FREE Roma music sessions starting 29th January

We are delighted to announce that we will continue our fantastic collaboration with Manchester International Roots Orchestra (MIRO) with a limited series of FREE workshops exploring Roma music and culture at our Broomwood and Old Trafford Wellbeing Centres.

Last summer, Seed Studios and MIRO hosted a series of fascinating, inspiring music sessions focusing on Egyptian music. Multi-instrumentalist and researcher Mina Mikhail Salama and MIRO founder and Double Bassist Michael Cretu invited participants at both of our centres to try their hand at traditional Coptic instruments as well as to learn about Egyptian song structure through open improvisation sessions. We were overjoyed with how many people said that the sessions were unique and gave them a window into a music and culture they had not yet explored, but we were also elated with how people got up and danced!

We would like to say thank you to everyone who attended these sessions and to Mina for being such a brilliant guide through Egyptian and Coptic music and traditions. With that being said, we are greatly looking forward to our new instalment of our collaboration with MIRO, starting at the end of this month. We are grateful to Arts Council England for supporting our collaboration with MIRO so far.

Michael is an internationally renowned double Bassist who is also the nephew of Johnny Raducanu, the father of Romanian jazz. We will be welcoming Michael Cretu back to draw on his roots from his Romanian family of folk musicians stretching back to the 17th century as we explore and play Roma music together.

Our sessions are free, open to all and require no booking. But if you would like more information, or if you would like to refer someone to our sessions, please email joel@seedstudios.org. Please see session dates and times for each centre below…

Roma music sessions. Broomwood Community Wellbeing Centre, Mainwood Road, Timperley. WA15 7JU
Wednesday 29th January 1pm-3pm
Wednesday 12th February 1pm-3pm
Wednesday 26th February 1pm-3pm

Roma music sessions. Old Trafford Wellbeing Centre, Broome House, 54-56 Seymour Grove, Greater, Old Trafford, Stretford, Manchester M16 0LN
Tuesday 4th February 1pm-3pm
Tuesday 18th February 1pm-3pm
Tuesday 4th March 1pm-3pm