Last few days to apply for up to £1,000 from Alan Surtees Trust! We support folk musicians, singers and dancers aged 16-30 to help their careers in memory of a man who gave so many young performers a stage. More: alansurteestrust.org.uk. Deadline: Friday April 30.

We’d love to welcome more young musicians into this creative, collaborative, supportive musical community! 🤩 Try out folk music at a free Youth Folk Sampler Day or take the plunge and audition for the amazing EFDSS National #YouthFolk Ensemble. efdss.org/learning/young…

What a fab way to end the ensemble’s year together - so pleased we were able to be together for the last course, and incredibly proud of what these musicians managed to achieve throughout their year together. Thanks everyone for such a brilliant week! 🙏

Had a total blast playing and planning with Kuljit Bhamra and @GSmithMusic at Cecil Sharp House these last few days - Looking forward to sharing more of the project as we progress Kent Music #youthfolk

Had a cracking time accompanying @CorrineAveriss reading her wonderful new book to some lovely people in Altrincham today 🎶 📖 #笛子 #Dizi #ASongInTheMist

Thank you so much to author @CorrinneAveriss & musician Sam Partridge for not one, but two musical storytimes today! Corrinne read her book A Song in the Mist (with gorgeous illustrations by Fiona Woodcock) accompanied by Sam on a bamboo flute just like the one in the story!

Good luck Elye!

What an absolutely unbelievable ending to the National Youth Folk Ensemble 3rd week together - their concert last night at Cecil Sharp House was utterly incredible. They continue to amaze and inspire me 🙏 #youthfolk EFDSS

It was such a good a day - can’t wait for Exeter and London next! 🤟

Hello there! BBC Proms Any chance there’s footage from proms 96 knocking about? My mum was playing bassoon in Symphonie Fantastique with Liverpool Phil - would be lovely to see/hear it! Thanks 🙏 Really enjoying the current season 🎶 🎶 #BBCProms #nostalgia

We are the only national organisation that champions folk music and dance for all – grass-roots amateurs, community groups, professionals, educators, young people, etc. We are engaging with Arts Council England about their decision to cut support for folk arts. efdss.org/about-us/what-…

Incredibly pleased for Jo Freya and honoured to be handing over to her later this year. She is a brilliant musician, educator, and a wonderful human - very excited for the lucky young musicians that will be working with her over the next #youthfolk cohorts 🥰 Well done Jo! 🎷🤩

Incredibly excited to be debuting some new music I made for wind quintet Glossop Music Fest on the 5th of May - it’s going to be a gorgeous evening of music with some really lovely people. If you’re free and in the area it would be great to see you there! ✌️

Looking forward to sharing some music I made for wind quintet at Glossop Music Fest on 5th of May - grateful to be playing with the brilliant Mercedes Phillips, Alex Lyon, Rachel Whibley, and Naomi Atherton 🙏 (Apologies for terrible camera work…) 🐦

Really looking forward to the wind quintet’s first outing on Friday. The venue is stunning, and I’m predicting the performance beforehand of baroque by candlelight will be utterly magical - hopefully see you there 🐦

I love playing at Alphabetti Theatre theatre. Performing with french dance band Cri du Canard 🦆🇫🇷 🦆on the 23rd, and looking forward to hearing the Hearken Quartet for the first time 🤟link for tickets ⬇️ Come on down for a dance with us - pied gauche, á temps!

Gorgeous first performance with my wind quintet for Glossop Music Fest on Friday evening-Thank you so much Alex Lyon, Mercedes Phillips, Rachel Whibley, and Naomi Atherton for being a part of it - you’re all total stars! Here’s a bit of the morris jig, Constant Billy. 🎥@GSmithMusic

Another little clip from last weeks wind quintet performance in a gorgeous old church in Glossop - a lovely tune I found in Daniel Wrights 1734 called Once I Had a Sweetheart. Thanks @GSmithMusic for the video! 🐦

Doing a lovely gig with Cri du Canard a week today at Alphabetti Theatre theatre in Newcastle, with support from the brilliant Hearken Quartet, come along if you’re about! Ç’est presque l’heure du concert, on se voit là-bas 🇫🇷 🦆 💃 🕺 alphabettitheatre.co.uk/criducanard

Manchester - June 3rd - solo fiddle gig in Baronial Hall. Book now folks… looks like a stunning venue, it’s the only gig left in this tour that hasn’t sold out / last few tickets. The Stoller Hall Chetham's School of Music library.chethams.com/shows/a-concer…