- “The Beautiful Music All Around Us,” with Stephen Wade - This program of The Beautiful Music All Around Us combines live music, projected images, and spoken narrative that traces Stephen Wade’s journey into musical traditions across the American South. Wade’s remarkable
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- Ballads Workshop, with Dan Keding - Ballads are the big songs of the folk music world – their history is big, their size is big and their impact on an audience and on the artist is
- Banjo and Fiddle Dynamics Workshop, with Richie Stearns and Rosie Newton - Richie and Rosie share their tips for getting the best out of a fiddle and banjo pairing. Saturday, November 2nd, 4:00pm-5:00pm C4A Free
- Banjo Styles Workshop, with Stephen Wade - 2013 Grammy nominee Stephen Wade plays in a variety of banjo styles largely learned from personal contact with older generation Southern musicians. Last fall he released Banjo Diary: Lessons from
- Beginning Tin Whistle Workshop, with Dean Karres - Come for a low stress introduction to the tin whistle (penny whistle). This workshop is for the complete novice. You will be shown correct hand and finger position; a simple scale; and,
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- Cigar Box Banjo Workshop, with Tony Taylor - Interested in building your own cigar box guitar/banjo? Join Ascendent Instruments owner Tony Taylor as he shows off his varied collection of home-made instruments and gets you thinking about how
- Creative Art of the Drum Circle Workshop - Join storyteller and drummer Oba William King for a spirited drum circle workshop! This interactive workshop is for all ages. Bring your drum. Some loaners may be available. Generously sponsored
- Dance Try-Its - Yes, you CAN have it all! Spend a delightful hour-and-a-half learning three different dance traditions. Irish (with Daniel Flora) English and Scandinavian (with Jon and Sue Hanson) International Folk
- Day of the Dead Workshop, with Los Condenados Huastecos - In the Mexican Huasteca and Sierra Gorda regions, it is custom for huapango huasteco and huapango arribeño ensembles to perform the vinuete at vigils for patron saints and funeral wakes. In
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- Don’t Fear the Speaker: A Musician’s Guide to Live Sound, with the Red Sea Pedestrians - This workshop covers the basics of live sound geared towards working musicians: how to hook up a simple PA when you need to run sound yourself, how to work with
- Fiddling from Far to Near, with Kate Fritz - Join Kate Fritz for an exploration of the western fiddle music diaspora. How did the migration of people: Irish, Scottish, West African, French, Caribbean, and Roma, affect the sounds of
- Fingerpicking in Open D, with David Berchtold - Join David Berchtold for a workshop on basic to intermediate techniques for playing folk and blues in open D tuning. David will cover finger picking, basic chord shapes, and moveable
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- Guitar Fingerpicking & Songwriting Workshop, with Keith Harden - Here’s your chance to learn from master picker and songwriter, Keith Harden! Saturday, November 2nd, 1:45pm-2:45pm C4A III Free
- Harmonica Workshop With Doug and Dave - It’s easy to begin to learn to play harmonica! Doug Schroer and Dave Witzany will lead the group using key of C diatonic 10 hole harmonicas to help you learn about the instrument
- Harmony Workshop, with the Whipstitch Sallies - Learn to sing those tight harmonies with the Whipstitch Sallies! Saturday, November 2nd, 3:15pm-4:15pm C4A II Free
- Jazzin’ Up Your Blues, Guitar Workshop with Ivas Dambrauskas and Zach Priester - Band leader Ivas John and guitar player Zach Priester (an alum of the jazz program at the University of New Orleans) will help guitar players with concepts that can make
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- Make & Take Instruments, with the Viper - Join The Viper and His Famous Orchestra for an interactive build-a-band workshop. The ultimate “green” musical experience, you’ll learn how to make fully-functioning instruments out of recycled & repurposed household
- Music of Elizabeth Douglas, aka Memphis Minnie 1929-1950, with Del Rey - Join Del Rey for a workshop on the life and songs of America’s most influential acoustic blues musician. An innovative guitarist with a recording career that charts the entire development
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- Prairie Dogs Performance and Beatles Play-Along - Calling musicians of all levels!! The Prairie Dogs invite you to BRING YOUR INSTRUMENT and play and sing along to all your Beatles favorites, including, but not limited to, the
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- Reading an Audience Workshop, with Dan Keding - This workshop is an in-depth look at the relationship between the teller, his/her material and the audience. We will take a look at the way we relate to our audience
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- Rhythm Bones Workshop - Bones? Bones! Interested in a percussion instrument you can take anywhere? Come join the guys from Bones Jugs N Harmony for a workshop on all things bones. Why bones? Because
- Slack Key Guitar Workshop with Alfonso Valdes - Hawaiian slack key refers to a wide range of fingerstyle guitar music in which some of the guitar strings are tuned down (“slack”). Although there is no standard tuning, some
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- Swing Dance Lesson with Paul Kwiat - Learn swing from everyone’s favorite dancing physics professor, Paul Kwiat! Then stick around for the swing dance, with music provided by the Champaign Central High School Jazz Ensemble. Friday, November
- Ukulele Jugband - Join Del Rey for a jugless, all ukulele, hokum-blues shindig, with playing and singing parts for all levels of player. Music from a 1920s Memphis street corner, orchestrated for all-ukuleles
- Washboard Workshop with Dave Madden - Participants of this workshop will be introduced to basic washboard techniques needed in playing with other musicians. Various styles will be discussed and demonstrated. Participants are encouraged to bring their
- Yoga for Musicians - Does your neck or back ache after playing? Are your fingers, wrists and shoulders sore? Do you often lose your breath while you’re singing? Don’t worry! Yoga can help! In
