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As a singer, dancer and instrumentalist, John Kirkpatrick has been one of the most prominent figures on the English Folk Scene for many years. He has performed and recorded extensively both as a soloist and as a member of duos, groups and bands, presenting a repertoire of music, songs and dances firmly rooted in traditional English practice. He is also regarded as a particularly fine exponent of the button accordion, the anglo concertina and the melodeon, and is frequently called upon as a mainstream session musician in fields of music quite outside the folk idiom. On radio, he has hosted several programmes himself and been a frequent contributor to others, particularly in the specialist folk music slots, but also in the broader arts programmes such as Kaleidoscope, Night Waves and Reading Music. In the theatre, John's fluency with traditional music has meant he can contribute an atmosphere of great authenticity to historical plays, but he is also a flexible composer and songwriter and an inventive choreographer, and has covered an enormous range of styles. His experience as a workshop leader and teacher of singing, instrumental and dancing skills makes him ideally suited to helping actors find their best performance, and he is able to concoct arrangements to suit all levels of ability from enthusiastic beginners to seasoned professionals. From 1980 to 1998, John Kirkpatrick was a frequent collaborator in many of the productions at the Victoria Theatre, later the New Victoria Theatre, in North Staffordshire, under its Director, Peter Cheeseman. This is Peter's programme note from their last project together before he retired - "The Tempest"
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