WHAT?
Explore the energetic and experimental world of folk music for orchestra! We will learn a tune and a song and develop the arrangement together using fun rhythmic techniques. This workshop will be conducted entirely by ear and will encourage your creativity. Expand your musical range with a deep dive into Celtic Music, dance and song!
Friday, March 20th: Exclusive "Meet and Greet" Concert Performed by Emerald Rae for Workshop Participants at 6 PM
Saturday, March 21st: Workshop with Emerald Rae 9 AM-3 PM; Concert Rehearsal with the Southern Vermont Sinfonia 3 PM-4 PM
Sunday, March 22nd: Concert Dress Rehearsal 12:00 PM- 1:30 PM
Workshop open to the public at 2 PM
WHERE?
Monument Arts and Cultural Center
44 Gypsy Lane
Bennington, VT
WHO?
All instrumentalists no matter the skill level!
Singer and Dancers welcome too!
Teachers are invited to come audit the workshop
MEET EMERALD:
Emerald Rae is an American Fiddler & Folksinger who blends energetic traditional dance music with modern songwriting. As a powerhouse fiddling-singing one-woman show, she has been delighting festival audiences all over the US and Canada. She is a US National Scottish Fiddle Champion and Scottish F.I.R.E Judge, and one of the few renegades to hop between Scottish, Cape Breton and Irish music and dance fluently. Growing up and starting her career in Boston, she’s been an active member of the Scottish and Cape Breton communities in the Northeast. She also spent over a decade teaching performance-based Irish Dance, and toured with The Cathie Ryan Band, The Outside Track, and Mick Moloney’s Green Fields of America all over the US, Canada, UK and Thailand. In 2022, Emerald was the Artist in Residence for the City of Joliette, Quebec and performed traditional Québécois music and song with Jean-François Branchaud of La Bottine Souriante. Emerald is an enthusiastic educator who enjoys empowering her students and opening their minds to endless possibilities.
visit her website:
https://www.emeraldrae.com/
Workshop Fee: $50.00
To register visit: www.SouthernVermontSinfonia.com
Music teachers are welcome to audit for free!
Concert ticket price: $10 for adults; $5 for students 12 and under. For concert tickets visit monumentcentervt.org
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