Newsletter

Dear Ones,

Well, school has started and while the days are still warm, we can start feeling a touch of the cool fall winds in the air and a few of our trees are already turning colors. Hooray for sauerkraut, fresh apples, tomatoes and the late summer/early fall bounty.

We look forward to a 20 person Balinese Gamelan orchestra on September 21st as the first concert on the World Music in Paradise season. Gamelan is not something that you get to see every day here in rural Colorado and it will transport you to a different time and place. There is a workshop on Saturday September 22nd so that you can try playing Gamelan too. Please come out and support bringing World Music to the North Fork Valley. Also, please contact us if you are interested in information about sponsoring the World Music in Paradise series. Thanks to everyone who came out for Latcho Drom and made that evening a success!

These next three months are going to be very full of music and music offerings for us, please see the list below or full list here on our website. David is drumming for Celebrate the Beat at all three North Fork Valley Schools as well as in Crested Butte and Arlyn is offering a women’s drumming class in September (two spots left, details here) and a marimba class series in October. We will also be busy preparing and performing some other great concerts that we have on the books. We hope that you are doing the things that offer your gifts to the world as well as rejuvenating your spirit through doing the things that call you.

blessings,
Arlyn and David

–Upcoming Concerts in order of Appearance

• NFV Community Band at Sustainable Settings, Saturday September 15th, performing as the NFV Funk Ensemble, more info here.

• David Alderdice with Celebrate the Beat in Crawford, CO, Thursday September 13th from 6-7pm. At the North Fork Montessori School at Crawford. The culmination of a three week residency.

• Gamelan Tunas Mekar at the Paradise Theatre, Friday, September, 21st 2018. 7:30pm. A 20 person Balinese orchestra with traditional dancers accompanied by bamboo flutes and hand drums. Tunas Mekar is under the direction of Balinese composer and Artist-in-Residence I Made Lasmawan. Tickets

• Gamelan Angklung Music Workshop with Gamelan Tunas Mekar – Saturday, September 22^nd 10:00am at the Paradise Theatre. tickets

• David Alderdice solo set at The Salon in Carbondale, Saturday, September 22, 6:30pm – 9:30pm at The Launchpad 76 South 4th Street, Carbondale, CO, tickets: here.

• Embodying Rhythm Marimba Ensemble at Mountain Harvest Festival. Saturday, September 29th. At the Paradise Theatre in Paonia at 8:15pm, more info and tickets.

• Classical Celtic World Fusion band, FEAST at the Mountain Harvest Festival. Saturday, September 29th. At the Paradise Theatre in Paonia at 10:15pm, more info and tickets.

• NFV Community and Parade Band at Mountain Harvest Festival. Sunday, September 30th. At the Paonia Town Park, 1:30pm – 2pm, free.

• David Alderdice with Celebrate the Beat in Crested Butte. Thursday October 4th, 6pm. Culminating a two week residency. At the Crested Butte Community School.

• David Alderdice and Friends perform as part of the Paradise Theatre’s 90th anniversary celebration. Join the sounds of David on percussion, Dylan Fixmer on mandolin, vocals & trumpet, Zack Reaves on cello, and Ben de Kock on upright bass playing live music to a 1918 silent Charlie Chaplin film. Plus a fun second set of eclectic acoustic music. October 5th 7:30pm. tickets

• Embodying Rhythm Marimba Ensemble on the Western Slope Concert Series with matinée performances at the Montrose Pavilion on Nov. 10th and in Grand Junction on Nov. 11th. more info: here.

___UPCOMING CLASSES___

–Women’s Rhythm and Drumming Class Series with Arlyn Alderdice

Wednesdays 9:30am-11am, September 12, 19, 26, and October 3. $35 for the four weeks. Two spaces left.  Contact Arlyn to register. Open to beginner and experienced drummers, this will be a great way to deepen your relationship to rhythm and music and empower yourself to play.

–Marimba Class Series with Arlyn Alderdice for teens and adults

3 Saturdays from 10:30am – noon: October 20, 27 and November 3, 2018
$40 for the three week series. Please pre-register, open to beginner players as well as continuing students.

