May 2019 gathering: All the World You’ve Yet to See, strathspey, Dmaj, by Jeff Rowan Ronas Voe, waltz in Gmaj, by Ronnie Cooper Mickie Ainsworth, reel in Dmaj, by Ronnie Cooper  

ANNE HOOPER April 28, 2019 1:00 – 5:00 PM The Concord Community Music School 23 Wall St Concord, NH   Anne Hooper will teach two tunes, which were learned from the late John Campbell. Inverary Castle Glenora Reel

DON & CINDY ROY February 24, 2019 1:00 – 5:00 PM The Concord Community Music School 23 Wall St Concord, NH   Tunes: Miss Margaret Graham of Gartmore (strathspey) Tom Rae (reel) The Rendezvous (reel)

January 27, 2019 1:00 – 5:00 PM The Concord Community Music School 23 Wall St Concord, NH   Ian MacDougall will lead our January workshop. The tunes are: James F. Dickie’s Delight Waverley Ball (strathspey) Picnic Reel Burn of Forgue  

On Jan 31, 2016, Julia Plumb will lead a workshop exploring ways to “dress up” a tune to make it one’s own and imbue it with emotional content. We will experiment with ornamentation, rhythmic emphasis, tone production, and arrangement ideas, using the tunes Haughton House, Hunt the Squirrel, and The Frost is All Over. Julia […]

Venue for April only–East Concord Community Center, 18 Eastman St., Concord. The gathering is early this month to allow participation in the New England Folk Festival the following weekend. Take exit 16 off of Interstate 93 and stay to the right. At the stop sign take a right (there will be a gas station directly […]

Concord Community Music School, 23 Wall Street, Concord, NH, 12:30 pm to 4:00 pm R.P. Hale will give a workshop on harmony, modes, and “what makes it sound like that.” Fully participatory; relevant for all instruments whether lead or backup. From the intersection of South Main St. and Thompson St. in Concord (our old meeting […]

Cancelled due to weather. R.P. Hale will give his harmony workshop at the March gathering.

“Save the Hornpipe!”  That is the cry and motto of the N.H.P.S – the National Hornpipe Preservation Society.

Concord Community Music School, 23 Wall Street, Concord, NH, 12:30 pm to 4:00 pm From the intersection of South Main St. and Thompson St. in Concord (our old meeting venue), go 3 blocks west on Thompson St., turn right on South St., and turn right on Fayette St. There’s a park on the left. Then you’ll […]