Group Category: Music
Playing instruments, or listening to music.
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Songwriting
This Group is not meeting yet, however please contact the Group Leader to express your interest. Further information:Contact the group leader by clicking on the Group leader link above, and leaving a message. Read more
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Guitar Group 5
This is a new group aimed at beginner level acoustic guitar playing. Each session will be split between beginner music theory and guitar techniques, for example, learning the fretboard, chords and chord progression, strumming patterns and finger picking techniques and then for the second half of the session a bit of a jam together, the outcome Read more
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Ukulele
We are a group of enthusiastic ukulele players who work as a group, learning from one another and entertaining ourselves and occasionally others. We are a small Group and would welcome any new players. If you are interested in joining this Group, you can contact the Group Leader, Einir Baxter, by clicking the Group leader link Read more
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Recorder
We are a friendly group of currently 27 recorder players, playing a variety of recorders from the smallest to the largest. We play music from all genres, early to modern, and occasionally perform in local venues to raise money for charity. Last year we joined with the u3a orchestra to raise money for St Giles Read more
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Music Appreciation
The group has been running since 1996, and very much welcomes new members. Members, and some visitors, alternate in turns to give a presentation every month during the year, except in August. Often the presentation is themed, but this is not a stipulation. We have our own hi-fi equipment. Members kindly add their name to Read more
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Orchestra
We are a flexible ensemble of amateur musicians, who enjoy performing a varied repertoire of light classical and modern studio arrangements. We are friendly and inclusive and currently have a membership of 35. At present the orchestra is nearly full but if you are interested in joining us contact me for further information. You should Read more
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Folk Musicians (a.k.a. Nicely Matured Folk)
The Folk Musicians group was formed in January 2016. Members play a variety of instruments which include a flute, penny whistle, piano accordion, fiddles, melodeons (diatonic accordions), English and anglo concertinas, tenor and five string banjos, acoustic guitars, bass guitars bodhran and other percussion instruments. Musicians of all abilities are welcome in the group, including Read more
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Classic Pop and Rock Music 2
The group is for listening, discussing and reminiscing about the many genres of popular music – think pop, soul, glam rock, prog rock, protest, electronic, punk, house and all the other types of music that we have heard. For each meeting a theme is chosen as a focus for the meeting such as Covers of Read more
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Classic Pop and Rock Music
Do you think about those great songs from the 1960s through to the 1990s and would like to listen to them again with like-minded friends? The group is for listening, discussing and reminiscing about the many genres of popular music that covers that period – think pop, soul, glam rock, prog rock, protest, electronic, punk, Read more
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Guitar Group 2
We are an enthusiastic group of amateur players which meets weekly throughout the year, and enjoy playing all styles of ‘popular’ music from the 50’s up to the 2000’s. Although most play acoustically we do sometimes play electro-acoustics and we have an accomplished electric bass player. Several times a year we are invited to play Read more