2016 Workshop Schedule
Dateline: May 10, 2016
We have been working away on the workshop schedule, and are pleased to present these listings for you now, so you can start thinking about your choices. Very soon we will have an on-line form so you can book your workshops before you come to camp. Please stand by. Registered campers will receive an email when the form is on line.
Below, workshops are listed by 'Period', you will be able to sign up for any one workshop in each of the 5 periods. In a couple of cases (all Band Labs and Scott MacMillan's Composition workshop) the workshops occupy both periods 4 & 5).
About Skill Levels:
Use the indicated skill levels for each workshop as a rough guide. To help understand what we mean by our skill level ratings, here is how we loosely define them:
Skill Level 0: Novice with this instrument, but knows some melodies
Skill Level 1: Basic competence with this instrument, can play 5+ tunes at slow tempo
Skill Level 2: Knows 10+ tunes and can play 5+ at performance tempo
Skill Level 3: Can play 20+ tunes at performance tempo
Period 1: Saturday 9:15 - 10:30 am
Choose one from this time slot
Fiddle
F-1: Ottawa Valley -style Jigs
Instructor: Kelli Trottier
Skill levels: 1-3
F-3: More Bagpipe Tunes (for fiddlers)
Instructor: Allie Bennett
Skill Levels: 2-3
F-10: Beginner Fiddle 101
Instructor: Rachel Davis
Skill level: 0
Keyboard/Piano
KP-1: Piano Beginner Class
Instructor: Richard Wood
Skill level: 0
Tin Whistle
TW-1: Intro to the Tin Whistle
Instructor: Heather MacIsaac Gillis
Skill Level: 0
Guitar
GT-1: Guitar Intro Workshop
Instructor: Scott Macmillan
Skill Level: 0
GT-5: DADGAD Guitar
Instructor: Darren McMullen
Skill levels: 1-3
Ukelele
UK-1: Ukelele Techniques
Instructor: Roger Stone
Skill Levels: 0-2
Dance
DA-5: Beginner Highland Dancing
Instructor: Leah Campbell
Skill Level: 0
Voice
VC-3: Sing Partons La Mer Est Belle - La Viré
Instructor: Carol Martell
Skill levels: 0,1,2,3
Accordion
AC-1: Introduction to the Accordion
Instructor: Rob Woodley
Skill Levels: 0-1 (this is mainly a demonstration workshop)
Period 2: Saturday 10:45am - 12:00 pm
Choose one from this time slot
Demonstration
L-1: Building a Violin Talk & Demo
Instructor: Johannes Strum
Skill Level: N/A
Voice
VC-1: Singing 101
Instructor: Roger Stone
Skill Levels: 0-2
VC-2: Sing to Western Swing
Instructor: Kelli Trottier
Skill Levels: 0-3
Fiddle
F-4: Winston “Scotty” Fitzgerald in the Easy Keys
Instructor: Allie Bennett
Skill Levels: 2-3
F-7: Beginner Class with Richard Wood
Instructor: Richard Wood
Skill level: 0
F-11: Intermediate Cape Breton Fiddle
Instructor: Rachel Davis
Skill levels: 1-2
Guitar
GT-2: Guitar Basics Workshop
Instructor: Scott Macmillan
Skill Level: 1
GT-6: Beginner's Guitar
Instructor: Rob Woodley
Skill Level: 0 (this workshop geared for our young campers, all welcome to attend)
Bass Guitar
BG-1: Basic Bass
Instructor: Darren McMullen
Skill Levels: 0-2
Keyboard/Piano
KP-3: Youth Piano Workshop TBA
Instructor: Chelsey Dakai
Skill level: 1
Dance
DA-6: Beginner Cape Breton Stepdancing
Instructor: Leah Campbell
Skill Level: 0
Music Reading
MR-1: A Quick Start at Reading Music
Instructor: Barbara White
Skill Levels: 0-3 for people age 17+
Period 3: Saturday 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Choose one from this time slot
Fiddle
F-6: Dan R’s Greatest Hits
Instructor: Allie Bennett
Skill Levels: 2-3
F-8: Fiddle - Intermediate Class
Instructor: Richard Wood
Skill levels: 1-2
F-12: Advanced Cape Breton Fiddle.
Instructor: Rachel Davis
Skill level: 3
Keyboard/Piano
KP-4: Youth Piano Workshop TBA
Instructor: Chelsey Dakai
Skill level: 2 (this workshop geared for our young campers)
Music Reading
MR-2: Notation for Young Musicians
Instructor: Barbara White
Skill Levels: 0-3 (this workshop geared for our young campers)
Guitar
GT-3 Advanced Guitar Techniques
Instructor: Scott Macmillan
Skill Levels: 2 & 3
Dance
DA-1: Ottawa Valley Step Dance
Instructor: Kelli Trottier
Skill Levels: 0-3
Bodhran
BO-1: Bang 101
Instructor: Roger Stone
Skill Levels: 0-1
Tenor Banjo
TB-1: Tenor Banjo
Instructor: Darren McMullen
Skill Levels: 0-2
Voice
VC-4: Sing Viens voir l'Acadie - Donat Lacroix
Instructor: Carol Martell
Skill levels: 0,1,2,3
Period 4: Saturday 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm
Choose one from this time slot
Keyboard Piano
KP-2: Piano Intermediate/Advanced
Instructor: Richard Wood
Skill level: 1
Tin Whistle
TW-2: Advanced Tin Whistle
Instructor: Heather MacIsaac Gillis
Skill Levels: 1-3
Music Composition
MC-1: How to write a fiddle tune that a fiddler would like to play
Instructor: Scott Macmillan
Skill Levels: 1-3
This is a 2-part class occupying periods 4 & 5.
Band Labs
This is a 2 part class occupying periods 4 & . Band Labbers will be provided with a special sign up form for this.
Fiddle
F-2: Ottawa Valley Fiddle Groove (reels)
Instructor: Kelli Trottier
Skill Levels: 2-3
Guitar
GT-4: Cape Breton Guitar
Instructor: Roger Stone
Skill Levels: 2-3 (also open to Level 1)
Mandolin
MA-1: Inter-Advanced Mandolin
Instructor: Darren McMullen
Skill Levels: 2-3
MA-3: Mandolin 101
Instructor: Rob Woodley
Skill Level: 0 (this workshop geared for our young campers, all welcome to attend)
Dance
DA-2: Roddie's Square Dance Session
Instructors: Roddie's Square Dance Society members
Skill Levels: 0-3
Period 5: Sunday 10:00 am - 11:45 am
Choose one from this time slot
Fiddle
F-5: Gaelic Song Melodies for Fiddle
Instructor: Allie Bennett
Skill Levels: 0-1
F-9: Fiddle - Advanced class
Instructor: Richard Wood
Skill levels: 2-3
F-13: Cape Breton Session Tunes
Instructor: Colin Grant
Skill level: 1
Mandolin
MA-2: Mandolin for Fiddlers
Instructor: Darren McMullen
Skill Levels: 0-3
Dance
DA-4: Intermediate Cape Breton Step dancing
Instructor: Rachel Davis
Skill levels: 1-2
Music Composition
MC-1: How to write a fiddle tune that a fiddler would like to play
Instructor: Scott Macmillan
Skill Levels: 1-3
This is a 2-part class occupying periods 4 & 5.
Band Labs
This is a 2-part class occupying periods 4 & . Band Labbers will be provided with a special sign up form for this.