9/19/07

Honkfest Workshop coming soon!



















- A multicultural brass band workshop with sociomusicologists Charles Keil and David Hebert.


The "Honkfest Workshop" is organized by popular music expert Reebee Garofalo at Tufts University [
www.tufts.edu] as part of Honkfest, October 5-7, 2007 [www.honkfest.org]. Street bands from throughout the United States, and as far away as Italy, Montreal, and New Orleans are joining Honkfest, and the associated workshop provides applied instruction in this important form of community music. The event is sponsored and hosted by the Tufts University Music Department community outreach initiative [http://www.tufts.edu/musiccenter/resources/].


HONKFEST HIGHLIGHTS:
  • Notable participants include the Somerville Mayor and renowned radio personalities Click and Clack.
  • Performers include the legendary band Original Big Seven from New Orleans in their first New England performance since Katrina.
  • Speakers at the event include Reebee Garofalo (author of notable books such as Rockin Out, Policing Pop, and Rockin the Boat) and Charles Keil (author of numerous music books, including Urban Blues, Tiv Song, Polka Happiness, Music Grooves, My Music, Bright Balkan Morning, and Born to Groove).


VIDEO FROM HONKFEST 2006:





RELATED LINKS:

Article on Honkfest 2007:
http://www.townonline.com/somerville/entertainment/x602893894

Prof. Charles Keil:
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/archives/ead/1064/1064.frame.html
The Pathband Concept:
http://128path.org/


Prof. Reebee Garofalo:
www.cpcs.umb.edu/faculty/garofalo.htm

Charlie Keil & Seattle Pathband:

students.washington.edu/esa/path2k.htm



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