Distil is teaming up with the Tolbooth, the Stirling venue which has been a consistent champion of new music in Scotland, to present the first ever showcase by musicians associated with the Distil project.

Distil was established in 2002 to give adventurous musicians, whose main musical dialect is traditional music, the opportunity to explore a wide range of other musical styles and collaborate with musicians they might not otherwise get the chance to work with. The project opens up possibilities for a new kind of composer, working out of the folk tradition but moving freely and with understanding among the forms and sounds of other cultural traditions.

The seven composers, six Scots and one Englishman, chosen for this showcase have worked at various Distil events with musicians as diverse as Judith Weir, Eddie Maguire, Dave Heath, Brian Irvine and Sally Beamish; Tim Garland, Tom Bancroft and Paul Dunmall; Finnish master-arranger Timo Alakotila, Mihaly Borbely from Hungary and Riccardo Tesi from Italy. The Distil concert showcases work which has come out of those contacts. Each piece is ten to fifteen minutes long and uses the talents of some or all of the band (past Distil participants themselves) specially put together for the event.

Distil is funded by the Scottish Arts Council, the Performing Rights Society Foundation and Arts Council England.

Programme:
John Dipper - Sustained Constant: Continuous Change
Catriona McKay - The ap Huw Manuscripts
Karen Marshalsay - Thomas the Rhymer
Conrad Ivitsky Molleson - Aurora/Pretty Gritty/Gist 4 Gordon
James Ross - Piano Pibroch
Sandy Stanage - Shanter!
Lori Watson - Inheritance Converse

The Distil Band
Sarah Wilson - violin
Mairi Campbell - violin, viola
Christine Hanson - cello
Dick Lee - clarinets, soprano sax
Iain MacInnes - pipes, flute, tin whistle
Fiona Young - accordion
David Milligan - piano
Mattie Foulds - percussion
with
Mick West - voice
Sylvia Barnes - voice
Rick Taylor - musical director

Tickets are £10 (£8) from the Tolbooth. Online from http://www.stirling.gov.uk/tolbooth, or by phone from 01738 274000.

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