Professional Development Opportunities

Welcome to MatchBook.org's Professional Development Opportunities Calendar. Here you will find chronological listings for workshops, classes, conferences and lectures for the arts and culture community. Scroll down the page to browse the listings.


 

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July 14, 2008

7th Annual NECAP Conference for Teaching Artists a
10am -5pm
Event type: Conference
Hosted by: NECAP
Location: Hilton Hartford 315 Trumbull St.
  Hartford, CT
Cost: $50
Teaching artists and their school and community arts partners from across New England will come together to focus on how to capture, document, assess, promote and advocate for the work of artist-educators – making visible their crucial contributions and illuminating the beauty and vitality of their work in a diversity of settings, disciplines, cultures and curriculum areas. The Keynote Speaker will be Kathleen Gaffney.
Contact: Frumie Selchen 603-323-7302;  necap@aannh.org
Website: www.artisteducators.org

July 28, 2008

Fiddling Demystified for Strings Summer Camp
9-4, M-F
Event type: Class
Hosted by: Old Songs
Location: Old Songs Community Center
  Voorheesville, NY
Cost: $425
This five-day intermediate to advanced level intensive for only thirty participants thoroughly demystifies fiddling, showing fiddlers, string players and teachers how to interpret fiddle music in a variety of regional dialects. Massachusetts fiddler and teacher Donna Hébert and California Alternative Styles cellist Renata Bratt approach each style through its technical requirements, cracking the codes of rhythms, ornaments and improvisation in Irish, Scottish, French-Canadian, New England contra
Contact: Donna Hebert 413-658-4276;  info@fiddlingdemystified.com
Website: www.fiddlingdemystified.com/camp.html

July 29, 2008

Fiddling Demystified for Strings Summer Camp
9-4, M-F
Event type: Class
Hosted by: Old Songs
Location: Old Songs Community Center
  Voorheesville, NY
Cost: $425
This five-day intermediate to advanced level intensive for only thirty participants thoroughly demystifies fiddling, showing fiddlers, string players and teachers how to interpret fiddle music in a variety of regional dialects. Massachusetts fiddler and teacher Donna Hébert and California Alternative Styles cellist Renata Bratt approach each style through its technical requirements, cracking the codes of rhythms, ornaments and improvisation in Irish, Scottish, French-Canadian, New England contra
Contact: Donna Hebert 413-658-4276;  info@fiddlingdemystified.com
Website: www.fiddlingdemystified.com/camp.html

July 30, 2008

Fiddling Demystified for Strings Summer Camp
9-4, M-F
Event type: Class
Hosted by: Old Songs
Location: Old Songs Community Center
  Voorheesville, NY
Cost: $425
This five-day intermediate to advanced level intensive for only thirty participants thoroughly demystifies fiddling, showing fiddlers, string players and teachers how to interpret fiddle music in a variety of regional dialects. Massachusetts fiddler and teacher Donna Hébert and California Alternative Styles cellist Renata Bratt approach each style through its technical requirements, cracking the codes of rhythms, ornaments and improvisation in Irish, Scottish, French-Canadian, New England contra
Contact: Donna Hebert 413-658-4276;  info@fiddlingdemystified.com
Website: www.fiddlingdemystified.com/camp.html

July 31, 2008

Fiddling Demystified for Strings Summer Camp
9-4, M-F
Event type: Class
Hosted by: Old Songs
Location: Old Songs Community Center
  Voorheesville, NY
Cost: $425
This five-day intermediate to advanced level intensive for only thirty participants thoroughly demystifies fiddling, showing fiddlers, string players and teachers how to interpret fiddle music in a variety of regional dialects. Massachusetts fiddler and teacher Donna Hébert and California Alternative Styles cellist Renata Bratt approach each style through its technical requirements, cracking the codes of rhythms, ornaments and improvisation in Irish, Scottish, French-Canadian, New England contra
Contact: Donna Hebert 413-658-4276;  info@fiddlingdemystified.com
Website: www.fiddlingdemystified.com/camp.html

August 01, 2008

Fiddling Demystified for Strings Summer Camp
9-4, M-F
Event type: Class
Hosted by: Old Songs
Location: Old Songs Community Center
  Voorheesville, NY
Cost: $425
This five-day intermediate to advanced level intensive for only thirty participants thoroughly demystifies fiddling, showing fiddlers, string players and teachers how to interpret fiddle music in a variety of regional dialects. Massachusetts fiddler and teacher Donna Hébert and California Alternative Styles cellist Renata Bratt approach each style through its technical requirements, cracking the codes of rhythms, ornaments and improvisation in Irish, Scottish, French-Canadian, New England contra
Contact: Donna Hebert 413-658-4276;  info@fiddlingdemystified.com
Website: www.fiddlingdemystified.com/camp.html

