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HIGHLIGHTED EVENTS
Mari Black
Fiddle Workshops
For Sept., Oct., or Nov.
4-week fiddle seminars offered by Mari Black!
Creative Piano for Jigs & Reels
Nov. 29th- A 3 part class
Led by Debbie Jackson
Nov. 29th, Dec. 6th, & Dec. 13th
7:30p-8:30p EST
Old Time Online w Emily Troll
Nov. 11th- A 4 week class
Led by Emily Troll
Thru ME Traditional Music School 6p-7p EST
Spanish Tunes
Workshop
Dec. 4th - 10a EST
W Galen Fraser & Maria San Miguel - thru Ministry of Folk
-A Wintery Weekend Workshop-
Virtual Open
Mic Night
Every Tuesday
Virtually hosted by Club Passim, here is a great free space to share your music!
Chord
Talk
Dec. 6th - 12p EST
Conor Hearn, Eric McDonald, Natalie Haas, and others!
-A Wintery Weekend Workshop-
REOCCURRING EVENTS
GFW Sessions
Mutiple offered weekly
Mondays/Wednesdays
Click above for information on times and dates
Ministry of Folk
Sessions
Click above to get the latest on sessions (of multiple genres) offered thru the Ministry of Folk
Online Sessions
Based out of the UK
Open access trad sessions!
Monday (3p-4:30p) - steady pace
Thursday (3p-4:30p) - session
Virtual Behan
Session
Saturdays 5p-7pEST on FB Live
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Tunes 'n Stuff
led by Audrey Knuth
Mondays 7p-8:30p EST on Zoom
A Virtual Tip Jar is available!
**Times are in EST
ARCHIVED LESSONS
Eli Gilbert
Banjo YouTube channel
Who's ready to get into some 5-string banjo?! If you said anything from "YAAAAY" to "I mean, maaaaybe?" here is a great online option for some smooth and helpful virtual instruction! Check out Eli Gilbert on YouTube!
Casual Living Room Jams
w April Verch + Cody Walters
These living room jams are going on hiatus, but in the meantime, jump into some previously live-streamed jams with some of the greats - April Verch and Cody Walters!
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Liz Faiella's Specialty Fiddle Workshop - thru MFC
Here's a great opportunity to learn a handful of new tunes with Liz Faiella while learning tips on picking up tunes in Irish sessions, as well as general etiquette when it comes to participating in in-person Irish sessions
Liz & Dan Faiella
thru
As an offering through mandolessons.com, learn a tune (Cold Frosty Morning) with Liz and Dan Faiella! Liz creates Fiddle Tune Kits, which she shares with patrons on her Patreon -- if you're looking for new paths for learning tunes, she might be a great resource for you!
Pascal Gemme-
Trad Quebec Studio
Learn some tunes with Pascal Gemme, the magnificent Quebecois fiddler from Genticorum! You'll find even more lessons on this YouTube channel as well as the
Trad Quebec Studio Patreon!
Tunes with Will Pound
(medium-paced)
Learn a couple of tunes (including a border morris tune!!) from Will Pound!
This video was recorded as part of the Virtually Shrewsbury Folk Festival 2020.
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Nancy Kerr Fiddle Workshop
thru Cambridge Folk Fest
Work on learning tunes by ear, bowing, tone, and much more with Nancy Kerr's Fiddle workshop, as recorded for the virtual Cambridge Folk Festival 2020
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Mari Black - Tune of the Month
-October-
Mari Black creates a video series called "Tune of the Month," where she picks a tune, shares interesting bits about it, and teaches the tune one bit at a time. Check this series out!
The Walls of Liscarrol
w Martin Hayes
YAY MARTIN HAYES for continuing to offer thoughtfully crafted single lessons online.
He makes learning feel manageable and I love pretending like we're actually playing together :D
Learn a Jig with
Martin Hayes
The world-renowned fiddler Martin Hayes, teaches a jig called "Pasty Geary's" in the first of a series of YouTube tune lessons that he uploaded over the summer.
What a great treat!
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