitachi, the Takanagawa
Kumin Hall (Tokyo), in Fukuoka City (Japan), the Tian
Qiao theatre (Beijing), and Quindao and Shanghai
cities (China). They have also toured in Ecuador,
Russia, Cuba, Costa Rica and Nicaragua.
To be a member of the group is the biggest honour
awarded to the best students of the ‘Turco’ Gil
Vallenato Music Academy.
ENGLAND
TLA STEELBAND
The TLA Steelband was formed eight years ago at The Littlehampton Community
School (now The Littlehampton Academy). The aim was to create a musically
diverse music department by introducing instruments and music from different
cultures and to form a steelband that could perform in the local community.
Apart from touring (which are always a highlight for band members and
staff), the band were delighted to perform at the Royal Albert Hall in 2011
as part of the Music for Youth School Prom.
Another notable recent performance was beside the London Eye as part of
a world record attempt for the most steelpans performing at one time. They
are pleased to be coming to Aberdeen for the first time and look forward
to adding to their range of performance venues and festivals which include
Brighton and Hove Cricket Ground, Brighton and Hove Football Stadium,
Goodwood Racecourse, Arundel Festival, Chichester Festival, Worthing
Assembly Hall, Big Church Day Out, as well as many smaller events such
as local fetes and charity events.
GERMANY
THE HAPPY
GERMAN PIPERS
This wonderful young group
offers you a truly exceptional and
memorable bagpipe experience.
Their program ranges from the
fifties and sixties and includes reinterpretations of music from around
the globe including Latin American,
Middle Eastern and Scottish
songs to rock ‘n’ roll. Known as
an exciting pipe music band,
the group arranges most of the
music and composes some of its
own tunes, creating a truly unique
bagpipe sound.
SCOTLAND
NORTH EAST FOLK COLLECTIVE
This Aberdeen city and shire based group was formed by local fiddler Sharon Hassan in 2009 to encourage
young people to play the traditional music and songs of the North-east.
North East Folk Collective is the advanced performing group associated with Gadie Music.
It plays traditional music both from the North-east of Scotland and other places around the world. There is a strong
element of composition within the group and many group members write their own tunes which make up part of the
groups repertoire.
North East Folk Collective is a voluntary initiative where all tutoring is done for the love of the music, cakes and
biscuits (especially rocky road) and a desire to pass on skills and knowledge to a younger generation of musicians
so they can make it their own and pass it on to subsequent generations.
Since it began in 2009 the North East Folk Collective has performed at a number of festivals and venues
throughout Scotland and Ireland including Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Aberdeen International Youth Festival,
Stonehaven Folk Festival and the North Atlantic Fiddle Convention in Derry 2012.
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NORTH SHORE CELTIC ENSEMBLE
ANDREW KALYOWA KAGUMBA
A ‘no-boundaries’ music experience
Founded in 1999 by Claude Giguère and Jay Knutson,
the North Shore Celtic Ensemble is a whole new kind
of music experience. What began as Celtic is now a
spirited no-boundaries repertoire that reflects a wide
range of musical influences – Celtic, jazz, classical,
folk, and more – creating an exciting genre-spanning
experience for the players and the audience. Far more
than just a performing group, the North Shore Celtic
Ensemble is committed to inspiring youth to use music
to engage and connect with communities, to live well,
and to make a difference.
Andrew Kalyowa Kagumba is a gifted Ugandan
multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and composer. He hails
from a village called Mpambire, which is popularly
known for drum making in Uganda and is where Andrew
learned to play instruments from a very young age.
At its core of course, the NSCE is all about engaging
and empowering youth, especially to creating the
skills, motivation and lifelong habit of giving back to
communities through music.
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He plays a wide variety of traditional Ugandan
instruments including: Amadinda (long xylophone),
Endigidi (one string bowed lute), Endongo (bow lyre),
Waijwa Ntalo (thumb piano), Ndere (flute) Anungu
(bow harp) and various types of drums and percussion.
