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Past Events Calendar
Wednesday July 2, 7:30 pm
Reunion performance of The Deadly Nightshade
tickets $15-$25 sliding scale, available on-line here or at door.
Friday, September 21 8pm -- PURCHASE TICKETS HERE
Toshi Reagon
$18 day of show// $15 advance
in The Big Barn at the Institute for the Musical Arts
165 Cape Street (hwy112) Goshen, MA 01032
for additional press information and artist photo go to: http://www.toshireagon.com/
For directions to the IMA click here.
Sunday, October 7 7pm -- PURCHASE TICKETS HERE
Issa (formerly known as Jane Siberry) Trio with special guest
Adrienne Pierce
$26 day of show// $24 advance
in the Big Barn at the Institute for the Musical Arts
165 Cape Street (hwy112) Goshen, MA 01032
for additional press information and artist photo go to: http://www.janesiberry.com/index2.html
Saturday, November 17th at 8pm -- PURCHASE TICKETS HERE
Melissa Ferrick
$22.50 in in advance and $25 at the door.
in The Big Barn at the Institute for the Musical Arts
165 Cape Street (hwy112) Goshen, MA 01032
Starting the weekend of May 18th
Frame Drumming Intensive: 6 Month Program
Learn to play the frame drum, the ancient instrument of ritual, trance, community building and healing in the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern world. Originally played by women, the small, hand-held tambourine and tar inspire meditative, energizing, and joyous rhythm making when played together in circle. Playing the frame drum can compliment meditative or movement practices, music, dance and percussion jams, and rituals and celebrations or simply add to your personal enjoyment and wellness.
The program’s core techniques and concepts will be derived from the GBTO (Giving Birth To Ourselves) curriculum as taught by Layne Redmond, master percussionist, author, educator and frame drum historian. We will explore and practice the sacred technologies and historical context of this style of drumming as handed down from Layne Redmond, including:
entrainment through rhythm, movement, breath, and voice
• invoking the elemental energies of fire, water, air, and earth
• shifting states of consciousness for meditation and healing
• slideshow presentation of documented frame drum history
Deb and Hollie will infuse the curriculum with their unique professional experiences sharing rhythm and drumming with youth and adults in education, recreation, and mental health recovery settings. Upon completion of this program, participants will have the skills to:
maintain a personal drumming practice for health and wellness
• teach basic frame drumming classes in the community
• facilitate rhythm circles for educational, healing, or workplace settings
Prior drumming experience is not necessary, though it is suggested that participants attend an introductory class prior to attending the program. A commitment of a daily one hour practice at home to maximize and accelerate your learning and playing potential is expected from all participants. Practice CDs and worksheets will be provided (included in cost).
Deb Reed and Hollie Marron began studying the frame drum in 1996 and have been teaching and performing with the frame drum since 1998. They are senior students of Layne Redmond, author of When the Drummers were Women, and bring a light, joyful approach to playing this ecstatic drum! Hollie is an occupational therapist, authorized Rhythmic Entrainment Intervention (REI) provider, and outdoor educator. Deb has a background in rehabilitation counseling and massage therapy; currently she is a doctoral student in audiology at UMass Amherst.
Location: Institute for the Musical Arts, Goshen, MA www.ima.org
Dates: May 18-20, June 15-17, *July 13-15, Aug. 24-26, Sept. 28-30, Oct. 19-21 *July’s weekend: advanced drummers workshop with Layne Redmond in Portland, ME
Cost: includes 2 nights housing and 6 meals per weekend. $1200, exclusive of July weekend
Registration: a non-refundable deposit of $50 due by March 1, 2007
50% of program cost due by April 30, 2007
Register on-line at www.ima.org or call 413-268-3074
Questions: contact Deb Reed at deerbed(at)earthlink.net
Online Registration - Download Here!
Sunday February 4th from 2-4PM • in IMA's Big Barn • Goshen, MA
suggested donation: $10 gen. public $5 students
Music Biz from the Ground Up
An interactive panel discussion with movers and shakers in the music industry designed
for anyone interested in a career in music topics include: music production, artist promotion and entertainment law with
Carla DeSantis, founder Rockrgrl Magazine
Ann Hackler, Executive Director the Institute for the Musical Arts
Rita Houston, Music Director WFUV Radio station in NYC
Sonya Kitchell, singer-songwriter on the Starbucks' Hear Music label
Leah Kunkel, Singer/songwriter and Entertainment Lawyer
Emily Lichter, Owner Public Emily Publicity and Management Company
June Millington, Producer, Recording Artist, Artistic Director the Institute for the Musical Arts
Susan Tanner, Marketing and SalesDirector, Righteous Babes Records
Kathryn Wilmore, co-founder Soujourner Magazine and retired Vice President of MIT
On April 20, 2007
Toshi Reagon to Present FANNY with ROCKRGRL Women of Valor Award
First Fanny Performance in 30 Years,
Guest Speakers Include Sonya Kitchell and Deborah Frost
- Final Round of Berklee's Battle of the All-Female Bands is April 7,
Winner to Perform at the Award Event -
Boston, MA, March 27, 2007. Toshi Reagon has been named to present pioneering all-female rock group FANNY with the ROCKRGRL Women of Valor Award, Friday, April 20, at the Berklee Performance Center, located at 136 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, MA. Tickets are $15 and the show begins at 8:15 p.m. For ticket information, please call 617-747-2261, or visit www.berkleebpc.com. Berklee and ROCKRGRL are pleased to welcome WMBR 88.1 FM’s Lost & Found as a media sponsor. Fanny, the first all-female band to release a full-length album on a major label, signed with Warner Brothers' Reprise Records in 1969. The group released five albums on the label by 1973, influencing the Runaways, The Go Go’s and countless female musicians across generations. For more information, please visit www.berklee.edu/news/2007/01/0125.html.
