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Celia Woodsmith (past Young Tradition Weekend contest winner) and her band Della Mae have flown to Pakistan where the band is spreading diplomacy through music with the US State Department/American Music Abroad Program. For 42 days they will perform their way through Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. Tour activities will include public concerts, lectures, demonstrations, […]
Brian Perkins Kids need second chances. All too often they have only one chance to become involved in music. If they don’t join the school band program at the right time then the door closes to them and they miss the access to instruction, to instruments and to the comradery which makes music a possibility […]
YTV has begun a collaboration with musicians and dancers from Quebec we’re calling the TradNation Project. It involves 15 musicians and dancers, including 6 young artists, from the Québécois traditional music scene. It is designed to bring Québécois traditional music and dance performances, and participatory dances, workshops and more. The project’s activities will cover
The only event presentation YTV was involved in this past week was the successful launch of the Music for Sprouts series at Bread and Butter Farm in Shelburne. Chris Dorman did his usual incredible job of making sure people knew about the opportunity, and did some great preparation.
Had a great annual meeting at the Inn at Shelburne Farms on Sunday….. lots of recommendations and decisions about focus for the coming year. We welcomed new board members Sophia Donforth and Darren Schibler. The primary focus of the YTV annual meeting this year was to take stock of what we’ve been doing, what we continue […]
Jeh Kulu Jr. is one component of Jeh Kulu Dance and Drum Theater, which has been teaching, performing and celebrating traditional West African music and dance in the Burlington area since 1993. In the Bambara language of Mali, ‘Jeh Kulu’ means ‘community’ and this is exactly what the group hopes to build. They bring together […]
Dermot Byrne from Donegal is best known as Altan’s accordion player, the best known Irish band in the world. Bríd Harper also from Donegal is the fiddler many of Ireland’s traditional musicians cite as a major influence, having been senior All-Ireland champion and Fiddler of Dooney winner. Floriane Blancke, from Paris is a harpist, fiddler, pianist and vocalist […]
David Boulanger is best known as La Bottine Souriante’s fiddler, the best known Quebecois band in the world. He is an exceptional Quebecois player and is also a respected jazz violin player and composer and arranger in Montreal. Paul Marchand is from the Lanaudiere region of Quebec and one of the premier accompanists in the traditional music […]
May 9th through May 11th Young Tradition Vermont Burlington Parks and Recreation, Integrated Arts Academy, Queen City Contras, Vermont Children’s Hospital, Shelburne Museum, New City Galerie, Vermont Folklife Center and others will present a weekend of young folks doing old stuff….. dancing, singing and playing