Improvisation Workshop

Sunday 28 June, 1.00pm

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Christopher Weston and Jeffery Wilson

Venue: Thaxted Parish Church.
Tickets: £10 for participants: any accompanying parents/carers free.
Please book below, and email music@thaxtedfestival.co.uk telling us your instrument(s) and an indication of level.

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With Jazz Quartet: Jeffery Wilson, saxophones; Christopher Weston, piano; Tony Hougham, bass; Neil Hogan, drums.

Join Festival Artistic Director and pianist Christopher Weston in an exploration of improvised music, from straight-ahead swing to modal grooves, from African and Indian influenced music, to a specially composed 'Thaxted Blues'. Suitable for any instrumentalist above grade 3. Please register by emailing music@thaxtedfestival.co.uk telling us your instrument(s), so that we can cater for numbers. This event is free, thanks to funding support for our music education and development work.

Venue: Thaxted Parish Church.
Tickets: £10 for participants: any accompanying parents/carers free.
Please book below, and email music@thaxtedfestival.co.uk telling us your instrument(s) and an indication of level.

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