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Beat the winter blues and warm your heart and soul with music this New Year! Sing, strum, play and jam away the winter blues with Making Music Together’s brand new programme of online music activities including:

• The Globe Community Band: for all string players, singers, groovers and shakers!
• The Globe Community Choir: explore songs spanning all styles and roots and develop your voice, musical skills and confidence!
• The Globe Family Music Sessions: music, song, rhythm and dance activities for ALL the family – from the mini ones to the big ones!

… and the best part is, you can enjoy this all for FREE from the comfort of your own home!
All are welcome, no previous experience needed.
Activities tailored to all levels.
All instructions, support resources and materials provided. Some instruments can be provided on loan.

DATES
The Globe Community Band
Wednesdays: 18:30 – 19:30 online via Zoom
Sundays: 18:30 – 19:30 online via Zoom

The Globe Community Choir
Tuesdays: 18:30 – 19:30 online via Zoom
Fridays: 13:00 – 14:00 online via Zoom

The Globe Family Music Sessions
Tuesdays: 10:45 – 11:30 online via Zoom
Thursdays: 16:00 – 16:45 online via Zoom

About the tutor
Bethany Elen is a community musician, singer, composer and educator who is the Globe’s outreach and community engagement coordinator.

Prices
These Making Music Together sessions are free. They are funded by The Globe, Jazz.Coop and the Culture Recovery Fund.

To book
To take part please complete the form below. You will be emailed a link to a Zoom meeting.

Any Questions?
Please email makingmusictogether2@gmail.com or visit the Making Music Together Facebook page.

ENROLMENT FORM

A practical 10-week online course designed to cover the basics of playing jazz guitar

Young jazz guitar genius Bradley Johnston leads an introductory course for beginner/intermediate guitarists who wish to learn and develop jazz skills.

The course will be run via Zoom with all participants muted, allowing them to play along with the tutor. Participants will also be able to unmute at appropriate times to ask questions to help with their development.

Mondays: 17:30 – 19:00 online via Zoom
Spring Term starts Monday 11 January
Half Term break: Monday 15 February
Finishes Monday 22 March

About the tutor

Bradley Johnston graduated from the B.Mus. (Hons): Jazz, Popular and Commercial music degree programme in 2016 at Sage Gateshead with a First Class Honours classification, followed by a PGCE teaching qualification at Newcastle College in 2017. He is currently studying for a M.Mus. (Masters of Music) at Newcastle University.

In his role as featured soloist in Jambone (the Regional Youth Jazz Ensemble) he has also performed alongside numerous jazz artists from the UK, USA, Cuba and Brazil. Bradley has performed at some major jazz festivals in the UK, including: Gateshead International Jazz Festival; Manchester Jazz Festival; Isle of Skye Swing Jazz Festival; Callander Jazz Festival. He has also performed at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards, Portcullis House, London.

Bradley teaches at the prestigious Music Education Centre, Sage Gateshead (UK).

Prices
The course fee is £120 for a 10-session term. You may also pay £15 per session (minimum payment £30).
There are some half-price bursaries available for adults aged 18-25 (please email learning@jazz.coop for details).

To book
To enrol please complete the form below.
To confirm your booking you need to pay for the course in advance.
You can pay in one of the following ways:
1 By bank transfer (online banking) directly into our bank account: Account name: Pink Lane Jazz Co-op Ltd, Account number: 65650408, Sort code: 08 92 99
2 By making an online payment by credit/debit card or PayPal: use the button at the bottom of this web page

Any Questions?
Please email learning@jazz.coop

ENROLMENT FORM

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A practical 10-week online course for instrumentalists to analyse jazz standards and improvise on them.

This course is aimed at those who wish to develop their music analysis skills and improvisation techniques. Each week the tutor will take a jazz standard and a section of a solo transcription, discuss and analyse its structure and harmonic progression, looking at ways in which you can turn this into your own playing.

The course will be run via Zoom with all participants muted, allowing them to play along with the tutor. Participants will also be able to unmute at appropriate times to ask questions to help with their development.

Mondays: 19:30 – 21:00 online via Zoom
Spring Term starts Monday 11 January
Half Term break: Monday 15 February
Finishes Monday 22 March

About the tutor

Bradley Johnston graduated from the B.Mus. (Hons): Jazz, Popular and Commercial music degree programme in 2016 at Sage Gateshead with a First Class Honours classification, followed by a PGCE teaching qualification at Newcastle College in 2017. He is currently studying for a M.Mus. (Masters of Music) at Newcastle University.

In his role as featured soloist in Jambone (the Regional Youth Jazz Ensemble) he has also performed alongside numerous jazz artists from the UK, USA, Cuba and Brazil. Bradley has performed at some major jazz festivals in the UK, including: Gateshead International Jazz Festival; Manchester Jazz Festival; Isle of Skye Swing Jazz Festival; Callander Jazz Festival. He has also performed at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards, Portcullis House, London.

