Folkworks Summer School 2024
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Whether folk is your go-to, or you’re trying the genre for the first time, young musicians and singers are welcome to come and immerse themselves in folk music, song, and dance at the Folkworks Summer Schools.
The Summer School is based at Durham School in County Durham, where residential young people will stay, and non-residential young people will be welcomed throughout the day. Our experienced and welcoming pastoral staff will look after the young people 24/7, supporting them to have a fantastic week. The venue has great facilities, good food, homely and comfortable shared rooms.
Young people from both Youth and Junior Summer School will work towards an informal sharing performance at Durham School on Friday 23 August.
What will you learn?
The 2024 Folkworks Summer School is open to musicians and singers. You don’t need to have played folk music before (your experience can be from any style of music), but you must be comfortable playing your instrument/singing.
During the course, you will learn repertoire from a team of experienced folk music educators, who will share techniques, skills, and insight into exploring folk material, as well as ways to take these ideas forward and make them your own. Everyone will also have the chance to do some dancing! There will be lots of mixed-instrument ensemble workshops, and classes will all be tailored specifically for the young people at the Summer School.
The tutor team will be working with both Youth and Junior Summer Schools across the week. Both age-groups will spend some time working together, as well as separate workshops in smaller groups. Working on some repertoire across both age groups, including ‘big tunes’ and ‘big songs’, will be a great shared musical experience.
When enrolling, young people are asked to include their main instrument, as well as any other instruments played – please give us as much information as possible about your musical experience so far. We can cater for any acoustic instruments; players just need to have their own instrument.
If you have any questions about any of this, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Who is Teaching?
Grace Smith, Jon Doran, Sarah Hayes, Tom Kimber, Amy Leach and Sam Partridge
Please see our Tutor Biographies to learn more about our tutors.
Booking Information
Folkworks Youth Summer School – for 14 to 17 year olds
Dates: Monday 19-Friday 23 August 2024
Times: 2pm on 19 August – 4pm on 23 August*
*Timings are subject to change – these will be confirmed ahead of the event
Residential place: £500 (full board basis)
Non-residential place: £350 (lunch and the option of dinner).
The first provided meal of the week will be dinner on Monday evening, and the last will be lunch on Friday.
Venue: Durham School, Quarryheads Lane, Durham, DH1 4SZ
Fancy it? Apply for Youth Summer School now!
Folkworks Junior Summer School – for 9 to 13 year olds
Dates: Wednesday 21-Friday 23 August 2024
Times: 10am on 21 August – 4pm 23 August*
*Timings are subject to change – these will be confirmed ahead of the event
Residential place: £300 (full board basis)
Non-residential place: £210 (lunch and the option of dinner).
The first provided meal of the week will be lunch on Wednesday, and the last will be lunch on Friday.
Venue: Durham School, Quarryheads Lane, Durham, DH1 4SZ
Application for both summer schools closes at 5pm on Friday 10 May 2024
Submission of your form:
Please be aware that the submission of this application form is not a confirmation of your booking. We will use your application information to allocate places based on the capacity at the venue, and the numbers of musicians and singers across both Youth and Junior courses.
Sometimes online forms are not able to be removed from our website as quickly as booking requests come in, you will therefore be informed if your request has been unsuccessful.
So what happens next?
Application Closing Date: Friday 10 May 2024
Application Review Period: Monday 13-Friday 31 May 2024
Applicants Contacted: w/b Monday 3 June 2024 by email
All applicants should receive an acknowledgement email within 1 week of applying. If you do not receive an acknowledgement within this time, please contact FWSS@theglasshouseicm.org.
If your application is successful
You will receive an acceptance email from our FWSS team w/b Monday 3 June, with further information, including your booking order and payment options.
Information about dietary requirements, medical and access requirements, parental consent and other special needs, will be requested following a successful application. This information is vital to us if we are to provide the best care for young people.
If you do not receive an acknowledgement within this time, please contact Folkworks Summer School Producer, FWSS@theglasshouseicm.org.
How do I pay?
There are several ways to pay for Folkworks Summer Schools:
- Pay in instalments: This option will split the Summer School ticket price into 2 instalments to be paid through our Box Office.
- Full payment: You can pay in one full payment through our Box Office.
- Bursaries: This experience should be available to anyone and we are keen to encourage applicants from the widest possible range of backgrounds. If finances could be a barrier to your child or young person joining us, please tick the box in the application form and we’ll send more information once your application form has been received.