August 04, 2008

Maine Kantele Institute
daily
Event type: Institute
Hosted by: Kantele Laulu, Inc.
Location: SMCC
  South Portland, ME
Cost: $500
Professional musicians from Finland teach the traditional Finnish lap harp (kantele) to all levels of player, from beginner to advanced. Also available is kantele building, folk singing, and pelimanni (Finnish folk style) music for those who play a variety of other instruments, from fiddle and guitar to clarinet and accordion. Teacher recertification credit is available.
Contact: Sarah Cummings-Ridge 207-657-6494;  sarahcr@securespeed.us
Website: www.kantelelaulu.com

August 05, 2008

Maine Kantele Institute
daily
Event type: Institute
Hosted by: Kantele Laulu, Inc.
Location: SMCC
  South Portland, ME
Cost: $500
Professional musicians from Finland teach the traditional Finnish lap harp (kantele) to all levels of player, from beginner to advanced. Also available is kantele building, folk singing, and pelimanni (Finnish folk style) music for those who play a variety of other instruments, from fiddle and guitar to clarinet and accordion. Teacher recertification credit is available.
Contact: Sarah Cummings-Ridge 207-657-6494;  sarahcr@securespeed.us
Website: www.kantelelaulu.com

August 06, 2008

Maine Kantele Institute
daily
Event type: Institute
Hosted by: Kantele Laulu, Inc.
Location: SMCC
  South Portland, ME
Cost: $500
Professional musicians from Finland teach the traditional Finnish lap harp (kantele) to all levels of player, from beginner to advanced. Also available is kantele building, folk singing, and pelimanni (Finnish folk style) music for those who play a variety of other instruments, from fiddle and guitar to clarinet and accordion. Teacher recertification credit is available.
Contact: Sarah Cummings-Ridge 207-657-6494;  sarahcr@securespeed.us
Website: www.kantelelaulu.com

August 07, 2008

Maine Kantele Institute
daily
Event type: Institute
Hosted by: Kantele Laulu, Inc.
Location: SMCC
  South Portland, ME
Cost: $500
Professional musicians from Finland teach the traditional Finnish lap harp (kantele) to all levels of player, from beginner to advanced. Also available is kantele building, folk singing, and pelimanni (Finnish folk style) music for those who play a variety of other instruments, from fiddle and guitar to clarinet and accordion. Teacher recertification credit is available.
Contact: Sarah Cummings-Ridge 207-657-6494;  sarahcr@securespeed.us
Website: www.kantelelaulu.com

August 08, 2008

Maine Kantele Institute
daily
Event type: Institute
Hosted by: Kantele Laulu, Inc.
Location: SMCC
  South Portland, ME
Cost: $500
Professional musicians from Finland teach the traditional Finnish lap harp (kantele) to all levels of player, from beginner to advanced. Also available is kantele building, folk singing, and pelimanni (Finnish folk style) music for those who play a variety of other instruments, from fiddle and guitar to clarinet and accordion. Teacher recertification credit is available.
Contact: Sarah Cummings-Ridge 207-657-6494;  sarahcr@securespeed.us
Website: www.kantelelaulu.com

September 25, 2008

2008 Performing Arts Exchange
Event type: Conference
Hosted by: Southern Arts Federation
Location: TBA
  Atlanta, GA
Cost: $
The Southern Arts Federation produces the Performing Arts Exchange ( PAE) to connect artists with audiences and to foster excellence in all aspects of presenting and touring the performing arts. PAE is a 4-day conference that creates opportunities for networking and transacting business. This conference is the primary forum for professional development for artists, artist managers and presenters.
Contact: Sage Crump 404-874-7244;  scrump@southarts.org
Website: www.SouthArts.org/pae

September 26, 2008

2008 Performing Arts Exchange
Event type: Conference
Hosted by: Southern Arts Federation
Location: TBA
  Atlanta, GA
Cost: $
The Southern Arts Federation produces the Performing Arts Exchange ( PAE) to connect artists with audiences and to foster excellence in all aspects of presenting and touring the performing arts. PAE is a 4-day conference that creates opportunities for networking and transacting business. This conference is the primary forum for professional development for artists, artist managers and presenters.
Contact: Sage Crump 404-874-7244;  scrump@southarts.org
Website: www.SouthArts.org/pae

September 27, 2008

2008 Performing Arts Exchange
Event type: Conference
Hosted by: Southern Arts Federation
Location: TBA
  Atlanta, GA
Cost: $
The Southern Arts Federation produces the Performing Arts Exchange ( PAE) to connect artists with audiences and to foster excellence in all aspects of presenting and touring the performing arts. PAE is a 4-day conference that creates opportunities for networking and transacting business. This conference is the primary forum for professional development for artists, artist managers and presenters.
Contact: Sage Crump 404-874-7244;  scrump@southarts.org
Website: www.SouthArts.org/pae

September 28, 2008

Dreaming Mountains: Exploring the White Mountains
Event type: Conference
Hosted by: New Hampshire State Council on the Arts
Location: AMC Higland Lodge
  Bretton Woods, NH
Cost: $100
Devoted to the continuing professional development and renewal of educators, artists, parents and school leaders, the Arts in Education Conference connects artists with educators and explores the power of the arts to improve learning and build community.
Contact: Catherine O'Brian 603-271-0795;  catherine.r.obrian@dcr.nh.gov
Website: www.nh.gov/nharts