The Stringmen
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The Erie Canal ShowTake a musical ride along the Erie Canal with the Stringmen! A picture is painted with songs and instruments from the early times of the Canal. The program celebrates the waterway that changed 19th Century America. Grades: 4-7 |
The Stringmen ShowSharing the fun of music with Strings Attached! The Stringmen adapt this interactive performance to suit the grade level of students. During performances for the youngest children, students will sing along to familiar tunes as age appropriate concepts like counting, recognition of shapes, sounds and function help the class to learn and experience the fun of music firsthand. For middle grades, each instrument's use and musical role is demonstrated in more depth with the possibility of trying one out. Intermediate and high school audiences are exposed to the rhythmic and harmonic structure of different musical styles and are introduced to the concept of improvisation. Grades: K-12 |
Blues To BluegrassStudents go on an uniquely American musical journey to explore these two musical styles born on our own soil. The Blues are traced from their roots in slavery with the field hollers of workers in the Mississippi Delta up the Mississippi River to Memphis, St. Louis, and Chicago. Students learn about the stylistic changes that occurred as people and music traveled from rural to urban areas, and learn about the instruments and people of Bluegrass, originating with the music of Bill Monroe and other stringman in the hills of Kentucky. The influence of these two uniquely American styles on the music and culture of today is explored. A study of Blues to Bluegrass is a study of American culture of the past 100 years. Grades: K-12 |
Real World Rock & Roll WorkshopDoug and Geoff talk to upper grades about what it takes to have a career in music and demonstrate various styles of music. Subjects include the business of music, equipment, music theory, recording and live performance. Grades: 6-12 |
String Talkin' WorkshopDoug scales down the Stringmen Show to an intimate setting and demonstrates each instrument and its uses through familiar songs. Students will have the opportunity to see, hear and even touch the instruments up close for a real hands-on experience. Grades: K-12 Artists: Doug Yeomans and Geoffrey Fitzhugh Perry |
Geoff PerryFiddle Jam for String StudentsGet your string kids excited! Let fiddle master and author Geoffrey Fitzhugh Perry come to your school to introduce students to the joys of string instrument improvisation. Students learn simple blues songs and take turns improvising using "EZ Zone" fingering designs so that even a first year student can participate. This program supports Music Educator's National Conference (MENC) Standards for Improvisation. Fiddling with HistoryThis workshop leads players through a unique perspective on our local and regional history centered around the violin/fiddle. Different fiddle styles relate to various cultural influences and historical events as students get a taste through music, of what it was like to live in the 1800s. The Blues, Jazz and technical innovations such as the electric violin will be explored. Grades: 4-12 |
SynergyMusic + Poetry = SYNERGY
Artists: Sheryl Genks, Violin; Rebecca Torres, Violin; Leslie
Salatk, Viola; Alfred B. Frenning, Cello; Laurence Trott, Flute |
Taikoza
Artists: Taikoza |
Taylor Made Jazz
Artists: Taylor Made Jazz WorkshopsThe award-winning, world-touring members of Taylor Made Jazz will discuss their careers as performers and writers. Students will be given the opportunity for examination of the instruments and a demonstration of how they work. Members of Taylor Made Jazz are available individually for workshops. Artists: Taylor Made Jazz
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Doug YeomansJust Guitar
Doug demonstrates a variety of styles and talks about the role of the guitar in each. Students participate as part of the “rythmn section” in an impromptu “jam session” and in discussion of the styles of music covered. Doug has played stages from New York to Nashville to Los Angeles.
He gives guitar clinics, teaches privately, is a master of Artist:Doug Yeomans |
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Doug Yeomans and Geoffrey Fitzhugh Perry bring
over 30 years of award winning performing, recording and teaching
experience to young people across Western New York. Building a
reputation as one of the best guitarists to come out of WNY, Doug
Yeomans has received awards including the North American Rock Guitar
Champion 2001 and the Best Blues Guitarist 2001 and 2003 from the
Buffalo Music Awards. He boasts hundreds of guitar students, and
his performing career has taken him from Broadway to Los Angeles
with many stops between. Geoff Perry is an award winning performer
and recording artist and co-author of Hal Leonard's "Fiddle
Jam," an
easy way to learn how to improvise. He has directed string programs
at the Frontier School System, Aurora Waldorf, and Nichols Schools.
He is a member of the McClure Artist Guild, and an official D'Addario
performing artist.
The word synergy means a result that is more than the sum of its
parts, and the group, SYNERGY, demonstrates this in every way.
Consisting of a string quartet of musicians of some of Western
New York's finest performers and distinguished retired BPO flutist,
Laurence Trott, (YA-WNY's first artist), SYNERGY was formed to
bring audiences the finest of the world's chamber music. By combining
poetry with the music, SYNERGY's performances communicate a wide
range of thought and emotion. The poems are drawn from diverse
cultures and time periods. Original student poetry can also be
included. SYNERGY's programs, delivering so much more than the
sum of its parts, are the very definition of synergy.
Experience the thunderous rhythms of the ancestral Japanese Taiko drums and the magical sounds of the bamboo flutes at the hands of the internationally acclaimed Taikoza drum group. Featuring performances on 150 lb. Taiko drums, the program artfully blends its thunderous sound with colorful dances and soulful melodies on bamboo flutes. Traditional costumes and dynamic motion make Taikoza shows immensely popular with audiences of all ages. The group's sold out shows have received international acclaim as a revitalized art form that creates invigorating energy that thrills audiences all over the world. This exciting group draws from Japan's rich tradition of music and performance to create a highly visual performance. Roughly translated, Taiko means "big drums" and that's exactly what Taikoza delivers, powerful and electrifying, room-thumping energy! The members of Taikoza have performed internationally and have appeared on TV. They are also responsible for the award winning score for the Nintendo wii game: Red Steel. 
Taylor Made Jazz was formed over 20 years ago and has performed
at many festivals and clubs in Buffalo and the surrounding areas,
as well as at military bases for troops overseas and embassies
worldwide. In this program, the artists will introduce the students
to the musical forms of jazz and blues through original songs and
standards. The instruments used in jazz music will be demonstrated
and explained. Audience participation is encouraged through vocal
warm-up exercises and singing, and qualified students are invited
to join the band in performance. We encourage the participation
of children with special needs.
The Business of Music with Van Taylor
Doug Yeomans presents his solo show featuring Electric and Acoustic
Guitars. This show is not only all about the guitar and its place
on the musical landscape, but it’s also about our culture
and why we’ve made the guitar the most popular instrument
in the world. The guitar is prominent in many styles of music including
Rock, Country, Blues, Bluegrass, Classical, Flamenco, Jazz, Folk,
Celtic, Reggae, R&B, and Rockabilly. That’s just the
short list!