Besides playing with a variety of bands and musicians
on a regular basis in Uganda, Andrew has performed
internationally, delivering lectures, workshops and
performance pieces in countries as far flung as Italy,
USA, Denmark and Norway where he is studying at
the moment. Andrew continues to retain the traditions
of Kiganda music that have been passed on to him
through traditional oral training.
SPOTLIGHT
SESSIONS
SKERRYVORE
Skerryvore first formed on the tiny lsle of Tiree off Scotland’s
west coast in 2005. Back then, the band consisted of
Tiree-born brothers Daniel Gillespie (accordion) and
Martin Gillespie (bagpipes, whistles & accordion) who
bonded with holidaymaker Fraser West (drums & vocals)
and friend Alec Dalglish (lead vocals & guitar) over a
shared love of music: everything from traditional to rock
and jazz. It was this mix of musical styles and sounds that
set the path for the band’s 2005 debut album, ‘West
Coast Life’. The more the fledgling band experimented
with fusing together this mix of musical styles, the more
their signature sound evolved, aided by the arrival of
Barry Caulfield (bass & vocals) and Craig Espie (fiddle)
in time for their second album, ‘On The Road’, in 2007.
But it was with the release of self-titled third album,
‘Skerryvore’, that the band found themselves catapulted
into the musical limelight winning a string of prestigious
awards, including SNMA Record of the Year 2011
and STMA Live Act of the Year 2011, and garnering
much critical acclaim:
In Autumn 2012, bassman Barry Caulfield decided
to move on and was replaced by former Wolfstone
bassist, Colin Cunningham.
When not touring the different corners of the globe,
the band can still be found performing relentlessly,
contributing to projects by Live Music Now (LMN), The
Royal Blind School, Artlink Central and HMP Cornton
Vale as well as special needs schools throughout the
UK. They also feature in a current VisitScotland TV
commercial aimed at international audiences.
To quote the words of one local journalist:
“Six of the best musical ambassadors Scotland could
ever have wished for... a living, breathing, 12 legged
party waiting to happen.”
“Skerryvore are the most promising young band in
Scotland today.’’
Mick MacNeil, Simple Minds
In June 2012 the band released what is undeniably their
most polished and radio-ready album to date. ‘World
of Chances’ weaves together the band’s spine-tingling
musical talents with the award-winning songwriting abilities
of frontman Alec Dalglish (Frankie Miller Songwriter of
the Year 2011). At times uplifting, at times reflective,
the result is a brighter, breezier, feel-good sound that
looks set to broaden the band’s appeal even further.
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TRIO DALRIADA
The trio consists of Ian Watt (guitar), Paul Livingston
(violin) and Beth Mackay (mezzo soprano).
GOGO PENGUIN
Manchester piano trio GoGo Penguin are a remarkably
interactive trio, hotly tipped as the rising stars of the UK
Jazz scene. Featuring pianist Chris Illingworth, bassist
Nick Blacka and drummer Rob Turner, GoGo Penguin
are an exhilarating live act with each member playing
a key role.
From the beginning, they have always created new
compositions by jamming around on ideas each
individual had brought in. They take their varied
tastes in music and join them to make something
that combines the likes of Aphex Twin to Brian Eno,
Debussy to Shostakovich and Massive Attack to EST.
Their debut album ‘Fanfares’ has won rave reviews,
from the Guardian to BBC Music, and was nominated
for Best Jazz Album at the World Wide Awards as well
as nominated for a Mercury Music Prize 2013. It is the
band’s unique ability to synthesise and develop each
others melodic and harmonic ideas while drawing on
music from classical to electronica that makes GoGo
Penguin’s music so enthralling.
