Staffordshire Moorlands District
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council Arts Service:
What's distinctive about music in the Staffordshire Moorlands?
- Locally based volunteer-run festivals, community projects and clubs and societies are important in providing focal points for music in each of the market towns and for the social coherence of their communities.
- With a lack of specialist venues, community venues, churches and schools play an important part.
- The area has some well-established strengths in folk music.
- For some kinds of activity including larger scale professional music and young people's music the district depends on facilities in neighbouring centres such as Stoke-on-Trent.
- The district has few specialist studio facilities for rehearsal and recording.
- Live music in pubs is a feature of the Moorlands communities but this is vulnerable to changes of ownership or policy.
- The district has some specialist musicians, including those working in African music and in Renaissance music as well as in more familiar areas such as folk and choral music.
- Research with local schools confirms great interest in music by young people, with Biddulph High and Westwood College schools both having a healthy number of student-led bands.
- The more remote upland areas are not without music, from The Winking Man which is the highest club venue in England to the Hollinsclough Silver Band which may be the highest brass band in the country.
Staffordshire Moorlands can be proud of:
- The District has several music promoting organisations with deep community roots. In Biddulph, Up in Arms is a year-round programme of folk and other musicians, presented at the Biddulph Arms and at the Town Hall. There is also an annual Community Festival each July which includes Folk in the Park, and Rock on the Rocks at Biddulph Moor Village Hall. In Leek the Arts Festival has been running since 1977 and features local, national and international artists including performances, exhibitions and workshops. Events such as these are important focal points for local communities and also serve to attract visitors to the market towns.
- The Phoenix Singers, founded in 1981, have provided the chorus for several New Vic Theatre productions and regularly work alongside professional musicians. The choir has undertaken several tours abroad, to France, Holland and Italy. In 2006 it launched a new venture, Young Phoenix, in partnership with Staffordshire County Council Performing Arts. This is a junior choir to encourage younger people to enjoy choral singing, and under the guidance of the group's conductor two young musicians are being mentored as Trainee Leaders.
Possible development areas:
- There is a need for better venue provision in Leek, with lack of rehearsal facilities and limited performance facilities.
- There is scope to encourage music development in each of the market towns, especially Cheadle which is a flat spot with comparatively little activity.
- There is scope to develop better local opportunities for young people.
Interesting example of music activity locally:
An active U3A group (University of the Third Age) based around the Cheadle area organises several opportunities for regular music activities by older people. There is a Classical Music Appreciation Group, which meets once a month to listen to and discuss recordings of classical music.
For those wanting more practical involvement, the Cheadle U3A Swing Band, "The Sweet Melody Dreamboat Band", meets on Thursday afternoons. Members are competent music readers and have a reasonable level of instrumental skill, including saxophone, brass, woodwind, rhythm guitar, keyboard or percussion. The group plays mainly dance band numbers from the 1920s-1950s. Another group, "Not Strictly Barbershop", is made up of people who love to sing Barbershop style music and meets on Friday afternoons at Blythe Bridge.
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Arts Forums
Biddulph & District Arts Forum
Secretary: Eric Cox
155 Congleton Road, Biddulph, Staffs. ST8 6QJ
E-mail: mysterycox@ntlworld.com
Cheadle & District Arts Forum
Secretary: Mrs Stella Heritage
Castle Hill House, Alton, Staffs. ST10 4AJ.
Tel. 01543 702124.
E-mail: stellamheritage@yahoo.co.uk
Leek & District Arts Forum
Secretary: Mrs Christine Birch
Rosposala, 85 Spring Gardens, Leek, Staffs. ST13 8DD.
Tel. 01538 384347.
E-mail: chris@rosposala.plus.com
Town Councils - also organise events
Leek Town Council
Clerk: Julie Taylor
Tel. 01538 381 271
Biddulph Town Council
Clerk: Kate Thacker
Tel. 01782 297 845
Cheadle Town Council
Clerk: Jean Smith
Tel. 01538 754 288
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Leek district
Pubs with live music policy, and other occasional venues - Leek:
The Swan
2 St. Edward Street, Leek, Staffordshire.
Tel. 01538 373471
Pub venue, regular live music, regular folk including Cuckoo's Nest Folk Club.
