Marquette – A Folk Music School Preview and a Coffee House Concert, to help promote the Folk Music School, will be held on Saturday, March 11 at Northern Michigan University.
From 12 to 12:50 p.m., the workshops “Creative Process for Songwriters” with Sue Demel, “Basic Folk Guitar” with Dan Truckey and “Accordion 101” with Tim Clancy will be offered. From 1 to 1:50 p.m., the workshops include “Improv Vocal” with Sue Demel, “Fiddle 101” with Barb Rhyneer and “Basic Music Recording and Production” with Mark Shevy. From 2 to 2:50 p.m., the workshops include “Folk Percussion” with Tim DeMarte and “Workshopping that Song” with Dan Truckey. All workshops are free and open to all ages. They will be held in the University Center.
The Coffee House Concert will feature some of the Folk Music School Faculty and will begin at 7 p.m. at the James A. Panowski Black Box Theatre. Dan Truckey, Dave Zeigner, The Knockabouts and Sue Demel will be performing.
The Folk Music School is a summer camp opportunity for high school musicians running Sunday, July 16 through Wednesday, July 19. The Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center, NMU music department and local folk musicians will host the event. For more information, contact Dan Truckey at heritage@nmu.edu.
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