INDIE GROUP
An exclusive special announcement will be made
soon with our spotlight session’s indie performers so
please check local press and the AIYF website for more
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IAN WATT (GUITAR)
Born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland in 1991, Ian Watt
first came to international attention when, at 18, he
was awarded 2nd prize (silver medal) at the 2009
Parkening International Guitar Competition (USA), the
world’s preeminent guitar competition. Since then,
he has appeared as a soloist throughout Europe and
world. As well as his performances on BBC Radio,
Watt was featured in a BBC 2 documentary which
included a performance of ‘Rodrigoâ Concierto de
Aranjuez’ and his performances have also been seen
and heard on television and radio stations in the USA,
Austria and Holland. His debut album, ‘Impressions of
Spain’ was released by Nimbus Alliance in November
2011 and his second recording, of British guitar music,
will be released by Nimbus in 2013.
PAUL LIVINGSTON (VIOLIN)
Violinist Paul Livingston has taken part in several
masterclasses with noted violin/chamber musicians, and
performs as a soloist and chamber musician at festivals
and venues throughout the UK, and in France, Germany,
Norway, Finland, Estonia and the Faroe Islands.
Following initial studies at Aberdeen City Music School,
violinist Paul Livingston was awarded a Stevenson
Scholarship to study at the Royal Conservatoire of
Scotland (formerly RSAMD) with Angus Ramsay. Paul
currently continues his studies with Mark Gothóni in
Berlin, while pursuing a busy freelance career.
BETH MACKAY (MEZZO SOPRANO)
Beth Mackay graduated with a Masters of Opera
(distinction) from the Alexander Gibson Opera School
at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2011. Beth
has won the Annie Ridyard Award (Royal Northern
College of Music) and been a finalist in the Frederic
Cox Award (RNCM), and the Italian Aria Competition
(RCS). She has attained second place in both the
Governor’s Prize for Recital Singing (RCS) and the Frank
Spedding Lieder Prize (RCS).
UP CLOSE
& MUSICAL
RUSSIA
ROYAL CONSERVATOIRE OF SCOTLAND (RCOS)
ANN DOROSHENKOVA
ALLINGHAM QUARTET
Ann Doroshenkova is 16 years old and is from Saint
Petersburg in Russia, one of the most beautiful cities in
the world, famous for its fascinating architecture and
unique history. She is at the top grade of her course
at a specialised music school where she is learning to
play the piano and the flute. She is also a soloist in the
music school choir.
The Allingham Quartet was founded in 2009 by
students of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. With
an extensive repertoire of classical, pop and jazz music
the quartet performs regularly at weddings, parties and
functions, often performing their own arrangements.
As well as rehearsing together to explore the classical
quartet repertoire, the group are also keen orchestral
players. The quartet members take a keen interest in
delivering and supporting music education and they are
thrilled to be part of the Royal Conservatoire’s summer
courses this year.
ANN VOVK
Ann Vovk is also 16 years old and from Saint Petersburg,
often regarded as the cultural capital of Russia. She
studies at School 61 with an intensive course of English.
She started dancing at age 5 and at 7 she became a
pupil at Sviridov Music School which she completed with
honours. Her father is the chief conductor of Saint Petersburg
Military Orchestra and she is a talented singer and
musician visiting AIYF for the very first time.
MAYA TARASOVA
This outstanding young opera singer from Russia will
visit the Festival for the very first time and was the winner
of a major schools competition in Saint Petersburg in
2012. She travelled to Scotland in 2012 to audition
for the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCoS).
However, at only 16 years old, she is still too young
to be awarded a place at the moment.
ATHENAEUM WINDS
Made up of Aleksandra Henszel, flute, Siobhan Parker,
oboe, Ross Montgomery, clarinet, Christopher Mcshane,
bassoon, and Jenna Sloane, french horn, these students
of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCoS), are a
diverse, adaptable and lively group with a passion for
learning. Since forming in 2010, they have premiered a
piece for mezzo-soprano, piano and wind quintet as part
of the prestigious ‘Plug Festival’; represented the National
Youth Orchestra of Scotland in concert at Dalmeny
Kirk; played in the BBC offices at the Pacific Quay in
Glasgow – advertising the Music Nation concert as part
of the cultural Olympics and been finalists twice for the
‘Governor’s Recital Prize for Chamber Music’.
