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Workshops

For a number of years FOAOTMAD has organised annual workshops for its members, normally covering fiddle and banjo and occasionally guitar. Tutors from past events include Dave Bragger, Chris Berry, Dan Levenson, Erynn Marshall and Carl Jones, all experienced well known old-time musicians and tutors. For the first time in 2019 we are also including dance workshops.

Different ability levels are taught at different times and at different locations. A table of definitions to help you to assess your own ability level is provided at the bottom of this page.

Online Workshops 2021

Following the success of the online workshops last November and the disappointment many of you have felt over the cancellation of Gainsborough, we are going to run further online workshops for banjo, fiddle, guitar (with the addition of voice) and dance, over the weekend of 27th and 28th February 2021. All four workshops will again be FREE to FOAOTMAD members and each will have a maximum of 30 places.

You will find additional information and an application form on this page.

The arrangements of intermediate/advanced workshops for this autumn will be based on any Covid19 restrictions in force at the time. 

Beginners Workshops

From 2019, beginners workshops for fiddle, banjo and dance have taken place during the summer camp at Croft Farm Water Park, Tewksbury. These summer camp workshops are free to members attending the summer camp (subject to payment of the relevant camping or day visitor charges to the Croft Farm Water Park). Please go to  the camps page for further details of the summer camp venue.

The beginners instrument workshops take place during the first weekend of summer camp and will give students chance to learn from members of an experienced UK band; expert musicians who are used to teaching and running workshops. In addition to the workshops there will be regular slow jams organised during the week to give students the opportunity to take part in sessions. The summer camp will also host a dance workshop on designated days of the week for beginners and improvers.

A timetable for workshops planned for summer camp 2021 will be prepared and circulated a few weeks before the event.

Other Workshops

A number of short workshops on various subjects are arranged during our annual festival (full details are made available with the festival schedule).

​More information on the workshops planned for the next festival are provided on the dedicated Gainsborough 2020  website.
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Ad-hoc workshops often take place during various other events such as dance parties, picking weekends and camps. Announcements are sometimes made on the NEWS page or on Facebook. Others may be announced by word of mouth or maybe just a simple note pinned to a marquee.


Definition of proficiency level for musicians in relation to workshops.

Different ability levels are taught at different times and at different locations. You may be asked to assess your proficency level when applying to join our workshops, so we can ensure the course work is properly matched to expectations. In order to help you do this, we have summarised our definitions as follows:

Beginner:-           Someone who has just starting to learn and would probably know little or nothing                           about the instrument and have little or no music theory knowledge.

Novice:-               Would be able to play a few tunes, understand the tuning of the instrument  and know a little about music theory, chords, keys etc.

Intermediate:-  Would be comfortable playing in sessions, know 20 or more tunes, know about different tunings and keys. They would probably have a basic understanding of basic music theory.

Advanced:-         Would have a large repertoire of tunes, be comfortable playing in all the main keys and be capable of at least a little bit of improvisation. May be at band level and have knowledge of music theory.


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