Intern Murray Black and Artist in Residence Beverly Dobrinsky welcome Carnegie members to the first day of the Carnegie Village music heritage project.
We had a very successful first meeting on March 30 in the Carnegie Theatre and by the time you are reading this, we will have had our 2nd meeting on April 13. We will be having regular meetings every 2nd Monday at 1-3pm, either in the Carnegie Theatre or upstairs in Classroom 2. We will be starting Saturday meetings on May 2, from 1-3 pm as well, and continuing every 2nd Saturday until June 13. See below for a schedule of meetings and locations.
We started out with a discussion of our roots, and discovered quite a magnificent range of material that we can share--- everything from our different ethnic and family roots; Irish, English, Goan, German, First Nations, Ukrainian, Canadian, Scottish; to jazz, big band and popular music of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s, as well as original songs expressing rootedness in home, land and country.
We are learning a Ukrainian ritual blessing song, an English folksong, and an original song by Carnegie Villager, Mike Richter. As part of the learning process, I will be offering vocal technique, and ear training exercises to develop our musical ears and singing voices. We will be continuing to gather songs from our community, and adding these to our repertoire.
Please come and add your VOICE to the Carnegie Village.
Meeting Times:
- Monday, April 27 Classroom 2/3rd floor Saturday, May 2 Classroom 2/3rd floor
- Monday, May 11 Carnegie Theatre Saturday, May 16 Classroom2/3rd floor
- Monday, May 25 Classroom 2/3rd floor Saturday, May 30 Classroom 2/3rd floor
- Monday, June 8 Carnegie Theatre Saturday, June 13 Carnegie Theatre
Carnegie Artist in Residence
Carnegievillage@gmail.com
1st Floor Info.Desk or 604-665-2220/msgs
