2014 Workshop Photos Posted on December 21, 2014 at 6:56 pm. By Julie Lancaster Mendocino Horns forever . . . (Helen Stuart) . . . as the brass band student ensemble performs in the dance hall under the direction of Michael Ginsburg. (Helen Stuart) Valeri Georgiev and his valiant kaval class. (Helen Stuart) Beth Bahia Cohen’s Greek class hard at work. (Steward Hartman) Albanian/Kosovar Ensemble with proud papa, Raif Hyseni. (Steward Hartman) Kai Strandskov, next to Ella Brown with her daughter Edie looking on attentively. (Steward Hartman) John Morovich conducts his klapa con brio. (Steward Hartman) Polly Tapia Ferber’s class brings the delicacy of frame drum rhythms to the student concert. (Steward Hartman) Fanfare Zambaleta, with Greg Masaki Jenkins, Corinne Sykes and Evan Stuart, is surrounded by a swirl of dancers. (Helen Stuart) Kuba Holuj practices kaval in his open-air music studio. (Steward Hartman) Iroquois Springs Smiles abound as Joe Kaloyanides Graziosi leads a Greek dance. (Margaret Loomis) Sergiu Popa, Mensur Hatić and Kalin Kirilov swap accordion licks at the late-night kafana. (Margaret Loomis) Čoček Nation, the kids’ band led by Sarah Ferholt, gets ready to rip it up. (Margaret Loomis) Milo Destanovski and Jessica Ruiz on zurla are accompanied by Jerry Kisslinger on tapan as a men’s dance line feels the beat. (Margaret Loomis) Santouri class on the porch with Yianni Roussos. (Margaret Loomis) The Harris Brothers Band amps it up in the kafana. (Margaret Loomis) Carol Silverman’s Romani singing class performs for the student ensemble night. (Margaret Loomis) Dance line al fresco. (Margaret Loomis) The line weaves and swirls in the dance hall. (Margaret Loomis) Camp kids–all grown up: Felicia Goldberg, Natalie Shear, Stacey Anne Sternberg & Anna Goldberg. (Margaret Loomis)
2014 Workshop Photos Posted on September 23, 2014 at 6:38 pm. By Julie Lancaster Mendocino Horns forever . . . (Helen Stuart) . . . as the brass band student ensemble performs in the dance hall under the direction of Michael Ginsburg. (Helen Stuart) Valeri Georgiev and his valiant kaval class. (Helen Stuart) Beth Bahia Cohen’s Greek class hard at work. (Steward Hartman) Albanian/Kosovar Ensemble with proud papa, Raif Hyseni. (Steward Hartman) Kai Strandskov, next to Ella Brown with her daughter Edie looking on attentively. (Steward Hartman) John Morovich conducts his klapa con brio. (Steward Hartman) Polly Tapia Ferber’s class brings the delicacy of frame drum rhythms to the student concert. (Steward Hartman) Fanfare Zambaleta, with Greg Masaki Jenkins, Corinne Sykes and Evan Stuart, is surrounded by a swirl of dancers. (Helen Stuart) Kuba Holuj practices kaval in his open-air music studio. (Steward Hartman) Iroquois Springs Smiles abound as Joe Kaloyanides Graziosi leads a Greek dance. (Margaret Loomis) Sergiu Popa, Mensur Hatić and Kalin Kirilov swap accordion licks at the late-night kafana. (Margaret Loomis) Čoček Nation, the kids’ band led by Sarah Ferholt, gets ready to rip it up. (Margaret Loomis) Milo Destanovski and Jessica Ruiz on zurla are accompanied by Jerry Kisslinger on tapan as a men’s dance line feels the beat. (Margaret Loomis) Santouri class on the porch with Yianni Roussos. (Margaret Loomis) The Harris Brothers Band amps it up in the kafana. (Margaret Loomis) Carol Silverman’s Romani singing class performs for the student ensemble night. (Margaret Loomis) Dance line al fresco. (Margaret Loomis) The line weaves and swirls in the dance hall. (Margaret Loomis) Camp kids–all grown up: Felicia Goldberg, Natalie Shear, Stacey Anne Sternberg & Anna Goldberg. (Margaret Loomis)
2013 Workshop Photos Posted on June 13, 2014 at 2:39 pm. By Matthew Fass Mendocino Jessica Ruiz and Milo Destanovski. (Biz Hertzberg) Tanya, Radka and Tzvetanka Varimezova, and Ivanka Paunova bring Bulgarian visual beauty along with their superlative musical talents. (Biz Hertzberg) Joe Graziosi leads a dance in the zourna/daouli set by Bobby, Christos and Eleni Govetas. (Biz Hertzberg) Alex and Greg Jenkins rip it up in the kafana. (Biz Hertzberg) Merita Halili gives us her all in the dance hall, backed by Jesse Kotansky, Christos Govetas, and Baže Smilevski. (Biz Hertzberg) Vassil Bebelekov and Tali McGill. (Biz Hertzberg) Rachel MacFarlane, Christi Proffitt, and Joe Graziosi. (Biz Hertzberg) Brass Band Ensemble synchronizes its beats en plein air. (Arlene Imagawa) Tamburica Ensemble in the Dance Hall. (Arlene Imagawa) Iroquois Springs Catherine Foster teaches clarinet alfresco. (Margaret Loomis) The beguiling Adam Good on oud. (Margaret Loomis) Dragi Spasovski stands and delivers the best of Macedonian singing. (Margaret Loomis) Cristian Florescu and Sonia Dion bring playful humor to their Romanian dance class. (Margaret Loomis) Up past bedtime: Sarah Ferholt’s children Raya and Asher Ferholt-Wirz. (Margaret Loomis) Who’s gonna cut the cake? Zlatne Uste’s 30th-anniversary celebration. (Margaret Loomis) The late-night kafana grill is the place to find delicious food and stellar music. (Margaret Loomis) Dragi Spasovski, Bill Cope, Sergiu Popa, Ljuba Žifkov and Mensur Hatić hold forth on Mensur’s porch. (Margaret Loomis) Table music: Čoček Nation, the kids’ band, provides a serenade during the dinner hour. (Margaret Loomis)