Find the downloads and links for Festival workshops here, starting with the Festival Concert Band
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Festival Concert Band Workshop with John Kirkpatrick
John leads a progressive series of five sessions playing from written tune arrangements. Suitable for players of any acoustic instrument who are not complete beginners, but no electronic instruments or keyboards, please. The workshop culminates in a showcase event on Friday lunchtime. It helps to be able to read music, but ear players will have opportunity to pick the tunes up. Bring music stand and pen/pencil – and your instrument!
There are three versions of each tune – concert pitch, B flat, and E flat.
Le Perrier – E Flat Le Perrier – Concert Pitch Le Perrier – B Flat
Butcher’s Hornpipe – E Flat Butcher’s Hornpipe – Concert Pitch Butcher’s Hornpipe – B Flat
Twice Bitten – E Flat Twice Bitten – Concert Pitch Twice Bitten – B Flat
Maiden Lane – E Flat Maiden Lane – Concert Pitch Maiden Lane – B Flat
Sidmouth Big Band Workshop with Nick and Mary Barber
Sidmouth’s big ceilidh band, suitable for any acoustic instrument. Daily progressive workshops leading to a public ceilidh in the Anchor Gardens (on Thu 7 August). Some music reading skills an advantage, music provided. Participatory. Progressive. All levels. Music is available in advance and also during the workshops. Please bring an instrument, a music stand & a pencil!
The 2025 Big Band tunebooks are downloadable (for free) from here: https://nick-barber.net/sidmou
You can also buy The Sidmouth Big Band Anniversary Tunebook – Celebrating 25 years of the Sidmouth Big Band, this book contains 299 dance tunes from a variety of sources, many 18th century. https://nick-barber.net/produc
Devon Folk Sinfonietta – Dances for a Party
Saturday 2 August 2-4pm
Folk Sinfonietta Workshop with Wren Music’s Folk Sinfonietta. Learn the ‘Dances for a Party Medley’. Dances For A Party is a book of tunes and dances from Sidbury in 1957, they have been brought together into one piece by Jon Dyer and Jenny Read. Open to all instruments, music is advanced,
Download the music from this Dropbox link
Sunday 3 August 2:30 – 3:30 pm
Acoustic Concert with Devon Folk Sinfonietta plus Devon Youth Folk Ensemble. Participants from Saturday’s workshop are welcome join the Dances for a Party performance piece.
Seb Stone Carols Workshop
Download the music for this years carol workshop (one is for voices, one for instruments).
Flamenco Guitar & music Workshops with Matt Sullivan
Sevillanas acordes sevillanas del Adios Letra Sevillanas Letra
youtube introduction to Sevillanas.
Find out more: https://youtube.com/watch?v=UCbxi95487c&si=mZuIGNEjVOC77m5s
CAMUS – NORTHUMBRIAN PIPES AND TUNES
Bring your own instruments and play Northumbrian tunes in G and D with the pipers. Play by ear or download tunes from the QR code.
If you want to print rather than read on your phone – the QR goes to this google drive folder: https://drive.google.
TICKETS
All in One & Season Tickets get you in to all, or any, of the workshops….as many or as often as you like. For non-season tickets holders Workshop-only Ticket bundles are also available.