May
25
Tue
HISS Online Workshops – Set Building @ Online - on Zoom
May 25 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

This workshop series will explore how to use harmonic relationships, melodic flow, lift and narrative development together with groove to create great sets of tunes for folk sessions and ceilidhs.

Tools: 4 x 1 hour weekly online workshops exploring different considerations when combining folk melodies with a view to creating your own sets of tunes. These will be followed by a single 2 hour evening online session (a separate event on Fri 18th June) where we will try out some of the tune combinations discussed in the workshops. Participation in the workshops is not a prerequisite for joining in with the session.

£10 per workshop / £35 for all 4 workshops.

Access to a copy of the HISS Tunebook is required for these sessions. If you do not already have one, you can buy a download from the HISS website

 

Jun
1
Tue
HISS Online Workshops – Set Building @ Online - on Zoom
Jun 1 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

This workshop series will explore how to use harmonic relationships, melodic flow, lift and narrative development together with groove to create great sets of tunes for folk sessions and ceilidhs.

Tools: 4 x 1 hour weekly online workshops exploring different considerations when combining folk melodies with a view to creating your own sets of tunes. These will be followed by a single 2 hour evening online session (a separate event on Fri 18th June) where we will try out some of the tune combinations discussed in the workshops. Participation in the workshops is not a prerequisite for joining in with the session.

£10 per workshop / £35 for all 4 workshops.

Access to a copy of the HISS Tunebook is required for these sessions. If you do not already have one, you can buy a download from the HISS website

 

Jun
8
Tue
HISS Online Workshops – Set Building @ Online - on Zoom
Jun 8 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

This workshop series will explore how to use harmonic relationships, melodic flow, lift and narrative development together with groove to create great sets of tunes for folk sessions and ceilidhs.

Tools: 4 x 1 hour weekly online workshops exploring different considerations when combining folk melodies with a view to creating your own sets of tunes. These will be followed by a single 2 hour evening online session (a separate event on Fri 18th June) where we will try out some of the tune combinations discussed in the workshops. Participation in the workshops is not a prerequisite for joining in with the session.

£10 per workshop / £35 for all 4 workshops.

Access to a copy of the HISS Tunebook is required for these sessions. If you do not already have one, you can buy a download from the HISS website

 

Jun
15
Tue
HISS Online Workshops – Set Building @ Online - on Zoom
Jun 15 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

This workshop series will explore how to use harmonic relationships, melodic flow, lift and narrative development together with groove to create great sets of tunes for folk sessions and ceilidhs.

Tools: 4 x 1 hour weekly online workshops exploring different considerations when combining folk melodies with a view to creating your own sets of tunes. These will be followed by a single 2 hour evening online session (a separate event on Fri 18th June) where we will try out some of the tune combinations discussed in the workshops. Participation in the workshops is not a prerequisite for joining in with the session.

£10 per workshop / £35 for all 4 workshops.

Access to a copy of the HISS Tunebook is required for these sessions. If you do not already have one, you can buy a download from the HISS website

 

Jun
18
Fri
HISS Online Workshops – Folk Session @ Online - on Zoom
Jun 18 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

This one-off 2 hour session will allow participants to play a variety of folk tunes, led by Stewart Hardy and Mary Tyler and will also be an opportunity for attendees at Stewart’s ‘Folk Set’ series to try out tune combinations that were discussed in the workshops. Attendance at the previous workshops is not a prerequisite for joining this session.

Access to a copy of the HISS Tunebook is required for this sessions. If you do not already have one, you can buy a download from the HISS website.

Apr
19
Fri
Phoenix Folk ‘Spring Thing’
Apr 19 – Apr 21 all-day

Phoenix Folk are organsing their ‘Spring Thing’ on the weekend on 19th – 21st April. This is a their annual weekend get-together in Newcastle, aimed at tune players and singers, with a mix of sessions, singarounds, ensemble playing, performance, outdoor activity and social events.

Stewart Hardy & Ali Say have been invited to provide an informal concert on Saturday evening where we’ll be sharing a selection of our fiddle duets.

Get in touch with Phoenix Folk if you’d like more information.