ROCKRGRL founder Carla DeSantis is set to MC the event, introducing speakers, performers, and a slide show and video chronicling the band’s history. Fanny will accept the award in-person, following a performance by founding members June Millington, Jean Millington, and Alice de Buhr, marking the first Fanny appearance in over 30 years. Other live performances include sets by the Millington sisters’ current group Slammin’ Babes, with Jean’s son Lee Madeloni on drums; a student group from the Berklee Women Musicians Network playing classic Fanny songs; and the winner of Berklee’s Battle of the All-Female Bands, to be named on April 7 [please read on for information about the Battle].
The award will be presented to Fanny by genre-bending guitarist Toshi Reagon. Reagon is a singer, songwriter, and producer living in Brooklyn, New York. She has been touring for the past year in support of her latest CD, Have You Heard, on Righteous Babe Records. Reagon, who is also Music Director of the opera The Temptation Of St. Anthony, counts June Millington as one of her greatest teachers in the areas of guitar playing and production. Guests to speak about Fanny’s importance include 18-year-old singer/songwriter and Velour Records artist Sonya Kitchell, who attended Millington’s Rock n’ Roll Summer Camp for Girls; Berklee Vice President for Cultural Diversity Myra Hindus; and journalist Deborah Frost, who has written for the Village Voice, Rolling Stone, Spin, New York Times, and Entertainment Weekly. Frost also conceived and wrote the chapter on Fanny in Rolling Stone's Book of Women in Rock.
- Berklee Battle of the All-Female Bands -
The lineup has been announced for the final round of Berklee’s Battle of the All-Female Bands, Saturday, April 7, 1:00 p.m., at the Middle East Upstairs. Through the judges’ decision, and votes from an audience numbering 350 over two nights, Zili Misik, Smoke Animals, Cliché, Burn Chesca Burn, and Aurora advanced from the first round. The Middle East is located at 472 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA. The show is all-ages and tickets are $5/$3 for students. Please call (617) 864-3278 for more information, or visit www.mideastclub.com.
The Battle winner’s set at the ROCKRGRL Women of Valor Award evening will also serve as a showcase for the Verge College Music Conference, giving the band the opportunity to be booked by college talent buyers from across the country. Other prizes include a Luna electric guitar, six hours of Berklee studio time, a First Act acoustic guitar, one-year Sonicbids memberships, and a consultation with publicist Public Emily. Berklee Assistant Director of Admissions Jessica Yoakum MC’s the show, and judges include Boston Metro Entertainment Editor Pat Healy, NEMO Conference & Festival Director Kristin Bredimus, WZLX 100.7 FM DJ Anngelle Wood, Lizzie Borden of the Lizzie Borden Band, and Berklee Director of Special Projects for Student Affairs Jane Stachowiak.
Carla DeSantis founded ROCKRGRL in 1994 as a serious, intelligent alternative to rock magazines that talked to women musicians about everything but their music. She published the magazine for over 10 years, covering artists like Aimee Mann, Sleater-Kinney, Marianne Faithful, Joan Jett, Liz Phair, The Donnas, and the Indigo Girls to name a few, and in that time produced several events, including two large ROCKRGRL conferences in Seattle, with the goal of promoting, encouraging, and celebrating women's achievements in the music industry.
Berklee College of Music was founded on the revolutionary principle that the best way to prepare students for careers in music was through the study and practice of contemporary music. For over 60 years, the college has evolved constantly to reflect the state of the art of music and the music business. With over a dozen performance and nonperformance majors, a diverse and talented student body representing over 70 countries, and a music industry "who's who" of alumni, Berklee is the world's premier learning lab for the music of today — and tomorrow.
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Margot Edwards, Publicist
Berklee College of Music
1140 Boylston St. MS-1140 PI
Boston, MA 02215
617-747-2004
Saturday April 28th, 7:30pm
Orange Entertainment presents - June and Jean Millington in Concert
The Ruth B. Smith Auditorium, Orange Town Hall, Orange MA
Tickets: Call 1-800-594-8499 or www.townoforange.org
Reserve Seat Tickets:
$40 Meet and Greet, front row
$30 Main Floor and Front Balcony
$15 Back Balcony
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