Serving the North Bay Area with educational & enrichment programs in traditional roots music & musicianship.
 Steve Gardner,
Artistic Director Javier Jimenez, Gypsy Jazz & Private Lesson Instructor  |
Private Lessons now available!
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Announcements & News
Irish & British Isles Song Session Pub Sing!
We had lots of fun on March 13th at Muir Beach's Pelican Inn!
(A cozier St. Patrick's Day celebration)
Last class session, our Irish & British Isles Song & Performance class met and sang songs at the Pelican Inn in Muir Beach! The setting, a perfect reconstruction of a cozy 16th c. English Inn & Pub, was inspiring! |
We DANCED Like it was 1829! A pleasurable, worry-free FUN time was had by all on March 7th, Thursday evening, at "Jane Austen's Ball", the Grand Finale of our English Country Dance Music Intensive! All dances were taught on the spot. Our musical instructor was Shira Kammen, and our dance caller was Mary Luckhardt.  2013MarchEnglishDanceRootsVideo.mp3 What we sounded like - best around 2:49! (The background voices/sounds are the DANCE CALLER and the dancers - over 30 dancers!) |
Swing, Folk, & Gypsy Jazz!
Thanks to Sylvia Herold & Javier Jimenez and everyone who came to our FREE Swing, Folk, & Gypsy Jazz Workshop earlier this year. It was a great time! If you missed it, you can learn all of what we covered, and lots more, in our current guitar workshop offerings with Sylvia and Javier!
Exciting stuff for Spring here at Roots!
Roots is enrolling NOW for it's LAST WORKSHOP UNTIL SEPTEMBER - Our Irish & British Isles Song Workshop! Some of our classes run for 6 weeks, others 8 weeks - and they are usually 90 minutes in duration.Irish & British Isles Song Workshop
Our "Irish & British Isles Song Workshop" hosted by the Bay Area and Ireland's own song-keeper Michael Black - is back in session just in time for St. Patrick's Day! This session focuses on those songs you can sing in and with a crowd at the pub, which is where the last class is always held!
The new song session class starts April 17th!
These classes represent are among our last classes until September - and are already in session! Feel free to peruse them to get an idea of what will be among our offerings come September 2013! Some of these classes run for 6 weeks, others 8 weeks - and they are usually 90 minutes in duration.
Gypsy Jazz Guitar (continuation)
Irish & British Isles Song Workshop
Our "Irish & British Isles Song Workshop" hosted by the Bay Area and Ireland's own song-keeper Michael Black - is back in session just in time for St. Patrick's Day! This session focuses on those songs you can sing in and with a crowd at the pub, which is where the last class is always held!
The new song session class starts April 17th!
Guitar Workshops
Jane Austen's Ball - English Country Dance Music
Have you seen the"teacup drama" movies "Pride & Prejudice" or "Sense & Sensibility"? Better yet, have you read the books? There's always a sumptuous ball, with exquisite music. THAT's English Country Dance music - not what everyone thinks of as "roots", but definitely traditional, and definitely country. Think "classical music lite in 16 bars, with all the hard bits and extra positions rubbed out, with extra room for frosting, frills, and improvisation. Shira Kammen - a veteran of several early music groups, including Ensemble Alcatraz and The King's Noyse, put the newly minted chamber ensemble through its paces, and the class hosted a dance on March 7th! (See the news with picture and sound recording above)!
Calendar
March & April 2013
Monday - Friday
Mornings to 6:00 pm: Private Lessons
Noon to 6:00 pm: Practice & Play
Mondays
7:00 pm, Intro to Swing Guitar Workshop with Sylvia Herold (Starts again March 18th)
8:30 pm, Beyond I, IV, V - Adventurous Folk Guitar! with Sylvia Herold (Starts again March 18th)
Wednesdays
6:00 pm, Gypsy Jazz (Continuation) Workshop with Javier Jimenez (Starts again March 20th)
8:00 pm, Irish & British Isles Song & Performance Workshop with Michael Black (Continuing)
Thursdays
7:30 pm, Klezmer Ensemble with Julie Egger
7:30 pm, Americana Band Workshop with Steve Gardner
Fridays/Saturdays/Sundays
Studio 55 Concerts at 8:00 pm (unless another time noted)
Saturday, April 6thExtra! Extra!
InVOC with Pollyanna Bush
inVoc is an exciting new adult vocal ensemble directed by longtime beloved Bay Area singer-songwriter performer and vocal coach, Pollyanna Bush, who works out of her Fairfax studio Alley Cats Music School.
Advance tickets $18... $20 at the door. Check out the shows and buy tickets here!
Saturday, April 28thManring Kassin Darter
Separately, Michael Manring, Larry Kassin, and Tom Darter have extensive, multi-faceted careers as musicians. Together, Manring Kassin Darter plays provocative, complex compositions - music that tears down stylistic walls and refuses to be compartmentalized. While listeners can hear echoes of classical, jazz, rock, folk, avant-garde, and world music in their performances, the net result is something completely new: chamber music for the new century.
Advance tickets $13... $15 at the door. Check out the shows and buy tickets here!
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