[February 2008: reported to be under new ownership, so future of live music uncertain.]
Vbar Leek, at The Foxlowe
Market Place, Stockwell St. Leek, Staffordshire ST13 6AD
Tel. 01538 370201
Live music policy
[February 2008: live music policy reported to be suspended.]
The Old Royal Oak
A53 Buxton Road, nr Leek, Staffs ST13 6ED
Landlord: Colin Williams Tel. 01538 384344
E-mail: colin@theoldroyaloak.co.uk
Pub has stage for artists. Every last Saturday of the month is a live Rock night with local bands. Free admission, start about 8.30. Also hold Jam sessions during the week, which are free; actively encourage new and young bands to showcase themselves at the venue. New bands are always welcome.
The Winking Man
Ramshaw Rocks, Upper Hulme, A53 Buxton Road, nr Leek ST13 8UH
Tel. 01538 300361, E-mail: info@winkingman.com
http://www.winkingman.com/index.php
Live music every Friday; monthly rock night - the highest Night Club in England at 1,500 ft above sea level
The Roebuck
Derby Street, Leek
Contact June 07875 233093
Acoustic Friday evenings; established regular gigs
Red Lion Cheddleton
Tel. 01538 369400
'Acoustica': established acoustic and open mic night Sunday evenings.
Other live music:
Black Horse, Endon: live music
Central Club Market Street, Leek: Occasional live gigs e.g. 'Funk Station Zebra', 12 piece funk/disco band, as benefit concert for Home Start
Brindley's Mill Mill Street, Leek: Occasional live gigs 'Music at the Mill'
The Smithfield: gigs e.g. The Title (www.the-title.co.uk)
The Nash, High Street: gigs e.g. Stone Cold Sober
Wilkes Head, St Edward Street: 'Wilkes Fest' and 'Wilkstonbury' gigs - contact Graham
Churches:
St Edward's Church, Leek
St Luke's Church, Leek e.g. The Dalesmen Male Voice Choir
All Saints Church, Leek - e.g. The Phoenix Singers, and All Saints Operatic Society
Trinity Church, Leek - e.g. Leek Choral Society
Schools:
St Edward's Junior High School, Leek - Hall has been recently refurbished to a high specification
Westwood College (school) - e.g. WestFest, and Battle of Britain concert organised by the Royal Air Force Association
Cheadle district
Pubs with live music policy and other occasional venues - Cheadle district:
The Lamplighter Tape Street, Cheadle: live music
Dog and Partridge, Uttoxeter Road, Lower Tean e.g. Cry Havoc (rock)
Cricketers' Arms Oakamoor e.g. live blues band
Churches:
St Giles's Church (RC), Cheadle - e.g. The Pugin Singers
St Giles's Church (C of E), Cheadle - occasional concerts
Biddulph district
Biddulph Town Hall
Host events e.g. as part of local festival and events by Biddulph Folk Club
Biddulph Arms
Congleton Road, Biddulph
e.g. Santa Cruz Band (from Tucson Arizona); Biddulph Folk Club, contact Eric Cox 01782 514896; also host art exhibitions (Art at the Arms - Contact: Diane Beech Tel. 01782 513129)
www.biddulphupinarms.com
E-mail: biddulphupinarms@hotmail.co.uk
St Lawrence's Church, Biddulph - occasional musical events
Rural Touring Venues
Live and Local Touring Circuit: www.liveandlocal.org.uk
- Alton Village Hall. Contact Sue Green Tel. 01538 703222 (village hall website is www.alton-staffs.co.uk/village_hall.php) - Live and Local and other events
- Biddulph Moor Village Hall: Tel. 01782 517105 - occasional concerts and Rock on the Rocks
- Calton Village Hall: Tel. 01538 308619 - Live and Local and other events
- Horton Village Hall: Tel. 0560 2867550 - Live and Local and other events
- Longsdon Village Hall: Contact Alan May Tel. 01538 372186 - occasional concerts e.g. Dove Holes Silver Band
- Swythamley and Heaton Centre: Tel. 01260 226269 - Live and Local and other events
- Tean Village Hall: Tel. 01538 723237 - Live and Local and other events
- Waterfall Parochial Hall: Tel. 01538 308065 - Live and Local and other events
Outdoor Locations
- Silk St car park, Leek has power points for outdoor events e.g. in Leek Arts Festival
- Brough Park, Leek has restored bandstand for outdoors performances. 2008 will see a new season of musical events on Saturday and Sunday afternoons May-September. Contact: David & Sarah Maxwell, Tel: 01538 383137 or E-mail: snd25@btinternet.com
- Biddulph Grange Country Park - Folk in the Park and other occasional events
- Biddulph Grange Gardens (National Trust) - occasional events
- Tittesworth Water - Strawberry Moon
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Cuckoo's Nest Folk Club
Contact: Dave Rhead (key contact for folk and jazz).
