Common Ground on the Hill

Week 2

 Master Schedule 

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Band Workshops  
Harp & Autoharp
Banjo   
Human Arts
Dance, Movement & Percussion  
Mandolin
Distinctive Lectures   
Singing

Dulcimers 
Special Gatherings
Fiddle &  Bass
Visual Arts
 
Good Listening, Radio Broadcasting & Production 
Whistles & Concertina
 Guitar
Youth Programs
DC Bluegrass Union Daily Schedule
                                                                     

 


Special Gatherings

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

8th Annual Nonviolence Institute
- a guided enrollment through four Common Ground courses

Distinctive Lecture Series - Presentations
 

Nonviolence, the Root Tradition: Receiving It and Passing It On  -  Monday, July 13 at  8 p.m.

 
Maryland Playback Ensemble, Monday, July 13 at 9:00 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 Series- Classes
Passing It On

Native American Flute


Masterclass of Roots Music - Tim O’Brien

 

Music and Grassroots Movements for Social and Environmental Justice in Appalachia

 

Contemporary Native American Philosophy & Religion in the Southeast

Gateway for Teachers Roots - the Quest for Your Past
periods 3 - 4
 
 

The Sacred Circle

   
  
Instrumental Classes
    
BAND WORKSHOPS

Bluegrass & Oldtime Band Tutorials & Practice

DC Bluegrass Union
Camp Course
  Irish Session Traditional tunes from Non-Celtic Traditions

Bluegrass Slow Jam
DC Bluegrass Union Camp Course


      Old Time Music Workshop
DC Bluegrass Union Camp Course


   

Celtic Band Workshop

   
BANJO


Bluegrass Banjo I - Scruggs 101

DC Bluegrass Union Camp Course


Oldtime Clawhammer Banjo II

DC Bluegrass Union Camp Course

Bluegrass Banjo II
DC Bluegrass Union Camp Course

 
     

Oldtime Clawhammer Banjo I
DC Bluegrass Union Camp Course

 
    
DULCIMERS

E-Z Oldtime Hammered Dulcimer

Celtic Laments & Ballads
for Hammered Dulcimer

 


Building and Playing Mountain Dulcimer


 
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

FIDDLE & BASS

Oldtime Black & White Fiddle


Bluegrass Fiddle II

DC Bluegrass Union Camp Course

 

Bluegrass Fiddle I
DC Bluegrass Union Camp Course

 
 


Old-time Fiddle I
DC Bluegrass Union Camp Course

 

Old-time Fiddle II
DC Bluegrass Union Camp Course

 
 


Bluegrass Bass I

DC Bluegrass Union Camp Course

  Bluegrass Bass I
DC Bluegrass Union Camp Course
 
HARP & AUTOHARP
Stress Free Harp
Song Airs
 Irish Session Traditional tunes from Non-Celtic Traditions  
   Autoharp      
   
WHISTLES & CONCERTINA
Tin Whistle I



Tin Whistle II

   
    
GUITAR
 

Beginning Guitar DC Bluegrass Union
Camp Course

     


Bluegrass Guitar II
DC Bluegrass Union Camp Course

 


Bluegrass Guitar I

DC Bluegrass Union Camp Course

 

 

Resonator Guitar/Dobro I
DC Bluegrass Union Camp Course

  Resonator Guitar/Dobro II
DC Bluegrass Union Camp Course

 
    
MANDOLIN
   

Bluegrass Mandolin II
DC Bluegrass Union Camp Course

 

Bluegrass & Oldtime Mandolin I
DC Bluegrass Union Camp Course

 

Singing Classes
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

Singing New and Old: Country/Bluegrass/Folk

DC Bluegrass Union Camp Course

Scottish Song

Oldtime Song Repertory
DC Bluegrass Union Camp Course

Vocal Technique - Good Singing Starts with the Basics
DC Bluegrass Union Camp Course


The Big Song Swap

 

Jacobite Songs

   

Songs For & About Dancing

 
  
Visual Arts
All visual arts courses are TWO periods long.

Blacksmithing Introduction

Beading - Prayer Pouches

 

Chinese Painting & Calligraphy

Sculpting Sterling Flowers and Leaves  

Harness Floor Loom Weaving

Native American Flute Construction

 

Drawing in Nature

Printmaking from Recycled Materials

 

Knitting and Recycled Felting

Plein Air Painting

 

Papermaking

Underground Railroad Quilting

 

Digital Photography - Black and White

Sculpting the Spirit of the Stone

 

Dance, Movement & Percussion 
There is a community dance every evening from 10 - 11:30 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

All Friends Here

North African Frame Drum

Drum For Joy

Bodhran - Irish Frame Drum

Clog-a-Thon

 

 

     
  
Human Arts
      Feldenkrais YogaRhythmics

Good Listening & Radio Broadcasting & Production
     

Recording Your Music
DC Bluegrass Union Camp Course
periods 3 - 4

     
Youth Programs
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