This is another tune I got at MacPhail.

This is the newest piece that the 3rd Grade violins and violas are doing. It uses the infamous “Chicken on the Fencepost” rhythm, aka “Mississippi Stop Stop” or Suzuki’s Variation A of Twinkle Twinkle. The reason we do this rhythm so much at the beginning, is you are practicing making a good, controlled sound. It helps practice controlling the bow by playing short staccato notes and using a small ammount of bow…the opposite (i.e. long smooth bows using most of the bow length) is quite difficult, so starting with staccato is much more approachable and teaches good sound.

TREBLE CLEF

ALTO CLEF

BASS CLEF

Saturday, Oct 18
Orange Mighty Trio
House Concert
Chicago, IL

We continue our living room weekend tour in Bucktown. Thanks to our hosts for inviting us into their home!

Friday, Oct 17
Orange Mighty Trio
House Concert at Mim’s
Chicago, IL

My student and lifelong musician Mim (who is madly creating resonator violins with a “pie tin sound” in her spare time, among other things) has invited us to do a housewarming type house concert in her new home. E-mail for details.

Sunday, Oct 26 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Fiddle Workshop
DePaul Fall Suzuki Workshop
DePaul University
Chicago, IL

I am excited to share some tricks, style ideas and fiddle tunes at this event, which is through the DePaul Community Music Suzuki program, but open to any students with some knowledge of Suzuki repertoire. I will be doing a couple of different one hour classes for different levels and there will be a bunch of other group classes and master classes. The other clinicians and amazing Suzuki teachers, and it promises to be a lot of fun.

E-mail me for details and I can get you a sign-up sheet.

Saturday, October 4th from 2:00-3:00 pm
Orange Mighty Trio
Free Concert (with Fiddle Workshop preceding, at noon)
Student Lounge
Macalester College
St. Paul, MN

Free, sponsored by student folk music group Flying Fingers. Workshop may be open to the public by arrangement (e-mail me) and the concert definitely is open to the public.

We are excited to return to Macalester after playing in the Art Gallery last spring and giving a similar workshop. It’s fun to share our knowledge and music with the current crop of liberal artists (and musicians)…har har.

Mike is now teaching jazz piano at Mac!

Friday, Oct 24 at 8:00 pm
Orange Mighty Trio hosts the 416 Club
With Japhlet Attias, Badlands and Poutums
Cedar Cultural Center
Minneapolis, MN – MAP

We are excited to curate an evening of local music at our favorite Minneapolis venue.

The other super and amazing local acts begin with Japhlett Attias on the Chapman Stick (plus guest Tuba). The “Stick” is a pretty crazy instrument you play by tapping both hands on a fretboard. It’s possible to play bass lines plus chords and have all kinds of things going at once.

Next up is Badlands, a far-out jazz trio, followed by us, the Orange Mighty Trio.  And rounding out the night we have another jazz group, Poutums, featuring Chris Thomson, Adam Linz (Fat Kid Wednesdays), and Alden Ikeda.

More info at:

www.thecedar.org