🎻 Slow Down to Speed Up
🎻 Play Scottish Fiddle with Ease, Flow & Confidence
A Play-by-Ear Scottish Fiddle workshop
with Colin MacLeod
📍 Location: Thistlerock Mead Co
📅 Date: Sunday, June 14th 2026
🕒 Time: 2.00pm-4.30pm
🎟 Limited to 20 participants
🎶 Learn Less… Play More
What if improving your fiddle playing wasn’t about pushing harder…
but about slowing down in the right way?
Join Scottish fiddle player and educator Colin MacLeod for a unique immersive workshop designed to help you:
- Play with greater ease and confidence
- Develop authentic Celtic rhythm and phrasing
- Learn naturally by ear
- Reduce tension and improve flow
- Deepen your connection to music and community
This is more than a workshop.
It’s a guided musical experience.
🌿 A Unique Setting
Set at the beautiful Thistlerock Mead Co., this experience blends:
- Music
- Nature
- Community
- Creativity
- Optional Mead Tasting 🍯
The atmosphere is designed to help you truly slow down… so your playing can speed up naturally.
🎻 What You’ll Experience
During this 2.5-hour immersive workshop, you will:
- Learn a traditional Scottish tune completely by ear
- Explore rhythm, groove, and phrasing in depth
- Develop authentic Celtic ornamentation and tone
- Apply the “Slow Down To Speed Up” method in real time
- Discover practical approaches for playing with more ease and relaxation
- Build confidence through guided repetition and group learning
✨ The extended format allows for deeper learning, more musical flow, and a relaxed, enjoyable experience.
🎟 Workshop Investment
Premium All-In Experience
🎻 Core Workshop Experience
Adults: $95
Under 18: $65
Family Ticket (Adult + Child): $135
Additional Child: $50
🎁 Included With Every Ticket
Every participant receives:
🎥 Full Workshop Recording
🎼 Celtic Fiddle Starter Pack
📩 Practice Notes & Follow-Up Guidance
💻 One Live Group Zoom Reinforcement Session
💻 Follow-Up Zoom Session
Approximately 7–10 days after the workshop, we’ll reconnect online for a live group session where you can:
- Reinforce the tune together
- Ask questions
- Refine ornamentation and technique
- Gain confidence and momentum
- Continue learning within a supportive community
✨ Many participants experience their biggest breakthrough during the follow-up session.
🍯 Optional Mead Experience
Enjoy Thistlerock Mead Co.’s unique mead offerings before or after the workshop.
👥 Who This Is For
This workshop is ideal for:
- Violinists exploring fiddle styles
- Fiddlers wanting more authenticity and flow
- Classical and Suzuki players interested in learning by ear
- Beginners through intermediate players
- Anyone seeking a relaxed, musical, and inspiring experience
🎵 Why This Approach Works
- Traditional Scottish music was passed down:
By ear
- Through community
- Through rhythm, feel, and shared experience
This workshop reconnects you to that tradition in a supportive and modern way.
⚡ Limited Spaces Available
To ensure personal attention and meaningful follow-up support, this experience is limited to 20 participants.
👉 Early booking is recommended.
🎶 About Colin MacLeod
Scottish-born fiddle player and founder of the School of Celtic Fiddle Mastery, Colin has taught internationally for decades through a unique play-by-ear approach focused on:
- Musical flow
- Cultural connection
- Relaxed technique
- Creativity and confidence
Reserve Your Place Today
Experience the joy of slowing down… so your music can truly come alive.