Miriam Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 The New Harmony Music Festival and School in New Harmony blends trad, improv, and classical music in a week of classes, sessions and concerts in July. It's not for any specific instrument but I took classes there last summer with Patrick Ourceau (who just started learning the concertina!) and others and it was great. www.newharmonymusicfest.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidsqueezer Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 New Harmony being where in the world? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maki Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 I'm guessing this is it. https://m.facebook.com/NewHarmonyMusicFestival?refsrc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Furl&_rdr Indiana, USA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqzbxr Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 URL for their web site is in the original post: http://www.newharmonymusicfest.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miriam Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 Yes, it is in New Harmony, Indiana. On the Wabash River, about 25 miles from Evansville, IN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken_Coles Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 The web page lists the founder and director as Chris Layer. His father, fiddler Edwin Layer, is a good friend. I once had Chris on the radio show I did for years at Purdue University (c'netter Frank Dudgeon founded that show) and Chris flawlessly played some of his bellow pipes, finicky reeds and all, live on the air, cool as anything. He was in Lafayette IN (his hometown) then for a concert with the Quebec group Norouet. I once saw Chris do the entire Brendan's Voyage (a concerto for uilleann pipes) with orchestra, it was over half an hour of playing from memory. Ed Delaney proposes a squeezer's festival in Indy, and now this - it seems I left the state of Indiana a dozen years too soon! I could always move back. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Ed Delaney proposes a squeezer's festival in Indy, and now this - it seems I left the state of Indiana a dozen years too soon! I could always move back. Don't take a geological time to make up your mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Dudgeon Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 The web page lists the founder and director as Chris Layer. His father, fiddler Edwin Layer, is a good friend. I once had Chris on the radio show I did for years at Purdue University (c'netter Frank Dudgeon founded that show) and Chris flawlessly played some of his bellow pipes, finicky reeds and all, live on the air, cool as anything. He was in Lafayette IN (his hometown) then for a concert with the Quebec group Norouet. I once saw Chris do the entire Brendan's Voyage (a concerto for uilleann pipes) with orchestra, it was over half an hour of playing from memory. Ed Delaney proposes a squeezer's festival in Indy, and now this - it seems I left the state of Indiana a dozen years too soon! I could always move back. Ken Just listened back to the CD Ken kindly sent me of the 10th anniversary show of Acoustic Blend - the public radio folk program that Ken did for a long time at Purdue. Ken included that performance by Chris Layer on the Scottish Smallpipes. Great stuff! Ken did a wonderful job on that show, and they just celebrated their 20th anniversary. Pretty cool. The squeezer's festival in Indianapolis looks intriguing. I'll keep my eyes open for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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