Volume 12, Issue 2 A quarterly newsletter published by the Wallowa Valley Music Alliance Spring 2016 Upcoming Music Events (More details inside…) Tunesmith Night Season Finale May 14 The season finale of Tunesmith Night will be held Saturday, May Saturday, April 16, 7 PM 14, 2016 at Lear’s Main Street Grill in Enterprise. We are pleased Old-Time Community to present this fine lineup of songwriters: Heidi Muller, Steve Dance Kinzie and Caleb Samples. Heidi Muller is an award- Hurricane Creek Grange winning songwriter, guitarist and mountain dulcimer player who lives up Hurricane Creek. Many people know her song “Good Sunday, April 17, 6 PM Road,” the theme song of the Inland Folk show on Northwest Wallowa Valley Chorale Public Radio and KPBX-Spokane since 1989. Described by Spring Concert Dulcimer Players’ News as “one of the dulcimer community’s best OK Theatre, Enterprise songwriters and performers,” Heidi writes songs of place and story songs and sometimes peers into the life of cats, ticks, and the moon Sunday, May 8, 4PM and stars. She was part of the Seattle music scene of the 80’s and Open Mic 90’s, was a Kerrville New Folk finalist and a founder of Camp Josephy Center for Arts and Coho, has toured nationally and taught at Culture many camps and festivals such as Kentucky Music Week and Augusta Saturday, May 14, 7 PM Heritage. She’s recorded eight CDs, including three with her partner Tunesmith Night: Heidi Bob Webb. They plan to release a new CD this November. For more Muller, Steve Kinzie, Caleb info, please visit heidimuller.com. Samples Steve Kinzie has made a life of singing and songwriting. His Lear’s Main Street Grill, mesmerizing voice and gorgeous melodies evoke matters of justice, Enterprise the eternal spirit, and peace. From the Okanogan of northern Washington, he has visited here before - local folks will know him as Sunday, May 22, 4PM the father (and sometimes accompanist) of piano composer, Seth Hootenanny and Shoo-fly Kinzie. Steve had a folk epiphany watching Pie Social Pete Seeger in 1960, went out and got a Enterprise Odd Fellows Hall Sears Silvertone banjo and guitar and went on to write dozens of songs, record five albums of original music, and perform Thursday, June 2, 5:30 PM Courthouse Concert around the Northwest. His music has evolved from a center in the Series: hymns of his childhood and Appalachian folk traditions to a jazz- The Working Poor influenced (folk-jazz) style. Along with original lyrics, he has set to music poems by Kabir, Rumi, William Blake, E. E. Cummings and others. Spirituality, broadly speaking, and Buddhist thought, in Saturday, June 11, 6 PM particular, inform much of his writing. Steve’s most recent album is Blue Mountain Old Time Openings, released in 2012. Check out his music at Fiddler’s Show Hurricane Creek Grange stevekinzie.bandcamp.com. Caleb Samples is one of the treasures of Wallowa County’s music scene. He just released his first full-length CD of original songs, Untouched Ground, in March. Raised in a family with roots in Ireland and West Virginia that was deeply involved Continued... Please visit our website for the most current events listings, as change happens! You can also sign up for our e-news, which is distributed via email Chorale Concert April 17 whenever something new is added to our music calendar. www.wvmusicalliance.org Don’t miss the Wallowa Valley Chorale Spring Concert coming right up on Sunday, April 17 at the If you have a musical event you’d like OK Theatre. Music starts at 6 PM and admission is listed here please send it to: [email protected] Deadline for free or by donation. next issue of the QuarterNote is June. 30. PAGE 2 THE QUARTER NOTE VOLUME 12, ISSUE 2 Tunesmith Night (Continued from page 1) Wallowa Fiddle Tunes Camp with the Blue Mountain There is still space in most classes at the 12th annual Fiddlers Association, he Wallowa Fiddle Tunes Camp, to be held at Wallowa learned mandolin and fiddle School July 10-15, 2016. early on. He’s one of these Families will gather to people who has it all when it sharpen their skills comes to talent: singing, playing traditional old- songwriting and the ability time fiddle music. With to play almost any five different fiddle instrument he touches, classes as well as including fiddle, mandolin, instruction in guitar, guitar and upright bass. banjo, singing, and Caleb writes honest and dance, this camp fills to down-to-earth songs about his love of nature, family, and capacity every year with the rise and fall of everyday life. Some of his songs describe folks of all ages from his reflections as a recovering alcoholic, while others hint around the region. Here’s at his passion for elk hunting and riding mules into the a list of this year’s instructors: