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12 November 2010
- 14 November 2010
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| UKULELE FOR ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS
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Ref: M1307 |
| Nick Corder is a freelance writer and teacher; playing the ukulele is one of his hobbies |
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| Are you a musician who’s always fancied playing an instrument? Put off by the cost? Put off by how hard it all looks? The ukulele is cheap, portable fun and can be used as a stepping stone to other stringed instruments, especially the guitar. This course is aimed at absolute musicians. We’ll learn some basic chords and strumming techniques and, using well-known folk songs, develop a mini-repertoire over the weekend. You’ll be surprised at what you can play using only a handful of chords. |
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£185.00
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| Non-residential:
£125.00
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19 November 2010
- 21 November 2010
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| A WEEKEND WITH THE SMALL HARP
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Ref: M1312 |
| Tristan le Govic and Gwenan Gibbard are professional players and teachers of the harp |
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| Tristan and Gwenan will teach workshops using their own repertoires of pieces suitable for the harp. You will be able to study different styles, modes and rhythms of the main traditions through demonstration and individual attention. |
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£185.00
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£125.00
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26 November 2010
- 28 November 2010
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| RECORDER ENSEMBLES
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Ref: M1317 |
| Eileen Silcocks conducts the Scottish Recorder Orchestra, and teaches on recorder and viol courses around Europe |
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| This course offers an opportunity to play music in a recorder ensemble. The course is for recorder players of intermediate standard (roughly Grades 4-6 AB/TCL) and the music covered will range from the Renaissance to the present day, from three to eight or more parts. There will be technical and stylistic guidance based on what arises from playing the music, such as articulation, breathing, tonguing and phrasing. |
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| Residential:
£185.00
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£125.00
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03 December 2010
- 05 December 2010
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| MOZART ~ THE YEAR OF FIGARO
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Ref: M1324 |
| David Lindley is a freelance lecturer and writer and was the WEA organiser for Cumbria |
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| For Mozart, 1786 was dominated by The Marriage of Figaro, his greatest comic opera. This will be the centre of the course, and we shall experience and explore it through the use of DVD, CD and piano. But we shall approach and leave it through other pieces written during these months: two of his greatest piano concertos (23 and 24), the Prague Symphony, and some of his most original and dramatic chamber music. |
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| Residential:
£185.00
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| Non-residential:
£125.00
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10 December 2010
- 12 December 2010
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| CAROLS WITH CONFIDENCE
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Ref: M1331 |
| Roger Wilkes is a freelance music lecturer, director of Mostly Music and a choral director in NW England |
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| If you have always longed to join in the church or community carol service, but have shied off through feelings of vocal inadequacy (limited, or even no, previous singing experience, possibly a belief that you are tone deaf!) please join us this weekend. If you are more vocally experienced, please join us too. During this ‘fun’ weekend, you will encounter many different carols, familiar and less so, and will learn to sing them with confidence and enjoyment: you will also develop basic singing skills and enlarge your musical knowledge. |
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| Residential:
£185.00
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| Non-residential:
£125.00
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29 December 2010
- 01 January 2011
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| HOGMANAY AT HIGHAM
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Ref: M1339 |
| Ann Dix has many years’ experience of teaching Scottish country dancing in the UK and abroad |
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| Bring in the New Year with fellow Scottish Country Dancing enthusiasts. The course is aimed at dancers who dance regularly, already have at least 3 years’ Scottish dancing experience, a good working knowledge of the traditional steps and formations and want to improve their technique. We have our own musician and classes are held each morning with optional sessions in the afternoon. There is a social dance each evening and the highlight will be the Hogmanay dinner, dance and ceilidh. |
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| Residential:
£265.00
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| Non-residential:
£170.00
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14 January 2011
- 16 January 2011
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| HATS OFF GENTLEMEN, A GENIUS ~ THE AMAZING STORY OF ROBERT AND CLARA SCHUMANN
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Ref: M1340 |
| Julian Williamson has been a conductor and lecturer for many years |
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| When Robert Schumann met Clara Wieck it was the start of one of the most remarkable partnerships in musical history. The love between the highly strung and unpredictable young composer and the beautiful, brilliant child prodigy is a story in itself. In the fourteen years they were together, Clara encouraged her husband’s genius. We follow the flowering of his music and his relationships with other great musicians such as Berlioz, Mendelssohn and Wagner. His tragically early death, followed by the re-emergence of Clara, embarking on a new career as a piano virtuoso, her friendship with Robert’s protégé, Johannes Brahms, and her goal to ensure the appreciation of her husband’s music, all make for a fascinating story. |
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| Residential:
£185.00
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£125.00
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28 January 2011
- 30 January 2011
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| BEGINNERS’ JIVE
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Ref: M1353 |
| Clarence Taylor and Karen Cummings are fresh and vibrant teachers with a passion for dancing and a real love of Modern Jive |
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| This course is for people with little or no experience of Modern Jive. The sessions will include beginners’ moves – style, technique and freestyle – all of which will help you become a more confident dancer. The emphasis will be on fun in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. There will be a party session on the Saturday night with a chance to practise your moves! |
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| Residential:
£185.00
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£125.00
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11 February 2011
- 13 February 2011
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| SINGING FOR THE TONE DEAF
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Ref: M1366 |
| Roger Wilkes is a freelance music lecturer, director of Mostly Music and a choral director in NW England |
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| If you were ever told NOT to sing when you were at school – or even if you weren’t – read on! This weekend is designed both for those who have attended previous Singing for the Tone Deaf weekends at Higham, and also any interested ‘beginners’, including those who have never dared sing before. We’ll learn plenty of new songs, and make suggestions for how you can sing (even) better! Success is guaranteed, fun certainly is, and you should all go away having achieved much more than you dared hope for! |
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| Residential:
£185.00
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£125.00
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18 February 2011
- 20 February 2011
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| THE GREAT CHORAL CLASSICS ~ PART I
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Ref: M1372 |
| Alan Cuckston is a professional concert artist, conductor and lecturer with many years’ teaching experience |
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| Beginning in the Early Baroque era with the Monteverdi Vespers of 1610, the staple choral repertoire of choral masterpieces stretches across the centuries right into our own time with such works as John Adams's minimalist Harmonium. Presenting an analysis of the music, and an account of the origins of each work, the lectures will range through Bach's B minor Mass, Handel's Israel in Egypt, Haydn's Creation, the Requiems of Verdi and Fauré, and oratorios and cantatas by Elgar, Holst and Vaughan Williams. As the repertoire is so vast, the second part of the course will be given in the next session. |
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| Residential:
£185.00
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| Non-residential:
£125.00
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