Wyndham-Read/Bishop workshop, Lewes 4 June

[Valmai Goodyear]

Lewes Saturday Folk Club (a non-profit-making organisation) Workshop No 147

MARTYN WYNDHAM-READ & IRIS BISHOP on SONG & ACCOMPANIMENT

Places £35

Saturday 4th. June 2011

10.45 a.m.- 4.45 p.m.

Elephant & Castle White Hill Lewes BN7 2DJ www.elephantandcastlelewes.co.uk

 

Martyn is one of the finest singers in the folk world, & a skilful guitarist. Iris is an inspired & sensitive accompanist, soloist & tutor on duet concertina & accordion. They have worked together for many years, specialising in British & Australian songs, settings of Henry Lawson poems, & also the songs of Graeme Miles.

The workshop will help singers & players (any instrument) to perform a song in a personal way & to enhance it with accompaniment. Some songs will be sent out in advance but participants are encouraged to bring one of their own songs to work on as well.

 

MARTYN & IRIS PERFORM AT THE ELEPHANT & CASTLE IN THE EVENING

(£8; advance tickets available from the address at end of this post & from the club website)

 

Provisional Timetable

 

10.45 Registration & coffee; please order lunch at the bar (refreshments not included)

 

11.00 Putting a song over: taking a song from its source to performance, showing how to use your own style to bring out & communicate its qualities.

 

12.30 - 13.30 Lunch

 

13.30-15.00 Developing a song: looking at the role accompaniment can play in supporting, enhancing & intensifying the performance of a song

 

15.00 Tea/coffee break

 

15.15 Putting it all together: adding the finishing touches, plus another opportunity for feed back & encouragement in developing your own performance

 

16.45 - Finish

 

N.B. Booking is recommended as numbers are limited. Music will be sent in advance & maps & accommodation lists on request.

 

MARTYN WYNDHAM-READ & IRIS BISHOP WORKSHOP

Saturday 4th. June 2011

BOOKING FORM

 

I enclose a cheque for £35.00 for workshop fees (refreshments not included).

 

Name:

 

Address:

 

 

 

 

 

No. of tickets for evening performance

(£8 each, include SAE for these):

 

Telephone:

 

E-mail address:

Tick for map: Tick for accommodation list:

 

Please make cheques payable to Lewes Arms Folk Club (that's right) and send with this booking form to:

Valmai Goodyear, 20, St. John's Terrace,

LEWES, East Sussex BN7 2DL

Tel. (01273) 476757

valmaigoodyear@aol.com

www.lewessaturdayfolkclub.org/

[Valmai Goodyear]

The music for this is now ready to be sent out by email. The songs Martyn and Iris have chosen are:

 

Farewell to Anzac

Aye Waukin' Oh

Cockleshells

Foggy Dew

Genoa

Another fall of rain

One Small Star

 

We have some workshop places and evening tickets still available.