Playford English Country Dance Tunes Workshop

The Old Avoca Schoolhouse in Avoca, Nebraska will be streaming a "Playford English Country Dance Tunes Workshop” for folks who play violin/fiddle, viola, cello, bass, mandolin, soprano recorder, and alto recorder. The workshops will be on Tuesday, October 26, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM (CT) and Wednesday, October 27, from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM (CT). During these workshops we will play and discuss tunes from the Greenblatt & Seay publication, “Playford English Country Dance Tunes for Two” . This curated collection contains 37 tunes from John Playford's “The English Dancing Master”, which was published in 1651. Different tunes will be played at each session. " As is typical of Deborah Greenblatt’s work, the arrangements of pleasing tunes are well done and accessible to a diverse audience of recorder players. ...Victor Eijkhout American Recorder, Fall 2020 For more information, and to register: https://www.greenblattandseay.com/workshops_playford.shtml