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One Day Workshops

 

Many of these workshops fill in advance:
Please buy your tickets early to be sure of a seat. You can come into the store, mail a check, or call us with your credit card info. Be sure we have your phone number in case of a cancellation!

Emergency WorkShop Warning System (EWWS)
We've revived our system to notify Gryphonites of upcoming workshops about one week before they take place. If you haven't received an email from us about workshops in the last month or so, it means we probably lost your address or failed to update it. (We had more than a few techno disasters with our bulk email program.) To sign up for EWWS, please send your current email address to: . We will NOT sell, loan, or trade our email list to anyone else!

Upcoming Workshops

Carol Holsinger: Harp Workshops

Carol Holsinger is giving a series of four workshops. They are $30 individually or you can sign up for the entire series for $100. Rental harps are available from Gryphon. If you sign up in advance, you may pick up your tuned harp at the first class. For further information or questions, contact Carol Holsinger at 650-326-3146
or carol@holsingerharps.com.

Adding Bass Clef Harmony
Sat, Oct 25th  3:00 - 5:00pm, $30
In this session, we will expand our music reading abilities to include the bass clef.  Composers who write for the harp most often include parts for both hands and we will learn how to approach music written this way.

It's Never Too Early to Get Ready for Christmas
Sat, Nov 8th  3:00 - 5:00pm, $30
We will continue to practice the techniques we have learned in the previous classes as applied to Christmas Carols and other holiday music.  We will explore special effects to enhance each song.

$30 each class or the entire series for $100. Rental harps are available from Gryphon.  If you sign up in advance, you may pick up your tuned harp at the first class. For further information or questions, contact Carol Holsinger at 650-326-3146 or carol@holsingerharps.com.



Evie Laden: Clawhammer Banjo

Sat, Nov 15th 3:00pm – 5:00pm, $40

Clawhammer Banjo: This 2 hour clawhammer banjo workshop will accomodate players at various levels. Students will learn several old-time tunes in different keys, while picking up licks and techniques for playing any tune.  We will also discuss and practice techniques for playing while singing, and/or accompanying songs.

Evie Ladin grew up with traditional American music and dance, playing clawhammer banjo and clogging at music festivals all over the East Coast with her sister Abby. Now in the San Francisco Bay Area, Evie appears as a versatile dancer, banjo player and vocalist with The Stairwell Sisters and Keith Terry & Crosspulse. Evie teaches classes and workshops in percussive dance and banjo nationally, appearing at major festivals, concert halls, camps and square dances.  Her style is similar to Round Peak playing, and is highly percussive in nature.

Contact: evie@stairwellsisters.com  www.stairwellsisters.com



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