Course: Folk Woodwind Week

Brand new for 2025, and by popular demand – Halsway Manor is pleased to be hosting a midweek course for woodwind players interested in the English folk repertoire and style. The course will be led by Andy Watts, Finn Collinson, and Sam Partridge, three wind players whose expertise covers both a multitude of styles and historical periods.

This will be an opportunity to breathe some life (pun intended) into the English folk dance tunes currently dormant in manuscripts in the library, waiting to be discovered and reinvigorated.

During the week, you’ll also explore the music of some 17th century Broadside Ballads, as well as diving into the techniques you might need to own these tunes on your woodwind instruments.

You’ll (hopefully!) leave Halsway with a deeper understanding of, and connection to, folk repertoire as wood-wind players, and with the tools to enjoy this repertoire authentically, as well as having made new friends and been a member of an exciting new wind ensemble!