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SCOTLAND
SPENCER-STRACHAN DUO
DUNCAN STRACHAN, CELLO
Violinist Rachel Spencer and cellist Duncan Strachan
met as students at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
and through their studies began playing regularly
together. In 2010 they began working together as a
duo and have gone on to perform across the country
to critical acclaim (“enthralling versatility and intensity...
power, panache, and a remarkable intimacy” Michael
Tumelty, Herald 2011). As a duo they are passionate
about educational work and are Live Music Now
Scotland Artists, a position in which they give concerts
and workshops to a wide range of ages and abilities.
Born in Dundee in 1987, Duncan Strachan was brought
up in the West Highlands of Scotland where he began
music lessons at an early age. After initial guidance from
Audrey Scott, Duncan moved to St Mary’s Music School
in Edinburgh where he learnt cello with Pat Hair. He then
went on to read music at St Catherine’s College, Oxford,
where, as a music and academic scholar, he studied
with renowned cellist Colin Carr and chamber musician
Laurence Dreyfus. He later studied with Robert Irvine at
the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama, where
he won all the major prizes, and completed his Master
of Music degree with Distinction in 2011. Duncan has
performed to critical acclaim at major venues across the
UK and abroad, as both a chamber musician and soloist.
RACHEL SPENCER, VIOLIN
Rachel Spencer hails from Holmfirth in West Yorkshire,
where she started learning the violin at the age of 6 with
Ralph Barker. In 2011 she completed her undergraduate
studies with first class honours at the Royal Scottish
Academy of Music and Drama, studying with Peter Lissauer.
Rachel was supported throughout her studies by the
Leverhulme Scholarship. Whilst studying in Glasgow,
Rachel led all of the RSAMD orchestras, won several
prizes for her solo and chamber playing, and participated
in masterclasses with many leading musicians, including
Midori, Christian Tetzlaff, Ilya Gringolts and Imre
Rohmann. Last year saw Rachel perform the Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto with the RSAMD Symphony Orchestra
and represent the RSAMD String Department in a
performance of the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Rachel is currently
studying with Jim Clark and holds the position of Young
Artist in Residence at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
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Supported by Live Music Now (LMN)
LAURA AYOUB
Laura Ayoub is a 17 year old student at the Music School
of Douglas Academy where she studies violin. Laura
was a member of the National Children’s Orchestra
of Scotland for three years where she lead 2nd violin
and co-lead the orchestra. She is now the leader of the
West of Scotland Schools Symphony Orchestra and
in March 2013, Laura took part in Glasgow Music
Festival and won the Grace Dick Memorial Prize, Ailie
Cullen Memorial Prize, the St Mungo Challenge Trophy
and the John Fyfe Trophy which is awarded to the most
outstanding performer of the year.
CANADA
LA ISLA YOUTH CLASSICAL GUITAR ENSEMBLE
La Isla is a unique and vibrant classical guitar ensemble
comprised of dedicated young guitarists from the
Helga Hagen Music Studio on Vancouver Island, British
Columbia. They play music from around the world
ranging from Renaissance to Contemporary compositions
as well as some of their own West Coast pieces.
The current members of the ensemble are aged 12 to
16 and have earned a place in the ensemble through
a combination of talent and a good work ethic.
Although the ensemble is ever evolving and dynamic,
a passion for music and performing has remained at its
core for over twenty-five years.
Having regularly showcased the music through solo
and group performances across Vancouver Island,
they have recently received wider recognition of
their talent with top marks from examiners from the
Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto. Following a
recommendation by an Examiner of the Musikschule
Feldkirchen in Carinthia, Austria, La Isla travelled to the
region and performed at various Conservatory venues
to great acclaim.