Bradley teaches at the prestigious Music Education Centre, Sage Gateshead (UK).

Prices
The course fee is £120 for a 10-session term. You may also pay £15 per session (minimum payment £30).
There are some half-price bursaries available for adults aged 18-25 (please email learning@jazz.coop for details).

To book
To enrol please complete the form below.
To confirm your booking you need to pay for the course in advance.
You can pay in one of the following ways:
1 By bank transfer (online banking) directly into our bank account: Account name: Pink Lane Jazz Co-op Ltd, Account number: 65650408, Sort code: 08 92 99
2 By making an online payment by credit/debit card or PayPal: use the button at the bottom of this web page

Any Questions?
Please email learning@jazz.coop

ENROLMENT FORM

PAYING BY CARD/PAYPAL
If you are paying by card/PayPal please click SEND above before you click BUY NOW.

This 5-week online course is a chance for guitarists who know a few simple chords to expand their technique by taking an in-depth look at folk and blues fingerstyle with musician Tom Cronin.

Participants will be guided through a repertoire of songs and instrumentals, focusing on techniques such as Travis picking through the playing of early roots and blues musicians; Elizabeth Cotten and Mississippi John Hurt; folk revivalists, Davy Graham and Donovan and modern day artists such as Jake Xerxes Fussell and Shakey Graves.

Notation and tab will be provided for each piece along with audio downloads. The course will be run via Zoom with all participants muted, allowing them to play along with the tutor. Participants will also be able to unmute at appropriate times to ask questions to help with their development.

Thursdays: 15:00 – 16:30 online via Zoom
Early Spring Term starts Thursday 14 January
Finishes Thursday 18 February
Please note there will be no session on Thursday 11 February

About the tutor
Tom Cronin is a professional musician with wide experience of folk, blues, bluegrass and rock. He teaches guitar and mandolin one-to-one and in groups including at the prestigious Music Education Centre, Sage Gateshead (UK).

Prices
The course fee is £60 for a 5-session term. You may also pay £15 per session.
There are some half-price bursaries available for adults aged 18-25 (please email learning@jazz.coop for details).

To book
To enrol please complete the form below.
To confirm your booking you need to pay for the course in advance.
You can pay in one of the following ways:
1 By bank transfer (online banking) directly into our bank account: Account name: Pink Lane Jazz Co-op Ltd, Account number: 65650408, Sort code: 08 92 99
2 By making an online payment by credit/debit card or PayPal: use the button at the bottom of this web page

Any Questions?
Please email learning@jazz.coop

ENROLMENT FORM

PAYING BY CARD/PAYPAL
If you are paying by card/PayPal please click SEND above before you click BUY NOW.

This 10-week online course is for beginner/intermediate acoustic guitar, mandolin, 5-string banjo and double bass players.

Ever wanted to play in a bluegrass band? Musician Tom Cronin will take you through classic songs and instrumentals from the bluegrass repertoire. The style will be covered from its birth with Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys to modern day.

Chord lead sheets and notation/tab will be provided for every song along with explanation of how to achieve that authentic bluegrass sound on your instrument. The course will be run via Zoom with all participants muted, allowing them to play along with the tutor. Participants will also be able to unmute at appropriate times to ask questions to help with their development.

Thursdays: 13:00 – 14:30 online via Zoom
Spring Term starts Thursday 14 January
Half Term break: Thursday 11 February
Finishes Thursday 25 March

About the tutor
Tom Cronin is a professional musician with wide experience of folk, blues, bluegrass and rock. He teaches guitar and mandolin one-to-one and in groups including at the prestigious Music Education Centre, Sage Gateshead (UK).

Prices
The course fee is £120 for a 10-session term. You may also pay £15 per session (£30 minimum payment).
There are some half-price bursaries available for adults aged 18-25 (please email learning@jazz.coop for details).

To book
To enrol please complete the form below.
To confirm your booking you need to pay for the course in advance.
You can pay in one of the following ways:
1 By bank transfer (online banking) directly into our bank account: Account name: Pink Lane Jazz Co-op Ltd, Account number: 65650408, Sort code: 08 92 99
2 By making an online payment by credit/debit card or PayPal: use the button at the bottom of this web page

Any Questions?
Please email learning@jazz.coop

ENROLMENT FORM

PAYING BY CARD/PAYPAL
If you are paying by card/PayPal please click SEND above before you click BUY NOW.

A series of jazz improvisation workshops, with a focus on learning and playing by ear

Wednesdays: 19:30 – 21:00 at The Globe

IMPORTANT: This course is postponed because of the lockdown restrictions. We plan to restart courses and workshops at The Globe as soon as we are permitted to do so. To reduce the risk of infection the number of participants will be strictly limited so we advise you to book early. You can express your interest by completing the enrolment form below.

