Frankie Armstrong
Hello wherever you are from Frankie Armstrong, whether we've met in person, or via recordings or maybe not at all till now.
This
newsletter covers public workshops and courses. Please note that unless we
ourselves are organising the event (as noted below), you should get in touch
with the listed contact person for details of times, costs, etc.
If you wish to
find out about other voice teachers and/or community choirs that work in a
similar way to Frankie, contact the NATURAL VOICE PRACTITIONERS NETWORK
phone 01923 444 440;
website: www.naturalvoice.net;
e-mail: admin@naturalvoice.net.
Frankie’s Programme from September 2009
FRANKIE ARMSTRONG 45 Cecil St, Cardiff CF24 1NW +44 (0)29 2048 0429
armstrongf@talk21.com www.frankiearmstrong.com
Workshops, Concerts, Conferences, Residential Courses
September
1: Concert. Frankie will be singing as part of the Acoustic Music
Club (The Tuesday Club) at 7.30 at South Riverside Community Development Centre,
Brunel St, Cardiff.
September 5-6: Voice Workshops in Belfast. (Contact: Kate
Fletcher, 028 9079 6697.)
September
13: Concert, Liverpool, Working Class Music Festival. Frankie with
Roy Bailey, David Ferrard and Leon Rosselson.
(For this and other events, contact: Alun Parry on alun.parry@gmail.com
or 07739 020
030.)
September
16-20: Frankie is attending the stunning International Festival of
Polyphonic Song in Calvi, Corsica.
(Information, contact: www.holidaysincorsica.co.uk/Events.htm)
September 21: Concert for One World Peace Day,
8 pm, Dempsey's Pub (opposite the
castle), Cardiff. Poetry including Patrick Jones, song including Beverley
Humphreys,
Frankie, Amanda Rackstraw and Cath Little, and Cor Cochion choir, musicians
including Bob Evans and Mikey Price.
October
3: Voice Workshop at the Abermarle Centre, Hull.
(Contact: Charles Huckvale, 07979 946 165.)
October 4: Voice workshop, 3.30-5.30 pm, at Wakefield
Cathedral as part of a memorial day for the miner's strike. (Contact:
Ali Bullivent - 01924 254 25; bullivent@hotmail.com
)
October 6: Concert. Frankie will be singing as part of the
Acoustic Music Club (The Tuesday Club) at 7.30 at South Riverside Community
Development Centre, Brunel St, Cardiff.
October 16-18: Carry It On. Frankie and Rowena Whitehead
at Kinnersely Castle,
Herefordshire. A skills training, support and networking weekend providing
inspiration, ideas and refreshment to leaders of singing groups. Suitable
for less experienced singing and voice teachers and also for more seasoned
practitioners who are in need of nourishment.
(For information and bookings, Contact: Rowena Whitehead 01223 573 288 or
email
talkingintune@ntlworld.com)
October 23: Edinburgh. Fifty years of Rosselsongs. Leon with
Frankie, Sandra Kerr, Janet Russel and others.
(Look at www.leonrosselson.co.uk)
October
24: Glasgow. Memorial Concert for Ewan MacColl with Peggy Seeger,
Sandra Kerr, John Faulkner, Brian Pearson, Frankie and others at the Centre
for Political Song. (Contact: Peter Cox coxpeter@btinternet.com
)
October
27: Ryburn Folk Club at The Alma Inn at Cottonstones between Ripponden
and Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire. Watch out for other events in Yorkshire during
that week.
(Contact: Chris Coe 01422 822413; www.ryburn3step.org.uk/club.htm)
October
31: Voice Workshop, Huddersfield.
(Contact: Jenny Goodman at singing.jennyg@virgin.net)
November
1: Voice Workshop (10am - 1pm). Grand Union Folk Club, Soar Bridge
in
Barrow-upon-Soar, Loughborough.
(Contact: Bill Wilkes 01509 813 566, www.guf.org.uk)
November 1 (eve): Concert at Tiger Folk Club at The Tiger
Inn, Long Eaton, Derbyshire
(Contact: John Bentham, 01509 558 197, www.tigerfolk.com)
November 3: Concert. Frankie will be singing as part of the
Acoustic Music Club (The Tuesday Club) at 7.30 at South Riverside Community
Development Centre, Brunel St, Cardiff.
November 6: Celebratory concert at 7.30pm at The Sage, Gateshead.
Fifty years of
Rosselsongs featuring Leon Rosselson with Frankie Armstrong, Roy Bailey, Martin
Carthy, Robb Johnson, Sandra Kerr and Janet Russell.
(For details see: www.leonrosselson.co.uk,
www.thesagegateshead.org)
November 7: Raise your Banners (weekend festival). Celebratory
concert in Bradford. Fifty years of Rosselsongs featuring Leon Rosselson with
Frankie Armstrong, Roy Bailey, Martin Carthy, Robb Johnson, Sandra Kerr, and
Janet Russell.
