We would love to see you at any of the six concerts we play in the UK each year – taking in some of the best concert halls across the land. Our international tours have taken us to North America, Asia and Australia.
Scottish Fiddle Orchestra Music
SFO Podcast – A Night in Inverurie
This podcast features snippets from the SFO's concert at Inverurie Town Hall in September 2019. Podcast 2 - The SFO at Inverurie - September 2019 The following music and song is featured: Willie Kidd's Welcome to Orkney (intro) - by John Mason March Strathspey and...
A Tribute to J. Scott Skinner
James Scott Skinner (1843-1927), “The Strathspey King” was born in Banchory. He started his young musical career playing violincello for his elder brother, Sandy, and later for the celebrated Aberdeen fiddler and teacher Peter Milne. At a still early age, he became...
Singing and Dancing with the Scottish Fiddle Orchestra
Would you be up for dancing at an SFO concert? The short video below features "The Wild Rover", part of a set of Sing-Along Waltzes we like to play at a regular point in our concert programme where we invite the audience (along with some members of the orchestra) to...
The Gay Gordons with the Scottish Fiddle Orchestra
Virtually all SFO concerts begin with a tune in March tempo. The very first SFO concert at Aberdeen Music Hall on 22 March 1980 opened with John Mason's 'Patrol' March "Fiddlers to the Fore". The most popular Scottish dance with march-time backing is The Gay Gordons....
Songs of Scotland with the Scottish Fiddle Orchestra
Scottish Fiddle Orchestra concerts include fiddle music. But we have a host of other instruments besides violins. Cellos, Double Basses, Flutes, Accordion, Percussion, Piano - sometimes Organ too - and, last but not least, the Human Voice. At the foot of this article,...
The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra Concert in Inverurie
The SFO had a memorable concert in Inverurie Town Hall on 27 September 2019 as part of the town’s first In-Tune festival. We were delighted to be joined by our good friends, Colette Ruddy, mezzo-soprano, and Dennis Haggerty, tenor, for the occasion. The festival took...
A Grand Night in Glasgow (SFO DVD)
One of the Scottish Fiddle Orchestra’s annual Glasgow concerts took place at the iconic Royal Concert Hall on 15 September 2018. A video recording of the concert has been released on DVD in September 2019. Members of the orchestra had warmed up with an impromptu...
The Rose of Galloway (Galloway Rose)
Rose of Galloway is a composition by John Mason for orchestra and pipes. At the foot of this post, you will find a short video clip of a Scottish Fiddle Orchestra (plus pipe band) concert performance of this stirring piece of music. Tucked away in the South-west of...
A New Era in Digital Downloads for Scottish Fiddle Orchestra Music
As we reported in December 2018, we have been going through the process of making the orchestra’s self-produced recordings available for digital download. Historically, SFO recordings have been released through REL but – with the growth of digital downloads and online...