The Helga Hagen Music Studio was established over
twenty-five years ago and has received recognition
across the whole of Canada.
NORTH EAST OF SCOTLAND MUSIC SCHOOL (NESMS)
DUNCAN THOMSON
DAVID FERGUSON
Duncan was brought up in Bothwell and attended
Bothwell Primary and Uddingston Grammar Schools.
He attended the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and
Drams (RSAMD) Junior Academy for five years where he
studied violin under the guidance of Angus Anderson.
Duncan is currently studying medicine at the University of
Aberdeen, where he has just completed his second year.
David started singing at the age of 8 as a choirboy
with the Deeside Choristers. He has maintained close
connections with this group, and is now their choirmaster.
He has performed with numerous choirs, including the
National Youth Choir of Scotland, touring to various
locations in Germany, as well as numerous venues across
the British Isles. David also has strong links with the
University of Aberdeen Music Department, having
graduated with a BMus degree in 2011, and still performs
with the University Chamber Choir on a frequent basis.
Recent solo performances include singing with the
Aberdeen-based chamber choir ‘Con Anima’ in their
performance of the Messiah this year, as well as playing
the part of Sarastro in the University of Aberdeen
Opera Society’s recent production of ‘The Magic Flute’.
Violin playing has been a huge part of Duncan’s life and he
has played in both local and national orchestras. A highlight
was playing for two years with the National Youth Orchestra
of Great Britain. He has played twice in televised concerts
at the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall in London.
RICHARD BAILEY
Talented pianist Richard Bailey is a Festival regular.
He graduated from Aberdeen University in the summer
of 2010 with a BMus (Hons) and was awarded the
Carlaw Prize for Accompaniment. He has performed
many solo recitals and is a highly accomplished
musician. He began his postgraduate studies at the
Birmingham Conservatoire in September of 2011.
OGSTON PRIZE WINNER
The University of Aberdeen’s prestigious Ogston Music
Prize for Music carries a prize of £1,000 for music-making
and is awarded annually to an undergraduate studying
at the University of Aberdeen.
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SUMMER COURSES
CEÒL MÒR
Ceòl Mòr is a Scots-Canadian trad music big band.
Aberdeen International Youth Festival started the band
in 2006 for young musicians interested in playing new
and existing Scottish music rooted in the folk tradition.
It commissions and performs new music by top trad
players who are interested in composing work on
a large scale. Previous collaborators have included
Corrina Hewat and David Milligan (Unusual Suspects),
Aidan O’Rourke (Lau) and the Treacherous Orchestra.
Members of the band also contribute pieces.
In 2013, Ceòl Mòr is excited to welcome awardwinning singer and songwriter, Karine Polwart. Karine
will be working with composer-in-residence Hamish
Napier and musical director Stephen Deazley on new
arrangements of her songs to be performed, along with
a new piece by Hamish Napier, at a gala concert in
Aberdeen’s Music Hall.
Ceòl Mòr is open to young musicians aged between
16 and 25 on any instrument including brass and
woodwind. You should play at the equivalent of grade
5 minimum, have good sight-reading and also be
comfortable with learning by ear. Because there are
going to be a lot of songs this year, we’re keen to hear
from singers who might not play.
CHAMBER MUSIC PROJECT
AIYF’s Chamber Music Project, led by Hebrides Ensemble
and its Artistic Director William Conway, is recruiting
young ensembles and musicians with a passion for
chamber music. Having focused on performance for the
last three years, in 2013 AIYF will offer an additional
course for young composers led by Stuart MacRae.
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The Chamber Music Project gives talented young
chamber musicians and composers the opportunity to
develop their musical skills alongside some of the very
best musicians in the UK. The Performance Course
includes a programme of tutored sessions with William
Conway and members of Hebrides Ensemble as well
as the opportunity to play chamber music informally with
members of Hebrides Ensemble and fellow participants.
