NEFS 2025 Block 3 will begin Weds 23rd April and bookings are now open via the Shop.
Join Grace Smith and Stewart Hardy as they share their fiddle expertise, both on Zoom and in Video Tutorials. More information is available on the Classes page.
We will have our in-person, full-day workshop on Saturday 17th May in Wylam, and are delighted that both Stewart and Grace will be teaching. Limited places – book now!
NEFS Summer Workshop Weekend 2025
Sat 5th and Sun 6th July 2025
We had such a wonderful time at our Summer Workshop Weekend in 2024, and we are looking forward to another fiddle-tastic weekend in July. More information is available on the NEFS SWW 2025 page.
Saturday 5th July will be held in Wylam Methodist Church with Stewart Hardy and Niles Krieger sharing the teaching – great tunes and lots of fiddle technique exercises and tips to take away.
Sunday 6th July will be in Riding Mill Parish Hall, with Grace Smith and Stewart Hardy, where we will be looking beyond the tunes – what happens once you’ve learned a tune? Varying the tune, adding depth and interest, fiddle accompaniments and harmony lines.
It was lovely to see so many fiddle players come together last year, with such a positive attitude and eagerness to learn. Do join us!
There will also be a FREE social event on the Saturday evening, with a short informal performance from Tyneside Fiddle Alliance, followed by a tune session for all to join in with.
These just keep getting better and better! What a fabulous weekend we all had. A huge thank you to all the participants for being such a positive and generous group. We were knocked out by how you looked after each other and us! The sessions were so much fun and your company was a joy! Ali and Stewart would like to say a special thank you to our colleagues, Grace Smith and Kevin Lees, whose artistry and professionalism were of the highest order and whose contribution to the weekend quite surpassed our unreasonably high expectations!
Save the dates for 2025: 5th – 7th December
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Fiddle tuition online in the comfort of your own home, with Zoom calls and Video Tutorials on YouTube
North East Fiddle School worked hard to continue to bring the same excellent standards of fiddle teaching into your home during lockdown – wherever you are. We found this worked so well for adult fiddle learning that we are continuing to deliver regular fiddle practice and tune learning on Zoom, alongside in-depth tuition in the form of on-demand Video Tutorials, to work through at your convenience.
In-person workshops
There will be a full Saturday of in-person tuition for each block, including learning new tunes and all the relevant techniques required, plus a chance for a session to play our core repertoire together. We are also continually developing our offerings, so look out for our Winter Residential Weekends and our Summer Workshop Weekends, as well as the occasional Virtual Workout on Zoom.
Access to previous materials
As all of our Online Resources (including worksheets, audio files, video tutorials and recordings of our live Zoom calls) can be worked through in your own time, you can still sign up for previous courses. Please see the Shop for all the available Online Blocks.
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🎻 Book your place now for NEFS Block 3, which starts next Weds 23rd April on Zoom. Five weekly Zoom calls of fabulous fiddle tuition to improve our technique and to learn some great tunes with our wonderful tutors Stewart Hardy Music and Grace Smith Music 😀This content isn't available at the moment
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Any young people signing up to this will have a wonderful time with Grace Smith Music and these other wonderful tutors!The website link is in the comments - please share with any young musicians and singers you know. There are bursaries available - the deadline for these places is 1st May (but please still get in touch if you're interested and need bursary support after this date!)
NEFS is back on Zoom tomorrow (Weds 5th March) for Block 2. We are looking forward to more fabulous tunes and lots of fiddle exercises from Stewart Hardy Music and Grace Smith Music, plus there will be video tutorials on demand to work through at your own pace. We will have our Saturday in-person workshop on 29th March, and more information and bookings are available from the website 🎻 😊
