Celtic Music Night

Hi everyone! I hope you had a fabulous Easter!
It’s feeling like spring out there, and Celtic Music Night at St. Andrew is ON for TONIGHT!

TONIGHT! April 26th, 2011, 7pm Come on down for a wee concert of music, free refreshments, and open Celtic music Jam session! It’s going to be Low Whistle Night! with your host, David Brewer.

And, if you have kids or teens, it’s time to start thinking about getting invovled in the awesome coming summer music camps… 😀

2011 Summer Music Camp at St. Andrew Church! with Teachers Don & Kathryn Adkins & friends…
Children entering 1st through 6th grades are encouraged to apply, for exciting and fun classes in rhythm, pitch, and harmony through the use of singing, games, and instruments! The camp will take place July 18-22, 9:30am–12:30pm with the final concert at church on Sunday, July 24th. Cost is $45 per student, or $55 for two or more children from the same family. Forms for enrollment can be obtained by emailing office manager Kathy Rodden at kathy@standrew-aptos.org, calling the church at 688-4211 or visiting www.standrew-aptos.org

And coming this summer… Community Music School of Santa Cruz—Teen Celtic Music Camp—2011. Learn and perform tunes from Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales, Brittany, Sweden, Norway, Celtic Spain and America, with me and a cast of other amazing teachers! It’s a blast! Enrollment must be received by June 1st. Programs for kids ages 12 to 17. About Camp: Monday June 20 through Saturday June 25at Sempervirens Outdoor School, 20161 Big Basin Hwy, (off Hwy 9 in Boulder Creek)
Featuring fiddle, flute, pennywhistle, recorder, oboe, harp, guitar, dulcimer, accordion, percussion and cello. Other activities include dancing, swimming, crafts, henna art, campfire, and bamboo flute making. Spend all day playing music in the redwoods, and have a great time dancing, watching a movie in the meadow, sessioning and improv-ing every night! Before dinner in the late afternoon the pool is open as well as the volleyball court, ping pong table, basket ball and tether ball. Program includes all meals and boarding. Returning overnight students will also have the opportunity to be mentors to new students! Instructors For 2011: Jesse Autumn – harp, accordion, keyboards; David Brewer – winds; William Coulter – guitar; John Weed – fiddle; Justine Milburn – violin; Barry Phillips – cello; Jonathan Srour – Irish dance; Shelley Phillips – flute-making class; Mardeen Gordon – percussion; Sam Richie – improv. For more info, or to sign up: http://www.communitymusicschool.org/teen_camp/

CMN’s Spring Season will run every Tuesday from April 5th to May 1st, 7pm. Thank you SO MUCH for your support of our wonderful Celtic music scene of Santa Cruz everyone! See you tonight! 🙂
Sincerely,

David Brewer
Celtic Music Night Blog
David Brewer Music Website

That’s right friends, Celtic Music Night at St. Andrew is ON for TONIGHT!

TONIGHT! April 19th, 2011, 7pm. Come on down for a wee concert of music, free refreshments, and open Celtic music Jam session!

Here are some of the other Celtic happenings coming up—I hope to see you there! Friday April 22nd, 2011, 8:30pm  David Brewer & Peter Daldry, an evening of Scottish songs and dance tunes.performing in concert at Angelica’s Bell Theater & Bistro, Redwood City.This is going to be a tremendous night of traditional & new songs, and fun tunes! Angelica’s has become one of my very favorite venues to perform because the delicious food and charming ambiance is truly fantastic—it’s a wonderful place to enjoy a concert! You’ll have a lovely time with us there! And please help us spread the word– bring family and friends for a really good time.. :-)Admission is $10 in advance, $14 at the door. Reservations are highly recommended, and to make them please call:
650-365-3226, or book on line.

I’ll also be playing highland pipes and whistles at Twin Lakes Church in Aptos this weekend, as part of their Easter services,which are of course free and open to all! Saturday April 23rd at 4:30pm & 6pm, and Sunday April 24th at 9am, 10:15am, & 11:30am

Celtic Music Night Blog Website!  Check it out!

