Seattle Contra Tune Repertoire Builder
If you are interested in learning to play some of the tunes that you dance to each week, you should come join us! We’re learning tunes by ear, practicing playing together in a group, and building and maintaining a shared local repertoire.
We’ll learn two or three contra dance tunes by ear per session. All instruments and levels are welcome. The focus will largely be on melody.
🗓 We meet once a month for a 2-hour session: 2nd Sundays from 6-8 PM. Please be a few minutes early so you can unpack and be ready to start playing at 6!
🏡 We have several generous hosts for the session, in homes located just north of Seattle. We’ll send out the location with the session reminders for anyone on our list.
🎵 We have two incredible teachers, who have a ton of experience playing for contra dances and teaching: Hayden Stern and Sarah Comer. We may also have a guest teacher now and then.
💸 These teaching sessions are free! Donations are appreciated, but not required.
💌 If you are interested in attending or would like more information, please send an email to contratunebuilder@gmail.com, or fill out the Email List Signup form on this page.
💡 This has been strongly inspired by the Portland Contra Tune Sessions - check them out here!
🗓️ Upcoming Sessions
Use this link to add the sessions to your Google Calendar.
🎵 Tune Archive
If you want to check out the tunes we’re learning, you can view them by name or by session.