BACDS American Dance and Music Week — June 28–July 3, 2015 BACDS American Dance and Music Week, June 28–July 3, 2015

Music, Music, Music Workshops

All Music All The Time! For those who just want to play music, this is the place to feast on workshops all day long, and music sessions moderated by staff bands during the evening dances.

Whether you learn by ear or notation, bring your instruments and voice to participate in focused music workshops in both daily classes and special one-time sessions. Or join a like-minded pick-up group and jam! It’s wall-to-wall music sessions and workshops throughout the day and evening. You don’t have to be a dancer or a musician to enjoy the full music track at AmWeek.

Current plans include:

Old Celtic Songs Made New! with Christa Burch: Tradition forward—dive into an interactive singing session with Christa.

Piano From the Heart! with Jeff Spero: Better than boom-chuck! Non-traditional accompaniment for traditional tunes.

The Many Roles of the Mandolin with Ashley Broder: Creating melody, accompaniment, and soloing with the mandolin.

DADGAD Guitar with Owen Marshall: Owen will bring out your drive with this great tuning!

Contra Dance Fiddle with Alden Robinson: From Maine to Appalacia, from Ireland to the contra dance stage, Alden will share his soulful playing style and unique repertoire.

Funky All-Comers Class with Stuart Kenney: Bring instruments, voices, percussion toys and more to integrate original tunes, spoken word, movement, and rhythms.

Songs of Pete and Woody with Peter Siegel: Come share the songs of Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie. after camp.

Write that Tune with George Paul: Get that tune waiting inside you out into the world.

Slow Jam: For those not ready for the Open Band, the Slow Jam is for you. We'll play well-known tunes at a stately tempo, and will learn some easy tunes you can add to your repertoire.

And of course, Laura and George will conduct the infamous Camper Band workshop!

Keep an eye on this page for more details as the program develops. With such an outstanding musical staff, we'll have lots for everyone.

Hey, 4 for 3
I enjoyed camp and thought the bands were superb. I especially liked campers being able to play with members of the bands regardless of our experience. Dancing with people who are skilled was also a great experience. The standard is so high that improving [camp] would be very difficult.

- Ken Blackwood, Alberta, Canada

Clarinet Player