Darol Anger Fiddle Workshop

Darol Anger will present a workshop for Fiddlers of all styles and ages on Thursday afternoon, March 5th from 1:00 - 3:00 pm at the Lawrence Arts Center located at 940 New Hampshire Street which is one block east of Mass Street in the 900 block. This is a bring your fiddle and play workshop. The workshop is limited to 25 people. You may sign up for it by contacting Diane Gillenwater at 785-249-8830. The cost is $25.00 per person. This workshop is sponsored by the Americans Music Academy and KC Strings.
That evening the Prairie Arts Trio will be performing at the Arts Center and tickets are $10.00 availablle from the Lawrence Arts Center. Information about the Concert and trio follows.

The Prairie Trio, Masters of American Music - Philip Aaberg, Eugene Friesen and Darol Anger, all master musicians in their own solo careers and an incredible force when working together will be in concert at the Lawrence Arts Center on March 5th at 7:30pm. Several workshops are being planned in conjunction with the performance.

The Lawrence Arts Center is pleased to be part of this amazing Prairie Trio Project as an outreach Kansas site and to bring these artists to Lawrence. This project was designed by Chamber Music at the Barn and the Fisch Bowl, Inc., both of Wichita, and made possible in part by grants from the Kansas Arts Commission & the National Endowment for the Arts American Masterpieces program.

The performance will feature a reprise of Headfirst in the Blue Fields of Grace composed by Aaberg and performed by the guest trio along with Kansas musicians, the Fairmont String Quartet and the Foofaraw Woodwind Quintet.

Additional music performed by Aaberg, Anger, and Friesen will be selected from the following: 1) other original works, 2) possible reinterpretations of 20th century chamber music works by Gershwin, Copland, et al, replacing the classical style with vernacular and blues-influenced approach, forsaking non e of the precision and virtuosity, and #) possible works from the early jazz tradition (Beiderbecke, Venuti, Armstrong) and American folk and string band tradition (Bill Monroe, Stanley Brothers, fiddle music) developed in a chamber music context.

Several workshops are in the planning stages for the afternoon of the 5th and the morning of the 6th as part of the residency in Lawrence. Due to the requirements of the grant, most workshops are designed for youth and youth at risk and will take place, accordingly.

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