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Fara
at
Town Hall
Masham
Saturday 30th of October 202119:00
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Fara
Genre : Music - Folk/blues/world
('Filskit, adj: frisky, high-spirited, exuberant; addicted to immoderate hilarity')
The new decade marks an exciting new chapter for Scotland's fabulous fiddle-led Fara, as founding Orkney frontwomen Jeana Leslie, Catriona Price and Kristan Harvey welcome young Highland pianist Rory Matheson to the line-up.
Having bid a fond farewell to original fourth member Jennifer Austin, Fara recruited Matheson via the fabled folk scene in Glasgow, their shared adoptive hometown. With all three fiddlers being fast friends from childhood, Jeana explains, 'We weren't only looking for an excellent musician we could enjoy listening to, but just as importantly, someone willing to put up with us on a full-time basis. Then from speaking to friends and fellow musicians, Rory was the name that just kept coming up.'
A 2018 finalist in BBC Radio Scotland's Young Traditional Musician of the Year, Matheson hails from the rich musical heartland of Scotland's north-west coast. 'I've always loved the sound of a group of fiddles,' he says, 'It can be so powerful in different ways, and those big, intricate Fara arrangements lend themselves so well to piano accompaniment. It's also really interesting to explore the parallels between Orkney and Highland music - and to create new ones. And being the token male seems pretty good so far - I get a room to myself wherever we go.'
'FARA bring contemporary fiddle music to new heights. . . enthralling vocal arrangements' (Scotsman)
Masham Town Hall is an imposing, Grade II listed stone building built in 1912 and opened in May 1913. Set up by a legacy from the 2nd Lord Masham, the Town Hall is at the heart of the busy, beautiful ansd historic market town of Masham in the Yorkshire Dales.
Providing recreational, cultural and educational events and meeting spaces for the residents of Mashamshire and our visitors, the Town Hall celebrated its centenary year in 2013 and is now running its busiest ever programme of events and activities.
The building contains an imposing Main Hall with a large raised stage on the first Floor, with a Small Hall, Committee / History Room, and kitchen facilities on the Ground Floor.
We host a busy programme of performances, films, meetings and classes, craft fairs and coffee mornings, and private hires from conferences to band practice. From nursery sessions through the Youth Club to Indoor Bowls, the Town Hall hosts events of interest to everybody in the Masham community.
The Town Hall is the perfect venue for your wedding reception, affordable and charming. Children's parties are bookable at a special rate for local families.
The entire building is accessible (upstairs via a lift) with induction loop facilities in the Main Hall and Small Hall.
The Town Hall would not still be here without decades of support from the Masham Steam Rally, which has gone from strength to strength since the 50th Rally in 2015 and is now acclaimed as the finest in the North.
Little Market Place,
Masham,
North Yorkshire,
England,
HG4 4DY.
01765 689702
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