Ticket Office on 01538 385260
http://www.cnfc.info/
Based at The Swan Hotel, St Edward's Street, Leek ST13 5DS. Traditional folk, contemporary folk, folk rock, blues, jazz and even the occasional foray into pop and rock
Up in Arms (formerly Biddulph Folk Club)
Based at the Biddulph Arms, also use the Town Hall
Contact: Eric Cox Tel. 01782 514896 or website http://www.biddulphupinarms.com/
Promotes top class artists from folk and other genres.
Festivals
Leek Arts Festival
Contact: Phil Edmeads E-mail: philedmeads@aol.com
http://www.leekartsfestival.org/
Began 1977. Annually in May, features local, national and international artists including performances, exhibitions and workshops.
Festival of Biddulph
Contact: Eric Cox [also Arts Forum] E-mail: mysterycox@ntlworld.com
Details from Biddulph Town Hall Tel. 01782 297836 or Frank Harris Tel. 01782 517238
July; includes Folk in the Park, Rock on the Rocks
Also annual open-air folk concert 'Folk in the Park' at Biddulph Grange Country Park and Rock on the Rocks at Biddulph Moor Village Hall, July 2006
Biddulph Music Festival
Contacts: Festival Secretary Tel. 01782 785097 or E-mail: biddulphmusfest@yahoo.co.uk or
Festival Chairman 07770 803 256 or Tel. 01782 515034 E-mail: ij0511@hotmail.com
Every year on the first Saturday in October hosted by Biddulph Male Voice Choir
(open to instrumentalists, vocalists, choirs, barbershop groups, old and young)
Cheadle Arts Festival
Contact: Stella Heritage [also Arts Forum] E-mail: stellamheritage@yahoo.co.uk
Began 2007; most recently March 8-15 2008
REAP (Rural Education and Arts Project)
Contact: Lynda Conway and Tina Ball Tel. 01298 83500
E-mail: tinaball@reapweb.org.uk
enquiries@reapweb.org.uk
Organised Strawberry Moon 2007 (Weekend live music festival and other events at Tittesworth Water). Strawberry Moon 2008 will be 28-29 June 2008; hoping to become annual
[also organised Harvest Moon Fayre September 2005 at Blackwell Hall Farm nr Buxton]
Listings
www.leekpostandtimes.co.uk
www.yourleekpaper.co.uk
http://www.chronicleseries.com/home.asp
www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk
North Staffs Folk Diary
Contact: Lorna Davies, Koinonia, Cheddleton Heath Road, Cheddleton, Leek, Staffs, ST13 7DX.
E-mail: waldemar2@btopenworld.com
Published quarterly and lists all folk song and music events in the area.
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Leek College - no FT courses in music
Part-time courses in guitar playing (Continuing Education)
Moorlands Performing Arts Centre
Northern Region Manager: David Godfrey
Rehearsals are held at Moorside High School, Werrington and Werrington Primary School. Concerts take place at the Victoria Hall and other venues.
Centre ensembles include:
- Centre Orchestra
- Training String Orchestra
- Intermediate String Orchestra
- Training Wind Band
- Centre Wind Band
- Just Brass
- Centre Brass Band
- Choir
Together with the Newcastle Performing Arts Centre, Northern Region ensembles include:
- Staffordshire Youth Orchestra (Northern)
- Staffordshire Youth Wind Orchestra (Northern)
- Staffordshire Youth Brass Band (Northern)
which rehearse at Moorside High School.
