| Andrea Beaton Workshop & Performance Sunday, May 13, 2008 Fiddle Workshop Open To All Levels at 5 p.m Performance With Buddy MacDonald at 7:30 p.m Johnson String Instrument in the Queens Buyway 49 North Main Street Falmouth, MA 508-495-5551 |
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Celebrated Cape Breton Fiddler Andrea Beaton will conduct a fiddle workshop and perform a concert at Johnson String Instrument in Falmouth on Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Ms. Beaton is the youngest in a long line of Beaton family musicians and will be accompanied by her mother, Betty Beaton. Her grandfather, Donald Angus Beaton, was one of the strongest and most popular fiddlers of his generation and at the same time her grandmother was one of the best Cape Breton pianist of her time. Her father Kinnon and mother Betty continue in that fiddle/piano tradition as some of the top players on the island today. The family ties go on to include her uncle the revered Buddy MacMaster and world-renowned cousin Natalie MacMaster. Cape Breton fiddle playing is highly accented dance music, characterized by the driven bow. The tunes of other music origins (Irish, Canadian, French-Canadian, etc.) sound quite different when performed by Cape Breton players. The strong downbeat pulse is driven by the fiddler's heel into the floor. The pattern tends to be the heel on reels, heel-and-toe on strathspeys. Timing is a notable trait of Cape Breton music because good timing brings dancing alive. Ms. Beaton’s music is at once her own and deeply rooted in the tradition associated with the Mabou coalmines. In her playing you can hear the power associated with her grandfather and the timing of her parents. She has released three solo CDs and played on countless others. Ms. Beaton will conduct a fiddle workshop open to all levels at 5:00 p.m. and perform with Mrs Beaton at 7:30. Concert tickets are $15 and workshop registration is $20. Both will be held at Johnson String Instrument in the Queens Buyway at 49 North Main Street in Falmouth. Call 508/495-5551 for more information. The workshop is at 5 p.m. with a registration fee of $20 while the concert is at 7:30 pm and tickets are $15. For more information call us at 508-495-5551. |
| The 2008 NATIONAL SUZUKI FESTIVAL Minneapolis, Minnesota at the Hilton Minneapolis Hotel May 23–26, 2008 |
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We are proud to be a Silver Sponsor of the 2008 National Suzuki Festival, to be held this May in Minneapolis. In addition to sponsoring a masterclass by renowned viola clinician Helen Callus, we will also have a booth with a wide range of instruments and bows for trial and purchase. If you will be attending the conference and would like us to bring specific items for trial, please call Vicki Hayes at extension 108 for more information. Complete conference details and registration information can be found at the SAA's website... |
| SOUNDFEST with the Colorado Quartet Falmouth, Massachusetts June 14–28, 2008 |
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Johnson String Instrument on Cape Cod once again will be participating in Soundfest with the Colorado Quartet, a two-week chamber music festival and intensive string quartet institute. Two concerts by the young musicians in the festival will be held at Johnson’s on Cape Cod. Visit www.coloradoquartet.com for exact dates and times. |
| NEW ENGLAND SUZUKI INSTITUTE Standish, Maine at St. Joseph's College on the shores of Sebago Lake June 22-27, 2008 |
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We will again be attending the New England Suzuki Institute, to be held this year at St. Joseph's College, on the shores of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine. Our Assistant Sales Manager Vicki Hayes will be bringing instruments and bows, and Rental Coordinator Rob Walsh will have accessories, strings, books and more for sale at the college. For information about the New England Suzuki Institute, visit www.newenglandsuzukiinstitute.org |
| WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS SUZUKI INSTITUTE Easthampton, Massachusetts at the Williston Northampton School July 7-11, 2008 |
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The Western Massachusetts Suzuki Institute is a week-long intensive Suzuki program for Suzuki-trained violin and cello students ages four to 15 and their families. The daily schedule includes individual lessons, recitals, repertoire classes, playins, string orchestra, and parent education classes. Johnson String Instrument will be on hand from Tuesday through Friday with a wide range of JSI products, including strings, books, accessories, instruments, and bows. For more information about the Suzuki Institute, please call (413) 253-3682. |
| "THIRD THURSDAY" FIDDLING SESSIONS - ALL ARE WELCOME! Falmouth, Massachusetts at Johnson String Instrument in Falmouth Thursday, April 17, 2008 from 5pm to 7pm Thursday, May 15, 2008 from 5pm to 7pm |
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 | Johnson String Instrument in Falmouth along with the Falmouth Fiddlers present the popular "Third Thursday" Fiddling Sessions. Everyone is welcome so come on down to the shop and let's have some fun! Johnson String Instrument on Cape Cod 49 North Main Street, Falmouth, Massachusetts 02540 For more information call us at: 508-495-5551 |