Playing marimba is a great way to keep your brain fresh and active. All instruments provided. Experience the joy of making music in ensemble with our 4.5 octave beautiful wooden instruments in a safe and gentle environment. Address provided upon registration: 872-4238 or contact

–Full World Music in Paradise Concert Season Info

David Alderdice is excited to be producing four world-class World Music concerts for the World Music in Paradise concert series at the Paradise Theatre in Paonia for the 2018-19 season. The series also features many in-school music outreach programs at the local schools with support from The Learning Council and Arts for All. There will also be educational music workshops offered by the world musicians while in town. Tickets for all concerts: $20 advance, $25 door, $15 students. 970-527-6610, Paradise Theatre.

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Gamelan Tunas Mekar on Friday, September, 21st 2018. 7:30pm A 20 person Balinese orchestra with traditional dancers accompanied by bamboo flutes and hand drums. Tunas Mekar is under the direction of Balinese composer and Artist-in-Residence I Made Lasmawan. tickets

Goran Ivonavic & Fareed Haque on Friday, October, 19th 2018. 7:30pm International guitar duo. Inspired by the rhythms and melodies of flamenco, jazz, classical, rock and the Balkan region, this performance features the unrivaled guitar artistry of two of the finest players of their respective generations. Their music is carefully balanced between blazing virtuosity and sheer beauty. tickets

Embodying Rhythm Marimba Ensemble on Saturday, December 15th 2018. 7:30pm. CD release party. The Embodying Rhythm Marimba Project Ensemble plays fun, groovy, polyphonic music perfect for movement on the dance floor as well as relaxing journeys of the ear and soul. The funky 8-piece marimba ensemble will be joined by the sounds of trumpet, mandolin, flute, melodica, percussion, drumset, cajon, steelpan, glockenspiel, trombone, saxophone, and voices. tickets

Breaking Winds Bassoon Quartet on Saturday, January 12th 2019. 7:30pm This artist-run creative project disregards genre with favorites from the worlds of classical, pop, jazz, soundtrack, world, and folk music adapted for the ensemble by its members. Known for their stage antics, this all-female quartet is definitely worth checking out. tickets

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Gamelan Angklung Music Workshop with Gamelan Tunas Mekar – Saturday, September 22^nd 10:00am at the Paradise Theatre. Learn to play music on a traditional set of Balinese Gamelan Angklung from Balinese instructor and artist in residence, I Made Lasmawan and his students. Gamelan Angklung are tuned metal gongs and metelophones that you strike with a little wooden mallet. No experience necessary, all instruments provided. Ages 10 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Students (under 18) $5 / Adults $15

Guitar Masterclass Workshop with Goran Ivanovic and Fareed Haque – Friday, October 19^th 5:00pm at the Paradise Theatre. These two amazing world renowned acoustic guitar players will be giving an in-depth masterclass inspiring attendees with rhythms, melodies, techniques and ideas stemming from the flamenco, jazz, rock, and Balkan musical traditions. Feel free to bring a notebook and your guitar or instrument. Ages 13 through adult. Students (under 18) $15 / Adults $30

Marimba Ensemble Workshop with David Alderdice – Sunday, December 16^th 10:00am at the Paradise Theatre. Come and experience the feeling of making wonderful sounds and musical vibrations with beautiful wooden tuned percussion instruments traditional to Zimbabwe. We will explore rhythm, groove, poly-rhythms, ensemble part playing and other aspects of music in a fun a safe group setting. No experience necessary, all instruments provided. Ages 9 through adult. Students (under 18) $10 / Adults $20

Zimbabwean Music – There will also be 2 more add-on workshops offered on October 23^rd 2018 at a private residence in Paonia. One of our teachers, Musekiwa Chingodza, will be traveling through Colorado from Zimbabwe and will be offering a Zimbabwean Mbira (traditional thumb piano) Workshop 4:30pm, Zimbabwean Song Workshop 5:30pm, as well as a house concert at 7pm. More info.

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Wild Geese

You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about your despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting —
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.

~Mary Oliver

Dear Ones,

We hope that you are enjoying some fresh veggies and fruit during this season of natural abundance! And we hope you are enjoying some natural beauty as well.