About the tutors

Jude Murphy and Bernie Ranson are both multi-instrumental improvising musicians experienced at playing in a wide range of styles.

They have put together a list of 25 jazz standards, progressing in level of difficulty, with Spotify, YouTube and IRealPro playlists. Participants will be invited to listen intensively to the playlist at home, until they are able to sing the melodies. The melody will serve as the starting point for improvisation. Participants should then play along with the music on the playlist, playing the melody and then beginning to improvise. We’ll be providing suggestions on how to approach this.

About learning and participation at The Globe
We have implemented policies and procedures to reduce the risk of spreading infection. We want to ensure that participants feel welcome, comfortable and safe.
You will need to bring all the equipment you need including instruments, amplifiers (if required) and music stands.

Prices
The course fee is £5.45 (ie £5 + merchant charge) per session.

To book
To go on the waiting list please complete the form below.

Any Questions?
Please email learning@jazz.coop

ENROLMENT FORM

3-hour training session followed by hands-on experience at a livestream gig.

The training covers an introduction to sound engineering, sound desk, video cameras, streaming software and microphone basics. At the end of the 3-hour session participants will be ready to shadow at a livestream perfomance. No prior knowledge is required.

Tuesdays: 18:00 – 21:00 at The Globe

IMPORTANT: This training is postponed because of the lockdown restrictions. We plan to restart courses and workshops at The Globe as soon as we are permitted to do so. To reduce the risk of infection the number of participants will be strictly limited so we advise you to book early. You can express your interest by completing the enrolment form below.

About the tutor

Stephen Ferrell is technical manager at The Globe and also lecturer in music technology. He is a very experienced sound engineer, broadcaster and educator.

About learning and participation at The Globe
We have implemented policies and procedures to reduce the risk of spreading infection. We want to ensure that participants feel welcome, comfortable and safe.

Prices
The course fee is £20.
There are some half-price bursaries available for adults aged 18-25 (please email learning@jazz.coop for details).

To book
This course is currently postponed. When it restarts numbers will be strictly limited to reduce the risk of infection. To go on the waiting list please complete the form below.

Any Questions?
Please email learning@jazz.coop

ENROLMENT FORM

A series of introductory workshops focusing on specific aspects of jazz improvisation.

First Saturday of each month (except January and August): 13:30 – 17:00 at The Globe

Each monthly workshop is different, and is usually facilitated by a different tutor. The Play Jazz! workshops are intended to appeal to a wide range of musicians including those who

• play other styles of music but are new to jazz
• play written music but want to learn to improvise
• have not played for a while and want to refresh their skills
• want to meet and play with other jazz musicians.

Suitable for all instrumentalists and improvising vocalists. Minimum age 16.

IMPORTANT: This workshop is postponed because of the lockdown restrictions. We plan to restart courses and workshops at The Globe as soon as we are permitted to do so. To reduce the risk of infection the number of participants will be strictly limited so we advise you to book early. You can express your interest by completing the enrolment form below.

About the tutor

Details to be confirmed.

About learning and participation at The Globe
We have implemented policies and procedures to reduce the risk of spreading infection. We want to ensure that participants feel welcome, comfortable and safe.
You will need to bring all the equipment you need including instruments, amplifiers (if required) and music stands.

Prices
The workshop fee is £25.
There are some half-price bursaries available for adults aged 18-25 (please email learning@jazz.coop for details).

To book
To express an interest please complete the enrolment form below. We will email you when we are able to proceed.

Any Questions?
Please email learning@jazz.coop

ENROLMENT FORM

A series of jazz workshops specifically for women

Third Saturday of each month (except January and August): 13:30 – 17:00 at The Globe

These workshops create a supportive atmosphere for instrumentalists and vocalists alike. They concentrate on developing ways to improvise, playing with others, and having fun with jazz repertoire and beyond. Playing is usually done by ear. Learning will include: communicating with other musicians, demystifying jargon and preparing for a jam session.

Each monthly workshop is different and complete in itself.

Suitable for all female instrumentalists and improvising vocalists. Minimum age 16.

IMPORTANT: This workshop is postponed because of the lockdown restrictions. We plan to restart courses and workshops at The Globe as soon as we are permitted to do so. To reduce the risk of infection the number of participants will be strictly limited so we advise you to book early. You can express your interest by completing the enrolment form below.

About the tutor

Details to be confirmed.

About learning and participation at The Globe
We have implemented policies and procedures to reduce the risk of spreading infection. We want to ensure that participants feel welcome, comfortable and safe.
You will need to bring all the equipment you need including instruments, amplifiers (if required) and music stands.

Prices
The workshop fee is £25.
There are some half-price bursaries available for adults aged 18-25 (please email learning@jazz.coop for details).

To book
To express an interest please complete the enrolment form below. We will email you when we are able to proceed.

Any Questions?
Please email learning@jazz.coop

ENROLMENT FORM