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CREATIVE STITCHING - FOR THE TERRIFIED!
Wednesday 20 to Friday 22 March 2024
A fun way to get serious with stitching little creative projects using a stash of bits and pieces. Basic materials provided, but feel free to bring some of your own if you wish. Ann will guide you with professional tips to see what you can end up with. Relaxed and absorbing, a course to inspire your creativity and awaken your needle and/or sewing machine skills.
Ann Gill
Residential: £270 Non-residential: £190
PIANO KEYBOARD IMPROVISATION MADE SIMPLE
Wednesday 27 to Friday 29 March 2024
Bring ‘keys’ and ‘cans’ (keyboard and headphones, darling) to develop your improvisational skills based on well-known pop songs. Play tunes you know and like in the way you want to play them. Convert a melody into different styles. Don’t let dots get in the way. If this doesn’t get you tickling the ivories with more confidence, nothing will! For anyone willing to give it a go.
Dr. Robin Harrison
Residential: £270 Non-residential: £190
THE PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE OF HENRIK IBSEN
Tuesday 2 to Friday 5 April 2024
“A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.” (An Enemy of the People) What is the relationship between the community and individual? Is one more important than the other? In this course led by philosophy and literature tutor Darren Harper, we discuss society, ethics, truth and life in the plays of Henrik Ibsen, one of the most influential playwrights in Western literature.
Residential: £390 Non-residential: £270
17TH & 18TH CENTURY CHAMBER MUSIC WORKSHOP
Friday 5 to Sunday 7 April 2024
For pre-formed chamber groups (with or without singer) who should bring at least 4 pieces to work on which can be at varying stages of readiness. Work at 415 or 440Hz, with availability of one harpsichord playable at either pitch, plus Higham’s transposable electric pianos. Keyboard players are welcome to bring their own instruments if they wish. The workshop will include a tutors’ recital on Saturday evening and culminate with an informal participants’ concert before lunch on Sunday.
Residential: £320 Non-residential: £240
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