WORKSHOPS Saturday 12th June

The music workshops take place on Saturday 12th in the upstairs lounge of the Ex-Servicemen's Club. Times are as follows:-

Fingerstyle Guitar Workshop
Learn the essentials of Fingerstyle guitar with Dougie Downie.

Saturday
11:00 -
12:00

Fiddle Workshop
with Mike Allen, a fiddle maker and player from Tipperary, Ireland.

Saturday
12:10 - 13:10
Slide Guitar Workshop
Learn the essentials of slide guitar with Bruce Hogg of Loanhead session fame. Suitable for guitarists with a reasonable competence in regular guitar playing looking to explore the essentials of bottleneck guitar playing.

Saturday
13:20 - 14:20
Five String Banjo Workshop
Banjo, with Bernie "the banjo" Thibaut, from Cramlington, Bernie is one of the finest 5-string pickers in the UK. He was Edale banjo champion 1998, is an ex member of "The Occasional Bluegrass Band" and is currently a full time member of the group "Prelude"

Saturday
14:30 - 15:30
Piano Accordian Workshop
There will be a piano accordion workshop run by Gordon Deans. Gordon has a large repertoire, ranging from continental music (French, German, Italian, Spanish, Swiss etc), to Latin American. He is currently studying for a degree in Faculty of Arts with the Open University and intending to pursue a career in piano accordion teaching.
Saturday
13:40 - 14:40


Other workshops/events may become available. Keep looking into see.

 

Loanhead Music Festival is a Scottish charity SC 034137 and a member of the TMSA