The Composition Course is designed to enable each
composer to develop his or her own technique in a
focused and supportive way. Composers will spend
mornings in one-to-one sessions with Stuart MacRae,
addressing specific technical issues and writing short
examples for performance during the afternoon sessions.
THE DANCE LAB - PROJECT Y
The AIYF Dance Lab is where talented young dancers
can come and develop their skills and repertoire.
Applications are open to dancers from across the
UK and the project offers ten days of intensive dance
education from leading national and international
choreographers and tutors. There will be a performance
during AIYF 2013, so that participants can show off
the new skills they have learned whilst on the course.
Applications for this prestigious dance course closed
on Friday March 1st 2013.
OPERA AND SINGING
Aberdeen International Youth Festival (AIYF) and the
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCoS) are seeking
singers aged 14 to 24 to take part in a prestigious
summer opera and singing residency. The Mary Garden
Young Singers’ residency is an initiative supported
by Aberdeen City Council’s Mary Garden Fund that
involves paid placements for singers from Aberdeen City.
The singers get a chance to participate in a variety of
sessions with some of the most talented students and staff
from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
The programme runs from Friday July 26th until Friday
August 2nd, 2013. Over the course of the week, the
young singers will have the chance to experience the
many sides of opera performance, and find out just
what it takes to make it in the industry. Throughout
the week, the students will also receive free tickets
to the concerts and events programmed as part of
the wider Festival schedule. Entry to this exclusive
programme is open to singers aged 14 to 21 from
the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, singers based in
and around Aberdeen City & Shire as well as talented
vocalists from all over the UK.
ROYAL CONSERVATOIRE OF SCOTLAND BRASS, STRINGS,
WOODWIND AND PERCUSSION
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCoS) is coming
to AIYF and are looking for budding young musicians
to join its ranks.
RCoS are holding Summer workshops in the city, giving
talented brass, percussion, string and woodwind musicians
the chance to work alongside other like-minded participants
SPLORE
Splore is an opportunity to meet and play with other
young trad musicians, learn from experienced musicians
and get a chance to perform and explore traditional music.
Attend this year’s Splore and enjoy a full programme of
events led by some of Scotland’s finest trad musicians.
The five day schedule includes intensive workshops and
rehearsals, leading to final performances including the
chance to appear on stage with great Scottish singer Karine
Polwart. There will be opportunities for tuition in a variety of
instruments including fiddle, guitar, voice and percussion.
Splore is open to musicians aged 12 to 16 who are able to
play at a level of grade 2 or more in their main instrument.
This year’s tutors have been hand-picked for their expertise
in teaching and performance, bringing their experience
of a wide range of music from Traditional Scottish to Pop
and Country. Jenn Butterworth is an expert acoustic guitar
player and is also a singer songwriter. Steve Fivey is full
of rhythms, playing every kind of drum and percussion
instrument. Gillian Frame was the inaugural winner of the
Young Scottish Traditional Musician of the Year Award in
2001. Since then, she has sung and played fiddle with
Back of the Moon and the Unusual Suspects big band.
while being mentored by some of the country’s most gifted
teachers and performers from the Royal Conservatoire of
Scotland. Each course aims to inspire young musicians
who have a passion for music and who wish to enhance
their current skills. The week long projects offer different
levels of tuition for brass, percussion; string and woodwind
musicians aged 10 to 17 (of grade 2-8+ standard) with
participants being matched into appropriate intermediate
and senior ensembles.
Over the week, each ensemble will tackle a diverse
and challenging mix of repertoire from Bach to bhangra,
film music to funk. You can apply for all Royal Conservatoire
of Scotland courses by downloading the Young People’s
Sponsored by: Apache
YOUNG SC&T
Young SC&T is an exciting opportunity for children P4-P7
to participate in AIYF whilst developing and exploring their
skills in traditional music. Learning from experienced tutors,
the young talent will be engaged in a week-long series of
intensive classes to help younger musicians extend their
repertoires in Scottish Traditional Music. Participants will
perform at the university on August 3rd, 4:30pm to show
off their new skills to a live audience. To qualify, young people
should be able to play some simple tunes on an instrument.
