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317 Main Street
Community Music Center in Yarmouth, Maine -- Most of these
happen at 317 Main Street Community Music Center in Yarmouth,
Maine. We are also affiliated with Jon Cooper at Acoustic Artisans,
located at One Forest Ave in Portland, Maine. Our banjo instructor,
Carter Logan, also teaches at MFC. Musicians donate $5 to attend
these fun and educational jams.
Here is the list of Jams 317 offers in Southern Maine:
Jug Band Jam-Tuesdays 12:15-1:30pm at 317, hosted by Matt
Shipman
Bluegrass Jam-Tuesdays 7:00-8:30pm at 317, hosted by Jason
Phelps
Swingin' Doors Jam-Wednesdays 6:30-8:00pm at 317, hosted
by Matt Shipman
Irish Session-Wednesdays 7:00-8:30pm at 317, hosted by
Melissa Bragdon
Bluegrass Jam-Wednesdays 7:00-8:30 at Acoustic Artisans,
hosted by Joe Walsh
Belfast
Bay Fiddlers -- Every Sunday, 6:00-8:00 PM, Waterfall
Arts, 256 High Street, Belfast, Maine. We play traditional New
England contra tunes, Maine Fiddle Camp tunes, as well as music
from French and Atlantic Canada. Check out our website at www.belfastbayfiddlers.org.
Damariscotta Jam
(DamJam) -- DamJam is weekly on Wednesdays, 7-9 pm, at the
LCTV (community TV) studio, 29 Sheepscot Rd., Newcastle. We play
a mix of New England contradance, Quebecois, Irish, Scottish,
and old time tunes. Intermediate/low advanced level jam, but all
levels welcome. $1/week donation (goes to host venue). Contact:
Nancy Terrell Hall 529-5771 or email moonlightergraphics@gmail.com.
Fiddle Tune & Song
Circle: Playing it by Ear -- Sundays monthly 2-2:45 p.m. (2011
dates are November 20, December 18, January 22)
In this relaxed session of sharing dance melodies and songs, musicians
gather in a circle and take turns leading the group in simple
tunes. The best melodies and songs for this group are ones that
are easy to pick up by ear, offer accessible options for accompaniment,
and are straightforward enough to readily create harmonies and
bass lines. All ages and levels, with emphasis on listening skills
and supportive improvised accompaniment. Hosted by fiddler/teacher
Hope Hoffman at Free Grange Productions' Studio in downtown Bowdoinham,
on Center St. at corner of Main St., behind Fox Real Estate. Directions
at www.hopehoffman.org/studiobowdoinham.htm.
Admission: Free. All donations go towards Maine Fiddle Camp scholarship
fund. (Checks can be made out to Maine Fiddle Camp with a note
that it is a donation. Maine Fiddle Camp is a 501(c)(3) organization.)
Penobscot
Fiddles -- Every Monday, 6:30-8:00 pm at the James F.
Doughty Middle School located at 143 Fifth St., Bangor, Maine.
For more information email to penobscotfiddles@gmail.com,
visit: https://sites.google.com/site/penobscotfiddles/,
visit Penobscot Fiddles on Facebook, or call Jeff Silverstein
@ 659-8041.
Phelps Family Jam
-- A monthly jam is starting at the Phelps family home in Waterville:
First Friday each month, 7 - 9pm. The first one will be Friday,
November 4, 2011. Bring tunes you like from Quebec, Cape Breton,
Scotland, PEI, Shetland Islands, New England repertoire, etc.
etc. 41 Prospect St., Waterville. For info and directions, contact
Miranda or Roger, 873-0689 or e-mail: mirandar@roadrunner.com.
Young players are very welcome!
Pownal Fiddle Tune
Session -- Nearly every Thursday 6:30-9:30 followed by popcorn.
$1 EVERYONE WELCOME! Well behaved listeners & kids welcome. Hosted
by Jeff Raymond 16 Elmwood Rd Pownal Maine FMI jeffraym AT g mail
DOT com See the Facebook Group Page: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=128882563793302&ref=ts
Quebecois Study Jam
-- meets monthly in various locations around mid-Maine in members'
homes. Playing and studying traditional Quebecois fiddle music,
discussions of technique and repertoire. Meetings usually include
a potluck lunch or supper. High intermediate-advanced level. Members
have access to private Google Groups and Google docs pages for
ongoing discussions and resources. Contact: Nancy Terrell Hall
529-5771 or email moonlightergraphics@gmail.com.
Seacoast Celtic Slow
Session -- Every Monday at 7:00PM in Dover, NH. There is a
celtic slow session here in the seacoast. The idea is to select
common session tunes and learn them as a group, playing at slow
speed at first with proper celtic rhythm and eventually building
up to normal session speed. The tunes are mostly Irish along with
some of the other celtic or appalachian origins. This is a fairly
demanding style of music and requires some effort. Places to see
this type of music played in irish sessions include the press
room or rira's in portsmouth and the barley house in concord,
among others. We have been meeting at a house in Dover, on Mondays.
Think of it as very informal group practice, or as a training
ground for session or dance players, or as a place to play a less
familiar instrument. Let me know if you might be interested. Thank
you. For additional information, contact Jeff at jhmurdock@gmail.com
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