May
13
Sat
May Workshops 2023: Fiddle Workshop 1 @ Online - on Zoom
May 13 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

May Workshops 2023

Fiddle Workshop 1

Zoom Workshop
Saturday 13th April: 10:00 am – 12:00 noon
Competent Beginner to Upper Intermediate level

Pistache
This is a fabulous, mesmerising and hypnotic schottische which I learnt from the lovely Mary Moylett. She played the tune at a session on one of the very first JSArts courses, introducing it as The Perranzabuloe Schottische after the place it was taught, and I’ve been playing it ever since. Mary has a beautiful light touch with the bow and this tune suits that approach down to the ground.

£20
May Workshops: £20 each.
Buy any two for £35 or all three for £50. The discount will be applied in your basket – visit the Shop.

If you haven’t attended a music workshop on Zoom before, here is a page of Zoom Workshop Tips to get the most out of your experience. A strong and reliable internet connection, plus headphones or an external speaker are recommended.

May Workshops 2023: Fiddle Workshop 2 @ Online - on Zoom
May 13 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

May Workshops 2023

Fiddle Workshop 2

More details and bookings coming soon!

Zoom Workshop
Saturday 13th April: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Intermediate to Advanced players

April Waltz (Selma Kaplan)
I learnt this gorgeous waltz, composed by the contradance pianist, Selma Kaplan, from the legendary Alistair Anderson – a great man to whom so many folk musicians owe so much. It’s worth learning just for the sheer beauty of the melody but it also makes a great vehicle for looking at ornamentation.

You can have a listen to the tune on The Tune Vault.

£20
May Workshops: £20 each.
Buy any two for £35 or all three for £50. The discount will be applied in your basket – visit the Shop.

If you haven’t attended a music workshop on Zoom before, here is a page of Zoom Workshop Tips to get the most out of your experience. A strong and reliable internet connection, plus headphones or an external speaker are recommended.

Oct
7
Sat
October Workshops 2023: Fiddle Workshop 1 @ Online - on Zoom
Oct 7 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

October Workshops 2023

Fiddle Workshop 1

Zoom Workshop
Saturday 7th October: 10:00 am – 12:00 noon
Competent Beginner to Upper Intermediate level

The Wild Rose of the Mountain  (John Mason)
As co-founder and musical director of the Scottish Fiddle Orchestra, John Mason wrote over 600 tunes. I learnt this one from Willie Taylor in a workshop back in the ‘80s. It seems to be making a bit of a comeback and why not? It is such a beautiful and accessible melody, great for focussing on tone and intonation as well as bow control.

£20
October Workshops: £20 each.
Buy any two for £35 or all three for £50. The discount will be applied in your basket – visit the Shop.

If you haven’t attended a music workshop on Zoom before, here is a page of Zoom Workshop Tips to get the most out of your experience. A strong and reliable internet connection, plus headphones or an external speaker are recommended.

October Workshops 2023: Fiddle Workshop 2 @ Online - on Zoom
Oct 7 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

October Workshops 2023

Fiddle Workshop 2

More details and bookings coming soon!

Zoom Workshop
Saturday 7th October: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Intermediate to Advanced players

Young Scottie (Charlie Sherrit)
This fabulous jig, along with his other masterpiece The Quarryman, is firmly embedded into the Northumbrian tradition and has made the name Charlie Sherrit a familiar one among traditional musicians in the North East of England. Both tunes were championed by The Shepherds and their friends and you will still be called on to play this one for dancing and in sessions. It makes a great vehicle for exploring ways to incorporate ‘lift’ and ‘lilt’ into your playing of jigs.

£20
October Workshops: £20 each.
Buy any two for £35 or all three for £50. The discount will be applied in your basket – visit the Shop.

If you haven’t attended a music workshop on Zoom before, here is a page of Zoom Workshop Tips to get the most out of your experience. A strong and reliable internet connection, plus headphones or an external speaker are recommended.

Nov
12
Sun
George Welch & Stewart Hardy / South Shields Folk Club @ South Shields Folk Club
Nov 12 @ 7:30 pm
George Welch & Stewart Hardy / South Shields Folk Club @ South Shields Folk Club

George and I will be heading to South Shields Folk Club for a relaxed Sunday evening on 12th November. Join us for some more of George’s moving songs and hilarious stories and, as always, I’ll be doing my best to keep up!