Summer Schools 2013 application form from the
official website.
Sponsored by: Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeenshire Council and
Creative Scotland
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Be a part
of the art
DESIGN A COVER –
SUPPORTED BY SHELL
It’s the second year that Aberdeen International Youth Festival (AIYF) has joined forces with
Shell to challenge primary school children from across Aberdeen city and shire to design
artwork for the front cover of our Festival brochure.
Hundreds of entries were received from schools across
the North-east, ranging from Robert Gordon’s College
to St Peter’s School. The competition was judged by a
panel of local artists and Festival supporters including
Anne Marquiss from Aberdeen Artists’ Society,
Gill Hay from Shell and Sally Moir from SMart
Consultants. They all found it difficult to choose just
one winner from an outstanding selection of entries.
Many of the schools received workshops from
Aberdeen based artist, Jim Ewen, who went into
schools to work with classes to tease out the best ideas.
The young winner, Neve Smith, from Holy Family
Primary School aged 11, has her design featured on
the inside front cover of AIYF’s 2013 festival brochure.
In addition, Neve received £100 worth of AIYF festival
vouchers for her family and friends and wins Holy
Family Primary School a generous £400 cash prize
provided by sponsors Shell UK that will allow new
art materials to be bought for the school.
There were four runners-up from two categories.
The runners up from primary 1-3 were Christian
Graham, aged 7, from Robert Gordon’s College
and Kelsie Beaton, aged 6 from Hanover Street
School. The runners up from primary 4-7 were Hugo
Gamba, aged 10 and Beth Kelly, aged 11, both
from Robert Gordon’s College. They all win prizes
of AIYF festival vouchers worth £50 each.
The winners and some of the best entries from
the competition are now exhibited in Espresso Bar,
2nd Floor, John Lewis, Bon Accord.
The children’s winning entries can been seen below:
(L-R)
Kelsie Beaton (6), Hanover Street, P1-3 Runner Up
Christian Graham (7), Robert Gordon College, P1-3 Runner Up
Hugo Gamba (10), Robert Gordon College, P4-7 Runner Up
Beth Kelly (11), Robert Gordon College, P4-7 Runner Up
Neve Smith (11), Holy Family, Cover Winner
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FESTIVAL
ABERDEEN INTERNATIONAL YOUTH
B on a T
Building on the success of the ‘Design a
Cover’ competition, this year AIYF launched
a secondary schools challenge, asking
pupils from S1-S6 to enter designs to be
carried on the Festival T-shirts.
The youth Festival T-shirt is worn by everyone involved
in the Festival including over 1,000 participants and
all staff and volunteers. The T-Shirt and the design on
it travel far and wide, with many of our international
participants taking the T-shirts home as a souvenir of
their time at the Festival.
Judges from Shell, AIYF, Aberdeen Artists Society and
SMart Consultants chose the winning entries.
The overall winner was chosen from entries sent in from
across Aberdeen city and shire.
Tracy Lee, aged 12, of St Margaret’s School for Girls
was the overall winner with a colourful design that
showed everything which the Festival involves including
musical notes, ballet shoes, drama and much more.
Tracy Lee (12)
St Margaret’s School for Girls
T-shirt Winner
She will see her design on every Festival t-shirt worn
during AIYF and wins £100 cash.
There were also one runner up from this competition
which was Euan Munro, aged 13, from Northfield
Academy who received £50 of festival vouchers.
The winners and some of the best entries from the
competition are now exhibited in Espresso Bar, 2nd
Floor, John Lewis, Bon Accord.
Euan Munro (13)
Northfield Academy
T-shirt Runner Up
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Join us – we need YOUR support!
