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 Directory: CLASSICAL & TRADITIONAL MUSIC
CHORAL & EARLY MUSIC:
:: Ceramic City Choir.
:: City of Stoke-on-Trent Male Voice Choir.
:: Barbara Walton Singers.
:: The Leek Phoenix Singers.
:: Audley Male Voice Choir.
:: Stoke-on-Trent Festival.
:: Piva - a Leek-based early music ensemble.
:: Keele Philharmonic Choir.
:: Keele Bach Choir.
:: The Daleian Singers - of Newcastle-under-Lyme.
:: Churnet Valley Male Voice Choir.
:: Stone Choral Society.
:: Abbotsholme Arts Society - early and classical music at Uttoxeter.
:: Midlands Early Music Forum.
:: Newcastle Male Voice Choir.
:: Stafford and District Choral Society.
See also: Midlands North NAC Group - National Association of Choirs listings
CLASSICAL AND OPERA
:: Keele Philharmonic Orchestra - a touring Orchestra that is open for membership to the staff and students of Keele University.
:: The Keele University Philharmonic Society and the Keele Concert Society.
:: North Staffordshire Operatic Society.
:: Stoke-on-Trent Festival.
:: Leek All Saints Operatic Society.
:: Bella Musica String Quartet - a professional ensemble based in North Staffordshire & South Cheshire.
:: Greenways String Group - an amateur string group based in North Staffordshire.
:: City of Stoke-on-Trent Chamber Orchestra.
:: North Staffordshire Symphony Orchestra.
:: Newcastle Strings - a small, friendly string orchestra based in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
:: Stoke-on-Trent City Music School.
:: Staffordshire Performing Arts.
:: Friends of Newcastle Music - a dedicated voluntary group which runs a wide range of classical music training sessions for young people, and puts on concerts.
:: Denise Leigh - well known opera singer, from Audley nr. Newcastle-under-Lyme. Winner of Operatunity, 2003.
:: Clonter Opera Theatre - the famous 400-seat opera venue, eleven miles from Stoke, in the countryside near Congleton. Their musical director is Anthony Legge, director of opera at the Royal Academy of Music.
:: Staffordshire Chamber Orchestra.
TRADITIONAL FOLK CLUBS AND OUTLETS
:: Leek Folk Club at the Foxlowe Arts Centre.
:: Potteries Folk Club.
:: Stafford Folk Players.
:: North Staffordshire Folk Diary - quarterly newsletter, comprehensively listing all venues and gigs. Subscriptions cost just five stamps per year.
:: Traditional Drama Research Group - keeps an online record of all folk plays performed in Staffordshire since 2001, and has notices of forthcoming performances.
:: Sean Jones of Jones Instruments. Sean is a master traditional bagpipe maker - based at Biddulph Moor.
:: Stafford Folk Players. Organises the annual Stafford Music Day for folk performers.
:: Midlands Traditional Arts Team. The Team delivers top quality traditional folk music and storytelling to venues across the West Midlands. They are now spearheading a new regional development programme for traditional music and song, fronted by their magazine Folk Monthly.
:: See also the .
Folk music fans in North Staffordshire are also well served by BBC Radio; with four hours per week on BBC Radio Stoke (Sundays 8pm-10pm), Sunday Folk on BBC Radio Shropshire, plus the national BBC Radio 2 programmes. The former BBC Derby/Nottingham FolkWaves programme is soon to be a podcast. And if that lot can't satisfy you — then a great many summer folk festivals are also held in and around the Midlands, with the main acoustic festival held in Uttoxeter.
WORLD, ROOTS & FUSION
:: Shruthi UK - Indian Music and Arts organisation, based in Staffordshire.
:: The Boat Band.
:: The Hindu Cultural Society, Staffordshire.
FLUTE AND BAGPIPE
:: Farnham Haywood - a flute-player and spiritual drummer, who is working on his second album.
:: Sean Jones of Jones Instruments. Sean is a master traditional bagpipe maker - based at Biddulph Moor.
:: The Crooked Bawbees - a Staffordshire folk band specialising in traditional Northumbrian -style folk music, including the classic Northumbrian pipes.
:: Josephene Bailey - based in Leek. Professional solo flute player, her repertoire includes modern Celtic, traditional Folk, & Classical.
:: Sean Jones of Jones Instruments. Sean is a master traditional bagpipe maker - based at Biddulph Moor.
BRASS, MARCHING, AND ACCORDIANS
:: Audley Brass Band.
:: Trentham Brass.
:: Stone Town Band.
:: Staffordshire Knights Drum & Bugle Band.
:: North Staffordshire Accordian Club.
ORGANS & BELL-RINGING
:: North Staffordshire Association of Change Ringers.
 North Staffordshire Organ Society.
TRADITIONAL DRUMMING
:: Farnham Haywood - a spiritual drummer.
:: - regular drumming opportunities and drumming workshops for community events and festivals.
:: Carol Howard (aka Angels in Arts) - teaches 'world fusion tribal' dance and also teaches drumming.
JAZZ & SWING
:: The Rachel Rimmer Band - based & performing in North Staffordshire.
:: The Old Fashioned Love Band.
:: Mr Will - Newcastle-under-Lyme photographer specialising in live music, particularly jazz.
The Old Brown Jug, in Newcastle-under-Lyme - a popular local venue for intimate jazz performances.
PRIVATE MUSIC & SINGING TUTORS
:: Sally Rivers - a highly experienced vocal and singing coach, based in Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent.
:: Andrew Brakes - an experienced piano tutor based in Stafford.
:: Emma Clayton - Emma is a private music tutor based in Lightwood, Stoke-on-Trent. Emma can tutor for Clarinet, Saxophone, Piano (for beginners), Recorder, and Music Theory. She also runs a small, friendly ensemble for Clarinet and Saxophone musicians of all ages.
:: Kindermusic with Shelly - offers specialist music classes for babies and very young children.
:: Steven Harper - based in Stoke-on-Trent, Steve offers a wide range of musical services including piano lessons, singing lessons, wedding pianist and wedding singing.
:: Monkey Music of Stone, Staffordshire. Music for early years children.
INSTRUMENT MAKERS & REPAIRS
:: Barleycorn Concertinas - a maker of hand-crafted concertinas, and can also repair violins.
:: Sean Jones of Jones Instruments. Sean is a master traditional bagpipe maker - based at Biddulph Moor.
:: Eric Moulder, of Leek - expert maker of authentic Renaissance woodwind instruments. See also: the Leek-based early-music group Piva.
:: Baroque Bassoon, of Leek - bassoon maker.
:: Stafford Classical Guitar Centre.
:: Tim Toft Violins - of Stone, Staffordshire.
:: Michael Syson, piano tuner.
LISTINGS & FESTIVALS
:: North Staffordshire Folk Diary - quarterly newsletter, comprehensively listing all venues and gigs. Subscriptions cost just five stamps per year.
SUPPORT, COLLECTORS, ARCHIVES & RESEARCH
:: The English Folk Dance & Song Society holds the North Staffs. branch archives, 1921-1976.
:: The Staffordshire Multimedia Archive.
:: Unit for the Study of Musical Skill and Development - based at Keele University.
SCHOOLS
:: Staffordshire Performing Arts - from the County Council, a site aimed at teachers in school and colleges.
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