Learning & Participation

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]