Roger Watson

Creative Traditional Arts

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....continuing the legacy of   TAPs logo

Musician

Singer

Songwriter

Tutor

Workshop leader

Project leader

 

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October - December

Sing in the Shorter Days

Farnham Maltings

 AND

 South Hill Park, Bracknell


3rd October

Roger calling and playing as part of Pigeon English at Impart, Lincoln 


 10th October

Robb Johnson and the Irregulars, Rising Sun Institute, Reading 


October 24th -31st

Baring-Gould Folk Festival & Baring-Gould Song School, Okehampton, Devon


See What's Happening page for further details of all events


Recent Events

 

Whitby Folk Week,
Resident caller


The workshops for Age-to Age in Basingstoke (Fairfields Junior School and Townsend Close) funded by Kingfisher Housing Association are now complete.


Overton Junior School Longsword Dancers premiered at Overton Sheep Fair on July 19th


The CD 'Siivet' (Wings) by Minna Raskinen and Seckou Keita, produced by Roger is now released

 

Roger Watson

“A tradition without creativity is in danger of being mistaken for a museum”

Performance, education & training, bringing a new and creative approach to English traditions

 It would be fair to say that more people have been introduced to traditional music, dance and song through TAPS than any other scheme I have ever witnessed.  Roger has made his mark as the leader of this first class development project.  I hope he will continue to fly the flag for TAPS for as long as he can afford the time and has his amazing energy.”   – Steve Heap, Folk Arts England

Since the demise of TAPS, a casualty of Arts Council England’s funding cuts in 2008, Roger continues to deliver and develop, as a freelance artist, the projects, based on English traditions, which he devised for the organisation. He is also available for performance, creative work and as a tutor.

 

Based in Berkshire Roger has worked and continues to work throughout England and Europe.

 

A range of intercultural projects is also delivered by Roger and Musa Mboob under the name of Boka Halat.

 

 

 

 

 

School Workshop  Street Ceilidh  Dacne Workshop

School music workshop in Hampshire       Street ceilidh in Tartu, Estonia        College dance workshop in Grimsby

 

 

 

 

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Music on this page: Peacock's Fancy/ The Plane Tree (jigs) live in Vilnius, Lithuania

Peacock's Fancy [Trad]: The Plane ©Undine Hornby

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