CANCELLED FOR THIS YEAR
Instructors: Corwin Fox, Kia Kadiri and friends
Tuesday, July 28 – Friday, July 31, 2020, 9am – 3:30pm each day
Early Bird Fee: $220 (must pay in full by June 1)
Fee: $245
Deposit: $52.50
Scholarships and Bursaries are available for all Island Mountain Arts Programs, Link here for details.
You can also call to register at 1-800-442-2787 or mail a cheque to Island Mountain Arts, Box 65, Wells, BC, V0K 2R0
Link here for information about accommodations for students
Workshop Description
This course focuses on both writing and performance aimed at facilitating self-expression through music, song and spoken word poetry. Combining elements of musical theory, improvisation techniques, lyric writing, collaboration with peers and working one-on-one with the instructors, students get and incredibly dynamic and transformational experience. This program is suitable for complete beginners, as well as students with prior musical experience. Corwin brings his mobile recording studio to give students an opportunity to record their new tunes and have a CD to take home with them. Students perform their new songs at the ArtsWells Festival. Having taught this course at IMA for over ten years, professional BC musician Corwin Fox has developed an incredible program that has been life-changing for many of the young people who have taken part.
Instructor Bios
CORWIN FOX
Corwin Fox is a Canadian songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist who has been hailed as “a shining light in Canadian roots music” by Doug Cox (artistic director, Vancouver Island Music Festival). Known as much for his studio expertise as his live show, Corwin has toured extensively across Canada, the U.S. and Australia performing his songs on banjo, guitar and ukelele. He has played venues and festivals large and small, some by himself, some with his band Morlove, and some with such luminaries as Fred Penner, Shane Koyczan and the Short Story Long, Alex Cuba, Kim Barlow and Raghu Lokanathan.
KIA KADIRI
Island Mountain Arts is excited to welcome back Kia Kadiri to teach at this summer’s workshop. Kia’s passion for music, rap, and poetry makes her extremely productive as a workshop leader, and engages even those participants who are shy to perform. Kia is warm, welcoming and energetic, which makes her a magnet for adults and children. The goals of her workshops are always to help youth build self-confidence, and connect to their cultural identities, using music, rap and poetry. She enjoys helping them express their ideas, communicating struggles that they face, addressing issues in their communities, and most of all having fun while they learn new skills. She explores basic music theory, improvisation techniques, and writing lyrics. She can also offer music recording workshops, and beginner Hip-Hop/Break dancing classes.
More instructors TBA
Special Events included with Tuition:
Monday, July 27, 7pm: Student Welcome Reception, IMA Gallery (2323 Pooley Street) – Meet your instructor and pick up your student information packages.
Tuesday, July 28, 5:30pm: Student BBQ, School, free for students, $10 for guests
Wednesday, July 29, 8pm: Instructor Concert – Sunset Theatre, $20, free for students
Saturday, August 1: student songwriter performances at ArtsWells
The ArtsWells Festival Of All Things Art runs from Friday, July 31 – Monday, August 3, 2020 and features over 100 musical acts on 10 stages throughout Wells and Barkerville. See www.artswells.com for details. Consider sticking around after your workshop!