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Urban Fiddlers Workshop

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Artist: Mark Tamsula

Mark_TamsulaIntroduce your string students to "old time" fiddling, a style that has accompanied community dances and been a traditional pastime of rural Americans for generations. In the Urban Fiddlers Workshop, following the tradition of learning this music by ear, students gain confidence in their own ability to learn quickly and remember tunes without sheet music. Instructional CDs and printed lyrics provided. Mark Tamsula has been teaching and performing traditional "old time" music on fiddle, banjo, mandolin and guitar for the past 20 years. A teacher at the Calliope Music School, Mark also performs as a part of the Gateway to the Arts performance program "Rhythmic Cultures."

Maximum # of students:

12

Requirements:

Students must have a fiddle/violin and at least one year of playing experience - they should be comfortable handling a bow and fingering notes in first position. Sessions should take place in a classroom or music room.

Minimum sequential workshops:

3

 
Terms:10, 11, 12, 6, 7, 8, 9, Music, Workshop/ Residency
 
 

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