Weekend Workshop for Musicians 27-29 June 2014
Página com infos sobre o nosso primeiro Workshop para músicos em 2014. Vamos ter um segundo workshop com os mesmos professores nos dias 8, 9 e 10 de Julho de 2016. Para mais informações sobre o workshop de 2016, clicar aqui
Aqui está um link para um vídeo-resumo do evento de 2014:
http://youtu.be/WGRkKDHwjYA (c. 8 minutos)
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O Grupo de Dança Escocesa da Associação de Residentes de Telheiras (ART) teve o enorme prazer de organizar este workshop de fim-de-semana para aprender como tocar música para a contradança escocesa. O workshop foi liderado por Mara Shea, uma conceituada violinista americana, que - grande sorte nossa! - decidiu visitar a Europa em Junho! Podem ler sobre a Mara na coluna à direita, e há ainda mais informação em www.marashea.com. A Mara toca em vários estilos, e podem ouvir a Mara a tocar música para a contradança escocesa em http://cdbaby.com/cd/marashea no álbum fantástico dela com Dave Wiesler, "HEATHER HILLS". A ajudar a Mara Shea no workshop, teremos Dean Herington (também dos EUA), que toca piano e clarinete. Podem ler mais sobre o Dean na coluna à direita. Era realmente um grande privilégio ter estes dois músicos connosco para este evento!
O workshop teve lugar nos dias 27, 28 e 29 de Junho 2014 (era um fim-de-semana). Como se pode ver no programa em baixo, no domingo à noite os músicos que tiraram o curso teve a oportunidade de tocar para o baile do fim do ano lectivo dos quatro grupos de dança escocesa da zona de Lisboa (Telheiras/Carnide, Lapa, Carcavelos, Fitares).
O workshop foi dirigido a músicos baseados geograficamente em Portugal e Espanha e era totalmente *grátis* para os músicos participantes Clicar aqui para ver o evento no Facebook
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Here's a link to a compilation video of the event:
http://youtu.be/WGRkKDHwjYA (c. 8 minutes)
WEEKEND WORKSHOP IN MUSIC FOR SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING WITH MARA SHEA AND DEAN HERINGTON -
The Scottish Country Dance Group of the Telheiras Residents' Association (ART) was delighted to be able to organise this weekend workshop in learning how to play music for Scottish country dancing. The workshop was led by Mara Shea, a highly-regarded American fiddler, who - very fortunately for us! -
decided to visit Europe in June. You can read about Mara in the column on the right and there's even more information at www.marashea.com, Mara plays in various styles, and you can hear her playing music for Scottish country dancing at http://cdbaby.com/cd/marashea on her fantastic album with Dave Wiesler, "HEATHER HILLS" Helping Mara run the workshop was Dean Herington (also from the US). Dean plays piano and clarinet. You can read more about Dean in the column on the right. It was really a huge privilege to have these two musicians with us for this event!
The workshop took place on 27th, 28th and 29th June 2014 (a weekend). As can be seen from the schedule below, the musicians who did the course had the opportunity of playing at the end-of-term ball of the four Scottish country dance groups in the Lisboa area (Telheiras/Carnide, Lapa, Carcavelos, Fitares).
The workshop was aimed at musicians based in Portugal and Spain and was completely free of charge free for the participating musicians. Click here to see the Facebook event
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DETAILED SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEKEND (only in English, so we are using the 12-hour clock!). This information is also available as a downloadable doc file from the bottom of this page. Click on the arrow on the right-hand side.
Friday evening, 27th June - Venue: St. Andrew's Church, Rua da Arriaga 13, Lapa,1200-608 Lisboa . For a map, see http://www.standrewslisbon.com/driving-directions
FRI 7.15 p.m. - 10 p.m. (including tea/coffee breaks) : Musicians' workshop, 1st session. Please bring your own snacks if you think you will need them!
Saturday, 28th June - Venue: St. Andrew's Church, Rua da Arriaga 13, Lapa,1200-608 Lisboa . For a map, see http://www.standrewslisbon.com/driving-directions
SAT 10.15 a.m. - 1 p.m. (including tea/coffee breaks) Musicians' workshop, 2nd session.
SAT 1 p.m.- 2.15 p.m. Picnic lunch/Sandwiches in the Church garden (for workshop participants only). We will provide some food, but please bring some as well.
SAT 2.15 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. (including tea/coffee breaks) Musicians' workshop, 3rd session.
SAT 6.30 p.m. - 9 p.m. Buffet in the Church hall and garden for the workshop participants *plus* any of the dancers who wish to attend. The dancers will bring the food!
Sunday, 29th June - Venue: Teatro D. Luiz Filipe, Largo da Luz, nº 2, Carnide, 1600-498 Lisboa. For a map, see https://goo.gl/maps/c9iw1
SUN 10.15 a.m. - 1 p.m. (including tea/coffee breaks) Musicians' workshop, 4th session.
