Alex Green Whistle Festival – Aberdeen 1-3 March

It seems that there is so much more on for flute and whistle players to attend these days and it is great to see that the inaugural Alex Green Weekend will take place in Aberdeen 1-3 March. The weekend celebrates the NE whistler with an impressive lineup of concerts and workshops organised by The Elphinstone Institute, which is part of the University of Aberdeen.

Featured performers and tutors are Cathal McConnell, Mary Bergin, Fred Morrison, Dougie Pincock, Claire Mann, Tom Oakes and Kenny Hadden in a range of events, some of which are free to attend.

It’s a good chance to see and hear so many contributors to The FluteFling Collection – five of those mentioned are included. You can get your copy here or catch Kenny Hadden over the festival weekend.

Tickets are on sale through Aberdeen Performing Arts and at the time of writing this is the best way to find out what is happening.

Update 2 February: The full programme is now available on The Elphinstone Institute website.

About Alex Green

Alex Green had a unique and authentic style of playing, which has been described as “spit-staccato” (I’m sure there must be a better and more attractive descriptor — maybe someone who knows NE Scottish dialects can suggest one). A highly influential and generous musician by all accounts.

Alex Green passed away in 2017 and has since been inducted into the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame. You can learn more about his life at Hands up for Trad.

His album Whistle O’er The Lave O’t has an accompanying video: