Calling all violin,
viola, cello, bass, acoustic guitar and mandolin players! Come explore Celtic Music this summer with
the Western Kansas String Academy. Open
to musicians of all ages and most abilities!
The program includes the following activities:
Weekly Sessions—June 3rd-August
12th
On Tuesday
mornings throughout the summer, we’ll gather to learn tunes from Ireland,
Scotland, Brittany, Wales and other Celtic lands. Celtic enthusiast Shawn
Demuth will lead sessions, with the assistance of other WKSA staff
members. Shawn plays fiddle, mandolin,
guitar, piano, bodhran, tin whistle, the bones, and
has performed with a variety of area bands, including Trip Fire and the Blaine
Younger Band.
Workshop with Marianne
Payette Carter
of the Celtic-Irish
band Rowan—July 29th
Learn from a
master! Marianne's Midwest roots and her
travels to Bali, Newfoundland, Morocco, Ireland, North Africa, and India give
her music a unique perspective and a lively world beat. An accomplished solo
artist, she performs as a singer/songwriter and as "Matty
Striker" at the KC Renaissance Festival. Recently, through a research
grant and the "Paretsky Award for
Creativity" from the University of Kansas, Marianne was able to study the
rich musical traditions of Britanny, the Celtic
region of France. She is a past winner of the Kansas State Fiddling and Picking
Championship's vocal division and Kaw Valley Songwriters competition. She has
released two solo CDs of Celtic music and performs fiddle, guitar, bodhran and vocals with Rowan, as well as teaching at
“Prairie Music”, her studio in Lawrence.
Marianne will work with us in July to give our tunes and presentation an
authentic Celtic style!
Summer Jam Sessions at Coffee
Rules
Share what
you’ve learned! Join us as we play in
local monthly jams at Coffee Rules. Dates to be announced.
On Stage with Rowan! August 22nd
In August,
Marianne Payette Carter and her band Rowan return to Hays to perform as part of
the Hays Arts Council’s Gallery Walk.
Summer participants in the Celtic-Irish summer jam will have the
opportunity to join Marianne and friends on stage, performing combined pieces
with Rowan!
Further details and excitement to
come! Contact Cathy Drabkin
(cadrabkin@fhsu.edu; 785-628-5363) for
more information or to receive a brochure (available mid-April).