Shrewkfest 2025 workshops

AD Cooke is a Professional Singer/ Songwriter and Vocal Coach with over 20 years experience.

This workshop is a vocal coaching session covering all the important factors needed for good singing.

This includes tips on how to improve and strengthen your singing voice, find your vocal range, and choose the right songs for your voice.

This is always a popular workshop and is a real eye opener for anyone who hasn’t had a singing lesson before.

Absolutely no solo singing required.

	FRIDAY 1st August at 18.00 Will Grove-White wksp 1: 7th Barre Chords, Chord Z and Muting Meet the king of chords - chord Z! and learn how to use it to make your strumming sound super fancy. We’ll also learn about muting the strings as well as about inversions of 7th chords - my favourite shortcut to ukulele heaven. Best for players who know the basic first position chords and can strum a bit already.	1 Down in the Valley F C7 2 Iko Iko G D7 3 Funky Chords 4 Keyboard and Fret notes 5 7th positions up the neck 6 OohBeeDoo 7 Hot Tamales
	SATURDAY 2nd August at 13.00 Josh Jewsbury workshop: Bass workshop Take the guesswork out of creating bass runs, fills and patterns. Josh will show you how to effectively build bass runs with easily acquired skills, all without the need for in depth knowledge of music theory. Suitable for all levels of player	1 Bass workshop A minor scale 2 Bass workshop Bass exercise 3 Bass workshop C major scale
	SATURDAY 2nd August at 14.15 Phil Doleman workshop 1: Fingerpicking Train Songs We'll learn "Midnight Special", "Freight Train", and "Waiting For A Train" and transform them with fingerpicking patterns, ready for you to take them to the stage. Beginner/ intermediate	01 Phil D Fingerpicking Train Songs 02 Phil D Fingerpicking Train Songs 03 Phil D Fingerpicking Train Songs
	SATURDAY 2nd August at 15.30 A.D. Cooke workshop 1: Take your Singing to the next level A vocal coaching workshop AD Cooke is a Professional Singer/ Songwriter and Vocal Coach with over 20 years experience. This workshop is a vocal coaching session covering all the important factors needed for good singing. This includes tips on how to improve and strengthen your singing voice, find your vocal range, and choose the right songs for your voice. This is always a popular workshop and is a real eye opener for anyone who hasn’t had a singing lesson before. Absolutely no solo singing required.	1 Stand by me 1-1 2 Stand by me 2
	SATURDAY 2nd August at 18.00 Will Grove-White wksp 2: Arranging Songs For A Massed Ukulele Ensemble Let’s think like a ukulele orchestra! We’ll take a couple of classic tunes and arrange them for an ensemble of ukuleles. Like any orchestra worth its salt, we’ll need singers, soloists, rhythm players and some dance moves. In other words, we'll make it up as we go along. Suitable for all levels	1 50s prog melange 2 Bring me Sunshine 3 La Vie en Rose 4 Pachelbel Melange 5 Simply the Best 6 TEENAGE KICKS 7 When the Saints Come Round the Mountain
	SUNDAY 3rd August at 10.30 Percy Copley workshop 1: Rhythm workout - get that right hand going! Percy will get your right hand moving with easy exercises and a straightforward way to pick up rhythms. Starting with simple rhythmic patterns and work up to particular rhythms and strums used in some favourite songs. Make that right hand as strong as it should be! For all levels. And tequila lovers.	01 Ukulele strum rhythm-1 02 Ukulele strum rhythm-2 03 Ukulele strum rhythm-3 04 Ukulele rhythm workout
	SUNDAY 3rd August at 13.00 Phil Doleman workshop 2: Jazzing It Up Simple ways to take familiar chords and add more tonal ‘colour’. We’ll take a simple uke songbook version of I Got Rhythm and develop it into something that really sounds like jazz! Intermediate/ Advanced	01 Phil D Jazzing it up- Rhythm Changes 02 Phil D Jazzing it up- Rhythm Changes
	SUNDAY 3rd August at 14.15 Percy Copley workshop 2: Basic Clawhammer Get that right hand claw picking out the clawhammer strum and tune. Get a dance rhythm in your hand and bring out your bum-titty. Basic right hand technique for accompaniment and playing tunes. All levels, but starting from a beginning level.	1 Basic Clawhammer ukulele