The American River Resort
www.americanriverresort.com
Coloma, California
info@americanriverfolk.org
www.americanriveracoustic.org
City Folk & Friends! April 4th, 2009!!
The popular folk trio, City Folk, will perform in a benefit concert for the American River Acoustic Music Camp at 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 4th at the Blue Goose Fruit Shed in Loomis, California. The afternoon will include workshops and jamming fun. Stay tuned for more details! City Folk, a "mostly acoustic" trio with Keith Greeninger, Kimball Hurd, and Roger Feuer, came together in the late 1980s and quickly became known for their song writing, seamless three-part vocal harmonies, and musical arrangements. The group, which released three albums, performs rarely since their final national tour in 1995. Ticket outlets announced soon! www.bluegooseepresents.com
Mission Statement
American River Acoustic Music Camp (ARAMC) honors traditions and celebrates innovations in Folk Music and Folk Lore. Folk music is social music. Whether you aspire to perform, just want to comfortably jam with friends, or share a song with a loved one, our mission is to help you do it.
Goals of the American River Acoustic Music Camp
WE BELIEVE THAT:
- Anybody can learn to sing in tune, keep a beat and make music confidently with other people.
- We can help you to increase your musical skills and confidence whether you are just getting started or are an advanced player.
- There are many road maps to learning music such as listening, looking, imitating and/or translating music ideas written down. They all have value and serve in the quest.
- The goal is not a formula for music but more an agenda to celebrate what you already have inside you.
- No one path is better -- only different. We will provide these road maps - and others
we'll encourage you to discover. This will keep you on your journey.
- A community of diverse people can come together to celebrate music, song, lore and dance. We do so by fostering a community within the camp to be taken out into the larger community as a whole and shared.
Folklore is the oral history of culture, its foundation. Folk Music is the culture’s musical history, the foundation of all music. It is international in its scope, it is inclusive of all the genres of music, from jazz to gospel, classical to hip-hop, R&B to Rock, traditional Appalachian, Asian, African and European music. Music performed by Folks, for Folks.
ARAMC Camp Philosophy
Each and every camp participant’s musical and artistic effort is considered an equal contribution to the American River Acoustic Music Camp experience.
The American River Acoustic Music Camp (ARAMC) enters its fifth year as an educational, inspirational, and memorable experience. This year Joe Craven has become our Artistic Director for the camp!
The American River Acoustic Music Camp embraces all aspects of acoustic music, from bluegrass to blues and beyond and strives to light the flame of creativity that lives in all of us in a way that is positive, and above all, fun! The American River Resort along the beautiful American River in Coloma a perfect setting for ARAMC.
The camp accepts children of ages from 10 - 80+. We have special rates for registrants who wish to participate as a family. American River Acoustic Music Camp are a very special group of musicians. What a wonderful combination of teachers and students gathered together for these last two camps. A community was created and we departed life long friends in music. Thank you to all involved for an amazing and positive experience. We hope to see you again this year!
For registration information:
http://www.americanriverfolk.org
Message from Joe Craven, Artistic Director:
Come this August, 2009! It will be time again to gather on the river!
The American River Acoustic Music Camp will enter into its fifth year with an even more diverse, engaging and fun four days of learning, sharing and growing. We have a new location at the beautiful American River Resort just upstream from last year's location. With a broader range of core and elective offerings this year, there will be more subjects of focus to choose from or to try for the first time! A theme for this year is Connection through Collaborating. There will be activities to do just that with all of us instructors and students alike! We want the journey of making sing & string folkroots music an even more diverse and fun experience than last year!
COMMENTS
“I have recommended this camp to many of my friends. It was probably the best I have every attended in terms of learning so much and having a welcoming and positive environment in which to learn.” – Nancy
"It was such a full, fun, and satisfying event. I can't wait until next year!" - Denise
"Please pass on our heart-felt appreciation to all the staff, volunteers, and instructors that helped make
this camp so memorable." - Dan
"...An amazing three days and four nights." - Jamie
Who I'd like to meet: Individuals and organizations who are involved or
interested in Folklore, Folk Dance, Roots, Americana, Celtic, World and Folk
Music.
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