Applications are now open for the TheEFDSS Alan James Creative Bursary! If your work is inspired by or draws from traditional English folk music, apply for research and development funding here: http://ow.ly/pk1230oQ4j6
Showing posts with label EFDSS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label EFDSS. Show all posts
Monday, 3 June 2019
Are you a Trad Musician, Influenced by English Folk Tradition? A Bursary!
The English Folk Dance and Song Society has just announced a fabulous opportunity. Quoting directly from their tweet, here it is:-
Thursday, 4 June 2015
If you use Folk Music in your Teaching ...
The English Folk Dance and Song Society website has a great resource bank with materials which could help you.
Even if you're more into Scottish than English folk music, there's still useful information there. We particularly liked the Jargon Buster. There's much more there than just musical terms, as it covers folk traditions, costume details and other intriguing facts. (For example, if you go busking, then technically you're "cadging" rather than begging, ie, you're getting money in exchange for providing entertainment, and not just because you begged for it ... a useful distinction!)
Even if you're more into Scottish than English folk music, there's still useful information there. We particularly liked the Jargon Buster. There's much more there than just musical terms, as it covers folk traditions, costume details and other intriguing facts. (For example, if you go busking, then technically you're "cadging" rather than begging, ie, you're getting money in exchange for providing entertainment, and not just because you begged for it ... a useful distinction!)
- Resource bank
- Jargon Buster
- EFDSS Home Page (http://www.efdss.org/)
- Vaughan Williams Memorial Library - a real gem in the folk music world, and well worth a visit if you have a spare couple of hours in London.
Thursday, 8 January 2015
Have you had your Full English? (Digital Archive, English Traditional Music)
The English Folk Dance and Song Society recently launched a brand new digital archive of English traditional music.
Since national songs don't live in watertight compartments (and we could argue all day about what exactly you consider to be a national song, anyway!), you'll also find some Scottish and other traditional music in the archive too.
Take a look - it's a big and significant initiative!
Since national songs don't live in watertight compartments (and we could argue all day about what exactly you consider to be a national song, anyway!), you'll also find some Scottish and other traditional music in the archive too.
Take a look - it's a big and significant initiative!
Monday, 28 April 2014
Find Folk at the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library
The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library is run by EFDSS - the English Folk Dance and Song Society. However, please don't dismiss it as purely a source of English traditional song and dance materials. There's Scottish stuff too, and also valuable historical material.
Karen got very excited when she discovered just how much is there to be found. Do take a look! The catalogue is online, so it's easy enough to put in a few keywords and check out what's there.
Karen got very excited when she discovered just how much is there to be found. Do take a look! The catalogue is online, so it's easy enough to put in a few keywords and check out what's there.
http://www.vwml.org/
Wednesday, 1 May 2013
Artists' Development Conference - and we MISSED it!
Whittaker is kicking himself.
He missed all mention of the EFDSS 2013 Artists' Development Conference. It might be the English Folk Dance and Song Society, but artist development is what we're all about, here at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland!
Read the conference report, and see if you don't agree with me? It must have been epic!
efdss homepage
He missed all mention of the EFDSS 2013 Artists' Development Conference. It might be the English Folk Dance and Song Society, but artist development is what we're all about, here at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland!
Read the conference report, and see if you don't agree with me? It must have been epic!
efdss homepage
Friday, 16 September 2011
Ray Fisher - EDS magazine Spring 2009 featured Ray
More about Ray!
Readers may be interested to learn that the English Dance and Song magazine for Spring 2009 had some coverage of Ray Fisher.
Relevant articles will be added to the Whittaker Library's Scottish Ephemera file.
English Dance and Song magazine is the official journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS).
Readers may be interested to learn that the English Dance and Song magazine for Spring 2009 had some coverage of Ray Fisher.
Relevant articles will be added to the Whittaker Library's Scottish Ephemera file.
English Dance and Song magazine is the official journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS).
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