We are pleased to be announcing the 2018-19 World Music in Paradise season and we hope that you will support this new series that David is producing, as we are really excited about the line-up and feel that these are some world-class offerings. See below for the concerts. As a kick-off for the series, there will be a screening of the iconic film Latcho Drom, a visual music documentary of the Romany people musical journey from India through the Silk Road to Spain. This film event will be on Monday August 27th and will be a fundraiser for the new concert series. All the musicians coming through town for these concerts will be doing in-school music outreach as well as some educational workshops. Please contact us if you are interested in information about sponsoring the series.

Hooray! Our Marimba, Rhythm, and Music Summercamp had a successful first run. Thanks again to everyone who made it possible, including all our campers. We’ll let you know as soon as we can about next season’s camp so that you can get it on the calendar. To hear a taste of what we worked on in camp, join us at Farm to Fiddle on Saturday August 11th at Hotchkiss Town Park at 3:30pm. The Embodying Rhythm Marimba Ensemble will play at 4pm.

blessings,
Arlyn and David

___UPCOMING EVENTS___

–Farm to Fiddle – August 10th and 11th at the Creamery in Hotchkiss

• NFV Community and Parade Band – Friday, 1pm to 1:50pm

• Embodying Rhythm 2018 Summercamp Band – Saturday, 3:30-4pm.

• Embodying Rhythm Marimba Ensemble – Saturday, 4-5pm

–Pretty Gritty in Colorado with David Alderdice

(www.prettygrittymusic.com)

• Wright Opera House, 460 Main St Ouray, CO 81427. Friday, August 17th at 7:30pm – Purchase Tickets

• Paradise Theatre, Paonia, CO. Saturday, August 18th at 7:30pm – with opener Moth to Moonlight. David will be playing with both bands. – Tickets available at the Cirque Cyclery, Lizzy’s Market, the Paradise Box Office and online

–Summer Solace with Craig Childs and Friends (including David Alderdice)

Set upon a backdrop of dazzling and haunting natural images and accompanied by a troupe of talented musicians, storyteller Craig Childs takes us to wild places: in the landscape and points beyond.

• Leadville at the Tabor Opera House on Friday, August 24th -8pm – more info and tickets

• Basalt on Saturday, August 25th – 7:30pm more info  tickets

–Upcoming Women’s Rhythm and Drumming Class Series with Arlyn Alderdice

• Wednesdays 9:30am-11am, September 12, 19, 26, and October 3. Come as you are. We’ll spend time checking-in and coming into rhythm together and we’ll play. Bring your instruments or use ours. $35 for the four week series at our teaching studio. Please register by September 4th – minimum enrollment 4, maximum 10. This group is open to women and girls ages 12 and up.  Contact for registration and directions.

–World Music in Paradise Concert Season

David Alderdice is excited to be producing four world-class World Music concerts for the World Music in Paradise concert series at the Paradise Theatre in Paonia for the 2018-19 season. The series also features many in-school music outreach programs at the local schools with support from The Learning Council and Arts for All. There will also be a few educational music workshops offered by the world musicians while in town. Tickets for all concerts: $20 advance, $25 door. 970-527-6610, Paradise Theatre.

• Latcho Drom documentary screening fundraiser on Monday, August 27th, 2018. 7:00pm. $10 donation. The journey of the Romany people told through musicians and dancers of India, Egypt, Turkey, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, France, and Spain. Co-sponsored by The Learning Council.

Gamelan Tunas Mekar on Friday, September, 21st 2018. 7:30pm Large Balinese orchestra with traditional dancers. Based in Denver, Colorado, USA, Gamelan Tunas Mekar is a large community orchestra under the direction of Balinese composer and Artist-in-Residence I Made Lasmawan.

Goran Ivonavic & Fareed Haque on Friday, October, 19th 2018. 7:30pm International guitar duo. Inspired by the rhythms and melodies of flamenco, jazz, classical, rock and the Balkan region, this performance features the unrivaled guitar artistry of two of the finest players of their respective generations. Their music is carefully balanced between blazing virtuosity and sheer beauty.

Embodying Rhythm Marimba Ensemble on Saturday, December 15th 2018. 7:30pm. CD release party.

