Common Ground on the Hill

Week 1

 

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Special Gatherings
 
Piano 
Distinctive Lecture Series 
 
WInd & Free Reed Instruments 
In Search of the Right Instrument
Band Workshops  
Guitar, Oud, Ukulele 
 
Singing, Songs, Songwriting 
Fiddle, Cello, Bass
 
Dance & Movement 
Banjo, Mandolin
 
Percussion 
Dulcimers Listening, Broadcasting, Writing, Telling
 Harp Human Arts
Harmonica
 
World Village
Visual Arts
 
                                                                     

 


SPECIAL GATHERINGS

The Search for Common Ground 5th period, 4:00-5:30 Monday - Friday
 

Interracial Gospel Choir & Orchastra -  after dinner 6:30 - 7:45 p.m. Monday - Thursday

 

DISTINCTIVE LECTURE  - PRESENTATIONS
 Keynote Lecture:

Arts and the Minds 
Leo Eaton, Monday July 2nd, 8:00pm

 
Maryland Playback Ensemble, Tuesday, July 3rd at 6:30 p.m.
1st Period
9:00 - 10:15
2nd Period
10:30 - 11:45
3rd Period
1:00 - 2:15
4th Period
2:30 - 3:45
5th Period
4:00 - 5:30

DISTINCTIVE LECTURE - CLASSES
Arts and the Mind

Hearts & Minds Film

Promoting Peace by Understanding Evil

Samaritans at the Border, Immigrants Among Us

 The Dugout Canoe Project Lecture
Passing It On

Treasures from the Folk Archive 

Learning Arabic Appalshop Films  
 Women and the Arts from Latin America Exploring China via Chinese   Spirituality, Media Ethics and Violence: Destruction and Rebirth  
   Apocalypse Now


 

 The Poetry of War and Peace  
  Native American Storytelling

Roots- the Quest for you Past
periods 3 - 4

  
 
  Self Awareness: Diversity in the Classroom       

 

  
INSTRUMENTAL CLASSES

Stringed Instrument Consultation  Stringed Instrument Consultation continued       
In Search of the Right Instrument        
    
GUITAR, OUD, UKULELE
Jazz Guitar Topics  New Guitar Styles Blues, Give Me Your RIght Hand 
Beginning Guitar
 
Understanding the Fretboard   

 World Folk Guitar

Harmonica II & Guitar - Rack & Box  
 

Blues and the Electric Guitar

Celtic Guitar  
Beginning Ukelele   Oud

Hawaiian Ukelele  

 
      The Music of Mississippi John Hurt  
   
FIDDLE, CELLO, BASS
Beginning Fiddle

Irish Fiddle

 Irish Fiddle II   Traditional Cello, Bowed Dulcimer and other Bowed Instrument Workshop 
Bass Basics        
    
BANJO, MANDOLIN

 

Oldtime Banjo Symposium

 

Beginning Banjo

 

Jazz Mandolin  
  Celtic Mandolin Beginning Mandolin     
    Intro to Blues Mandolin     
1st Period
9:00 - 10:15
2nd Period
10:30 - 11:45
3rd Period
1:00 - 2:15
4th Period
2:30 - 3:45
5th Period
4:00 - 5:30

 

 HAMMERED DULCIMER, MOUNTAIN DULCIMER, BOWED DULCIMER


Beginning Hammered Dulcimer
Beginning Hammered Dulcimer continuedd   Repertoire- Hammered Dulcimer Repertoire- Hammered Dulcimer continued   
 Hammering Skills

Hammering Skills continued

Mountain Dulcimer in Jam Sessions   

 

 

Beginning Mountain Dulcimer Playing        
Hawaiian Mountain Dulcimer Traditional Cello, Bowed Dulcimer and other Bowed Instruments Workshop      

 

HARP
Introduction to Celtic Harp Stress Free Harp Irish and Scottish Harp- Advanced Music of the Harpers Irish and Scottish Harp-Intermediate
Pan-European Tunes  Scottish Tunes with Funky Basslines  LeftLeft0LLeftfLeft-hand Liberation   Challenging Tunes for Celtic Harp


HARMONICA

Blues Harmonica I    

Harmonica II & Guitar- Rack and Box 

 
  PIANO
Piano II - Blues, Rock & Folk   Piano I - Blues, Rock & Folk    
WINDS AND FREE REED INSTRUMENTS
 Uillean Pipes Tin Whistle I  Folk Recorder Tin Whistle II Didgeridoo
 Overtone Flutes- Fujara and Koncovka  Traditional Irish Flute   Ney Introduction to Highland Bagpipes
 Anglo Concertina     Introduction to English Concertina  
    
BAND WORKSHOPS

Hawaiian Music Workshop 

Music of "The Band"

 

Canciones de mi Padre Beginning Steel Drum Workshop
  Jug Band     Juke Joint Blues
        Celtic Session

SINGING, SONGS, SONGWRITING

Rise up Singing

From Page to Stage

The Art of the Funny Song

Canciones de mi Padre The Big Song Swap
    Mountain Voices What is the True Story?  
     Songwriting and Singing in your Genes Women and the Blues  
      Original Song Presentation  
DANCE AND MOVEMENT
Dances and Music of the Middle East  African Dance  Latin Dance  Mexican Folkloric Dance  Breakdancing 101
  Roots & Rhythm     Folk Dance
 
PERCUSSION

African Drumming

 Bodhran Brazilian Percussion Ensemble   Polyrhythmic Tub Drubbing  Drumpath Rhythms
1st Period
9:00 - 10:15
2nd Period
10:30 - 11:45
3rd Period
1:00 - 2:15
4th Period
2:30 - 3:45
5th Period
4:00 - 5:30
  
 

LISTENING, BROADCASTING, WRITING, TELLING
   Native American Storytelling

Writing of Wrongs

Storytelling Radio Production and Broadcasting 
    Blues with a Feeling  Spoken Wordplay  
     
HUMAN ARTS
Early Morning Yoga 7:00 AM     Feldenkrais Bicycling
        Afternoon Yoga
Puppets- They're Back! Puppets continued      Outdoor Cooking
WORLD VILLAGE
World Village World Village World Village World Village  

                                                                  

 

  
VISUAL ARTS
Period 1 (9:00 am- 10:15 am) and Period 2 (10:30 am- 11:45 am) Period 3 (1:00 pm- 2:15 am) and Period 4 (2:30 pm- 3:45 pm) Period 5 (4:00 pm- 5:30 pm)

Drawing Basics

Abstract Painting

 Collage Journaling

Watercolor in the Round

Painting with Pastels

 Tinsel Painting

Photography- Open Road

Photoshop 101 Adventures in Glass Beadmaking II 

The Accurate Art of Life Casting

Screen Painting

 
Introduction to Mosaic Making Pots and Painting with Fire  

Pottery: American Stoneware of the 1800's

The Art of Mokume Gane Patterning  

Laminated Wood

Let's Make Kinetic Sculpture!  

Puppets- They're Back!

Splint Woven Basketry

 
Extreme Clothing Makeover Contemporary Hatmaking  
Jewelry Design and Fabrication Polymer Techniques for Jewelry and More  
Puzzle Bag Primitive Skills   
 Basic Traditional Dine Weaving Basic Traditional Dine Weaving continued  
Working with Green Wood Pottery: 2 Clays, 2 Slips, 2 Glazes  
 Blacksmithing (with Stories Told Around the Stove)    
The Dugout Canoe Project The Dugout Canoe Project The Dugout Canoe Project

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