Location: Pacific Crest Community School (116 NE 29th Ave.) 
Teachers: Lisa Ornstein (fiddle) and Leela Grace (banjo)
Dates: Saturday, Oct. 13th and 20th
Time: 1pm-3pm
Fee: sliding scale $45-$95

 To register, go to www.gracefamilymusic.com/leela-ellie/Leela-lessons.html#fiddle/banjo%20duet

Note: Pre-registration required. Get in touch if you need to make alternate payment arrangements. 
Information: Contact Leela at leelagracemusic@gmail.com or at 573-823-5650 or Lisa at lisa.ornstein@hotmail.com or at 503-236-8277
Class Description: Have you been learning your instrument for a while, sweating over those same tunes over and over in your room alone, and wishing for a way to get out and play with others? Have you ever heard a fiddler and a banjo player together with such drive, groove, and joy that you couldn’t keep from smiling and tapping your toe? Have you wished you could find a fiddler or banjo player to play with? Here’s your chance! Come experience the pleasure of creating conversation between fiddle and banjo. Learn from two master players who are also supportive, enthusiastic teachers. Leela Grace and Lisa Ornstein find great joy in sharing the mysteries and magic of old time music with anyone who wants to play! Meet other musicians who are interested in making music together! Participants will have access to mp3s of the tunes before the first weekend. The two-weekend workshop will focus on the basics of duet playing, on demonstration of techniques and tunes, separate fiddle and banjo instruction, and chances to play in smaller fiddle/banjo ensembles and try out the new music, with Leela and Lisa dropping in to visit and help as needed. Do not miss this rare opportunity!
Fiddle:
If you know the basics of fiddle technique know at least a dozen tunes by heart, have some experience playing in various fiddle tunings (AEAE, ADAE, GDAE) and can pick up tunes by ear, this workshop is for you. Questions? Get in touch with Lisa  at at 503-236-8277 or at lisa.ornstein@hotmail.com.
Banjo:
This workshop is for you if you know the basic clawhammer strum, the slide, pull-off, hammer-on, and possibly some drop-thumbing, can switch between the Open G, G modal (Sawmill/Mountain Minor), and Double C tunings, know how to use a capo to play in the keys of G, D, and A, and can play several tunes in each key. Questions? Get in touch with Leela at leelagracemusic@gmail.com or at 573-823-5650.