4 PM — Questions and Improvisation – Join us for the basics of improvisation in a community setting!
Taylor Ho Bynum (b.1975) is a musician, teacher, and writer, with a background including work in composition, performance, interdisciplinary collaboration, production, organizing, and advocacy.
His expressionistic playing on cornet and other brass instruments, his expansive vision as composer, and his idiosyncratic improvisational approach have been documented on over twenty recordings as a bandleader and over a hundred as a sideperson. Bynum enjoys playing with friends in collective ensembles like his duo with Tomas Fujiwara, Illegal Crowns (with Fujiwara, Benoit Delbecq, and Mary Halvorson), and Geometry (with Kyoko Kitamura, Tomeka Reid, and Joe Morris), and as a sideperson in Fujiwara’s Triple Double and Shizuko, Reid’s Stringtet and Septet, Jim Hobbs & the Fully Celebrated Orchestra, and Bill Lowe’s Signifyin’ Natives.
More info at https://taylorhobynum.com
4 PM — Questions and Improvisation – Join us for the basics of improvisation in a community setting!
5 PM — Performance, with community performers joining the band for those who participated in a school or CCC workshop.
Featuring:
Taylor Ho Bynum – cornet, flugelhorn; Noah Campbell – tenor saxophone; Ziaire Trinidad Sherman – baritone saxophone; Daniel Lin – cello; Luther Gray – drums.
Taylor Ho Bynum (b.1975) is a musician, teacher, and writer, with a background including work in composition, performance, interdisciplinary collaboration, production, organizing, and advocacy.
His expressionistic playing on cornet and other brass instruments, his expansive vision as composer, and his idiosyncratic improvisational approach have been documented on over twenty recordings as a bandleader and over a hundred as a sideperson. Bynum enjoys playing with friends in collective ensembles like his duo with Tomas Fujiwara, Illegal Crowns (with Fujiwara, Benoit Delbecq, and Mary Halvorson), and Geometry (with Kyoko Kitamura, Tomeka Reid, and Joe Morris), and as a sideperson in Fujiwara’s Triple Double and Shizuko, Reid’s Stringtet and Septet, Jim Hobbs & the Fully Celebrated Orchestra, and Bill Lowe’s Signifyin’ Natives.
More info at https://taylorhobynum.com
Join us for a weekly workshop on Wednesday evenings, 10/21–12/9 (there are no workshops on 11/11)
*Registering for one or more days and paying the full class fee will get you access to all the classes*
6:00–6:30 PM
African Percussion for kids
Ideal for ages through pre-teens
6:30–8:00 PM
African Percussion
Ideal for High School through Professional
Mamadou Diabate was born into a traditional musician family (Sambla people) in Burkina Faso (West Africa), with a long tradition of practising the profession of story telling and music making. At the age of 5 he started his professional training with his father Penegue Diabate, who in his days was considered the best balafon player far beyond the bordes of the sambla culture. At 8 he began with his apprenticeship years with renowned balafonists of neighboring peoples. In 1988 and 1998 he won the first prize of the “National Culture Week” of Burkina Faso. He currently lives in Austria. With his group Percussion Mania he won the Austrian World Music Award (2011) and the Grand Prix of the “Triangle du Balafon” Competition in Mali (2012). For his virtuosity, he was there also honored with the “Prix Alkaly Camara de la virtuosité”. www.mamadoudiabate.com
Sacred Harp singing
Singing School 1:30–2:30 PM
Join us, friends! We’ll sing from the Sacred Harp (Denson, 1991)
Free with donations gladly accepted. All are welcome; no experience is necessary. Loaner books available.