Adult/Continuing Education
- Part-time courses in guitar playing (Leek College)
- Cheadle U3A Classical Music Appreciation group (details under Community Activities)
Schools:
Biddulph High School - David Windsor, Head of Music
Blythe Bridge High School - Simone Bratt, Head of Music
Cheadle High School - Liz Muscillo, Head of Music
Endon High School - Mr A Tapley, Head of Music
Leek High School - Kirsty Button, Head of Music
Moorlands Sixth Form Centre - no music staff
Moorside High School - Mr R Foxall, Head of Music
Painsley High School, Cheadle - Mrs T Thorn, Head of Music
Westwood College http://www.westwoodcollege.staffs.sch.uk/ : 13-18 high school; specialist Arts College. Runs annual arts festival. Stephanie Burns, Head of Music
Pre-school Musical Tot Times:
- Biddulph Library, Tuesday afternoons
- Leek Library, Wednesday afternoons
Staffordshire County Council Youth Service:
- Youth Centres in Biddulph, Cheadle, Ipstones, Leek, Longnor, Tean, Blythe Bridge, Waterhouses, Warslow and Werrington
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Joliba West African Drum School
Contact Salif Sylla and David Woolley via website:
http://www.joliba-drums.co.uk/V2/
or via Mandiani (Staffordshire Moorlands African Drumming Project)
http://www.smadp.bravehost.com/
Learned their drumming skills in West Africa. Offer performances, workshops for schools, colleges and community groups and tuition on djembe, djuns, krin, vocals and balafon.
PIVA: Music of the Renaissance
http://www.piva.org.uk/
Contact: Eric or Jane Moulder at 30 King Street, Leek, Staffordshire, ST13 5NW.
Tel. 01538 386867 or E-mail: eric@renaissancewoodwinds.co.uk
Piva is inspired by the professional Waits and Court Bands of the 16th and 17th centuries and specialises in giving lively performances of popular dance music and ballads of the period.
Piva performs in period costume using a range of historically accurate instruments including shawms, bagpipes, hurdy gurdies, curtals, sackbuts, violins and guitar. Their aim is to be faithful to the music and influences of the period whilst adding their own innovative arrangements and interpretations. Piva is available for concerts, historical shows, festivals and functions.
Eric Moulder, Piva's founder and director of music, is an internationally renowned maker and researcher in the field of historic woodwind instruments from the Renaissance period. He provides many of the instruments played by the group and is responsible for creating many of the musical arrangements. Eric plays curtal, bagpipes, recorder, shawm, rauschpfeife and crumhorn.
Bella Musica String Quartet
http://freespace.virgin.net/bella.musica
bella.musica@virgin.net
Contact: Tel. 01538 361663
Providing first class entertainment for weddings, parties, corporate events, etc. All members are fully qualified musicians who have between them studied at the Royal Academy of Music, Royal College of Music and the Royal Northern College of Music.
Este Ensemble
Contact: Tel. 01538 361663
Chamber orchestra
Breeze & Wilson
www.breezeandwilson.com
toby@breezeandwilson.com
Contact: Tel. 01538 361193
Acoustic duo
The Debonair
http://www.myspace.com/thedebonairmusic
E-mail: thedebonairmusic@fsmail.net
5 piece 60s influenced band (Dave Dono, J.C, Andy Broster, Pete Leese & Andy Thompson) based around Leek in the Staffordshire Moorlands - thedebonair.co.uk - Contact us
Murphy's Marbles
Kev Sauntry. The Haven, Cheddleton, North Staffs ST13 7JS
Tel. 01538 398553 E-mail: kevsauntry@hotmail.com
4/5-piece Celtic band - based on the best of traditional Irish but with innovative original material. Perform widely UK, Ireland and festivals.
