What a pleasure to meet the panel of ESTA UK weekly lockdown webinar last Friday. Very excited to be able to talk #folk #fiddlers with @_Melissa_Jayne_ and @musicalorbiter. Enjoy: youtu.be/8c98Mz-b3yU Tasmin Little CBE Nicola Benedetti #strings #musiced #exams #Music

NEFS has moved online during lockdown with Video Tutorials, and Fiddle Practice Calls on Zoom. The live events have finished, but you can sign up to access all the in-depth video tutorials for six tunes, and join in with recordings of the live events. northeastfiddleschool.org.uk/shop/

NEFS Virtual Summer School: Sat 22nd & Sun 23rd Aug. Fantastic tutors with live fiddle workshops and recorded tutorials, informal chats, a session & a concert. Bookings now open: northeastfiddleschool.org.uk/virtual-summer…

Lovely week with @LDNmusicmasters! Feeling very inspired now!

My debut EP 'Trip Hazard Sessions Vol. 1' is now available at andywatt.bandcamp.com featuring Dan Rogers and Dave Lourie - check it out 👇

We're thrilled to have @_melissa_jayne_ & Marianne Canning on group string teaching placements with us this term. Both are with Team Teach, a Music Masters & Birmingham City University collaboration. #MusicEd #CanDoMusic #Strings #MusicEducation #MertonMusic

'Onwards' - a rather hopeful sounding tune written during the depths of lockdown. I'm running a fundraiser for the Trussell Trust alongside this video on facebook/andywattguitar and you can see full thing at youtu.be/3KtGJsaV2bc #guitar #mandolin #bassguitar #drums

13 April 7-8pm Melissa Whitehead, brilliant ESTA Regional Officer for Northumberland and Tyne & Wear hosts an online webinar with Marlisa Ross richmond sim discussing the RCS Traditional Music graded exams. Head to linktree in our insta profile to book your free place

Our Regional Officer for Tyne and Wear would like to let you know about a petition regarding Gateshead Council Music Service who are intending on cutting all small group and individual instrumental lessons. consultation.gateshead.gov.uk/kms/dmart.aspx…

Classes begin again on Weds 21st April. There will be five weeks of material - video tutorials and live Zoom workshops for Fiddle Practice techniques and learning core repertoire tunes. Recordings of the workshops will be available afterwards too. northeastfiddleschool.org.uk/classes/

Thanks ScaleBox there’s some brilliant stuff coming up incuding a session on the new Royal Conservatoire of Scotland trad music exams hosted by Melissa Whitehead-Watt on Tuesday night

⭐️ 🎻 Save the Date! 🎻 ⭐️ 23-25 July 2021 The NEFS Virtual Summer School is back!! We've been hard at work planning another weekend of fantastic workshops and events, all from the comfort of your own home! Booking opening soon.

Taste in music isn't a moral choice. It represents when you were born, whether you had brothers or sisters, what your parents listened to, what your relationship with your parents was like, who your friends are, where you live... Your taste in music is the story of your life.

⭐️ LAST CHANCE TO BOOK YOUR PLACE! ⭐️ Tomorrow marks the start of our Block 3 classes! Seen this message a few days too late but still keen to join in? Book via the website and catch up in your own time! northeastfiddleschool.org.uk/nefs-2021-bloc…

We’ve been enjoying the latest issue of ESTA UK’ magazine, Jesta Survival Guide for Young #String Players. 🎻 Check out the article on #TraditionalMusic by the fab Melissa Whitehead-Watt who was on Music Masters Team Teach PGCEi placement with us last term! estastrings.org.uk/jesta-summer-2…

Did you take a music or arts subject at university? Tell us what difference it made to your life and career in our short survey 👉 bit.ly/2RBAlCG #SaveArtsEducation #BehindEveryMusician

Our fabulous ESTA rep for Tyne and Wear would like you to know....🎻🎶 Join us for our second Virtual Summer School from the comfort of your own home! 🎶🎻Zoom workshops and guided fiddle practice, video tutorials, a concert, Q&A events: Fri 23-25th July bit.ly/3zZZpEz

What a wonderful way to end the week! Our PGCEI students and in house Folk Music specialists @GSmithMusic Melissa Whitehead-Watt & Rebecca Amphlett treated us to a brilliant Folk Taster This evening! For more Folk learning, Melissa and Grace will be teaching here northeastfiddleschool.org.uk/virtual-summer…

After 16 months of lockdowns it was amazing to hear a room full of people & Maximo Park sing “What happens when you lose everything? You just start again”. Also realised we’ve lived in Newcastle for so long now that a North East accent sounds more like home than a Scottish one!

RIGHT. We’re on a mission to find 50 new followers TODAY to push us up to 4,000. Can you help us to share our work even further? If we do it, we’ll share a very special thank you…we promise! Please retweet and spread the word. Thank you ❤️ #charitytuesday #musiceducation