February 02, 2009

Strings at Witney

7/8 February 2009
Strings at Witney program is part of
Hands-On Music presents a weekend of workshops in Oxfordshire. Styles you can study include American old-time, Eastern European, Irish, Klezmer, and Scottish. Improvisation and accompaniment will also be covered.

Tutors include: Mairi Campbell, Pete Cooper, Matt Cranitch, Ilana Cravitz, Dave Francis, Gill Redmond, Joe Townsend.
Instruments welcome: violin, viola, cello, double bass, guitar, mandolin, banjo.
More information: http://www.whitecottagewebsites.co.uk/homweekends/
The weekends are held at HENRY BOX SCHOOL in Witney, a pleasant market town twelve miles west of Oxford, just off the A40 and with good public transport links. http://www.whitecottagewebsites.co.uk/homweekends/map.htm Monday 9 February 2009
7 - 9.30pm

Klezmer Workshop
7 - 8pm
London Klezmer Orchestra
8 - 9.30pm
The Klezmer Hoyz, @ Hampstead Synagogue, Dennington Park Road, London NW6 1AX
Join the Klezmer Orchestra that meets every couple of weeks. From trad klezmer to eclectic doyne-ish - you get to choose the repertoire and help arrange the music.
Info: William Millis: e-mail: williamillis@hotmail.com;
020 8969 7019
Sessions £6/4 each
For other events at the Klezmer Hoyz, a new initiative of the Jewish Music Institute, visit www.jmi.org.uk
Posted by jmwc at February 2, 2009 10:19 PM