From time to time Newberg Music Center hosts workshops featuring well know and accomplished Musicians in their fields. We love to learn. And workshops are great opportunity for us to provide our community (and ourselves) with the tools to improve our skills.

Click on the links below (underlined) to find out more information about our upcoming and past workshops.

Upcoming Concerts and Workshops:

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Past Concerts and Workshops:

Moria Smiley & VOCO - Performance May 27, 2010

As I Roved Out - The Celtic Conspiracy - Performance May 21, 2010

Melody Guy - Singer Songwriter and Recording Artist - “Melody has emerged as one of the most compelling success stories in Nashville in years. Her focused determination to become a song crafter and genuine artist are fully realized on Freedom, her debut on RYS records.” Billy Block /Western Beat Radio/ 103 WKDF Nashville - Performance May 20, 2010

Andy Irvine - Bouzouki Workshop Decemember 5, 2009

Andy Irvine - Performance Decemember 4, 2009

Gerry O'Beirne - Performance November 4, 2009

Colleen Raney with Hanz Araki & Casey Neill - Seattle native and vocalist Colleen Raney has been singing Irish music for over 20 years in the Northwest and beyond, performing with storied groups like Magical Strings and The McKassons before striking out on her own with a stunning voice and captivating traditional and original music. A true stand-out addition to the Celtic music world.

Joining her is Irish flute player and singer Hanz Araki who has toured internationally with Juno award-winning The Paperboys and The Casey Neill Trio; also The Bridies, Portland's all-star Pogues cover band among others, and is featured on over a dozen recordings and soundtracks, along with his own acclaimed CD’s. Colleen and Hanz will be backed by guitarist and singer Casey Neill.- October 16, 2009

Rose Laughlin - Seattle Folk Singer Rose Laughlin sings traditional Celtic and American Roots songs. Rose's interpretation,blend of different influences, personal approach to songs, results in a unique and captivating sound to traditional music. Come listen to where old meets new - August 22, 2009

Steve Smith and Chris Sanders - Original and traditional acoustic music for mandolin, mandola, guitar and vocals. - August 7, 2009

Charanga - The music of ‘Charanga’ is a type of music featuring Galician bagpipes (gaita), saxophone, clarinet, accordion, violin and percussion. Throw in an electric bass – and blend in the musical traditions of Galicia with a dash of Celtic, a hint of Arabic and a soupcon of jazz – and the result is CHARANGA, a band from Southern Oregon which specializes in the wild, sultry, joyous music of Galicia, that most mysterious, green and alluring province nestled in the farthest Northwest corner of the Iberian Peninsula. May 21, 2009

Carolyn Cruso - is an acclaimed multi-instrumentalist and composer. "A musical tour-de-force, fusing an eclectic melange of folk, jazz, and Celtic elements...a poetic virtuoso" --Carla Baku, Eureka Times Standard. Preview music from her newest CD - April 24, 2009

Moria Smiley & VOCO - Stompin’ rebel-harmony with cello & banjo: Original songs steeped in Appalachia & Eastern Europe. Moira Smiley & VOCO sing powerful, emotional music with lush harmony and the delicious vaudevillian combo of cello, accordion and banjo. Sprinkled throughout their songs are rompin'stompin' body percussion sets - always a show-stopping pleasure. Voted #1 a cappella band in the U.S., the four members of VOCO create post-folk, improvisation-built songs while digging into old Americana and Eastern European sounds. Original music and new fruits from the old songs... americana to Bartók, ethereal and gritty. - Performance April 7, 2009

Roughly Hewn - ... a blend of Irish and Folk sounds. - Performance April 7, 2009

Sky in the Road - Trio sound of harmonium, guitar, mandolin, and three part vocals playing tempos from Fast Track to Laid Back. Influences ranging from Eastern European to Bluegrass and Celtic and some of what lies between. - Performance March 14, 2009

Melody Guy - Singer Songwriter and Recording Artist - “Melody has emerged as one of the most compelling success stories in Nashville in years. Her focused determination to become a song crafter and genuine artist are fully realized on Freedom, her debut on RYS records.” Billy Block /Western Beat Radio/ 103 WKDF Nashville - Performance March 13, 2009

Cindy Kallet and Grey Larson - Scott Alarik of The Boston Globe calls Cindy "...one of folk music's most respected songwriters... provocative, heartwise, and original ...a brilliant guitarist...". Mike Joyce of the Washington Post calls Grey "... a gifted multi-instrumentalist who consistently demonstrates his melodic finesse," while The New Mexico Daily describes his playing as "positively spellbinding". - Performance February 20, 2009

Kate MacLeod - Performance Decemember 6, 2008

Gerry O'Beirne - Performance Decemember 4, 2008

Carolyn Cruso and Brian Cutean - Performance September 26, 2008

Noel Hill - Concertina Performance August 12, 2008

Castlerock with Anton Emery - "Irish music, pure and simple" July 25, 2008

Charanga - The music of ‘Charanga’ is a type of music featuring Galician bagpipes (gaita), saxophone, clarinet, accordion, violin and percussion. Throw in an electric bass – and blend in the musical traditions of Galicia with a dash of Celtic, a hint of Arabic and a soupcon of jazz – and the result is CHARANGA, a band from Southern Oregon which specializes in the wild, sultry, joyous music of Galicia, that most mysterious, green and alluring province nestled in the farthest Northwest corner of the Iberian Peninsula. May 22, 2008

April Verch - Virtuoso Fiddler, Vocalist, and Step Dancer. Her confident, winsome singing, the finely detailed elegance of her fiddle phrasing and the depth of a repertoire that ranges through material from Americana mainstays Buddy and Julie Miller, to simple country songs and rollicking tunes from her native Ottawa Valley to sparkling original instrumentals. May 15, 2008

Carolyn Cruso - is an acclaimed multi-instrumentalist and composer. "A musical tour-de-force, fusing an eclectic melange of folk, jazz, and Celtic elements...a poetic virtuoso" --Carla Baku, Eureka Times Standard. Preview music from her newest CD and past CD's on her website October 19, 2007

Sharon Knight - San Francisco-based Celtic songstress brings her own brand of enchantment to light with her collection of original and traditional songs. April 26, 2007

Dorian Michael - Fingerstyle guitar. April 15, 2007

Frank Blair - Vocals Guitar and Bouzouki preformance. April 7, 2007

Sheltering Sky - Irish Trio March 2, 2007

Melody Guy - Singer Songwriter and Recording Artist Performance October 8, 2006

Sheltering Sky - Irish Trio August 15, 2006

Noel Hill - Concertina Performance August 8, 2006

Lutherie Workshop with Graham McDonald July 2, 2004

Alternate Tunings and Slide Guitar with Gerry O'Beirne October 18, 2003

Irish Fiddle with Kevin Burke.September 20, 2003

Is there an artist coming to town you'd like to do a workshop with? Let us know and we may be able to arrange a date.

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