2026 Autumn Residential Weekend

16-18 October

Wellington School, Somerset

More experienced players are welcome but tuition at the Autumn Weekend is focused on:-

• POST-BEGINNERS: have only been playing a very short time and have some idea of the layout of the instrument
• IMPROVERS: have been playing for some months, can understand the layout of the fingerboard including F#, C# and Bb and can read music a little
• INTERMEDIATE PLAYERS: can play and read music with some fluency at a modest tempo.

 There are workshops for English, Anglo, and Duet systems.

A limited number of club instruments are available for all systems. 

Anglo tuition is on C/G instruments. 

You can also learn how to take care of your concertina and do simple maintenance.

On Friday and Saturday evening there is a chance to play along “bar-session style” with the rest of the club, starting at a gentle tempo.

On  Saturday evening there is a Tutors' Showcase.

For intermediate players there is the Band, suitable for all systems, playing mainly folk and dance tunes.  Band musicians will ideally be able to read music and play at tempo. There is also an intermediate level workshop on Song Accompaniment.

To add variety to the the timetable there are optional sessions such as  Slow Tunes, Rounds, Hornpipes and Cotswold Morris tunes