Jess & Richard Arrowsmith Vocal Harmony Workshop, Lewes Saturday Folk Club

Name: Jess & Richard Arrowsmith Vocal Harmony Workshop, Lewes Saturday Folk Club
Start: 2025-11-15T10:45:00+00:00
End: 2025-11-15T16:45:00+00:00
Location: Elephant & Castle

Schedule

Sat Nov 15 2025 at 10:45 am to 04:45 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Elephant & Castle | Lewes, EN

Lewes Saturday Folk Club Workshop No 324
JESS & RICHARD ARROWSMITH VOCAL HARMONY WORKSHOP
Saturday 15th. November 2025
10:45 – 16:45 Places £45 (£22 for two under 25-year olds)
Email valmaigoodyear[at]aol[dot]com to reserve places, bring the right money in cash on the day
Elephant & Castle White Hill Lewes BN7 2DJ

Jess & Richard are traditional musicians & singers who specialise in English music & song. They perform as a duo using voices, melodeon & fiddle, as Arrowsmith:Robb Trio with Ian Robb, with ceilidh band Hekety & as concert band Melrose Quartet (with James Fagan & Nancy Kerr).
The workshop will cover multiple approaches to singing in harmony, from taught parts through to different methods for improvising your own harmony lines. Suitable for singers of all abilities & backgrounds. Teaching will be by ear but dots will be provided.
IN THE EVENING JESS & RICHARD ARROWSMITH PERFORM AT LEWES SATURDAY FOLK CLUB IN THE ELEPHANT & CASTLE
(£12: email valmaigoodyear[at]aol[dot]com to reserve tickets, bring the right money in cash on the night)
Provisional Timetable
10:45 Registration & coffee; please order lunch at the bar (refreshments not included)
11:00 – 12:30 Warm-up & learn a couple of songs in parts (taught by ear, lyrics/dots provided)
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 Constructing your own harmonies - explore two different starting points for improvisation.
15:15 Tea/coffee break
15.30 Recap - revisit the songs from earlier in the day and have a go at improvising with something new.
16:45 Finish
N.B. Booking is recommended as numbers are limited. Maps & accommodation lists will be sent on request.