Chicks with Picks and Womens Guitar Group present
WINTER SCHOOL
1st/2nd July 2023
10am – 5pm each day
Surrey Hills and Brunswick
Two days of ukulele and guitar ensembles, workshops, and singing.
You're invited to our first Winter School weekend where you’ll experience the joy of playing in a guitar and ukulele ensemble, you'll learn to create your own solo in the improvisation workshops, and you’ll sing in harmony in the singing sessions. Beginner to intermediate players all welcome!
This will be a weekend of musical marvellous-ness.
WHAT WE WILL DO:
1. Ensemble playing in the morning where will put together three songs with parts for ukulele and guitar, instrumental solos.
2. Improvisation after lunch. In this class we’ll have some fun creating solos for our songs. There is a beginner class and an intermediate class.
3. Singing in the afternoon. In this session we will sing together. Those who play instruments are welcome to bring them along. However, the focus will be on singing in unison and in harmony. If you don't like to sing, bring your instruments so that you can accompany the singers. Accompanying singers is a great skill to practice.
4. Sunday afternoon we will bring everyone together to play and sing as a big beautiful finale to a great musical weekend.
WHERE IS IT HELD?
In the spirit of creating music making opportunities for more Melbournians, we are hosting the event across two suburbs.
Saturday 1st July: Carter Hall, Holy Trinity Anglican Church Cnr Montrose Street and Union Road, Surrey Hills. Enter via the carpark behind the church in Montrose Street.
Sunday 2nd July: 5th Brunswick Scout Hall, 213A Weston Street, Brunswick.
WHO CAN ENROL?
- Ukulele Players with some playing experience
- Guitar Players with some playing experience
- Singers who love to sing. This year we invite singers who’d like to participate in our singing sessions to join us. The singing sessions will be held between 3pm-5pm on Saturday 1st July and Sunday 2nd July.
We welcome players from the LGBTQIA+ communities, and honorary chicks (blokes!)
HOW TO PREPARE
To support your ensemble playing and make your experience super fun, there will be some prior learning required before the Winter School weekend. Chord sheets, lyrics and instructional videos will be supplied after you purchase your ticket.
The songs we will be working on are:
Bumblebee by Memphis Minnie
To Perth, Before the Borders Close by Julia Jacklin
Can’t Find My Way Home by Steve Winwood and Blind Faith
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?
Full Price: $130.00 for the weekend
Concession Price: $90.00
Singers Sessions only: $60
WHERE TO GET YOUR TICKETS
Tickets: https://www.trybooking.com/CIWUT
SKILL LEVELS
Beginner Guitarists will need to know open chords, some strumming patterns, and basic picking.
Intermediate Guitarists will need to be confident with open chords, strumming with hammer-ons & pull-offs, simple picking patterns, and reading basic riff tablature.
Ukulele parts will suit Advanced Beginner to Intermediate Ukulele players who are confident playing chords, strumming, have some experience with picking and be able to read tablature.
Singers will be required to be able to hold a tune. You do not have to be able to play an instrument to come and sing with us.
YOUR TEACHERS:
The weekend will be facilitated by Helen Begley, from Chicks with Picks Melbourne, and Rachel Wilson from Women's Guitar Group. Both women are experienced teachers and workshop facilitators. They are also working musicians and songwriters with decades of experience between them
We do hope you can join us for this weekend of Winter Music Making.
Helen and Rachel
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