HANDS ON MUSIC

STRINGS AT WITNEY
4th & 5th February 2012
Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass in Traditional Music
See also the Village Music weekend

Pete Cooper
A1 English Fiddle Music
B1 Pete's Tunes

Ilana Cravitz
A2 Baroque Music for Folk Musicians
B2 Get Into Klezmer!

Chris Haigh
A3 Hungarian Fiddle Music
B3 Swing That Fiddle












 
 
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PETE COOPER is one of the most experienced and respected teachers and performers of fiddle music in the UK, an expert and author on many fiddle traditions. He is the director of the London Fiddle School and teaches regularly for many major music organisations. Among his publications on fiddle playing are highly successful series for publishers Schott and Mel Bay. He currently plays with Rattle on the Stovepipe, as well as teaching, playing solo, and performing with The Mellstock Band.
More at www.petecooper.com

ILANA CRAVITZ is on a one-woman mission to bring Klezmer music to absolutely everyone! To this end she’s produced a whole range of resources – books, CDs, and a great web resource. She’s also a highly-respected baroque violinist, performing and recording with leading ensembles, and a highly experienced teacher.
More at www.ilanacravitz.com

CHRIS HAIGH is an expert fiddler, composer and author, who has recorded and toured widely with numerous groups. His skills and knowledge span fiddle styles from America to Eastern Europe and most places in between.
More at www.fiddlingaround.co.uk

GILL REDMOND’s roots are in classical music, and since music college she has developed her unique style of playing cello for traditional music, with an amazing versatility and inventiveness. She has performed with classical and baroque ensembles, dance bands, theatre, and with respected traditional musicicans in Britain and Sweden. She has given courses and workshops for Folkworks, Folk South West and numerous others. Her most recent recording is the duo album Touzle Your Kerchie with Dave Townsend.

KAREN RYAN is a stunning Irish fiddler with a wide background giving classes and performing with favourite Irish band The London Lasses. Tours, TV, stacks of albums - find out lots more at www.londonlasses.net

DAVE TOWNSEND’s many musical activities include performing, recording, teaching, researching, publishing, arranging and composing. He sings, plays concertina, accordion and fiddle, and has provided music for theatre, TV, film and radio. Groups past and present range from folk-rock with Jumpleads and world fusion with Alianza to the west gallery sounds of The Mellstock Band and dancing with Headington Quarry Morris Dancers. Fiddle was his family’s instrument through four generations, and his style and approach is rooted in the English tradition.

Ability Levels  Terms & Conditions  Booking Form

SATURDAY COURSE UNITS:

A1 Pete Cooper – English Fiddle Music
Surprising and exciting tunes from all corners of the English fiddle repertoire.
Level – Basic/Intermediate

A2 – Ilana Cravitz – Baroque Music for Folk Musicians
Ensemble music from the seventeenth & eighteenth centuries, for fiddle, viola, cello and double bass.
Level – Intermediate/Higher

A3 – Chris Haigh – Hungarian Fiddle Music
Wild tunes and new techniques from Eastern Europe
Level – Intermediate/Higher

A4 – Gill Redmond – Cellos & Folk
How to use the cello in folk music, for tunes, counter-melodies, bass lines and improvisation.
Level – Basic/Intermediate/Higher

A5 – Karen Ryan – Introduction to Irish Music
Getting started on the basics of Irish style and repertoire.
Level – Basic/Intermediate

SUNDAY COURSE UNITS

B1 – Pete Cooper – Pete’s Tunes
In addition to his expertise on various fiddle styles, Pete has always been an active and gifted composer of fiddle music. Here are a selection of his tunes in many styles, all with his own unique musical sense and inventiveness.
Level – Intermediate/Higher

B2 – Ilana Cravitz – Get into Klezmer!
An introduction to one of the world’s great musical traditions. Bring along your fiddles, violas, cellos and basses and learn how to create a Klezmer band!
Level – Basic/Intermediate

B3 – Chris Haigh – Swing That Fiddle
Accompanying and soloing on American country songs, incorporating elements of bluegrass, western swing and cajun.
Level – Intermediate/Higher

B4 – Gill Redmond & Dave Townsend – A String-Based Dance Band
Using fiddle, viola cello and double bass to make a really danceable sound, with music from England and other countries as well. This is the Sunday Band and is suitable for other instruments as well as strings.
Level – Basic/Intermediate/Higher

B5 – Karen Ryan –Style & Repertoire for Irish Fiddle
A wide range of reels, jigs, airs, polkas & hornpipes, for fiddlers with some experience of playing Irish music.
Level – Intermediate/Higher

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