The Embodying Rhythm Marimba Project Ensemble plays fun, groovy, polyphonic music perfect for movement on the dance floor as well as relaxing journeys of the ear and soul. The funky 8-piece marimba ensemble will be joined by the sounds of trumpet, mandolin, flute, melodica, percussion, drumset, cajon, steelpan, glockenspiel, trombone, saxophone, and voices.

Breaking Winds Bassoon Quartet on Saturday, January 12th 2019. 7:30pm

This artist-run creative project disregards genre with favorites from the worlds of classical, pop, jazz, soundtrack, world, and folk music adapted for the ensemble by its members. Known for their stage antics, this all-female quartet is definitely worth checking out.

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“This love is actually part of you; it is always flowing through you. It’s like the subatomic texture of the universe, the dark matter that connects everything. When you tune in to that flow, you will feel it in your own heart—not your physical heart or your emotional heart, but your spiritual heart, the place you point to in your chest when you say, “I am.” ― Ram Dass, Be Here Now

Dear Ones,

We are really enjoying the longer summery days, though some nights it’s a bit harder to get the little one to bed because we forget to come inside until dark, there are just so many outside adventures calling.

For June, we have four library musical outreach events (Olathe, Montrose, Fruita & Collbran) and The Embodying Rhythm Marimba Ensemble will be playing at the Grand Junction Farmer’s Market at the end of the month. We’ll play live in the NFV again with the marimbas in August (see our extended schedule here). The marimba album is coming together and all the ensemble tracking is completed!

Thanks to the women who made it out to drum at the end of May. Yay for music making together as women. We’ll gather again on Sunday, July 8th from 4-6pm details.

many blessings,
Arlyn & David

–Live Music in June

• Embodying Rhythm Marimba Ensemble at the Farmer’s Market in Grand Junction, CO
  Thursday, June 28 | 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm. Grand Junction Farmer’s Market, Main Street Grand Junction. The band will be playing some funky, fun polyphonic marimba music from Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas, as well some new original compositions from the ensemble. More info.

–Upcoming Library Outreach Events

• Embodying Rhythm Music Outreach Ensemble in Olathe, CO
  Thursday, June 14 | 10:30 am – 11:30 am. Join the bookmobile for an educational and engaging music experience at Olathe town park, Libraries Rock! With David Alderdice, Arlyn Alderdice, Daniel Be, and Dylan Fixmer.

• Embodying Rhythm Music Outreach Ensemble in Montrose, CO
  Thursday, June 14 | 2:00 pm – 2:45 pm. Join the bookmobile in Buckley Park in Montrose at 2pm. Located at 300 N. Nevada Ave between North 3rd and 4th streets. Libraries Rock! With an educational an engaging music program with David Alderdice, Arlyn Alderdice, Daniel Be, and Dylan Fixmer.

• Embodying Rhythm outreach in Fruita, CO
  Wednesday, June 27 | 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm. Fruita Kids Club at the library. With David & Arlyn Alderdice and a fun interactive music experience.

• Embodying Rhythm outreach in Collbran, CO
  Friday, June 29 | 10:30 am – 11:30 am. Collbran at the library for pre-schoolers. With David & Arlyn Alderdice and a fun interactive music experience.

–Upcoming Women’s Gathering

• Sunday, July 8th, 4-6pm. Come as you are. Women’s drumming and rhythm with Arlyn Alderdice. We’ll spend time checking-in and coming into rhythm together and we’ll play. Bring your instruments or use ours. Offered by donation at the Heideman’s dome. Open to women and girls ages 10 and up.  Contact for information and directions.

–Upcoming Writing and Rhythm Workshop with David Alderdice & Craig Childs

• July 7-8, 2018 Norwood • CO (Lodging & camping available nearby) Saturday: 9am-5pm • Sunday: 9am-4pm. Currently there are 5 spots available • $265. Registration requests: millionmilesawaynorwood (at) gmail . com   more information

–Summercamp info

• Sunday, July 15th, through Friday, July 20th, 2018 – Embodying Rhythm’s Marimba, Rhythm and Music Summercamp with David Alderdice and Arlyn Alderdice. This year’s sleep-away camp will be located on private property outside Crawford, CO at the modern Crystal Creek Lodge at the foot of Black Mesa. Experience the joy of making music in ensemble while learning fun, accessible, and applicable concepts about rhythm, melody, harmony, and groove. This camp is geared for students grades 6 through adult. Please visit our website for pricing, schedule, and full details: http://embodyingrhythm.com/marimba/marimba-summercamp-2018/

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Here  is breathing practice written for massage therapists but applicable to everyone by Suzanne Scurlock-Durana to help slow down and enjoy your precious life a little bit more.