backcountry. In fact, the title cut of his CD came to him on Loralyn Staples - Basic Fiddle - adults the back of a mule. Visit Caleb on Facebook at Isaac Callender - Bluegrass fiddle www.facebook.com/calebsamplesmusic. Andy Emert - Swing Fiddle Tunesmith Night is presented in a round-robin format, Lisa Ornstein - Southern Fiddle with each musician playing a song, then the next taking a Linda Robertson - Kidz Fiddle turn, creating an interesting and varied performance. Duane Boyer - Guitar Boot Camp Admission is $10 at the door or by season pass. Doors open Jonah Shue - Bluegrass Guitar at 6pm, music at 7pm, all ages welcome. Passes for the Matt Bell - Swing Guitar 2016-2017 season will be available at this concert. Jeanne Murphy - Clawhammer banjo As always, hosts Steve and Cathi Lear invite you to enjoy Emily Callender - Vocal this superb music event, where patrons are encouraged to Larry B. Smith - Dance master sample the delicious cuisine Lear’s Main Street Grill has to offer, including a nice selection of beer, wine, and mixed drinks. Find out more and register online at wvmusicalliance.org. Community Dance April 16 Dulcimer Week Beginners’ Join us for the final Old-Time Community Dance of the season on Scholarships Saturday, April 16, 7:00 to 10:00 PM at the Hurricane Creek Grange Dulcimer Week in the Wallowas is filling up with students Hall. Dance squares, circles, reels, from across the Northwest. With daily classes held July 3-9 at contras, waltzes, polkas with a live Wallowa Lake Camp, there’s still room for beginners. Local string band and caller. Beginners people are especially encouraged to attend. Three $150 welcome, all dances will be taught, scholarships are available for anyone who would like to take and no partner or special clothing the Beginners’ class, and a free loaner dulcimer will be required. Admission $5/person, supplied (the usual rental fee will be waived). For information, children under 12 FREE. For more info or to volunteer at our please contact Heidi Muller at [email protected] or monthly dances please call Laura Skovlin, 541-398-0800. call (541) 432-0156. All the camp information can be found at Dance schedule resumes in the fall with the big Barn Dance www.wvmusicalliance.org. on September 17. Music on Tap at Terminal Gravity Attention Songwriters: The Music Alliance is proud to announce the inaugural TR Upcoming live music at Terminal Ritchie Memorial Songwriting Contest as an addition to Gravity Brewing Co., 803 SE School the Juniper Jam music festival. TR Ritchie (1946-2014) was a St., Enterprise. Music usually starts beloved member of the songwriting community around the at 7PM. country, with deep ties to the northwest. To honor his life’s April 20 — El Pelican work in music, writing, poetry, and art, we invite songwriters May 6—Open Mic to enter their best recent work to win a showcase spot at May 7—Vacilando Juniper Jam 2016, along with cash prizes. Please visit May 25—Zeb Dewar juniperjam.com for details. Entries accepted April 15 through May 27—Karyn Ann June 30. VOLUME 12, ISSUE 2 THE QUARTER NOTE PAGE 3 Courthouse Concert Series 4th Annual Hootenanny May 22 For the eleventh consecutive year, the Music Alliance will present the Courthouse Concert Series at the gazebo on the lawn of the Wallowa County Courthouse in Enterprise. Every Thursday afternoon at 5:30, beginning June 2, the community gathers to enjoy free ninety-minute performances by local and regional musicians. The concert series features a broad range of musical genres, including classical, folk, jazz, and rock, FREE and open to the public. A perfect opportunity to pack a picnic, bring family, meet up with friends and enjoy the music. The Courthouse Concert Series is partially funded by Lear’s Main Street Pub & Grill, the City of Enterprise, Wallowa County Cultural Trust, and donations from generous concert-goers. Please contact us if you’d like to be a sponsor! [email protected] It’s time for the Music Alliance spring fundraiser: Fourth 2015 Courthouse Concert Schedule Annual Hootenanny and Shoo-fly Pie Social which is scheduled for 4PM Sunday, May 22 at the Enterprise Odd June Fellows Hall. This time around, we will be celebrating the music 2 – The Working Poor of the legendary Willy Nelson, featuring a host of local talent. 9 – Carper, Lochert & Carper Confirmed at press time are: Rich & Trilby Shirley, 16 – Mark Kroos Homemade Jam, Bailey Vernam, Caleb Samples, Darrell 23 – Belinda Bowler Brann, Meredith Brann, MidLo & Athens, Ted Hays, Brian 30 – K.C. Kunkle Oliver, Jimmy Bivens, Janis Carper, Carolyn Lochert, July Heidi Muller and Bob Webb. This promises to be a very fun 7 – The Wasted Lives afternoon, and will again include our famous 14 – Wallowa Fiddle Tunes Camp faculty pie contest.