TIME 10-11:30am 1.5 hr workshop 12-1pm 1 hr showcase concert

Do you want to play Celtic music with Irish abandon and contagious foot-stomping energy? Sign up for your chance to play in a multi-level Irish folk band. String players, flute, recorder and penny whistle players, acoustic guitarists, bodhran players, Uilleann pipes and button accordion players – youth and adult musicians ALL WLELCOME! Jump in and participate at your own level, as multi-level parts are emailed out once you are booked in.

Rhythmic grooves, open string drones, chords, harmony and melody parts will be taught in the workshop. BONUS opportunity to perform what we learn in the informal community concert after the workshop.

Have you got a burning ambition to be the fastest fiddler in town? Does your foot stomp and your toes twirl when you hear Celtic Tunes? Do you fancy learning not only how to play quick Jigs but also slow beautiful ballads? Join Teaching Artist and professional musician Louise King to explore the world of Celtic Tunes in a fun, fiddling frenzy. Musicians will develop folk idiomatic performance skills, learn tunes and options for accompaniment parts plus explore ways to make music that communicates the toe-tapping joy of Celtic folk tradition.

Presented by Teaching Artist and professional musician Louise King, this community music workshop will give participants the opportunity to create, improvise and play music together and spend time connecting with other community musicians.

“Celtic Music is very accessible for budding and aspiring musicians. Anyone can jump in and give it a go! Due to folk music’s community practice of learning by ear and from each other, it brings people together of all abilities and instruments which makes for an exciting musical mix and one BIG community band.”

Cello Dreaming believes in community building opportunities and the benefits that come from combining multiple age ranges and abilities in musical activities.

What to bring:

• Instrument
• Irish colours or hat (green, white, orange)
• Water bottle
• Music Stand

Workshop Facilitator Background Information:

Louise King is a Teaching Artist and professional musician with over 25 years of educating and workshop design experience. Focused on exploring ways to make music accessible, interactive, inclusive and creative she designs workshops to support communities and individuals to learn about life, culture and nature through art-making experiences. The Cello Dreaming Community Music Workshop Program develops confidence, resilience, physical skills, curious minds and playful spirits, equipping participants with skills for a healthy and creative life. Workshops are available for families, schools, creative aging programs, community venues, community building events and festivals.

Louise is Artistic Director of Cello Dreaming and the Dreaming BIG concert series. A refined English cellist with extensive international experience and training, she is an inspiring concert artist, teacher, recording artist, adjudicator and event producer. Louise has won prestigious scholarships, music prizes and several international music competitions and performs in Australia’s finest music festivals and classical concert series. www.cellodreaming.com.au

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