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I belong to the beloved, have seen the two
worlds as one and that one call to and know,

first, last, outer, inner, only that
breath breathing human being.  — Rumi

Hello Dear Ones,

We are really looking forward to the first Embodying Rhythm Marimba, Rhythm, and Music sleep-away summer camp for teenagers and adults this July. We would love to encourage you to check-in and see if you are called to join us. We have a really amazing team gathered as staff, some super great students signed up, and we are extremely excited for the musical material  that we will be covering during this five and a half day fun intensive music camp. If you are called to join us for this percussive adventure learning music in a joyful, safe, uplifting, immersive, community oriented environment, please do: learn more.

Our family has really been appreciating the fruit blossoms and the sound of the bees buzzing in the trees this spring. We have been having picnics under the crabapple tree in full bloom this week. If you haven’t had a chance yet to breathe deeply into a blossoming fruit tree, or to listen to the bees doing their springtime thing, we’d recommend taking a moment for this type of medicine.

We had a very inspirational marimba workshop this past Sunday. Thanks to the folks who made it out to go deeper into the fun realms of music and rhythm. In two weeks, on Sunday, May 6th from 2-5pm, we’ll explore the rhythmical play of music based in 3 (including 6’s & 12’s) and the inherent poly-rhythms held within. Learn more.

Our marimba album recording studio journey is progressing well. We are looking forward to a mid-summer release date. Will keep you posted.

blessings,
Arlyn & David

Upcoming Marimba Workshop + Summercamp

• Sunday, May 6, 2018 from 2-5pm. $25. Marimba Workshop with David Alderdice, assisted by Arlyn Alderdice “The Magic Power of Rhythms Based in 12” – Poly-rhythms and engaging the 6/8, 12/8, 3/4, & 4/4 (with triplets) time-feels. $25 for this three-hour workshop. Please RSVP to this email for location, to save your spot, and for our planning purposes. For ages 10 through adult.

• Sunday, July 15th, through Friday, July 20th, 2018 – Embodying Rhythm’s Marimba, Rhythm and Music Summercamp with David Alderdice and Arlyn Alderdice. This year’s sleep-away camp will be located on private property outside Crawford, CO at the modern Crystal Creek Lodge at the foot of Black Mesa. Experience the joy of making music in ensemble while learning fun, accessible, and applicable concepts about rhythm, melody, harmony, and groove. This camp is geared for students grades 6 through adult. Early registration by May 1st save $110. Please visit our website for pricing, schedule, and full details: http://embodyingrhythm.com/marimba/marimba-summercamp-2018/

Upcoming Concerts

• The North Fork Community Choir’s spring concert, “Love’s Many Forms,” on Sunday, April 29th at 2:30 in the afternoon. Under the leadership of Dylan Fixmer, the program consists of music that explores all aspects of love from the joyous to the tragic, and covers the musical spectrum. If you are a fan of choral music, or just want to hear beautiful sounds coming from your friends and neighbors (including Arlyn) join us for this exceptional performance. $10 tickets

• NFV Community & Parade Band Concert at the Creamery Arts Center in Hotchkiss, CO, May 4. As part of a multi-school art opening. HHS jazz band will play around 6pm directed by Jeannette Carey followed by the NFV Community & Parade Band around 7pm directed by Jeannette Carey (sousaphone) and David Alderdice (drumset).

• Marimba Residency Performance with the NF Montessori at Crawford upper elementary students. Friday, May 18th, lower elementary starts at 10am, marimba students start around 11am at the Crawford stage near town hall. Join us as we celebrate spring and the accomplishments of these students.

• NFV Community & Parade Band at the Solar Fair in Paonia, CO. May 19, 2:00 pm – 2:45 pm at Solar Energy International, 39845 Mathews Ln in Paonia. Led by David Alderdice and Jeannette Carey. more info

Dear Ones,

Happy Spring. We hope you are well. Life continues to be incredibly full for us and this season is one where we spend time looking forward and planning the next cycle.