www.murphysmarbles.com
Local Bands
Bands at the Rock on the Rocks event, Biddulph Moor, July 2006, included:
- Aviary (Biddulph High School)
- Gearjammer
- On Parole
- Voodoo Doll
- Archangels (female band, Biddulph Moor)
- Sugarlust (Biddulph and Congleton)
- The Implication (Westwood High School)
Pieces of Hate (Blythe Bridge High School) won Staffordshire Rocks Competition 2006
Information from Biddulph High School
- Zoltan [or Zoltan Core] - they have a MySpace page
- The Novellos
- The Greenhouse Project
- Pink Widow
- The Tommies
- No Sleep
- Scooby Blank
- Crystal Clear
Information from Westwood College
- The Cameleonz www.thecameleonz.com
- The Novellos
- The Alones
- The Sport
- Kamikaze Pilots
- My Seargent Mask
- Drive Till December
- No Implication
- Hollow Victory
- Raphaels
- The Lines
- Moby-Dick
- Streets of Rage
- Lazy Thursdays
- Sleep Tight
- Your Eternal Shadow
- Among Your Ashes
Times Like Sorrow (Cheadle)
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All Saints Operatic Society
Contact: 01538 385658
Biddulph Amateur Dramatic Society
Contact: Mrs D Page, c/o 51 Newpool Road, Knypersley, Biddulph
Tel. 01782 513567
Rehearse and perform at Knypersley First School
Biddulph & District Youth Orchestra
http://www.bdyo.org.uk/
Contact Diane Tel. 01782 513193
Debut performance at Festival of Biddulph July 2005. Formed to provide an opportunity for musicians aged 9 to 21 years to play together in their own locality. Now firmly established with approximately 20 members. Orchestra rehearsals are on Friday evenings at Biddulph Methodist Church, Station Road Biddulph. A Music School has now been started on Saturday mornings not only for new players to attend but also for more advanced players to have the opportunity to increase their musical skills; also includes a beginners' recorder ensemble.
Biddulph Male Voice Choir
www.biddulphmvchoir.co.uk
Meet Monday and Wednesday evenings, Biddulph High School. Established in 1922. Recordings include 'The Best of Biddulph'
Canzonetta Choir
Contact: Lizzie Bell (c/o Westwood College)
Includes members from Moorlands
Centre Stage
Secretary: Christine Birch secretary@centrestage.org.uk
Rehearse and perform at Westwood First School
Cheadle Cantate Choir
Contact: Lizzie Bell (c/o Westwood College)
Cheadle Choral Society
Secretary: Christina Withers, Tel. 01538 752224.
Director: Ken Lovatt. Meet Wednesday evenings at Painsley School. Practise a range of music, shows and at Christmas time sacred songs
Cheadle U3A Classical Music Appreciation Group
Contact: Chris Washington, 1 Millstream Close, Cheadle ST10 1XN.
Tel. 01538 751848.
E-mail chris.washington@btinternet.com
Meets on the 3rd Wednesday of each month Sept-May in the Christian Fellowship Church, Ashbourne Road, Cheadle at 10.30am. Aimed at the over-50s, who must join Cheadle U3A, to listen to recordings of classical music from 12th to 21st Century.
Cheadle U3A Swing Band ("The Sweet Melody Dreamboat Band")
Contact: Chris Latham, 31 Meadow Close, Blythe Bridge ST11 9LH.
Tel. 01782 394894.
E-mail chris.latham@virgin1.net
Meets every Thursday Sept-May at Christian Fellowship Church, Ashbourne Road, Cheadle at 1pm. Also for the over-50s age group who are members of Cheadle U3A. Members should be competent music readers and have a reasonable level of skill on their instrument. Suitable for saxophone, brass, woodwind, rhythm guitar, keyboard and percussion players, this group plays mainly dance band numbers from the 1920s-1950s. Members should be prepared to play in public.
Churnet Valley Male Voice Choir
David Parfitt (Secretary) Tel. 01782 398010
Musical Director and Conductor: Janet Downing. Formed in 1993. Meet Tuesday evenings at Bishop Rawle School. CD 'Sweet Harmony from North Staffordshire'
Endon Dramatic Society
Contact: Pat Shufflebotham Tel. 01782 412641
Folk at the Linden Tree
Froghall Road, Ipstones, near Leek
Contact Lorna Davies Tel. 01538 360256.
