Join Brandi Berry and members of the Gentle Shepherd residency team and dive into the variations found in tunes from this unique Scottish folk opera and other tunes of the time.

Join members of the Gentle Shepherd residency team for a Scottish chamber music jam and Ceilidh Dance! Play tunes from the Scottish Folk Opera and other Scottish dance band music!

This workshop introduces the stylistic conventions of the Scottish tradition and also the performance practices of the Italians who migrated over the Alps and English Channel to combine forces with the Scots.

Brandi Berry and the Gentle Shepherd residency team walk you through their process of turning a long forgotten score into a live folk opera.

The U.S. premiere of the Scottish folk opera, The Gentle Shepherd. With folk songs instead of arias, this not-your-grandmother's-opera tells the tale of two couples in the shepherding hills of the highlands, the struggle between love and aristocratic duty, and a couple of old lassies who teach a wayward laddie a lesson with their "sorcerous" pranks!