Description:

Using only your human instrument, explore rhythmic music in hands, feet, and body, harmonic music in the voice, moving in space. Fun and challenging, the style allows for levels of participation everyone can enjoy. Better understand syncopation, ensemble and personal rhythmic/harmonic strengths by feeling the music in your body. With deep training in Appalachian cultural styles, Evie explores the underlying African-diaspora polyrhythms that are embedded in those traditions, overtly reconnecting them in creative & accessible ways.

Previous Experience:

No previous musical experience necessary!

Class Date:

• Tuesday, January 6th, 7:30 – 8:30 PM

Enrollment Closes:

• Monday, January 5th, 2026

About Evie Ladin:

Banjo player, singer, songwriter, percussive-dancer, choreographer, and square-dance caller, Evie Ladin grew up steeped in traditional folk music/dance, and brings a contemporary vision to her compositions and choreography. Evie’s performances, recordings and teaching reconnect Appalachian music/dance with other African-Diaspora traditions, and have been heard from ‘A Prairie Home Companion’ to Lincoln Center, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass to Celtic Connections, Brazil to Bali. Based in Oakland, CA, Evie tours solo, with Keith Terry, and her Evie Ladin Band; and has produced numerous CDs and instructional DVDs. In the percussive dance world, she directs the moving choir MoToR/dance, co-founded the International Body Music Festival, and is an ace freestyle flatfooter. In the trad world, Evie teaches banjo and at the infamous Freight in Berkeley, online at Peghead Nation and many camps. In the songwriter world, she just writes great songs. A highly entertaining performer, Evie enjoys facilitating arts learning in diverse communities. A natural entertainer with a gift for infusing folk practices with contemporary verve.

Tuition:

$20

Ages:

This workshop is appropriate for everyone ages 12 & up. Children ages 12 & up do not need to be accompanied by an adult, but the more the merrier! 

Materials:

Students should bring themselves & a re-fillable water bottle.

Enroll: 

Please enroll in the workshop using the following form: 

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