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Teen Open Mic is really a gratifying experience for Us at Foundry Hall. It is like the epitome of build it and they will come and they won’t just show up and watch, but they will be creative and interesting, supportive and friendly. Continue reading “Teen Open Mic 11/14”
November 16, 2019 – We didn’t plan it this way, but this fall has been a lot to do about Trinidad. We created two week long school projects for our elementary aged students with Jean Raabe of Pan Odyssey as well as a Teen Open Mic experience with her steel pans, too. These steel pans (we call them drums here) are from Trinidad and Tobago (two islands, one nation) in the Caribbean. Continue reading “Trinidad in the fall”
Vibraphonist Jim Cooper led a workshop at South Haven High School on how to join in on a jazz jam. Open to any interested students, the workshop was held after school on Tuesday, November 5th in the band room. Students played their instruments and Jim described how their parts Continue reading “Jazz Jam workshop at SHHS with Jim Cooper”
Foundry Hall coordinated a second week of Steel Pan (Drum) workshops with Jean Raabe. This time we brought the program to Bangor’s South Walnut Elementary School and worked with kids from kindergarten to fourth grade. A target group of 2nd-4th graders spent three extra days learning 2 songs per grade to perform for the whole school on Monday, November 4th. Continue reading “Steel Drums at South Walnut Elementary in Bangor”
Foundry Hall created a “What About Jazz” workshop with the Randy Napoleon Trio prior to their performance at the South Haven Center for the Arts on Friday, November 1st. Continue reading “What About Jazz workshop”
FRI 11/1 5:30-6:30pm
@ South Haven Center for the Arts
Free! Donations appreciated! Continue reading “The “What About Jazz” workshop with The Randy Napoleon Trio”
Foundry Hall is participating in FARM this year! The Folk Alliance Region Midwest (FARM) conference took place in Grand Rapids October 24-27 and we were there! Continue reading “Foundry at FARM”
FH volunteers Lotte Resek and Michael Vanden Tak set up a small petting zoo with electric and acoustic guitars, a banjo, keyboard and baritone ukulele for carnival goes to play. Continue reading “Halloween Carnival Instrument Petting Zoo”
Foundry Hall coordinated a week long workshop with all of the 4th and 5th graders at North Shore Elementary with music therapist Jean Raabe. Continue reading “Steel Pan Drums at North Shore Elementary”
Foundry Hall’s monthly Teen Open Mic in the art studio behind Rock n’ Road Cycle had another special guest host. Jordan Hamilton, an amazing up and coming solo musician, recording artist and founding member of the Last Gasp Collective, joined us for an evening of teen creative space! Continue reading “TOM wsg/ Jordan Hamilton”
