Summer Fiddle Weekend – Beginners and Improvers
This course is currently sold out
We do sometimes get cancellations – if a waiting list is available, you can still fill in an enquiry form below and tick the ‘Waiting List’ box.
- Arrival
- Fri 20 Jun 2025 / 4pm
- Departure
- Sun 22 Jun 2025 / 4pm
- Tags
- Becki Driscoll violin
Pricing
Full board Including accommodation, tuition and meals | |
|---|---|
Single in ensuite room | £330 |
Shared in ensuite room | £285 |
Single in non-ensuite room | £285 |
Shared in non-ensuite room | £225 |
Camping Including tuition and meals | |
Per person | £215 |
Course only Includes tuition and lunch and dinner | |
Non-resident | £200 |
If you’re just getting started (or restarted) with the fiddle, our Summer Fiddle Weekend is the perfect opportunity for you to take the next steps and consolidate your learning so far. Tutor Becki Driscoll will help you explore a variety of different fiddle techniques, and lots of lovely tunes over the weekend. Learning will mostly be by ear, but notation will be available in case you need it. There’ll also be the chance to get together with fiddlers from the Intermediate and Advanced course, as well as enjoying sessions in the evening, and Halsway’s beautiful surroundings.
Who is it for?
This is a weekend for adult fiddle players who consider themselves to be at Level 1 or 2 in their playing journey. Check our Fiddle Playing Levels if you’re not sure whether that’s you.
The Intermediate and Advanced Fiddle Weekend runs alongside, if you’re after a higher level course.
The Team
Becki Driscoll is a musician, singer, composer and educator with many years’ experience. Based in the heart of the West Country she has a deep knowledge on love of our local – and wider – folk traditions.
Becki leads educational projects and workshops for festivals and specialist courses, ranging from beginners fiddle sessions, to mixed-instrument folk ensembles. She leads the prestigious English Fiddle Weekend at Halsway (together with Nick Wyke), and runs RootNotes, a community music company that provides participatory music workshops for people of all ages in North Devon, including a weekly folk ensemble (featured on BBC Spotlight!) and regular music sessions for young people and families.
Becki is well known for her celebrated musical partnership with Nick Wyke; two of the UK’s finest fiddle-players, together they give a playful and innovative take on English traditional music and song. They first collaborated as a fiddle duo on a busking trip around Spain and Portugal, and in the years since have worked with some of the leading lights of the English folk scene, always pushing the boundaries and developing new and inventive music.