2025 SWW Saturday

NEFS Summer Workshop Weekend 2025 – Saturday Workshop

Fiddle Techniques and Tunes

with Stewart Hardy and Niles Krieger
Saturday 5th July
9.30 am – 5.00 pm
Wylam Methodist Church, Chapel Lane, Wylam NE41 8AA

Please arrive from 9.30 am for a 9.45 am start.

  • 09:30 : Welcome
  • 09:45 : Physical Warm Up
  • 10:00 – 11:15 : Workshop 1
  • 11:15 – 11:45 : Morning break
  • 11:45 – 13:00 : Workshop 2
  • 13:00 – 14:00 : Lunch
  • 14:00 – 15:15 : Workshop 3
  • 15:15 – 15:45 : Afternoon break
  • 15:45 – 17:00 : Session

You will need to bring all of your own equipment, including a music stand if you wish to use one.

Lunch is not included, so please bring a packed lunch, or there is a tea shop, a pub and a Spar a couple of minutes walk away. There will be a one hour break for lunch.

Tea and coffee will be provided during the morning and afternoon breaks. Please advise us of any dietary requirements.

Advance Materials

The resources for the tunes we will learn in our Saturday Workshop will be available here about a week before the workshop. You will be able to have a listen to the tunes and print or save the notation. If you are able to print the pdf if you like to use a paper copy, that is very helpful – we will have a few spares with us if you aren’t able to print and don’t wish to use the electronic version.

Session

The session element of the day will include tunes from the current Live Teaching repertoire. We will also identify some Big Tunes nearer the time, which we will definitely play, so if you are new to our repertoire you might like to have a look at these.

Other tunes will be taken from our NEFS Core Repertoire (the NEFS Live Tunes document) and some tunes have been put into sets in our NEFS Live Tune Sets. The Bowed Version of the tunes just has added bowing suggestions. These are the latest versions:

Some Live Tune Harmonies from last year – just for fun, if you want to try them!

If you would like to access the full resources for any of the Live Tunes, including audio files and even the video recordings of the Live Zoom Calls in which they were taught, you can access the Live Teaching Resources page.

Travel

There is a small car park at the Methodist Church, or please park with consideration in the surrounding residential streets. Wylam Station is well connected by train (about 30 mins from Newcastle Central Station or 20 mins from Hexham Station) and is 10-15 mins walk away, or catch the X84 bus from Eldon Square (35 mins via West Road, or 52 mins from Hexham). If you would like a lift from the station, please ask and we will ask around.

Saturday Evening Social

Saturday 5th July
7.30 – 10.30 pm
Riding Mill Parish Hall, Millfield Rd, Riding Mill NE44 6DJ

There will be an informal concert by Tyneside Fiddle Alliance at 7.30 pm, followed by a session for everyone. Many of the tunes will be from our Live Tunes repertoire, but not exclusively! All instruments are welcome. Free entry – any donations towards the event will be much appreciated!

Car Parking – please park carefully and respectfully around the village and avoid blocking any access. Here is a map provided by the venue. The largest parking space is around by St James’ Church – you will need to allow about 5 mins to walk back to the Parish Hall.

Riding Mill Car Parking – pdf

NEFS Summer Workshop Weekend 2025

  • Saturday 5th July – Fiddle Techniques and Tunes, 9.30 am – 5.00 pm @ Wylam Methodist Church
  • Satuday Evening Social – an informal concert by Tyneside Fiddle Alliance, followed by a session for everyone. 7.30 pm @ Riding Mill Parish Hall
  • Sunday 6th July – Beyond the Tunes, 9.30 am to 4.00 pm @ Riding Mill Parish Hall

If you would like to attend the short concert from Tyneside Fiddle Alliance, followed by an music session, we will be at Riding Mill Parish Hall at 7.30 pm on Sat 5th July. Just turn up, all instruments are welcome! Free entry – any donations towards the event will be much appreciated!

COVID-Secure Guidelines

By attending an in-person event organised by NEFS, you agree to follow any COVID-secure Workshop Guidelines in place, and any further reasonable requests made by the venue, the Tutors or Directors to keep the group safe and all attendees feeling as comfortable as possible.