One of the things we’ve been planning is summercamp! Please click here for a link with the full details about our Marimba, Rhythm, and Music Summercamp. We’re really looking forward to immersing ourselves in music and nature for a week in July and hope you’ll join us if you are called. If you’re curious to see if deepening your relationship to music and life through marimba playing is for you, come to a workshop (details below) and check it out. We find that learning and playing marimba and rhythm instruments in a group setting teaches and embodies a lot of universal concepts that are applicable to any and all other art forms you might be learning or excited about.

Our next season’s World Music Concert Series has moved to the Paradise Theatre. We will be able to reveal the concerts to you very soon, when all the details are confirmed. We are excited for the new collaboration with the Paradise and look forward to bringing more world-class concerts to Paonia and the school-children of the area. Let us know if you would like to help bring the musicians into the local schools by underwriting all or part of a concert.

We’ve also been spending time in the recording studio with the Embodying Rhythm Marimba Ensemble; the album is coming together and we’re looking forward to sharing it with you.

For your study/viewing pleasure here is a fun lesson on caxaxi shakers with David: https://youtu.be/EY1t034V6dc

best wishes,
Arlyn & David

Upcoming Marimba Workshops + Summercamp details

• Sunday, April 22, 2018 from 2-5pm. $25. Marimba Workshop with David Alderdice, assisted by Arlyn Alderdice “It’s All About the Groove: Feeling the Pulse, Subdivisions, and Syncopation” – Keeping it fun and funky in 4/4. Please RSVP to this email for location, to save your spot, and for our planning purposes. For ages 10 through adult, some previous musical experience helpful.

• Sunday, May 6, 2018 from 2-5pm. $25. Marimba Workshop with David Alderdice, assisted by Arlyn Alderdice “The Magic Power of Rhythms Based in 12” – Poly-rhythms and engaging the 6/8, 12/8,3/4, & 4/4 (with triplets) time-feels. $25 for this three-hour workshop. Please RSVP to this email for location, to save your spot, and for our planning purposes. For ages 10 through adult, some previous musical experience helpful.

• Sunday, July 15th, through Friday, July 20th, 2018 – Embodying Rhythm’s Marimba, Rhythm and Music Summercamp with David Alderdice and Arlyn Alderdice. This year’s camp will be located on private property outside Crawford, CO at the modern Clear Fork Lodge at the foot of Black Mesa. Experience the joy of making music in ensemble while learning fun, accessible, and applicable concepts about rhythm, melody, harmony, and groove. This camp is geared for returning students grades 6 through adult. Early registration by May 1st save $110. Please visit our website for pricing, schedule, and full details: http://embodyingrhythm.com/marimba/marimba-summercamp-2018/

Upcoming Concerts

• David Alderdice sits in with Il Divo Colorado
  Saturday, April 7, 7:30pm, Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction.
  Sunday, April 8, 3:00pm, Montrose Pavilion. Vocal Magic tickets  more info: Il Divo Colorado  A wonderful program for the whole family. The songs will include selections from classical,  opera, pop, and classic rock music. Accompanying the singers will be Il Divo founder Kathryn Mientka and percussionist David Alderdice.

• Arlyn Alderdice will sing as part of the Paonia Community Choir. Join the community choir for songs about love in all it’s many forms, directed by Dylan Fixmer.  Sunday April 29, 2:30pm at the Blue Sage Center for the Arts in Paonia.

• NFV Community & Parade Band Concert at the Creamery Arts Center in Hotchkiss, CO
  May 4. As part of a multi-school art opening. HHS jazz band will play at 6pm directed by Jeannette Carey followed by the NFV Community & Parade Band at 7pm directed by Jeannette Carey and David Alderdice.

• NFV Community & Parade Band at the Solar Fair in Paonia, CO
  May 19, 2:00 pm – 2:45 pm at Solar Energy International, 39845 Mathews Ln in Paonia. Led by David Alderdice and Jeannette Carey.

