NEFS 2025 Block 2

NEFS 2025 Block 2Bookings now openNEFS 2025 Block 2 will begin on Wednesday 5th March, with more tips, techniques, exercises and tunes from both Grace Smith and myself. Join us…


NEFS Winter Residential 2023

NEFS Residential WeekendFri 1st Dec, 5pm – Sun 3rd Dec, 11.30 amShepherds Dene Retreat Centre After enjoying the December residential weekend last year, and with all the lovely feedback received,…


NEFS Summer Workshop Weekend

NEFS Summer Workshop WeekendSaturday 8th and Sunday 9th July 2023 We are delighted to announce that Grace Smith will be teaching alongside Stewart Hardy for this weekend, and the wonderful…


JSArts courses for 2022

We have begun the year in great style, with a delightful Arrangement Techniques course in February, and a very productive and enjoyable Fiddle Technique course in March, both at the…


May Workshops 2021

The weekend workshops that have been running every couple of months or so have been very enjoyable, and as we can’t quite run workshops in person yet they are a…


March Workshops

It’s March already! More workshops are on their way – a lovely relaxed and steady session on Fri 26th Mar in the evening, with notation provided (including harmonies and chord…


January 2021 Workshops

And there’s more! To brighten up the winter months during lockdown and with all that’s going on in the world, here is another set of workshops. Join me on the…


December Workshops

The autumn has flown by and as we head towards a further lockdown I thought it would be nice to have some more workshops to look forward to. The feedback…


October Workshops

As we are unable to run our lovely residential weekends at the moment, I thought a few workshops might be welcomed! It will certainly be lovely to see some happy…


July Fiddle Workshops

I am excited to annouce that there will be three online Fiddle Workshops on 25th and 26th July, open to all intermediate & advanced fiddle players. Drawing on what we…