3rd Friday of each month, 8.30 pm
An informal singaround in the bar of the Linden Tree; singers and musicians are always welcome.
Hollinsclough Silver Band
Contact: P. Wheeldon, Edgetop Farm, Longnor, Nr.Buxton, Derbyshire
Tel. 01298 83485
Formed in 1920. Helps and teaches youngsters the art of music. Give small concerts. Meet Tuesdays 8-10 pm
Kingsfield Singers
Contact: Mrs Jean Wilson
Tel. 01782 515862
Ladies choir of 30 singers, formed 1980. Rehearse Wednesday evenings at Biddulph Methodist Church. Musical Director: Ian Pickford.
Leek Choral Society
K.R. Davis, 'Greenacres', 22 Mollatt's Wood Road, Leek, Staffs ST13 7AL
Tel. 01538 371428
Rehearse Friday evenings at St John's Church, Belle View, Leek
Leekensian Amateur Operatic Society
Miss C.H. Davis
C/o Aysgarth, 91 Ashbourne Road, Leek, Staffs ST13 5AX
Tel. 01538 372775
Rehearsals Wednesdays 7.30 pm, St. John's Church, Belle View, Leek. Operas, operettas, musicals, concerts.
Longnor Players
Contact: Martin Samuels,
The Old Vicarage, Longnor, Buxton, Derbys SK17 0NZ.
Tel. 01298 83743,
E-mail: martin@longnoroldvic.freeserve.co.uk
Performed The Tales of Narnia at Manifold Primary School, Warslow 25-27.10.07
Longsdon Amateur Dramatic Society
Contact: Suzanne Edwards Tel. 01538 373212
info@longsdonlads.org.uk
Mandiani (Staffordshire Moorlands African Drumming Project)
African Drumming group in Leek, Staffordshire
Contacts: Steve Plumb: Tel. 01298 83822;
Chris James: Tel. 01538 386803 E-mail: cjames@dismantle.org;
Judy Gregg: Tel. 01538 300418;
Dave Woolley Tel. 01782 747879 E-mail: wooleydave@hotmail.com
http://www.smadp.bravehost.com/
Meet weekly at The Foxlowe, Church Street, Leek. Experienced and beginners welcome, over 16.Taught by the Joliba drum school, who learned their drumming skills in West Africa.
Moorlands Radio
Contact: Tony Mullins
E-mail: tony@moorlandsradio.co.uk
"Not Strictly Barbershop"
Contact: Sarah Williams
Tel. 01782 302310
Founded 2003. Made up of people who love to sing Barbershop style music. Sponsored by the Cheadle U3A Organisation. Meet on Friday afternoons at Blythe Bridge Methodist Hall.
The Phoenix Singers, Leek
http://www.phoenixsingersleek.co.uk/
E-mail: info@phoenixsingersleek.co. or Tel. 01538 385579
Musical Director: Ashley Thompson. Founded 1981. Rehearsals Monday evenings at Leek First School, East Street. Choir has provided chorus for several New Vic Theatre productions. Regularly work alongside professional musicians. Occasional tours - France (x2), Holland, Italy (x 2)
Young Phoenix
Junior choir in partnership with Staffordshire County Council Performing Arts and the Phoenix Singers, launched 2006. Conductor: Vicky Ainslie. Two young musicians (16-24) are being mentored as Trainee Leaders.
Pugin Singers, Cheadle
Tel. 01785 223917
http://www.puginsingers.org.uk/
E-mail: puginsingers@f2s.com
Director: Harry Hitchen. Chamber choir, around 25 voices, established 2000. Rehearse Tuesday evenings at St Giles Catholic Primary School.