 

 

Once you have heard George perform his songs, accompanied by his guitar playing with Stewart’s fiddle, there is no doubt that the success of this highly entertaining duo is built on solid musical foundations

Dec
16
Sat
December Workshops 2023: Fiddle Workshop 1 @ Online - on Zoom
Dec 16 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

December Workshops 2023

Fiddle Workshop 1

The Bottom of the Punchbowl 
An old scots measure which can be heard played as a rant, a reel and even a hornpipe – a truly versatile tune for sessions and ceilidhs alike!

Zoom Workshop
Saturday 16th December: 10:00 am – 12:00 noon
Competent Beginner to Upper Intermediate level
£20

December Workshops: £20 each.
Buy any two for £35 or all three for £50. The discount will be applied in your basket – visit the Shop.

If you haven’t attended a music workshop on Zoom before, here is a page of Zoom Workshop Tips to get the most out of your experience. A strong and reliable internet connection, plus headphones or an external speaker are recommended.

December Workshops 2023: Fiddle Workshop 2 @ Online - on Zoom
Dec 16 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

December Workshops 2023

Fiddle Workshop 2

Ice on the Road (G. Townsend)
A Canadian classic by the wonderful Graham Townsend, Ice on the Road – hopefully in no way prophetic (but being on Zoom at least we don’t have to travel!)

Zoom Workshop
Saturday 16th December: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Intermediate to Advanced players
£20

December Workshops: £20 each.
Buy any two for £35 or all three for £50. The discount will be applied in your basket – visit the Shop.

If you haven’t attended a music workshop on Zoom before, here is a page of Zoom Workshop Tips to get the most out of your experience. A strong and reliable internet connection, plus headphones or an external speaker are recommended.

Feb
21
Wed
George Welch & Stewart Hardy / Cramlington @ Cramlington Folk Club - temporary home
Feb 21 @ 8:00 pm
George Welch & Stewart Hardy / Cramlington @ Cramlington Folk Club - temporary home

*Please note: CHANGE OF VENUE

Cramlington Community Centre, East Farm Terrace, Cramlington, NE23 1DT.
No bar available, so bring your own drinks!

 

What a joy to be playing once again with the irrepressible George Welch at the wonderful Cramlington Folk Club, which rightly boasts such a great audience and terrific residents. George and I have been playing there together off and on for over twenty years and it is always a pleasure to go back. It would be great if you could join us for a fun night of George’s surreal stories and gorgeous songs – we might even fit in a few tunes!

Doors 7.30 pm fpr 8.00 pm

 

Once you have heard George perform his songs, accompanied by his guitar playing with Stewart’s fiddle, there is no doubt that the success of this highly entertaining duo is built on solid musical foundations

Feb
24
Sat
February Workshops 2024: Fiddle Workshop 1 @ Online - on Zoom
Feb 24 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

February  Workshops 2024

Fiddle Workshop 1

Zoom Workshop
Learn a tune steadily, taught phrase by phrase with detailed instruction for any useful techniques that can be taken away for use in all your fiddle playing.
Saturday 24th February: 10:00 am – 12:00 noon
Johnny and Dorothy Livingstone’s March (Mairi Campbell)
Written by one of Scotland’s finest fiddlers, it is no surprise that this beautiful and lyrical tune fits the instrument like a glove.
Aimed at Competent Beginner to Upper Intermediate level
£20

February Workshops 2024: £20 each.
Buy any two for £35 or all three for £50. The discount will be applied in your basket – visit the Shop.

If you haven’t attended a music workshop on Zoom before, here is a page of Zoom Workshop Tips to get the most out of your experience. A strong and reliable internet connection, plus headphones or an external speaker are recommended.

February Workshops 2024: Fiddle Workshop 2 @ Online - on Zoom
Feb 24 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

February Workshops 2024

Fiddle Workshop 2

Zoom Workshop
Learn a tune steadily, taught phrase by phrase with detailed instruction for any useful techniques that can be taken away for use in all your fiddle playing.
Saturday 24th February: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Sunshine Schottische (Grégory Jolivet)
This joyful tune was picked up in a JSArts session and it was an instant hit. It swings, it sings and there is so much that can be done with it.
Aimed at Intermediate to Advanced players
£20

 

February Workshops 2024: £20 each.
Buy any two for £35 or all three for £50. The discount will be applied in your basket – visit the Shop.

If you haven’t attended a music workshop on Zoom before, here is a page of Zoom Workshop Tips to get the most out of your experience. A strong and reliable internet connection, plus headphones or an external speaker are recommended.