Beginner Middle Eastern Drumming, Part 1: Basics
Instructor:Lord Jonathan Bowman Description: Beginner's class for dumbek and frame drums. Learn to hold, hit the drum, and play basic rhythms. **You must bring your own drum.**
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*Janissary* Band
Instructor:Master Osman Description: Learn the authentic music and march of the 16th-century Ottoman *Janissary* Band.
Beginner Middle Eastern Drumming, Part 2: Fills
Instructor:Lord Jonathan Bowman Description: Beginner fills, finger rolls and intro to Turkish split finger for the dumbek and frame drum. **Bring your own drum.**
Bardic Coaching
Location: Performing Arts Tent Instructor: Bardic Coaching John Lyttleton Description: Participants perform 3 to 5 minutes of material, any performance art, and receive feedback and coaching from the instructor.
Children’s Choir
Instructor:Pia Maletesta d'Rimini Description: For children 13 and younger. Sing music in a period style. Meets daily. Performance on Thursday of War Week!
Viola da Gamba Reading Session
Instructor:Master Albrecht Catsprey Description: Reading session for historical bowed stringed instruments. **College-level**
Gathering of the Louds
Instructor:Mistress Deonna von Aachen Description: Shawms, sackbutts and curtals, oh my. Join other players of louds. Each session features a different style of music. Bring stand and clothespins.
Making It Up on the Spot: A Guide to Bardic Improv
Instructor:Lord Patrokles Athenaios Description: You want to get involved in this bardic, but have nothing prepared - this class will show you how to shine.
Post-Apocalypse: The Walking *Dum*
Instructor:Ziggy Description: Begintermediate and pre-advanced rhythms to get beyond the basic rhythms. Different rhythms each day. **Bring your own drum.**
Writing Period-Style Ballads
Instructor:Ollaimh Ruaidhri an Cù Description: Learn about the elements of the period ballad and then write your own period-style ballad.