2026 Aberdeen FluteFling
traditional flutes and whistles in Scotland
The Aberdeen FluteFling will take place 6-8 November.
The Aberdeen FluteFling returns to the Elphinstone Institute and features another lineup of some of the finest traditional flute and whistle players.
This year’s guests David Foley (RURA) and Colin Masterton (FRAS) will perform at the Friday concert at the King’s Pavillion and teach at the Saturday workshops at the Elphinstone Institute. Joining them at the concert will be Adam Brown (RURA, guitar), Malcolm Reavell and Dougie Pincock. Sharon Newton Creasey and Kenny Hadden will be the tutors at the Sunday morning workshop.
Workshops: Both tutors will have time with all students and links to any relevant resources will be emailed to ticket holders 2 weeks in advance. All workshops are suitable for flutes, whistles and low whistles. CO54498.
Aberdeen weekend overview
The weekend opens with a Friday concert at the King’s Pavillion featuring the guest tutors David Foley of RURA and Colin Masterton of FRAS, accompanied by Adam Brown (RURA). They will be supported by Malcolm Reavell and Dougie Pincock.
Saturday workshops at the Elphinstone Institute Macrobert Building — as successfully trialled at Aberdeen last year, there will be two groups spending a morning with one tutor and an afternoon with the other. There will also be a talk from Rosa Michaelson of Dundee University on Aird’s Collection and Kerr’s Merrie Melodies. Rosa is a fiddle player and performed in Sprangeen alongside evergreen FluteFling supporter Ann Ward.
The Sunday morning workshop at the Elphinstone Institute Macrobert Building will be in two parts. Sharon Newton Creasey will focus on music from the Oswald Collection and Kenny Hadden on the music of Desi Wilkinson, each taking the group for an hour.
Sessions are planned for Saturday evening and Sunday lunchtime.
Please note that the Saturday evening meal which had become a feature of the weekend won’t be organised this year. While it has proved to be popular, it has also become too impractical for us to arrange.
Please accept our apologies, and instead we encourage everybody to make their own arrangements to socialise before the session.
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FluteFling
FluteFling is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SC054498) run on a volunteer basis that seeks to advance the performing arts, in particular music, by promoting education, participation and interest in the playing of traditional music on the flute and whistle family of instruments in Scottish contexts, including an awareness and understanding of its history and relationships to other traditions.