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Stirling 900 Concert at Stirling Castle

Don;t miss this free-to-attend cultural celebration at Stirling Castle to celebrate Stirling 900 anniversary finale on Friday 28th March!

Stirling 900 Concert at Stirling Castle

About Stirling 900 Concert at Stirling Castle

A NEW COMPOSITION, by Evie Waddell and Neil Sutcliffe
As we mark Stirling’s 900th anniversary year, and come together to celebrate stories of old and 900 Years of history, Evie and Neil have come together to create a new composition, one which will tell a new story of Stirling. Taking inspiration from the culture of this place, and in response to its past, reflecting on its community of today, and their hopes for the future.

As musicians who are part of our community, we will celebrate their unique voices when their new composition is played for the first time, as part of the official finale week of the 900th Year celebrations.

On Friday 28th March Evie and Neil will perform at a free to attend concert in The Great Hall of Stirling Castle, following the Culture at The Castle event. They will also be accompanied on the night by a band of local musicians.

The composition was funded by Youth Music Initiative and supported by Tolbooth Stirling.

EVIE WADDELL:

Evie Waddell is a Gaelic and Scots singer, and fiddler hailing from Stirlingshire. Evie graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with a BMus Traditional Music. Evie’s proficiency in Gaelic comes from her education within the Gaelic-medium school system. During her younger years, Evie actively participated in the intergenerational community group Riverside Music Project. While her passion for Scottish Music is deeply rooted in the influence of Jo Miller, Evie also draws inspiration from Ivor Cutler, Martyn Bennet, Lisa O Neill, and Rhiannon Giddens.

In 2020, Evie had the opportunity to showcase her talents in British Sign Language (BSL), acting, music, and dance as she performed with WHYTE in the play MAIM by Theatre Gu Leòr. Evie has directed and toured her own show called ‘Fàilte Gu BSL’ in 2022-2023. Evie was a winner of the Danny Kyle Open Stage 2023, and a BBC Young Traditional Musician Semi-Finalist 2024. I

In Feb 2024 Evie released a visual EP ‘Cluich!'

NEIL SUTCLIFFE:

Neil is an accordionist, pianist and folksinger from Stirling. He performs as a classical soloist and ensemble musician, within the Scottish traditional music scene, and as a collaborator with other artforms. In 2021 he completed his BMus (Honours) at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) in Glasgow, where he studied classical accordion with Djordje Gajic.

In his work in classical music, Neil is passionate about programming works by under-represented and neglected composer (in particular Scottish classical and contemporary composers) and about promoting the accordion within classical performance and education settings. He regularly works with composers to introduce them to the instrument, and to premiere new works. Since 2021 he has run a project with the composition and accordion departments of the RCS to encourage collaboration and performance opportunities for students.

Before his introduction to the classical accordion, Neil grew up in a family surrounded by a variety of musical influences, the strongest of which was Scottish traditional music. From his parents he has inherited a particular love of folk-songs: ballads, bairnsangs, protest songs, and comic verse. As a singer Neil is interested in the power of song to create connections between people, place, the past and the present. He sings in English, Scots and Scottish Gaelic, which he learnt in Primary School.

The other major element in Neil's work is inter-disciplinary collaborations with other artforms, such as storytelling, art, dance and BSL. He has worked as musical director on several storytelling shows at the Edinburgh Fringe, the Scottish International Storytelling Festival, and has toured across Scotland and Scandinavia.

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