Redwood Music Camp 2023 Schedule

Saturday, June 10

• 10:00-10:30: Arrive, check-in, set up, coffee and tea

• 10:30-11:45:

  • Cape Breton Calling (fiddle) – Emma

  • DADGAD for Complete Beginners (guitar) – Adam

  • Introduction to Folk Harp – Verlene [Advanced reservation of loaner instrument required]

  • Mandolin/Irish Tenor Banjo – Fox

  • Sing Without Hurting Your Voice – Sheri

• 12:00-1:00: Lunch (provided on site)

• 1:00-2:15:

  • Old Time Groove (fiddle) – John

  • Beginning Fingerstyle Accompaniment (guitar) – Bill

  • Introduction to Folk Song Melodies (harp) – Sarah

  • Beginning Tin Whistle – Autumn

  • How to Play the Bones – Fox

  • Southern Songbirds (voice) – Rachel

• 2:30-3:45:

  • Je Suis Québécois (fiddle) – Emma

  • Flatpicking Tunes for DADGAD (guitar) – Adam

  • Memory Tools for Musicians (all) – Verlene

  • Finding the Chords for Favorite Songs (harp) – Sarah

  • Ornamentation, Technique, and Tunes (Irish flute and tin whistle) – Autumn

  • Gospel Duets (voice) – Rachel (and Steve Palazzo)

• 4:00-5:30: Sessions, fast and slow

Sunday, June 11

• 10:00-10:30: Arrive, set up, coffee and tea

• 10:30-11:45:

  • Polska Insanity (fiddle) – John

  • How It’s Made: Trad Tunes (all) – Adam

  • The Practice of Practicing (all) – Verlene

  • Irish Sean-Nós Singing (voice) – Autumn

  • Introduction to the Mountain Dulcimer – Neal [Advanced reservation of loaner instrument required]

• 12:00-1:00: Lunch (provided on site)

• 1:00-2:15:

  • Quirky, Odd Tunes (fiddle) – Emma

  • Int/Adv DADGAD Accompaniment (guitar) – Bill

  • Exploring Chord Progressions and Improvisation (harp) – Sarah

  • Shape Note (voice) – Shelley and Fox

  • Dust Off Your Accordion! – Barbara

  • Easy Dulcimer Tunes – Neal

• 2:30-3:45:

  • Making it Sound More Irish (fiddle) – John

  • Tunes and Chords in Odd Meters (all) – Bill

  • Green, Green Rocky Road (harp) – Shelley

  • Sea Shanties – Fox

  • Celtic Tunes on the Accordion – Barbara

• 4:00-5:30: Sessions, fast and slow