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Ansells Farm is a charming, characterful 16th century farmhouse in an idyllic rural position 5 miles south of Sudbury, an ideal base for exploring the villages and countryside of the Stour Valley.-
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- Song Workshop at Ansells Farm, January 2013: The Generation Game – Songs for and about the family, children and childhood
- Song Workshop at Ansells Farm, December 2012: Whatever the Weather…
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Song workshop at Ansells Farm, July 2011: Wine, Women and Song
July 1-3 2011 The theme was the Joy of Life, and in this extended version of our normal Song Workshops we had more opportunity to explore this repertoire. Please email stephen@varcoe.com for details. Find out more about our Song Workshops.
Song workshop at Ansells Farm, April 2011: Sing a Song of Springtime
Spring is traditionally when a young man’s fancy does its thing, and naturally enough, a young woman’s as well. Since the majority of songs are about Love, a good number of them are Spring songs too. Bring along your favourites and hear what … Continue reading
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Song workshop at Ansells Farm, February 2011: Songs to Share
Songs to Share is now fully booked, but we have a waiting list in case of cancellations. Please email stephen@varcoe.com for details. Find out more about our Song Workshops.
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Celebrating Grainger 2011
Stephen will be appearing in The Harmonious Songsmith, a part of the “Celebrating Grainger 2011” series from 17th-20th February 2011 at Kings Place, London. 50 years after his death, the virtuoso pianist and composer Percy Grainger (1882-1961) is emerging as … Continue reading
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Song Workshop at Ansells Farm, Saturday November 27th 2010
Our next song workshop at Ansells Farm has the theme “Comedy & Tragedy – The Two Faces of Drama”. This workshop has been postponed from October 2nd until November 27th due to circumstances beyond our control. Contact Stephen Varcoe (stephen@varcoe.com) … Continue reading
Ansells Music Weekend with Stephen & Melinda Varcoe July 2nd – 4th 2010
“… your weekends really are the most perfect experiences”… A quote from one of the letters we received after this, our second annual festival, voted even better than last year’s by participants and audiences. Once again the weather gods were soothed by … Continue reading
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Song Workshop at Ansells Farm, April 2010
We hosted the first Song Workshop of the year on Feb 13th entitled “Love in Adversity”, which was fully subscribed and greatly enjoyed. The next one is on Apr 24th, exploring songs by composers with significant anniversaries this year – … Continue reading
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Song Workshop at Ansells Farm, November 2009
Our forthcoming Song Day, November 28th, entitled ‘The Animal Kingdom’ is already fully subscribed. However, if anyone is interested, please email stephen@varcoe.com to put your name on our waiting list, and of course, receive notification about future dates.
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Concert: Desert Island Songs
St Peter’s, Sudbury Sunday, October 25 2009 7.30 pm Desert Island Songs an Entertaining Collection of Personal Favourites sung by Stephen Varcoe with Christina Lawrie at the piano Aided, Abetted and Compèred by Andrew Phillips Tickets £10 reserved, £8 unreserved … Continue reading
Singing Workshop at Ansells, September 2009
Our forthcoming Song Day, September 26th, entitled ‘Sun, Moon & Stars’ is already fully subscribed. However, if anyone is interested, please email stephen@varcoe.com to put your name on our waiting list, and of course, receive notification about future dates. The … Continue reading
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