Fall is the Season for Music Workshops

The acclaimed a cappella group The Western Wind will coach adults at a singing workshop in Woodstock, VT over Columbus Day weekend.

Kids go back to school this month, but what do grown-ups do? Well…one thing they can do is attend a music workshop! We earlier listed summer music camps, but there are also Fall workshops, vacations, and classes you can take, as well as groups to join. Here are some good ones that begin in Sept., Oct., and Nov., below:

September 2009

• New York Late Starters String Orchestra, New York City.
• Vancouver Island Music Workshop, Sept. 11-13, Seven Springs Resort, Vancouver Island.
• Learn to Play the Appalachian Dulcimer, Sept. 13-18, Ripley, West Virginia.
• American Banjo Camp, Sept. 11-13, Fort Flagler, Washington.
• World of Bluegrass, Sept. 28-Oct. 4, Nashville, Tenessee.
• Sonata Piano Camp for Adults, dates in Sept., Oct., Nov., 2009; Jan., March 2010.

October 2009

• National Elderhostel Chorale, Oct. 4-10, Carmel Valley, California.
• Adventures in Improvisation, Oct. 9-11, Stony Point Center, Stony Point, New York.
• Western Wind Fall Foliage Workshop in Ensemble Singing, Oct. 9-12, Woodstock, Vermont.
• National Elderhostel Orchestra, Oct. 11-17, Carmel Valley, California
• Sonny Osborne Fall Banjo Camp, Oct. 16-18, Nashville, Tenessee.
• Harmonica Intensive with Howard Levy, Oct. 16-18, Outer Banks, North Carolina.
• National Elderhostel Big Band, Oct. 25-31, Carmel Valley, California.

November 2009

• National Elderhostel Recorder/Early Music Workshop, Nov. 1 – Nov. 7, Carmel Valley, California.
• Stringalong Gathering, Nov. 6-8, East Troy, Wisconsin.
• Choral Voices: Learn and Perform Great Choral Music, Nov.15-21, Abingdon,Virginia.
• Texas Toot, Nov. 20-22, Palestine, Texas.