Church bell-ringers:
Alstonefield: Church of St Peter. Practice night: Wednesday
Alton: Church of St Peter. Practice night: Monday
Brown Edge: Church of St Anne. Practice night: Wednesday
Cheadle:
Church of St Giles (C of E). Practice night: Wednesday
Church of St Giles (RC). Practice night: Tuesday
Checkley: Church of St Mary & All Saints. Practice night: Friday
Cheddleton: Church of St Edward the Confessor. Practice night: Monday
Church Leigh: Church of All Saints. Practice night: Wednesday
Dilhorne: Church of All Saints. Practice night: Friday
Horton: Church of St Michael & All Angels. Practice night: Tuesday
Ilam: Church of Holy Cross. Practice night: Wednesday
Kingsley: Church of St Werburgh. Practice night: Tuesday
Leek: Church of St Edward the Confessor. Practice night: Thursday
Sheen: Church of St Luke. Practice night: Monday
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Mainstreet Music
11 Smithfield Centre
Leek ST13 5JW
Tel. 01538 384315
E-mail: steve@mainstreetvinyl.co.uk
Contact: Dave Hill (original member of group Demon, http://the-demon.com/ )
Instruments, discs and musical merchandise.
Glen Titmus Violins
15, Stanley Street
Leek ST13 5HG
Tel. 01538 370041 Mob. 07787 374668
http://www.glentitmus.co.uk/
E-mail: glen.titmus@virgin.net
Violins and bows, sales and repairs. Good second-hand instruments and full repair service on all violin family instruments and bows. Established 1995; opened at this premises January 2008.
Eric Moulder
30 King Street
Leek ST13 5NW
Tel. 01538 386867
www.baroquebassoon.co.uk/
eric@renaissancewoodwinds.co.uk
Eric Moulder has been making reproductions of Renaissance double reed woodwind instruments since 1974.
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Sky Studios
Unit 3 Yarn Mill
Stringer Street
Biddulph
Staffordshire
ST8 6BG
Mob. 017806 783003
E-mail: info@sky-studios.co.uk
Opened 2008. Recording studios with analogue reel to reel and digital recording equipment; rehearsal rooms; three teaching rooms and a course room. Tuition for young people and adults including adult beginners, to grade 8 in classical, acoustic, bass and rock guitar accredited by the London College of Music. Also tuition in drums, piano, keyboards, recording and more, one-to-one courses. Plans are underway to create a 350 capacity venue with Cafe Bar.
S2blue Ltd
Overton Bank House, Overton Bank, Leek, Staffordshire ST13 5ES
Tel. 01538 370160 Fax 01538 372595 E-mail: info@s2blue.com
www.s2blue.com
Four broadcast standard digital studios; work internationally including radio jingles
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Jeffrey G Pearson
8 Browning Clo
Cheadle
Stoke-on-Trent ST10 1XD
Tel. 01538 752717
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J.T Molineux
Kynance, 228 Grindley Lane, Blythe Bridge, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire ST11 9JS
Tel. 01782 397324 [within Stafford Borough]
John Oakes & Son
23 Hilderstone Rd, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST3 7PB
Tel. 01782 392142 [within Stafford Borough]
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Eric Moulder - instrument maker
30 King Street
Leek
Staffordshire ST13 5NW
Tel. 01538 386867 or E-mail: eric@renaissancewoodwinds.co.uk
http://www.baroquebassoon.co.uk/
Maker of historic woodwind instruments from the Renaissance period including bassoons, shawms, crumhorns, rauschpfeifen and curtals.
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Bass Guitar Tuition
Tel. 01538 308409 Mob: 07890 936022 E-mail: jdsupernatural@aol.com
Call Elliott for relaxed informal bass guitar lessons.
Helen Bloomfield GGSMD LRAM
Biddulph Moor, Staffordshire
Tel. 01782 516919
Tuition in violin, viola, beginners to advanced
Chris Connelly
Biddulph, Staffordshire ST8 6HP
Tel. 01782 253759
Mob. 07806 783003
www.extremeguitartutor.co.uk
E-mail: chrisjconnelly@hotmail.com
Tuition in guitar, bass, piano (beginners); rock, pop, classical, folk, punk, funk, jazz, blues; beginners to advanced .Professional guitarist for 20 years working in studio and live situations. Currently the guitarist for number one Darkness tribute band called "The Likeness" (www.thelikeness.com).
Karen Daniels AMusTCL Diploma
Blythe Bridge, Stoke-on-Trent ST11 9JU
Tel. 01782 396142
Mob. 07977 914219
Tuition in piano, electronic keyboard, Yamaha U3 Piano, Roland VA7 Electronic Keyboard theory of music to Grade 8; any age from 7 upwards to 70+.
