20th to 27th June 2010

Hamish Moore is delighted to announce an exciting new Summer School to be held in Barga in Tuscany where he spent 2008 as musician in residence. Barga dates back a thousand years and is a walled hill town of astounding beauty. As well as being surrounded by natural, Spectacular Mountain scenery its architectural glory is a joy and its narrow streets and lanes make pedestrian transport the norm with the presence of cars somewhat of a rarity. This all adds to the incredible charm of the town.

Teaching will take place in an old Conservatorio, which is ideally suited to hosting classes.

Because approximately 60% of the town's population have relatives in the west of Scotland and also because of the strong links through John Bellany with East Lothian, Barga quite rightly and proudly boasts the title of, "The most Scottish Town in Italy".

Piping: Allan MacDonald, Fin Moore, Tiber Falzett, Alberto Massi, A wide range of piping styles is on offer as well as the school catering for the complete range of abilities from beginners to advanced.

Fiddle: Sarah Hoy. Sarah is one of Scotland's brightest and best young fiddlers and teachers and can offer a wide range of styles from Scottish, Irish, Shetland to Cape Breton.

Dance: Frank McConnel. Frank is arguably Scotland's best step dancer with a huge wealth of teaching and choreographic experience. He is also a very well known and respected contemporary dancer. He will be offering classes in some of Scotland's oldest and most exciting dance forms.

Flute: Chris Norman. Chris is a world renowned flute player and teacher and runs the hugely successful and popular teaching festival in Nova Scotia, "Boxwood". Chris will be teaching traditional Scottish Music of the Flute and can also offer Baroque style, something he is in demand for all over Europe.

Cello: Christine Hanson. Although originally Canadian, Christine has made her home in The West of Scotland and has become known as one of the best players and teachers of Scottish Cello. She will be teaching the big Scottish melodies as well as cello accompaniment to Scottish tunes.

Song: There will also be song-sharing sessions and these will be shared by Tom Lawrie and Scott Gardener.