AIYF has always had a huge amount of support from friends of the Festival, individuals, small
to medium sized businesses and large multi-national corporations. It has taken many years to
establish and build on relationships that we have with sponsors, partners and individuals and we
are keen to continue to grow these links into our community by offering everyone an opportunity
to share in the wonderful opportunities that AIYF brings to Aberdeen and the surrounding areas.
To do this we need YOUR help. After the celebrations of our landmark 40th anniversary last year it is even more
important than ever that AIYF is well supported. In the coming months and years we will be looking to hand over
the reins of the Festival to the next generation making sure that AIYF continues to be one of the most prominent
events held anywhere in the world promoting young people and youth arts.
Our distinctive cultural offering combines to nurture emerging local, national and international talent and we are in
a strong position to offer exciting sponsorship and partnership packages that will help to deliver your organisation’s
objectives in a unique way.
For more information on sponsorship please contact us at the Festival office. Details are at the bottom of the page.
for young people based locally, helping them to engage with
FRIENDS OF THE FESTIVAL
Our ‘Friends of the Festival’ are as old as we are… that
means that this organisation has been providing support to AIYF
for over 40 years! As an independent membership organisation
that provides valuable support to AIYF projects, events, fundraising
and performances there are many benefits to signing up to a
‘friends’ membership. Priority booking, discounts and exclusive
updates as well as the knowledge that you are supporting one
of Aberdeen’s most established cultural events aimed at young
people, means that being a ‘friend’ of the Festival is never dull!
There are many stars at AIYF but we like to give special
acknowledgement to individual donors who contribute to the event:
Dr H & Mrs J Wilson
Professor E Russell
Mrs L Sim
Crystal Star:
As a Festival Star
Mr R and Mrs P Finnie
GSS Developments (ABD) Ltd
Mrs R E M Tayler – Hawkhill House
Lessel Rennie
BE A FESTIVAL STAR
You can become a Festival Star
for as little as £100 with
a Diamond Star donation rising to £1,500.
For details relating to Festival Star
opportunities please
contact us at the main Festival office contact details listed
LEGACIES
A legacy to AIYF can help to bring continued inspiration and
pleasure to our audiences and also enable the event to thrive
for many years to come.
CONTACT
To find out more about how you can support AIYF contact:
Stewart Aitken, Festival Director & CEO, AIYF, Custom House,
Private donations to AIYF assist many of the international
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arts companies to take part in the Festival. Giving to the
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Festival also helps us to continuously develop opportunities
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donor you will be recognised on our website
and in our printed brochure, unless you wish to remain anonymous.
below and we will be happy to help.
FESTIVAL STARS
Diamond Stars:
the arts through educational projects managed by AIYF.
ABERDEEN INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FESTIVAL
AcknowledgementS
Aberdeen and North-east Music Festival
Jennie S Memorial Foundation
Arts Centre & Theatre – ACT Aberdeen
Press & Journal
Aberdeen City Council Events Team
NESMS
Aberdeen City Council Arts Development
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Aberdeen Endowments Trust
Station House Media Unit (SHMU)
Aberdeen City Council Twinning and
Cultural Grants
shmuFM
Aberdeen Performing Arts
Bon Accord and St Nicholas Centre
Carmelite
Evening Express
Finnies the Jeweller
SMart Consultants
St Petersburg Forum
The Mall, Aberdeen
The Seven Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen
The Society of Friends of Brechin Cathedral
The Verden Sykes Trust
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LET’S PASS ENERGY
ON TO THE NEXT
GENERATION.
The Yoshida children have a lot of energy. But the country they’re growing up
in doesn’t. Japan, like many other countries, needs a reliable source of energy.
That’s why Shell is helping to deliver natural gas to more countries than any other
energy company. Not just for tonight’s bowl of warming noodles, but for
years to come, when the children may have children of their own.
Let’s broaden the world’s energy mix. Let’s go. www.shell.com/letsgo
LET’S GO.