Folk School of Chattanooga

Teen Girl Singing Group

admin — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:01:33 +0000

We will meet to sing and work with the instrument that our voice is while growing confidence in our own voice and what it can do. We’ll expand our range of expression and tonality and play with harmonies and rhythm, voice tapestries, familiar and new songs. Experience the joy of singing, learning more about your [...]

Songwriting for Kids (ages 12-15)

admin — Tue, 08 May 2012 13:50:53 +0000

Write your own songs! This class is a great opportunity to improve your overall songwriting skills, whether you are just starting out or already have some experience. We will work with the basic components of songwriting, using exercises, creativity boosters and songwriting challenges to expand each person’s range of expression; both inside the territories of [...]

SongSeeds – Music class for babies and toddlers

admin — Fri, 04 May 2012 16:58:29 +0000

The SongSeeds class (for ages 6 months to 4 years old) will be held at the Folk School of Chattanooga for six weeks starting on June 6, and ending July 11. Classes will meet at 250 Forest Ave at 11am on Wednesdays.

Fee for the six-week course is $80.

For additional siblings, [...]

Kids Camp! – June 12-14

admin — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:52:21 +0000

The Folk School of Chattanooga Kids’ Camp is a relaxed, yet thoughtfully structured environment in which campers ages 4-11 can actively learn, create, and contribute!

Tues-Thurs, June 12-14, 9am-noon.

Like our popular event last summer, we’ll meet for three mornings at the St. Elmo Fire Hall. Each day begins at 9:00 with [...]

Frank Fairfield in Concert

admin — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 04:37:52 +0000

Thursday, May 10
8pm
Lindsay Street Hall – $10
with opening band, the Knob Creek Girls

We suspect he’s a time traveler, and NPR calls him a “One-Man Folk Revival,” and in any case, he’s a tremendous musician with a wealth of knowledge about the old time music and captivating performance [...]

Joseph Decosimo with Mike & Marcia Bryant

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:42:49 +0000

Saturday, Feb 25

7:30pm

$10

Camp House, 1407 Williams St.
Mike Bryant and Joseph Decosimo have both been first-place fiddle winners at Clifftop (Mike has won twice and Joseph won in 2010), and as a duet made quite a splash two summers ago at the Fiddle Tunes festival in Port Townsend. Bruce [...]

Donna Hébert & Max Cohen

admin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:06:47 +0000

WORKSHOPS:

Sunday, Jan 22

1:30-3pm — For ages 7 to 12, all instruments welcome. Melody instruments will work with Donna and rhythm instruments will work with Max.

3:30-5pm — For adults, all instruments welcome. Melody instruments will work with Donna and rhythm instruments will work with Max.

Location: Folk School of Chattanooga, 250 Forest [...]

Andy Irvine in Concert – Feb 25

admin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:09:28 +0000

We are sorry to announce that the Andy Irvine concert in Chattanooga has been canceled.

Saturday, Feb. 25, 7pm

@ the Camp House, 1427 Williams St., Chattanooga TN 37408

with opening act, Pay the Reckoning

Tickets: $20

(Ticket purchase will be processed through PayPal, and your name will be placed on a [...]

Let me sit an hour in YOUR chair

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:30:02 +0000

“Oh geeeeez, so this is how my students must feel!” That’s what I was thinking as I tried to relax at the beginning of my one-time lesson with fiddler Laura Cortese today. I had gone down to the Harris Arts Center in Calhoun, GA, for an event billed as a concert with a workshop afterwards. [...]

Nakatani Gong Orchestra

admin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:44:12 +0000

Thursday, April 19 – 8pm – Lindsay St. Hall – $10

This performance is being presented by the Folk School of Chattanooga, as part of HATCH Chattanooga.

The unconventional, uncontrollable, and uncertain qualities of gong sounds are percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani’s passion. Having played bowed gongs for over ten years, he has toured and [...]