Join us for A world of Music!
Sunday, October 19th
12:00-5:15 p.m.
For students ages 10+ with strong understandings of reading music, rhythm, and musical concepts.
Powers students and faculty – Free!
Non-Powers students, Teachers, General public – $25
Registration is for the whole workshop day, but you can select which workshops you plan to attend on the registration form.
What does the day look like?
- 12:00 – 1:00 pm – Drum Circle with Gavin Farrell
- 12:00 – 1:00 pm – Latin American Flute Ensemble with Carmen Liliana Marulanda
- 1:05 – 2:05 pm – Scandinavian Fiddles in Harmony with Ellery Klein
- 2:10 – 3:10 pm -Modal Music Group led by Tev Stevig
- 4:15 – 5:15 pm – An Introduction to Klezmer Music with Jim Guttmann
Questions? Email nstone@powersmusic.org for questions about workshops and registration.
Explore new musical “languages”!
Do you remember the first time you learned a new language? Maybe it was your Spanish class in school, or maybe a great K-drama inspired you to learn Korean. Or maybe you even took up Klingon after watching Star Trek. Real or fictional, it’s exciting to learn new ways to talk to each other!
We communicate with each other through music, too! In these workshops, you’ll explore new musical “languages” and get an introduction to new ways of speaking, learning, and connecting. Step through our doors to learn new skills and rhythms from Latin America, Scandinavia, the Middle East, Africa, and Eastern Europe – all without leaving Belmont!
Never played any of these styles before? Don’t worry! Just like spoken languages, you don’t have to be fluent to benefit from knowing a few words. Come with the skills you have, and try something new with other friendly musicians!
A World of Music Experiences
All classes are designed for students ages 10+ with strong understandings of reading music, rhythm, and musical concepts.
Drum Circle
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Instructor: Gavin Farrell
Best for: Intermediate to advanced students ages 10+
Instrument: All
Please have ready: Just yourself!
Come participate in a Drum Circle and learn techniques that can be applied to drums from a variety of countries and cultures. After learning to produce the most common sounds, the group will try some traditional rhythms from the Caribbean and West Africa.
Latin American Flute Ensemble
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Instructor: Carmen Liliana Marulanda
Best for: Intermediate to advanced flutists (ages 10+)
Instrument: Flute
Please have ready: Your instrument
Explore the music of Latin America with Colombian composer and flutist Carmen Liliana Marulanda. In this workshop, flutists will learn about the rhythms most commonly found in Latin American music through the flute ensemble repertoire composed by Carmen.
This class is intended for intermediate to advanced flutists.
Scandinavian Fiddles in Harmony
Time: 1:05 – 2:05 PM
Instructor: Ellery Klein
Best for: Any string student (ages 10+) who has strong music reading skills.
Instrument: Strings
Please have ready: Your instrument
Traditional Scandinavian fiddle is based on a group sound, with melody, harmonies and chordal players all creating a lush, layered musical experience. We’ll play through a few tunes, explore the chords for harmonic possibilities, and discuss some stylistic details of traditional Scandinavian fiddle.
This class is open to any string student (age 10 and up) who has strong music reading skills.
Modal Music Group
Time: 2:10 – 3:10 PM
Instructor: Tev Stevig
Best for: New-comers in modal music and experienced players alike! (ages 10+)
Instrument: Any rhythmic or melodic instrument, including the voice
Please have ready: Your voice and/or your instrument
This workshop will focus on group playing of various modal musics from Greece, Turkey and the Middle East: folk, ritual, and classical, as well as some contemporary modal music. We will work with big and smaller sub-groups on themes as interpretation, ornamentation, microtones, and aspects of rhythms and odd measures. We’ll also include elements connected with what it means to play this music in a group today: orchestration, sound timbres, roles, improvisation, creativity, etc.
In order to attend this workshop, a good level of reading music is required. Participants are welcome to bring any rhythmic or melodic instrument, including the voice. For ages 10+.
This workshop is ideal for new-comers in modal music as it offers a practical way of getting to know a wide spectrum of repertoire but also for more experienced musicians because of the hands-on approach.
An Introduction to Klezmer Music
Time: 4:15 – 5:15 PM
Instructor: Jim Guttman
Best for: Players with solid rhythm and note reading skills (ages 10+)
Instrument: Any
Please have ready: Your instrument
Klezmer music is the party music of the Eastern European Jewish people. It is the dance music played at weddings and other celebrations. In this workshop we’ll take a look at a simple melody and the rhythmic parts that help keep the dancers moving.