Acoustic Creativity And Exploration Workshop Days

[John Dipper]

Hello again,

 

I am running a series of Acoustic Creativity and Exploration workshop days with the superb multi-instrumentalist Emily Askew.

Each workshop day is aimed at all instrumentalists of intermediate and advanced level. Together, Emily and John have experience and expertise in strings, woodwind, free-reeds, and keyboards. We will help you to devise, create, develop and establish your own sound and approach to music making. We will look at:

• Identifying repertoire
• Adapting melodies to your needs
• Analysing stylistic features
• Developing a personal style and tone
• Making the tune your own
• Phrasing, Ornamentation and Improvisation
• Arranging music
• Performance skills

 

 

Dates of Workshop Days:

October 11th 2015 Guildford

November 29th 2015 Bristol

January 24th 2016 Guildford

March 20th 2016 Bristol

May 22nd 2016 Guildford

Please visit my website for more details: www.johndipper.co.uk

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John Dipper

A respected and established performer, composer and teacher and instrument maker, John grew up steeped in the traditions of Southern England. His unique playing style, and his compositions convey a deep understanding and passion for indigenous culture. As an experienced workshop leader and teacher, his knowledge, experience and enthusiasm combine to make him a much sought-after tutor in academic institutions including Goldsmiths, the Newcastle Folk Degree, Limerick University World Irish Music BA and MA courses, as well as at festivals and music-camps and academies. John has recorded on several film sound tracks including The Hobbit and is currently involved in several musical collaborations and projects including the English Acoustic Collective with Chris Wood, Alma, OSS and Patterson Dipper. John has recently started collaborating with superb guitarist and singer Dave Malkin, and the duo have been awarded an EFDSS residency at Cecil Sharp House for the Gravity Project looking at taking Morris Dance and Music in new directions, with the musicians helping the dancers defy gravity.


Emily Askew

Emily is a very versatile musician playing recorders, vielle (medieval fiddle), bagpipes, fiddle and piano. Her interests are wide and varied reaching from the deep roots of folk music through to Medieval, Baroque and contemporary repertoire. She is principal study recorder teacher at Trinity Laban, and as a member of the Askew Sisters, she has twice been a BBC Young Folk Award semi-finalist and in 2005. This year Emily was part of the EFDSS and Folk by the Oak project the Elizabethan Session and has started performing with the new fiddle band Alma. A keen chamber musician, Emily also performs with a range of early music ensembles. These include Medieval and Renaissance groups The Artisans and The Dufay Collective. Emily is also interested in opera and theatre. She has performed as principal recorder at Glyndebourne and as a multi-instrumentalist in productions for Apollo West End, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

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Edited September 17, 2015 by John Dipper