The Troubadour Experience
Thoughts on how to sharpen up your acoustic performance
Saturday • June 29 • 2:00 pm
Sunday July 7 • 2:00 pm • Follow up recital concert
Two Way Street Coffee House • 1047 Curtiss Avenue • Downers Grove IL
A 90-minute workshop & follow up recital concert • $25 • Register at www.twowaystreet.org.
Since 1981, folk singer-songwriter Mark Dvorak has given almost ten-thousand performances. Join him for an illuminating discussion and workshop aimed at helping you sharpen up your acoustic performance.
Topics include:
- Responsibility of the performer.
- Choosing material.
- Preparedness.
- Engagement.
Participants will have the chance to perform two songs as part of the follow-up recital concert on Sunday, July 7 right on stage at the legendary Two Way Street Coffee House.
The Troubadour is an essential figure in Western music. In the middle ages, amour - a French word for love - was celebrated by wandering poets and minstrels who sang of “what the eyes have made welcome to the heart.”
Email your questions ahead of time to markdv@aol.com.
The Troubadour Experience
Thoughts on how to sharpen up your acoustic performance
A 75 minute workshop & discussion
Sunday • May 12 • 5:15 pm - 6:30 pm
Leo Coffee House • Zion UCC • 2301 Indian Mound Road • Norwood OH • Sunday May 12, • 513.399.7227 • www.queencityballadeers.org
Since 1981, folk singer-songriter Mark Dvorak has given almost ten-thousand performances. Join him for an illuminating discussion and workshop aimed at helping you sharpen up your acoustic performance.
Topics include:
- Responsibility of the performer.
- Choosing material.
- Preparedness.
- Engagement.
The Troubadour is an essential figure in Western music. In the middle ages, amour - a French word for love - was celebrated by wandering poets and minstrels who sang of “what the eyes have made welcome to the heart.”
Email your questions ahead of time to markdv@aol.com.
Folk Banjo Basics
A 90-minute workshop • Friendly Community Music School • 6731 W. Roosevelt Road • Berwyn IL
Sunday • January 28 • 12:00 noon • $50 • Register here
A ninety-minute workshop with Mark Dvorak exploring his approach to playing the 5-string banjo - folk style. Accompaniment techniques like up-picking, two-finger style and clawhammer will be highlighted as well as playing simple melodies. Bring your 5-string banjo in playable condition and be ready to dig in.
Mark Dvorak began teaching as an avocation, but his interest in working with students deepened and evolved into a way of life and a livelihood of "helping people teach themselves."
Since 1986, thousands of music students have passed through his classes. He has helped many a beginner get through their first chords and strums, and has hosted a catalogue of master classes and workshops on a range of subjects from old time banjo picking to the legacy of the great Lead Belly, to just about every other topic related to the study of the American folk song.
Register by phone 708.484.9794 or at http://www.friendlymusic.community/store/p82/Folk_Banjo_Basics.html.
Drop an email to Mark beforehand with your questions.
Find Mark Dvorak at www.markdvorak.com.