FEBRUARY 2012

Duo Tour - Karen Tweed and Jackie Oates

Wednesday 1st February: Penzance - Penzance Folk Club, Admiral Benbow Inn, Chapel Street, Penzance TR18 4AF e: Benbowfolk@btconnect.com

Thursday 2nd February: Truro - Roseland Inn, Philleigh-in-Roseland, Truro TR2 5NB t:01872 580254

Friday 3rd February: Bodmin - Bodmin Folk Club at Masons Arms, 5-9 Higher Bore St, Bodmin PL31 1JS www.bodminfolk.co.uk t: 01726 816454

Saturday 4th February: Haddenham Village Hall, Barnes Park, Haddenham HP17 8EE www.haddenhamceilidhs.co.uk t: 01296 415333

Sunday 5th February: Chatham - Folk at the Brook, Old Town Hall, Chatham ME4 4SE www.thebrooktheatre.co.uk t: 01634 338338

Saturday 18th February: Accordion Workshop Day with Karen Tweed.
Sharpening up your playing technique (especially bellows and bass) through the folk melodies of England , Ireland and Scandinavia .
11pm – 5pm in Backwell, North Somerset .
Workshop : £40 – open to intermediate and above.
Email Karen on : caroltinkle@yahoo.co.uk
Put `ACCORDION WORKSHOP DAY' in the header.

MARCH 2012

Friday 9th March: Karen Tweed with Kevin Dempsey. The Rock at Maltby, The Wesley Centre, Blyth Road, Maltby, Rotherham S66 8JD
www.therock.org.uk Tel: 01709 585977

Saturday 24th March: Karen Tweed with May Monday Duo. Folk und Worldmusik im Kulturzentrum Dieselstrasse, D 73732 Esslingen, Germany

APRIL 2012

Wed 18th April: Karen Tweed solo Eastbourne Lamb Folk Club, Lamb Inn, High Street, Old Town, Eastbourne BN21 1HH www.lambfolkclub.freeuk.com t: 01323 728268

JULY 2012

Saturday 7th July: Karen Tweed Solo House Concert at Gleanings at 8pm. Tickets £5 available from Yvonne and John on 01743 891412 or yj.hart@virgin.net

7-8th July: Karen Tweed workshop at The Gleanings : 'The Piano Accordion - transporting melodies into arrangements for performance and pleasure'. www.gleanings.co.uk
I will be leading this fun and inspiring workshop for accordionists of intermediate standard and above with the aim of taking simple melodies and developing them into arranged pieces for the solo accordion. There's so many ways you can develop your music, with the idea in mind to dynamically build up your interpretation of the music, really make it your own and work within boundaries that give you confidence. We'll look at ornamentation, variation, developing themes within the melodies and basslines to different approaches to intros and endings. There will be guidance on how to link a medley together and how to develop your confidence whether playing for yourself, in a session or to a wider audience. . . This course is designed to give you ideas to take away and use in your whole repertoire. Notation will be supplied and participants are advised to bring recording facilities and a music stand.

AUGUST 2012

6-11th August: Karen Tweed teaching at the Folkworks Youth Summer School, Durham
www.thesagegateshead.org

13th -15th August: Karen Tweed Accordion Sessions, workshops and Gala Concerts . Music for You Folk Courses. Somerset. Contact www.musicforyousummerschools.co.uk or call 07973504855 for a brochure or more information.