MORE INFO ON OUR SITE:
https://sfmsfolk.org/folkarts-events/ApprenticeshipCelebration_2025.html
“Bringing It Home,” SFMS’s program featuring local folk artists, is celebrating this year’s PCA Apprenticeships in Traditional Arts and you are invited to the party.
Join us for performances, demonstrations, and stories shared by this year’s apprentices and the master artists who mentored them in this FREE event.
ADMISSION: FREE
DOORS: 1:00 pm
EVENT: 1:30 pm-4:30
Meet our Masters and Apprentices:
Nepali Harmonium
Apprentice Bhagirath Khatiwada (bah-ga-REET) and his teacher Muskan Balampaki Mugar (moos-KAHN) are working to preserve the rich, beautiful culture of their Himalayan homelands — teaching their children, connecting the large community of Nepali speakers in Central PA, and sharing it with their American neighbors. Read more about them in our Spotlight article about Nepali Harmonium: Sounds of Home.
East Galway Flute
Irish flute player Lesl Harker learned from Mike Rafferty, a well-known exponent of the regional style from his home in Ballinakill, County Galway, Ireland. Lesl is sharing that knowledge with two local players: Courtney Fox and Katie Borgman. Read our Folk Artist Gallery profile on Lesl Harker.
Sean-nós Singing
Growing up in the north of Ireland, Seamus Carmichael didn't value his mother's singing in the old traditional sean-nós (SHAWN-nohss) style. But as a young man in America, he came back to to those roots, and now he's passing the tradition along to his apprentice Sean Cook. Read our Folk Artist Gallery profile on Seamus Carmichael.
Irish concertina
Last year, Mary-Kate Spring Lee worked with master performer Gráinne Hambly on Irish harp, but both of them also play concertina, so they switched it up this year. Read our Spotlight article on Virtual Apprenticeships to learn how they connected Central PA and County Mayo.
Apprenticeships in Traditional Arts is a grant program funded by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA). As a regional Folk Arts Partner, SFMS's Susquehanna Folk Arts Center works with local artists to support them in their applications:
https://sfmsfolk.org/folkarts/grants.html
Feeling inspired? Ask SFMS folklorist Amy Skillman, who will be hosting the event, about submitting your own apprenticeship application in spring 2024!
Apprenticeship program info & guidelines are on the PCA's website — scroll down to Apprenticeships section
https://www.arts.pa.gov/.../Folk-and.../Pages/default.aspx
We are incredibly appreciative for all our friends at the Fredricksen Library for joining us again in presenting this event!
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