[within Stafford Borough]
Mark Goodhew
near Cheadle, Staffordshire Mob. 07890 857441
Classical double bass teacher
Harold and Jane Gurden
Leek
Tel. 01538 384225
Brass and woodwind tuition
Pauline Hardwick LTCL (TD) ALCM
Crossfield Ave, Blythe Bridge, Stoke-on-Trent, ST11 9PL
Tel. 01782 397248
Tuition in piano accordion; beginners to intermediate; also piano teacher and teacher of music theory.
Kieron Harrison BA
Cheadle, Staffordshire ST10 1RX
Tel. 01538 755151
Mob. 07766660023
Woodwind teacher- specialist in saxophone and clarinet, but can also teach beginner level in flute and piano, jazz and theory of music.
Ian Holland
Marldon Cottage, Wraggs Lane, Biddulph Moor, Stoke-on-Trent ST8 7LX
Tel. 01782 522461
Guitar tutor - Biddulph & surrounding area
Becky Hunt
Waterhouses, nr. Leek
Mob. 07941 429491
Piano/keyboard tuition
Joliba West African Drum School
Djembe, Djuns, Krin, Vocals and Balafon tuition is available for the following: Schools, colleges, community groups etc One off, 2hr workshops focussing on West African Percussion basics, emphasis is on fun and team work; all day workshops for Education Establishments. Weekly developmental workshops for existing drum groups like SMADP, who wish to add technique and material to their repertoire. One to one tuition for the serious student.
Kamara
Semi professional troupe who perform at events both local and national. Their workshops are designed for the more able percussionists, working with the more difficult pieces of West Africa e.g. Tiriba, Soli, Dununba and Liberte, alongside Kuku, Jankadi, Kassa etc. In 2002 the Kamara project secured funding from the Community Chest in Stoke on Trent to host a year long series of workshops with Saifou Sylla, this culminated in a performance at The Full Moon in Newcastle. Out of these workshops evolved Kamara.
http://www.joliba-drums.co.uk/V2/
Barry Mason
Kingsley Holt
Mob. 07968 242478
Teaches saxophone
Mrs Karen L Oliver MSc (Keele) GMusRNCM (Hons) PGDip RNCM PP RNCM
Upper Hulme, Leek, Staffs ST13 8TY
Tel. 01538 300145 Mob. 07743 472550
Tuition in piano, theory & general musicianship, including Kodaly Solfa & Dalcroze Eurhythmics methods. Lessons suitable for children, from 7 years, and adults.
Sam Robinson
Clay Lake, Endon, Stoke-on-Trent ST9 9DD
Tel. 01782 502235
Tuition in drums, intermediate to advanced
Leek Guitar and Flute Tuition
Tony and Jo Sheldon
43 Rownall View, Leek, Staffs ST13 8JN
Tel. 01538 372251
Josephine Sheldon
www.soloflute.co.uk
Mob. 07780 878489
E-mail: admin@soloflute.co.uk
Flute, Clarinet and Recorder Tuition; Flute soloist for weddings, receptions and other special occasions.
Tony Sheldon
Tel. 01538 372251
Guitar Tuition in the Leek and Surrounding Areas; classical, electric and steelstrung acoustic.
The John Waterhouse Guitar Tutor and Coach System
Tel. 01538 383992
John Waterhouse is a guitar player with over 30 years' experience of gigging, touring and recording. Has played guitar on 3 Blues and 8 rock albums including Demon's "Taking the World by Storm'" won the Which CD and Hi Fl music awards 'Best Heavy Metal Album'.
Martyn Wilkes
75 Ashbourne Rd, Leek, ST13 5AU
Tel. 01538 383405
Piano/keyboard tuition
Mrs Rahna Elisabeth Windsor BA LGSM CertEd
37 Rudyard Road, Biddulph Moor, Staffs ST8 7JD.
Tel. 01782 514552 E-mail: rahna_windsor@yahoo.com
Lecturer in Music, Stoke-on-Trent College, Burslem, Staffs.
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