All Instruments | John Vidrine | All Levels | Period 3 | Week 1 (July 7-12, 2024)
Get your friends together and sign up for this class to enhance your ability to play Cajun music in a group. Open to all musician levels and encouraging all the traditional Cajun musical instruments to participate. This session will cover the Cajun band structure and practice the typical musical arrangements. This is a playing session; leader will coach the group and help students understand the players roles and timing.
About the InstructorÂ
John has remained deeply immersed in the Culture and Music he was born into in around Mamou Louisiana. John has taught Cajun music on accordion at the Augusta Heritage program for several years, as well as performed with his wife Jane and son Jo, on the Augusta stages. John started learning to play music as a youngster watching and listening to old timers who played at the venues and porches of his hometown and in later years performing those tunes with friends and the family band across the US and in Europe by invitation. The key to playing this music is to be able to hear the melody line and feel the meter intensely. Being able to sing the lyrics or dance to the tune helps tremendously.