Join us for a weekly workshop on Wednesday evenings, 10/21–12/9 (there are no workshops on 11/11)
*Registering for one or more days and paying the full class fee will get you access to all the classes*
6:00–6:30 PM
African Percussion for kids
Ideal for ages through pre-teens
6:30–8:00 PM
African Percussion
Ideal for High School through Professional
Mamadou Diabate was born into a traditional musician family (Sambla people) in Burkina Faso (West Africa), with a long tradition of practising the profession of story telling and music making. At the age of 5 he started his professional training with his father Penegue Diabate, who in his days was considered the best balafon player far beyond the bordes of the sambla culture. At 8 he began with his apprenticeship years with renowned balafonists of neighboring peoples. In 1988 and 1998 he won the first prize of the “National Culture Week” of Burkina Faso. He currently lives in Austria. With his group Percussion Mania he won the Austrian World Music Award (2011) and the Grand Prix of the “Triangle du Balafon” Competition in Mali (2012). For his virtuosity, he was there also honored with the “Prix Alkaly Camara de la virtuosité”. www.mamadoudiabate.com
Join us for a weekly workshop on Wednesday evenings, 10/21–12/9 (there are no workshops on 11/11)
*Registering for one or more days and paying the full class fee will get you access to all the classes*
6:00–6:30 PM
African Percussion for kids
Ideal for ages through pre-teens
6:30–8:00 PM
African Percussion
Ideal for High School through Professional
Mamadou Diabate was born into a traditional musician family (Sambla people) in Burkina Faso (West Africa), with a long tradition of practising the profession of story telling and music making. At the age of 5 he started his professional training with his father Penegue Diabate, who in his days was considered the best balafon player far beyond the bordes of the sambla culture. At 8 he began with his apprenticeship years with renowned balafonists of neighboring peoples. In 1988 and 1998 he won the first prize of the “National Culture Week” of Burkina Faso. He currently lives in Austria. With his group Percussion Mania he won the Austrian World Music Award (2011) and the Grand Prix of the “Triangle du Balafon” Competition in Mali (2012). For his virtuosity, he was there also honored with the “Prix Alkaly Camara de la virtuosité”. www.mamadoudiabate.com
6:00–6:30 PM Beginner Taiko
6:30–8:00 PM Taiko Club
All ages welcome. (Under 10 with an assisting adult.) Listed donation amounts are suggested. Pay what feels good for your situation.
Come drum with us! Have you played Taiko before? Or do you want to try Taiko drumming?
Join us for the Claremont Taiko Club (+Introduction to Taiko) with Stuart Paton from the Burlington Taiko, where we share drumming and stories about Japanese culture and history.
No experience is required.
Presented by the West Claremont Center for Music and the Arts
Join us for an evening of jazz, holiday spirit, and a magical (and musical) journey through childhood memories!
Featuring Eric Mintel (piano), Nelson Hill (sax/flute), Jack Hegyi (bass), Dave Mohn (drums)
Limited spaces available, so make sure to reserve your seat early!
Early-bird RSVP by donation. (Including RSVP for Waitlist: pay at the event) $25/person at the door without RSVP.
Two performances at the White House by invitation of President’s Bill Clinton (1998) and Barack Obama (2011), several concerts at the Kennedy Center, a special concert at the United Nations and countless accolades, the Eric Mintel Quartet have been thrilling audiences of all ages with their electrifying jazz for over 25 years. Featuring pianist and composer Eric Mintel, Nelson Hill sax/flute, Jack Hegyi bass and Dave Mohn drums. The EMQ is best known for their tribute to Dave Brubeck and performance of many Eric Mintel originals. The EMQ also has become a staple of the holidays with their highly successful “Charlie Brown Jazz” concerts delighting families across the country. Eric was a featured guest on Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz on NPR, The Eric Mintel Quartet has opened for Dave Brubeck at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, appeared on the QVC television network and has been featured in many jazz and newspaper publications including Down Beat, Jazz Times, Hot House Jazz and Jazziz Magazines as well as New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Savannah Times, Baltimore Sun and others. Eric Mintel Quartet is also spreading their “Jazz Education” and “Entrepreneurship in Jazz” to colleges and Universities. Eric Mintel and Nelson Hill are Yamaha endorsed performing artists. Dave Mohn is endorsed by Sabian Cymbals, Vic Firth and Bucks County Drum Co.
Join us for a weekly workshop on Wednesday evenings, 10/21–12/9 (there are no workshops on 11/11)
*Registering for one or more days and paying the full class fee will get you access to all the classes*
6:00–6:30 PM
African Percussion for kids
Ideal for ages through pre-teens
6:30–8:00 PM
African Percussion
Ideal for High School through Professional
Mamadou Diabate was born into a traditional musician family (Sambla people) in Burkina Faso (West Africa), with a long tradition of practising the profession of story telling and music making. At the age of 5 he started his professional training with his father Penegue Diabate, who in his days was considered the best balafon player far beyond the bordes of the sambla culture. At 8 he began with his apprenticeship years with renowned balafonists of neighboring peoples. In 1988 and 1998 he won the first prize of the “National Culture Week” of Burkina Faso. He currently lives in Austria. With his group Percussion Mania he won the Austrian World Music Award (2011) and the Grand Prix of the “Triangle du Balafon” Competition in Mali (2012). For his virtuosity, he was there also honored with the “Prix Alkaly Camara de la virtuosité”. www.mamadoudiabate.com
6:00–6:30 PM Beginner Taiko
6:30–8:00 PM Taiko Club
All ages welcome. (Under 10 with an assisting adult.) Listed donation amounts are suggested. Pay what feels good for your situation.
Come drum with us! Have you played Taiko before? Or do you want to try Taiko drumming?
Join us for the Claremont Taiko Club (+Introduction to Taiko) with Stuart Paton from the Burlington Taiko, where we share drumming and stories about Japanese culture and history.
No experience is required.
