Melodeon Playgroup started in 2012, with the realisation that there was a lack of workshops available for players who were at the very beginning of their experience with the melodeon, or who perhaps lacked the confidence or experience to join established music sessions.

 

Since then the event has become very popular, with those brand new returning as improvers, and this has continued with the Improvers now being Intermediate or even Advanced players!!  The Playgroup has expanded in line with demand and from 2024 offer workshops for four levels of players: Beginners, Improvers, Intermediates and Advanced.

 

Our regular tutor who has taken both Beginners and Improvers groups - Helena - was a nervous newbie at our very first Playgroup, and has penned a wonderful history of how the event was first conceived, and how it has developed into the form it takes today. Please click here to read her history, and we are certain it will give confidence to even the most apprehensive new player that they can join us and can learn to play in the safe and friendly environment that is the Melodeon Playgroup.

 

        

The Playgroup takes place in February each year, and is based at the Fleece Inn, Bretforton, Evesham, Worcestershire.

 

The formal workshop sessions take place on the Saturday, however the weekend starts with separate sessions in the Pub and the Barn on the Friday and Saturday evenings to allow for the less confident players to go at a slower pace away from the more experienced players who tend to race away at speed!

 

 

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Please contact us to be added to our mailing list

melodeonplaygroup@gmail.com

 

Melodeon Playgroup is for players of the D/G melodeon. Players of melodeons in other keys are welcome to join us but must understand that the workshops will be based on the D/G box and tunes will generally be in the keys of D, G and Em.

 

Melodeon Playgroup is a Community Interest Company, and is a non-profit making event, organised entirely by volunteers. The organisers reserve the right to make changes to the programme in case of unforeseen circumstances.