SUN 1 p. m. - 2.15 p.m. Picnic lunch/Sandwiches on the theatre terrace (bring your own!) or alternatively lunch at a restaurant in the historical centre of Carnide, or at the inexpensive café/restaurant at Espassus (5 minutes' walk from the theatre). The choice is yours, but if we go to a restaurant or café, everyone must pay their own share!
SUN 2.15 p.m. - 5 p.m. Sound check and final rehearsals (including tea/coffee breaks)
SUN 5 p.m - 6.45 p.m. Rest time and / or early supper - same eating arrangements as at lunchtime.
SUN 7 p.m. - 9.45 p.m. BALL with an interval around 8.15 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. The ball is for the dancers of the four Lisbon area SCD groups, plus experienced dancers from anywhere else! The musicians participating in the workshop may play at the ball if they wish, under the guidance of the teachers Mara Shea and Dean Herington.
SUN 9.45 p.m. - 10 p.m. Clearing up by the organisers!
SUN 10 p.m. - 11 p.m. Light refreshments at Espassus and analysis of the weekend with whoever wants to stay on.
O evento teve apoio financeiro da Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (RSCDS) através do Jean Milligan Memorial Fund, e também do International Branch da RSCDS.
Mara Shea
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Mara Shea interessa-se por violinos desde que a sua mãe decidiu que a filha tinha muito bom ouvido para a música e a inscreveu na Neighborhood School of Music, em New Haven, no Connecticut. Após ter estudado violino clássico durante dez anos, ao que se seguiu uma pausa de quinze anos, descobriu a música folk e a música de dança. Desde a década de 1990 que Mara tem a satisfação de tocar para acompanhar dançarinos - dança escocesa, dança inglesa, contradanças, danças highland e danças ceilidh - e é frequente a sua participação em fins-de-semana de dança e em concertos em inúmeros pontos dos Estados Unidos e do Canadá. Estudou durante vários Verões com o saudoso Bobby Brown, foi vencedora em várias competições de violino escocês (Loch Norman Highland Games, Grandfather Mountain Games) e integrou as equipas de músicos no Curso de Verão da TAC, em Pinewoods, Ramblewood, Scottish Weekend, e na Escola de Música Folk John C. Campbell, em Brasstown, na Carolina do Norte. Gravou várias vezes com a sua banda de contradanças, os Elftones, assim como com outros músicos extraordinários como Dave Wiesler (Heather Hills) e Rhiannon Giddens (All the Pretty Horses). Uma das suas especialidades são os strathspeys - em 2012, Mara publicou com a editora Mel Bay Publications um livro chamado Airs and Dances, uma compilação de strathspeys dos séculos dezoito e dezanove, com notas históricas, acompanhada pelas suas próprias gravações das melodias. Mara vive em Raleigh, na Carolina do Norte, onde ensina violino celta e trabalha como escritora técnica e revisora freelancer. Para saber mais sobre Mara, e ouvir alguma da sua música, visite o seu website:www.MaraShea.com
Mara Shea has been playing with violins since her mother decided her child had a really good sense of pitch and enrolled her in the Neighborhood School of Music, in New Haven, CT. After studying classical violin for 10 years and then taking a 15-year break, she discovered folk and dance music. Mara has been happily playing for dancers since the 1990s—Scottish, English, contra, highland, ceilidh—and is frequently heard at dance weekends and concerts throughout the US and Canada. She apprenticed with the late beloved Bobby Brown for several summers, has won a number of Scottish fiddle competitions (Loch Norman Highland Games, Grandfather Mountain Games), and has served on the music staff at TAC Summer School, Pinewoods, Ramblewood, Scottish Weekend, and at the John C. Campbell Folk School, in Brasstown, NC. She has made several recordings with her contra dance band, The Elftones, as well as with other wonderful musicians such as Dave Wiesler (Heather Hills) and Rhiannon Giddens (All the Pretty Horses). Strathspeys are one of her specialties—in 2012, Mara published through Mel Bay Publications a book called Airs and Dances, a compilation of 18th and 19th-century strathspeys, with historical notes, and accompanied by her own recordings of the tunes. Mara lives in Raleigh, NC, where she teaches Celtic fiddle, and works as a freelance technical writer and editor. For more on Mara, and to listen to some of her music, visit her website: www.MaraShea.com.
Dean Herington
Dean began playing Scottish country dance music when a regular colleague, Pete Campbell, formed the McRowdie Ceilidh Band in the 1980s. Dean has played piano in the band ever since, performing all around the American southeast. He also plays piano and/or clarinet for English country dancing, American contra dancing, couples dancing, and international folk dancing. He was most recently on staff at the Christmas Country Dance School in Berea, Kentucky, USA.