Dear Ones,

We hope you are well. We have February planned with some great concerts and some fun marimba classes for both adults and youth. A great way to ease the oh-my-what-is-going-on-with-wintertime blues.

In addition to the concerts and marimba classes that begin this month, David will also begin a 5 week rhythm residency at the North Fork School of Integrated Studies working with the K-6 students.

We have a save the date for you – Marimba Summercamp, July 15-20, 2018 a sleep-away camp outside Crawford, CO. We’ll have the full details by our next newsletter.

With our Embodying Rhythm Marimba Ensemble, we spent the last week at the recording studio, it’s a very revealing process and exciting to be taking the music we’ve been working on to the next level. We’ll have something to share soon.

This month, Arts4All and The Learning Council in collaboration with the Blue Sage is bringing Uxia and Sergio into Paonia Elementary School to meet with the full student body plus some high schoolers. Last month, the musicians from the Silk Road concert were able to visit Hotchkiss seventh and eighth grade music students in addition to visiting the Paonia Elementary School. Here is a clip of them playing: https://youtu.be/R8nYZaG5keQ

We hope to see you soon.

best wishes,
Arlyn & David

UPCOMING CONCERTS

• David Alderdice with FEAST, Funky Classical Celtic World Fusion. Filip Lazovski – Violin, Andrew Krimm – Viola, Zachary Reaves – Cello, Benjamin DeKock – Acoustic & Electric Bass, Catie Mientka – Grand Piano, David Alderdice – Drum Set & Percussion. FEAST plays mainly Celtic-inspired music with their own original twist, using a mix of classical, traditional, and modern techniques. Classically trained strings and piano play beautiful soaring traditional melodies on top of a rockin’ backdrop of funky worldbeat drum set and bass grooves. A feast for the ears.
  —Paonia, CO at the Paradise Theatre February 9, 2018 | 7:30 pm paradiseofpaonia.com
  —Grand Junction, CO at the Unitarian Universalists Church February 10, 2018 | 7:30 – 9:30 pm. more info. tickets: junctionconcerts.tix.com/Event.aspx?EventCode=1013657
  —Montrose, CO at the Montrose Pavilion February 11, 2018 | 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm more info. tickets: junctionconcerts.tix.com/Event.aspx?EventCode=1013658

• World Music: Galician Folk with Uxia Senlle in Paonia, CO on Saturday, February 17, 2018 7:30 pm. Uxía Senlle (vocals), Sergio Tannus (guitar/vocals). Iconic vocalist Uxía Senlle is one of the most respected and influential musicians from Galicia, Spain and regarded as the grande dame of Galician music. Her songs have the presence of traditional folk music but with a personal flair. Uxia is joined by Brazilian multi-instrumentalist Sergio Tannus. a video tickets: 527-7243 or online

–UPCOMING CLASSES–

• Beginning Marimba Classes for Adults with Arlyn Alderdice, 3 Sundays  — Feburary 18, 25, & March 4. 1pm – 2pm. $27 for the three week series. Please pre-register. Relieve stress while enhancing your coordination, listening, and concentration. No prior musical experience necessary, all instruments provided. Experience the joy of making music in ensemble with our 4.5 octave beautiful wooden instruments in a safe and gentle environment. Address provided upon registration.

• Intermediate Marimba Classes for Adults with Arlyn Alderdice, 3 Sundays  — February 18, 25, & March 4. 2pm – 3pm. $27 for the three week series. Please pre-register.

• Intermediate Marimba Classes for Youth with David Alderdice 7 Wednesdays  — February 28th through April 11th. Please pre-register 872-4238. $85.

• Ongoing – NFV Community and Parade Band Rehearsal – Monday nights, 6-7:30pm at the HHS band room. If you’ve been thinking community band might be fun, this is a great time to join rehearsals! Community Band is a fun way to learn and play music with friendly musical members of the NFV. Members are welcome from the surrounding areas of the NFV as well. more info

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“We don’t make mistakes, just happy little accidents.”
― Bob Ross

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“Menders [wisdom keepers] of all times and places have taught that silencing the thoughts in our heads and opening to the experience of the body and emotions is the basis of all healing. It’s the only means by which we can reclaim our true nature or feel the subtle cues telling us how to find our way through life.”
― Martha N. Beck