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All about CMCAA
What is this group? What do you do? Can I
participate? READ MORE
Membership
Why and how to become a
member!
Feb 16, 2008
Annual letter for
CMCAA members (PDF)
Member info form
(PDF)
We
need your help!
In order to be successful, CMCAA needs your participation and
support in many ways. READ MORE
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Central MO Traditional
musicians
An e-mail discussion list for local trad musicians to keep up on
session news, class information, workshops, and more. Sign up here:
(Note,
this is a separate list from the CMCAA newsletter. Sign up for
both if you want to be on both.)
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Most of our events and classes are
held in Columbia, Missouri, but we occasionally organize or
participate in events in the surrounding communities of
Jefferson City, Ashland, Moberly, Macon, Kirksville, Mexico,
Rocheport and Boonville.
Fred Dittrich, Tom Schultz, Deirdre Harnedy, Helen Gubbins and
Jim Ruth play at Twighlight Festival |
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Local businesses/organizations that
support CMCAA
KOPN Community Radio 89.5 FM
Blue Guitar Music
Jeff Bush, owner
Main Squeeze Natural Foods
Cafe |
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Celtic Arts newsletter
March 27, 2009
or see newsletter
archive
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Upcoming events
Note -- there is no
ceili dance on Saturday June 13. It was mistakenly published in the
city Arts Express newsletter and subsequently announced on KBIA this
week. Sorry for the error!
There are no dances
or concerts planned this summer -- we are taking the summer off.
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Jam
sessions
Irish "slow jam"
session meets every
Wednesday night
Are you just learning to play Irish tunes, or maybe you've been
thinking it would be a fun thing to do?
Join us for the "slow jam" session on Wednesday nights from
7:00 to 9. For more
information and directions,
contact Sherry: BorcherdingS@health.missouri.edu
or phone 573-449-1570
Junior
Jam Session - every other Sunday afternoon (approx.)
Traditional music session for young people
Led by fiddler Tim Langen
This music session is a no-pressure, fun environment for
kids to learn traditional music. There is no age restriction
-- it's open to any young person interested in learning
traditional Irish, Canadian and American music. For more
info, please contact Tim:
langent@missouri.edu
Thursday Night
Music
Long-standing regular traditional music session. Location rotates
each Thursday except the first Thursday of the month, when we meet
at Kayotea on Broadway in downtown Columbia at 6 p.m. For
location on any given Thursday, contact Kate 442-2048 or Fred
443-0082.
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List of Celtic venues and events in
the Midwest US
List of local Celtic
musicians, dance callers for hire
Missouri Folk Arts Program |
Stuff for musicians:
Tin whistle fingering chart
We sell Oak brand tin whistles for $12.
These are very good whistles.
We also sell a few books to
musicians:
The Irish Fiddle, by Matt Cranitch (w/ CD) $30
O'Neill's 1001 Irish Tunes $25
These are available from Kate at any event if you send your request
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CMCAA is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and member of
The North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance
Your financial
contributions to this organization are tax deductible.
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Looking
for a song? Cantaria is a library of Irish, Scottish and English
traditional songs, sea shanties, ballads and contemporary traditional-style
songs.