MORE TO COME: If you’re looking for alot of fun later this month, The Celtic Society of the Monterey Bay proudly presents: the Irish uilleann pipes & low whistle icon Paddy Keenan, Wednesday, April 20th, at 7:30pm at Don Quixote’s Music Hall, 6275 Hwy. 9 in Felton. Admission is $17 or $15 to Celtic Society members. Tickets are now on sale online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/157748 & at Don Quixote’s & will go on sale on March 18th at More Music, 512 Front St. in Santa Cruz. For reservations, call the Don Quixote hotline at (831) 603-2294 or contact Bob at the Celtic Society at celtsoc@aol.com or (408) 847-6982. To learn more, visit:http://www.celticsociety.org/events.html

Also, Atelier 5 and Stamping Zebra Dance Theatre kick off National Dance Week with presenting: INSIDE/OUT an evocative evening of dance theatre exploring moving between two worlds, by choreographers Sharon Took-Zozaya and Donna Von Joo-Tornell April 22/23rd , 8pm at the 418 Project, 418 Front Street, Santa Cruz, CA with special Guests: Mary McLaughlin and chorus, Owen Meehan, Linda Puliatch.
Tickets: Low Income/Student/Senior: $12, General: $15, Art Lover: $20               available at www.brownpapertickets.com or 1-800-838-3006 and at the door.
Sharon Took-Zozaya’s SELKIE TIDES, inspired by Scottish and Irish Selkie stories about magical shape-shifting seals, is much more than a dance. Rather, it’s a multi-faceted piece of dance theatre that includes able-bodied and disabled dancers; acclaimed gaelic singer Mary Mc Laughlin and her chorus; live traditional and contemporary folk music; Mathew Schreiber’s original recorded score; original spoken text; and projected paintings by Andrew Purchin. Selkie legends are archetypal metaphors for intersections between the seen and unseen in many areas of life. Many of them represent a way to integrate loss and longing, as well as celebrating relationships between the wild nature both within and also outside us.

And coming this summer… Community Music School of Santa Cruz –Teen Celtic Music Camp – 2011. Learn and perform tunes from Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales, Brittany, Sweden, Norway, Celtic Spain and America, with me and a cast of other amazing teachers! It’s a blast! Enrollment must be received by June 1st. Programs for kids ages 12 to 17. About Camp: Monday June 20 through Saturday June 25at Sempervirens Outdoor School, 20161 Big Basin Hwy, (off Hwy 9 in Boulder Creek)
Featuring fiddle, flute, pennywhistle, recorder, oboe, harp, guitar, dulcimer, accordion, percussion and cello. Other activities include dancing, swimming, crafts, henna art, campfire, and bamboo flute making. Spend all day playing music in the redwoods, and have a great time dancing, watching a movie in the meadow, sessioning and improv-ing every night! Before dinner in the late afternoon the pool is open as well as the volleyball court, ping pong table, basket ball and tether ball. Program includes all meals and boarding. Returning overnight students will also have the opportunity to be mentors to new students! Instructors For 2011: Jesse Autumn – harp, accordion, keyboards; David Brewer – winds; William Coulter – guitar; John Weed – fiddle; Justine Milburn – violin; Barry Phillips – cello; Jonathan Srour – Irish dance; Shelley Phillips – flute-making class; Mardeen Gordon – percussion; Sam Richie – improv.Click here for more info, or to sign up! http://www.communitymusicschool.org/teen_camp/

CMN‘s Spring Season will run every Tuesday from April 5th to May 1st, 7pm.
Thank you SO MUCH for your support of our wonderful Celtic music scene of Santa Cruz everyone! See you tonight! 🙂

Sincerely,

David Brewer
http://celticmusicnight.com/
www.davidbrewermusic.com

The Spring Season of Celtic Music Night at St. Andrew is under way, and that means we are ON for TONIGHT!

First of all, I want to thank everyone who came out to Music Night and to the Capitola Book Cafe last week in support of David Sibbald’s visit; it was really a fantastic experience working with him, and with Scots singer Peter Daldry. Your support in the form of donations and attendance is what made it a success! Thanks a lot everyone!!!
Oh yes, not to mention how great the jam session was– rocking!!! We will repeat that fun factor tonight!

I had such a fabulous time touring up through Oregon performing with Peter Daldry— his powerful voice and new repertoire of songs has really elevated to a new level even since the last time we worked together to record his album Familiar Roads.

And so, I am very pleased to announce our upcoming duo concert!
Friday April 22nd, 2011, 8:30pm
David Brewer & Peter Daldry
performing in concert at Angelica’s Bell Theater & Bistro, Redwood City
This is going to be a tremendous night of traditional & new songs, and fun tunes! I know it may be a distance for some of you, but I really hope you can make it! Angelica’s has become one of my very favorite venues to perform because the delicious food and charming ambience is truly fantastic—it’s a wonderful place to enjoy a concert! You’ll have a lovely time with us there! And please help us spread the word if you happen to know anyone up that direction, we’d love to meet them too—bring family and friends for a really good time.. 🙂
Admission is $10 in advance, $14 at the door.
Reservations are highly recommended, and to make them please call: 650-365-3226,
or book on line at www.angelicasbistro.com and go to ‘reservations’.

