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    1. Tutors & Performers

    Janet Hicks

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    Janet Hicks is an incredibly experienced violinist and tutor, with over 50 years’ experience teaching violin in schools as part of the Hertfordshire Music Service. She read music at the University of Birmingham where she subsequently won the Hayward Scholarship for instrumental studies. She has performed with the Macnaghten String Quartet, the Mid-Herts and Phoenix Quartets. Janet has been a tutor here at Benslow Music since the late 1970s. Today she continues to run courses for string players as well as leading the Hitchin Symphony Orchestra and Letchworth Sinfonia.

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    1. Autumn Intermediate Strings

      Mon 12 – Thu 15 OctoberTutors: Janet Hicks, Willie Hicks
      Become part of a newly formed orchestra in this joyful weekend course for intermediate string players. Hone your ensemble playing skills and learn…
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    2. Spring Intermediate Strings

      Mon 20 – Thu 23 AprilTutors: Janet Hicks, Willie Hicks
      This course provides an opportunity for individual string players of modest ability to enjoy playing together as a string orchestra.
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    3. Winter Elementary Strings

      Mon 26 – Wed 28 JanuaryTutors: Janet Hicks, Willie Hicks
      This course is designed to offer string players of quite modest ability a chance to experience the joys of music-making in an ensemble.
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    4. Spring Elementary Strings

      Mon 11 – Wed 13 MayTutors: Janet Hicks, Willie Hicks
      This course is designed to offer string players of quite modest ability a chance to experience the joys of music-making in an ensemble.
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