BRIAN PETERS MELODEON WORKSHOP http://www.brian-peters.co.uk
Saturday 6th December 2014
10.45 a.m.- 4.45 p.m.
Places £35. Booking form available here.
The Elephant & Castle,
White Hill,
Lewes
BN7 2DJ
Brian Peters is 'one of the country's finest melodeon players' (English Dance & Song 2011) & an internationally-known instrumentalist & singer with a wide teaching experience on melodeon, including Melodeons at Witney, Folkworks, Music without Frontiers (Netherlands) & a Masterclass at the Australian National Folk Festival. He also gives regular lessons to groups & individuals. Working solo & in various combinations, he specialises in Northern English dance music & accompanying traditional song, but has also experimented with blues, Tex-Mex & much else. He is an excellent Anglo concertina player as well.
The workshop will cover three main topics if time permits (see provisional timetable). Players should have a G/D instrument & be reasonably experienced; music will be provided for readers but by-ear learners are welcome too.
BRIAN PETERS PERFORMS AT LEWES SATURDAY FOLK CLUB IN THE EVENING
AT THE ELEPHANT & CASTLE
(admission £7; advance tickets available from address at end of the booking form)
Provisional Timetable
| 10.45 | Registration & coffee; order lunch (refreshments are not included) |
| 11.00 | More Nuggets from the North: dance tunes from Lancashire & Yorkshire. |
| 12.30 | Lunch |
| 13.30 | Don't be a chicken, cross the rows! 'Canal en Octobre' à la française, & others. |
| 15.00 | Tea/coffee break |
| 15.15 | Slower tunes for weary brains. |
| 16.45 | Finish |
N.B. Booking is recommended as numbers are limited.
Maps & accommodation lists will be sent in advance if requested.
Valmai Goodyear,
20, St. John's Terrace,
LEWES,
East Sussex
BN7 2DL
Tel. (01273) 476757
e-mail: Valmai Goodyear
Website: http://www.lewessaturdayfolkclub.org/