(For details see: www.leonrosselson.co.uk,
www.raiseyourbanners.org)
November 8: Manchester. Fifty years of Rosselsongs featuring
Leon Rosselson with Frankie Armstrong, Sandra Kerr, Janet Russell and
others.
(For details see: www.leonrosselson.co.uk)
November 13: Informal evening of Songs and storytelling,
The Library, Friends Meeting House, 7 Victoria Tce, Edinburgh with Jasmine
Perinpanayagam, Jo Richards, Frankie and others.
(Contact: Jasmine, 0131 477 1073; 07742 196 293.)
November 14: Workshop, St John’s Church Hall (corner
of Lothian Rd and Prince’s St),
Edinburgh.
(Contact: Frankie Armstrong, 029 2048 0429.) [Early bird price (before Oct
22nd), is £
30/20 (conc); Full price £35 / 25 (conc); cheques made out to ‘Frankie
Armstrong’ and sent to me at 45 Cecil St, Cardiff CF24 1NW, South Wales]
November 18: Joint Concert, Frankie with Amanda Rackstraw,
8pm, Milgi’s Yurt, City Rd, Cardiff.
November 22: Voice Workshop in Cardiff.
(Contact: Jules Steinson, jsteinson2000@yahoo.com)
November 27-29: Voices of the Archetypes of Myth in Broadway,
rural Worcestershire. An exciting, exploratory way of accessing different
aspects of our voices and ourselves by ‘trying on’ some figures
from the world’s mythology, such asthe Huntress, the Child, the Trickster
and the Mother. Participants do not need to be singers or actors, though the
workshop will enhance the skills of those professions, but simply need a willingness
to enter into their capacity for play and imagination.
(Contact: Farncombe Estate, 01386 854 100; www.farncombeestate.co.uk/courseslist.asp?fac=29)
December 1: Concert. Frankie will be singing as part of
the Acoustic Music Club (The
Tuesday Club) at 7.30 at South Riverside Community Development
Centre, Brunel St,
Cardiff.
December 2 (Weds): Concert in Halifax, celebrating 50 years of Rosselsongs,
with Leon Rosselson, Janet Russell, Martin Carthy, Sandra Kerr, Frankie and
others.
(Contact: Janet Russell on janetsings@blueyonder.co.uk
or see www.leonrosselson.co.uk)
December 10: Concert for Medical Aid for Children in
Gaza at Dempsey's Pub (opposite the castle), Cardiff at 8pm. Frankie
with Cor Cochion, Imran Khan, Bob Evans and Maryanne Roberts, Amanda Rackstraw,
Cath Little, Shanee Taylor and more friends.
December 12: Book Re-Launch - relaunch of Frankie's
autobiography at Housmans
Bookshop, 5 Caledonion Rd, Kings Cross, London at 5-7 pm. (Contact: Nick,
0207 837 4473)
2010
Frankie will be in Australia from January to March (more details to come of public events, but she can be contacted when she's in Australia on her mobile 0410 709 506 - from January 17 to March 25).
April
7-13: Voice Workshop Leader’s Training Week. A training week
at Kinnersley Castle, Herefordshire with Frankie and Darien for those who
wish to incorporate the Natural Voice approach to voice into their work.
(Places restricted to 12 people, bookings by the end of February 2010)
(For details or booking forms, contact: Frankie, 029 2048 0429)
“I learned so much in such a short time and it has really given
me so many ideas about how to
move forward in my work...... Truly a magical experience. My singing voice
is completely different
and everyone has been commenting on it.” (from a lecturer in community
music who was a participant at the 2008 training week.)
April 23-25:
Concert and workshops in Cambridge. (Details to come, contact: Rowena
Whitehead, 01223 573 288, talkingintune@ntlworld.com)
May 8: Concert. Frankie is a guest at the Cellar Folk Club, North London. (Contact Sheila Miller, 0207 281 7700, www.cellarupstairs.org.uk)
June 4:
Concert at Fo'c'sle Folk Club at Southampton. (Contact: Jane and Trevor,
01703 456 337, www.focsle.org.uk)
July 2-4: Singing with the whole self. Voice workshop in Broadway,
Worcestershire.
(Contact: Farncombe Estate, 01386 854100; www.farncombeestate.co.uk)
October
23-30: Let Your Voice Out. Frankie leads a week long,
residential voice
workshop at Cortijo Romero holiday centre in a very beautiful valley in Southern
Spain.
This is a chance to explore the range, power and expressivity of your voice
in a
relaxed, supportive atmosphere while also enjoying swimming, walking, wonderful
food and glorious scenery.
(Contact: Janice Gray, 01494 765 775; www.cortijo-romero.co.uk).
November 13: Voice workshop (daytime) and performance (evening) at Lewes Saturday Folk Club. (Contact: Valmai Goodyear, 01273 476 757; www.lewesarmsfolkclub.org)
