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Workshops
Bluegrass Banjo - Avram Siegel
Old-Time Fiddle - James Leva
Clawhammer Banjo - Rose Sinclair
Old-Time Fiddle / Old-Time Banjo - Brad Leftwich
Traditional Singing Styles - Alice Gerrard
Appalachian Clogging - Evie Ladin
Bluegrass Fiddle with Laurie Lewis has been canceled.
See details below
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Saturday, Feb. 8 Avram Siegel (True Blue, The Kathy Kallick Band) is widely regarded as the most original banjo player to emerge from the Bay Area bluegrass scene. His bluesy, syncopated rhythm is always fresh and exciting without forsaking the traditional Scruggs style. He shows remarkable restraint and taste in every musical situation. Over the past 20 years, Avram has performed in a wide variety of bands, from Grant Street to Vern Williams and True Blue, and the Kathy Kallick Band, with whom he currently tours nationally and internationally. To reserve your space: email avram@truebluegrass.com or call Avram at (510) 845-7310. |
Sunday, Feb. 9 James has taught at for over 20 years at such places as Ashokan, Swannannoa, Fiddle Tunes, Augusta, Fiddle Head, Puget Sound Guitar Workshop. About the workshop, he says: We'll be exploring some of the variations in style and repertoire found in different areas of the Appalachians, particularly these three: VA/NC (Round Peak), West Virginia, Eastern Kentucky. So students should already be able to play tunes with a recognizable melody and solid rhythm and be ready to experiment with techniques that give each of these styles a distinctive character both melodically and rhythmically. To reserve your space: email lynne@ithaca.com
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Sunday, February 9 Clawhammer Banjo Rose Sinclair (of James Leva & Memory Theatre) is a fantastic multi-instrumentalist who has taught at Ashokan and Fiddle Tunes. She was a founding member of the Heartbeats, a neo-traditional band that won first place in the old-time band contest at Galax, and that toured with 10,000 Maniacs and Mary Chapin Carpenter. To reserve your space email: polingsf@earthlink.net or call 415 386-6978. |
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Saturday, February 15 Alice Gerrard (Tom, Brad & Alice, Hazel & Alice) has taught classes in vocal style with emphasis on old-time Primitive Baptist-style singing to early country. She concentrates on emphasizing style, putting yourself into a song, what gives a song its character.This class will include unaccompanied as well as accompanied singing. Alice has taught at "Fiddle Tunes" (Port Townsend, WA); Mars Hill College's (Mars Hill, NC) Old-Time Music Week; Augusta Heritage Workshops (Elkins, WV), Old-Time Music Week; Pinewoods Music Camp (Plymouth, MA), Folk Music Week; Ashokan Old-Time Music Week (West Hurley, NY), the Swannanoa Gathering (Swannanoa, NC) Old-Time Music Week, Gainsborough (England), String Thaw (Penland, NC), Ozark Folk Center (Mountain View, AR), Montana Fiddle Camp (Roundup, MT). THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW FULL. Thanks to all those who signed up.
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Sunday, Feb. 16
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Sunday, Feb. 16 Brad Leftwich (Tom, Brad & Alice) is a highly regarded old time musician who learned directly from Round Peak master Tommy Jarrell. Brad has created several instructional videos and books for both fiddle and clawhammer banjo technique. To reserve your space email: falkw@prodigy.net
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Sundays, Feb. 9 & 16 Appalachian Clogging Evie Ladin (The Stairwell Sisters & How You Duo Trio) trained since early child-hood in the School of Step-a- Tunes & Late Night Dance Parties, at music festivals all over the East Coast. For ten years she toured nationally with Rhythm In Shoes, performing and teaching a variety of percussive dance styles. Evie teaches workshops in percussive dance and banjo nationally, at festivals and camps such as Augusta, Ashokan, CBA Camp, and Puget Sound. The Beginning Clogging class will give dancers the rudiments they need to know to dance percussively to old-time music. In Adv. Beginning Clogging, dancers will explore some more complex footwork, choreography, and approaches to freestyling. To reserve your space: email eviekay@bluemarble.net
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