Karen Tweed O'Carolan workshop, 10 July

Subject: Karen Tweed O'Carolan workshop, 10 July
From: Valmai Goodyear
Date: 13 Apr 10 - 05:48 AM

Here are full details of Karen's all-day workshop and evening performance at the Lewes Saturday Folk Club, Lewes, Sussex, UK on 10th. July. The workshop is for any instrument.

Lewes Saturday Folk Club Workshop No 133

Karen Tweed : O'CAROLAN'S MUSIC for any instrument
Places £25
Saturday 10th. July 2010 10.45 a.m.- 4.45 p.m.
Elephant & Castle White Hill Lewes BN7 2DJ   

            A brilliant piano accordionist, Karen is steeped in Irish music as a performer, tutor & scholar. She has performed & recorded with The Poozies, Kathryn Tickell Band, John Kirkpatrick, Roger Wilson & Timo Alakotila. She teaches at the Universities of Newcastle, Helsinki & Limerick, Folkworks, Jay Ungar's Northern Week in the USA & top-ranking courses all over North America, Scandinavia & the British Isles.
            The workshop will cover 3 of O'Carolan's works, arranged for ensemble, exploring arrangement ideas which can be used in other areas of folk music. It's fun, challenging and creative for any instrumentalist of intermediate standard and above. Notation / learning by ear will be used. Bring manuscript and plain paper & a recording device.

IN THE EVENING KAREN TWEED PERFORMS AT THE ELEPHANT & CASTLE
Admission £6. Advance tickets from address at end of this form.

Provisional Timetable

10.45   Registration & coffee; order lunch (refreshments not included)
11.00    'Morgan Magan' (G) – simple arrangements using question and answer devices.
12.30   Lunch
13.30   'Lord Inchiquin' (D) – Striding into ¾ time and use of harmony / countermelodies.
15.00   Tea/coffee break
15.45 - 16.45 'Eleanor Plunkett' (G) – how to arrange slow airs sensitively.

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

KAREN TWEED: O'CAROLAN'S MUSIC for any instrument
Saturday 10th. July 2010

BOOKING FORM
I would like to attend the workshop. I enclose a cheque for £25.00 (refreshments not included).



Name:



Address:









Instrument(s):



Telephone:



E-mail address:



Tick for map:    Tick for accommodation list:



No. of tickets @ £6 for evening performance (include SAE for these):



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

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Subject: RE: Karen Tweed O'Carolan workshop, 10 July
From: Valmai Goodyear
Date: 18 May 10 - 05:15 AM

The music for this is now ready to be sent out. Workshop places and evening tickets are still available.

Tootle pip,

Valmai

Subject: RE: Karen Tweed O'Carolan workshop, 10 July
From: bubblyrat
Date: 18 May 10 - 06:07 AM

Apparently, it is either "Turlough O'Carolan", or ,if not using his first name, just "Carolan"------ sorry, but that's how it goes ( in his case) in the Irish language ! ( Beats me !!).

Subject: RE: Karen Tweed O'Carolan workshop, 10 July
From: The Sandman
Date: 18 May 10 - 11:10 AM

Bubbly Rat,there are plenty of people round here who have an O.
The O is not dropped when you dont use the christian name.,are yousure you are right?

Subject: RE: Karen Tweed O'Carolan workshop, 10 July
From: The Sandman
Date: 18 May 10 - 11:15 AM

furrhermore people here in Ireland can get offended if you drop their o,it has connotations with being a souper,dropping your O to get the soup during the famine.

Subject: RE: Karen Tweed O'Carolan workshop, 10 July
From: Valmai Goodyear
Date: 19 May 10 - 09:56 AM

My apologies for my English ignorance, and thanks for the insights into the possible complications of using or not using the O. I notice that O'Neill's famous tune compilation is always referred to as O'Neill rather than Neill, but maybe that's the English and Americans at work again.

Anyway, it's going to be a fine workshop and the music awaits anyone who'd like to take part.

Valmai

Subject: RE: Karen Tweed O'Carolan workshop, 10 July
From: The Sandman
Date: 19 May 10 - 10:59 AM

Valmai,as you know usage of the language changes,what may have been the fashion in O Carolans time, it is not the fashion now,as you know I live in Ireland,and I can state categorically,that if one went around calling[for example]Mr O Donovan,Mr Donovan,you would be politely reminded that it is O Donovan.
as I stated earlier because of political happenings that have occurred at the time of the famine, it would NOW be considered cheeky to drop someones O.,
bubbly rat is referring to archaic outmoded obsolete language.

Subject: RE: Karen Tweed O'Carolan workshop, 10 July
From: The Sandman
Date: 19 May 10 - 01:13 PM

BubblyRat
sorry to HARP on about this,but no one describes the great accordion player Paddy O Brien,as Mr Brien,Do we describe Padraig O Keefe as Keefe

Subject: RE: Karen Tweed O'Carolan workshop, 10 July
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 19 May 10 - 04:46 PM

Hello, Valmai.   Best wishes for a successful day.

At first I thought it seemed expensive, but then I saw how long the 'workshop' will be. Well worth it! There is much to discover in O'Carolan's music.

Sorry I cannot attend myself; there's an ocean in the way.

Subject: RE: Karen Tweed O'Carolan workshop, 10 July
From: Valmai Goodyear
Date: 10 Jun 10 - 12:00 PM

Whatever the chap's name is, we've only got three workshop places left. Instruments booked in include fiddles, English concertinas, harp and hammered dulcimer. Evening tickets are still available.

Valmai

Subject: RE: Karen Tweed O'Carolan workshop, 10 July
From: Valmai Goodyear
Date: 16 Jun 10 - 11:51 AM

One workshop place left; plenty of evening tickets still available. The list of instruments now includes a curtal.

Valmai

Subject: RE: Karen Tweed O'Carolan workshop, 10 July
From: Valmai Goodyear
Date: 21 Jun 10 - 04:16 AM

The workshop is now sold out, but we're keeping a waiting list. There are still plenty of evening tickets available.

Floor singers & players will be welcome, as always. From the list of people who've already bought tickets, there will be some excellent and unusual performers.

Valmai