And now, Celtic Music Night is ON for tonight in Aptos:
TONIGHT! April 12th, 2011, 7pm David Brewer solo at CMN—Bagpipe and Pennywhistle Night! David will give a short concert of music on the pipes & whistles, break for complimentary shortbread and cider, and then we’ll have an open Celtic jam session, so bring your instruments and good vibes for a rocking time!!!
davidbrewermusic.com/Performances

MORE TO COME:
If you’re looking for alot of fun later this month, The Celtic Society of the Monterey Bay proudly presents: the Irish uilleann pipes & low whistle icon Paddy Keenan, Wednesday, April 20th, at 7:30pm at Don Quixote’s Music Hall, 6275 Hwy. 9 in Felton. Admission is $17 or $15 to Celtic Society members. Tickets are now on sale online at brownpapertickets.com & at Don Quixote’s & will go on sale on March 18th at More Music, 512 Front St. in Santa Cruz. For reservations, call the Don Quixote hotline at (831) 603-2294 or contact Bob at the Celtic Society at celtsoc@aol.com or (408) 847-6982. To learn more, visit: celticsociety.org

And coming this summer…

Community Music School of Santa Cruz —Teen Celtic Music Camp, 2011.

Learn and perform tunes from Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales, Brittany, Sweden, Norway, Celtic Spain and America, with me and a cast of other amazing teachers! It’s a blast! Enrollment must be received by June 1st. Programs for kids ages 12 to 17. About Camp: Monday June 20 through Saturday June 25 at Sempervirens Outdoor School, 20161 Big Basin Hwy, (off Hwy 9 in Boulder Creek)

Featuring fiddle, flute, pennywhistle, recorder, oboe, harp, guitar, dulcimer, accordion, percussion and cello. Other activities include dancing, swimming, crafts, henna art, campfire, and bamboo flute making. Spend all day playing music in the redwoods, and have a great time dancing, watching a movie in the meadow, sessioning and improv-ing every night! Before dinner in the late afternoon the pool is open as well as the volleyball court, ping pong table, basket ball and tether ball. Program includes all meals and boarding. Returning overnight students will also have the opportunity to be mentors to new students! Instructors For 2011: Jesse Autumn – harp, accordion, keyboards; David Brewer – winds; William Coulter – guitar; John Weed – fiddle; Justine Milburn – violin; Barry Phillips – cello; Jonathan Srour – Irish dance; Shelley Phillips – flute-making class; Mardeen Gordon – percussion; Sam Richie – improv.
Click for more info, or to sign up! communitymusicschool.org

CMN’s Spring Season will run every Tuesday from April 5th to May 1st, 7pm.
Thank you SO MUCH for your support of our wonderful Celtic music scene of Santa Cruz everyone! See you tonight! 🙂

Sincerely,
David Brewer
http://celticmusicnight.com/
www.davidbrewermusic.com

NEXT UP: David Sibbald

Tuesday, April 5th, 2011, at 7pm at St. Andrew Church in Aptos, Robert Burns scholar and master orator David Sibbald will be our main featured guest coming to us directly from Scotland! This fantastic evening of masterful wordage will be complimented by special musical guests Peter Daldry, Scots singer and guitarist from Clyde Bank, Scotland, and myself, David Brewer playing instrument(s).

This combination is sure to be a magical evening for Scottish culture so I really hope you can make it! You can see a sneak preview of David Sibbald at his website, and of Peter Daldry by visiting his website.

The evening is free and fun for all ages. We’ll have a full concert of great poems, music and information, questions and answers, free refreshments, and an informal Celtic Music jam session afterward. So please help spread the word and bring your friends, family, neighbors, and any human being that enjoys music even a little bit—and good vibes!

For a taste of the treat that awaits you, check out this video of David Sibbald reciting the “Address To A Haggis”

And there’s more!

David Sibbald, Peter Daldry, and I will also be doing a repeat performance of this the next night: Wednesday April 6th, 7pm, at The Capitola Book Cafe, in Capitola.

Instant replay!

And, if you know anyone in Northern California or Oregon that you want to turn on to this show, Peter Daldry and I are doing a duo tour this coming week up that way, performing in Chico and Mt. Shasta in California, and in Albany, Lake Oswego, and Portland up in Oregon. Please let your friends know—it’s going to be some great music. We appreciate your help getting the word out!
Full tour details at: davidbrewermusic.com

–David