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SUMMARY:Pitchfolk weekend of singing\, Somerset
DESCRIPTION:Pitchfolk 2025 – A weekend of friendship\, feasting and workshops of songs from around the world \nBOOK HERE \n\nREAD FULL EVENT INFO HERE \nFor the fourth Pitchfolk weekend we’ll be learning Yiddish and Slavic songs\, and special arrangements of Icelandic folk songs. As well as the singing workshops we’ll have\, as always\, storytelling\, informal singing sessions\, and our Saturday night feast\, with performances from the floor.  \nThis year we’ll be based at the Quaker Meeting house in Street\, near Glastonbury\, with camping on site\, good public transport links\, and all amenities close by. \n\nThis year we’ll be learning Yiddish and Slavic songs\, with Polina Shepherd\, leader of Slavic Voices choir\, and special arrangements of Icelandic folk songs with renowned Icelandic folk singer\, Bara Grimsdottir. As well as the singing workshops we’ll have\, as always\, storytelling\, informal singing sessions\, and our Saturday night feast\, with performances from the floor.\n \n\n\nThe detailed programme for this year’s Pitchfolk weekend has now been finalised\, have a look.\n\n\nFriday\n3.00 – 5.00pm optional activity with Sharon\n5.30 – 7.00pm evening meal\n7.00 – 8.30pm workshop with Marion Fleetwood\n8.30pm onwards informal socialising and singing.\n\n\nSaturday\n9.30 – 11.00 workshop with Polina Shepherd\n11.15 – 12.45 workshop with Bara Grimsdottir\n12.45 – 2.45 lunch\, and optional activity/storytelling with Sharon Jacksties\n2.45 – 5.45 workshops with each leader\, splitting in smaller groups\n7.00 – 9.00pm tapas and floor spots at Mullions\n9.00pm onwards informal socialising and singing\n\n\nSunday\n10.30 – 12.30 recaps of main songs\n12.30 -1.30 lunch\n1.30 final sing through\n \n\n\n‘Superb workshop leaders\, variety of workshop content\, effortless community building through singing together\, potential for developing into a jewel of a festival\, embodying the best of small and local.’\n‘I enjoyed learning about different singing techniques. Great teachers. Great ambience.’\n‘A joyous and uplifting weekend… I absolutely loved it!’\n‘The joyousness of singing that music and dancing was wonderful.’\n‘Singing\, camping\, fellowship.”\n‘The small numbers made it intimate… I liked the eastern European songs especially.’\n‘Totally superb weekend of singing…can’t wait for next year.’\n \nTicket prices\n£165/130/95 weekend (workshops\, lunch and evening meals\, and feast on Saturday evening)£95/85/75 Saturday (workshops\, lunch and evening feast)£70/60/50 Saturday daytime (workshops and lunch only)£17.50/15/12.50 individual workshop£25/20 Saturday evening feast (subject to availability)\n \nRelated Images:
URL:https://www.polinashepherd.co.uk/event/pitchfolk/
LOCATION:Quaker Meeting House\, 36 High Street Street\, Street\, Somerset\, BA16 0EB\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Caravan Orchestra and Choir. Germany.
DESCRIPTION:Caravan Orchestra & Choir concerts \n \n\nThursday\, August 14th\, 2025: Germany\, Yiddish Summer Weimar\, Jugend- und Kulturzentrum mon ami\, Goetheplatz 11\, 99423 Weimar\, 8 PM. Tickets: www.yiddishsummer.eu\n\nFriday\, August 15th\, 2025 Germany\, Eisenach\, Wandelhalle\, 8 PM\nSaturday\, August 16th\, 2025 Germany\, Zughafen Halle 6\, Zum Güterbahnhof 20\, 99085 Erfurt. Tickets: www.yiddishsummer.eu\nSunday\, August 17h\, 2025 Germany\, Weimar\, Marktplatz\, evening (with many other bands): 25 Years Yiddish Summer Weimar celebration\n\n28 July – 4 August. Rehearsals in Volksmusikakademie in Freyung\, Bavaria  \n5 August – 17 August. Rehearsals in Weimar and concerts in Thuringia.  \nFor the 8th time\, Caravan Orchestra & Choir brings together young musicians from different traditions and backgrounds with the common goal of exploring East European Jewish\,East Mediterranean\, and Middle Eastern music traditions. Every year\, we build a learning community that relies on curiosity\, transcultural experience\, and a general understanding of friendship and partnership. We invite you to become a member of this unique community. All instrumentalists and singers who live in Germany or Israel (regardless of your nationality) are invited to apply. \nWhat to expect from your participation in Caravan? In the summer of 2025\, we will continue to explore the connection between Yiddish (East European Jewish) music and musics that derive from the Ottoman heritage\, including Arabic music\, which will be taught by veteran members of Caravan. We have found a wonderful shared repertoire (including instrumental melodies\, songs\, and dances) between these traditions and will study their common heritage as well as their individual musical lives in different cultures in Europe\, the Levant\, and Asia Minor. We will learn a lot of music by ear\, and improvisation will play a major role in our music making. The teaching faculty (see below) consists of renowned practitioners of Yiddish\, Turkish\, and Ottoman traditions with decades of teaching expertise in projects like Caravan. \nThe 2025 Caravan Orchestra and Choir will take place from July 28 in the morning to August 18 in the afternoon. We will spend the first week of our time together at the beautiful Volksmusikakademie in Freyung\, Bavaria and the second part in Weimar during Yiddish Summer Weimar. \nApply by clicking HERE!\nApplication deadline is April 27th\, 2025. \n\n \nVolksmusikakademie Freyung \n\nWhile we will sing in many languages\, English will be the main language of communication. \nWe will ask a 100 EUR fee for participation in Caravan Orchestra & Choir. In return\, we will cover your travels\, tuition with great teachers\, all of the food in Bavaria and most of it in Weimar\, and we will – hopefully with your help – find accommodation for participants in Weimar. There is an age limit of 30 years\, so your birthday should be after August 18th\, 1995. However\, if you are older than that\, please apply anyway and we’ll try to make your participation possible somehow. \nFor participants living in Weimar: please get in touch if you can offer accommodation for fellow band members from Haifa or Germany. If so\, we can waive the participation fee for you. \nIf you have any questions\, please get in touch with the project manager\, Anna Grünhardt \n(anna.gruenhardt@othermusicacademy.eu).  \nRelated Images:
URL:https://www.polinashepherd.co.uk/event/caravan-2025/
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