Commencing after the Easter Holidays, on 12th April, a small number of pupils will have the opportunity to build their own banjo, from scratch. Workshop time will be programmed on Tuesdays and/or Wednesdays, immediately after the school day. The cost will be £45 per person in total. This covers materials and banjo hardware used. The […]
The first Banjoworks workshop ran during the school Easter holidays, over nine days. Three S1 pupils (twelve years of age) and one former pupil attended. Two of the pupils, Daniel Gough and Robbie Ferguson, built their banjos, start to finish in the nine days. One pupil, Scott Nicoll could only attend during the five days […]
The first banjo workshop will run during Easter holidays 2015 at Forfar Academy. Numbers will be limited to ten pupils, from S2 and S3. An initial meeting, to introduce the project to pupils, will be held in room 521 at 1.15pm on Wednesday 18th February. An introductory letter for parents is available to download here. […]
This project is the blueprint for what I hope will be achieved with BanjoWorks. In May 2012, the normal teaching timetable at The Royal High School, where I then taught, was suspended and pupils were given the opportunity to try other activities. I offered eleven S2 and S3 pupils the chance to build a banjo […]