[NEohioPAL] Craig Gildner's Swing School at Tri-C Friday, February 28th 7-9 Live Swing Music & Swing Dancing! Free to all Tri-C students with a valid ID card

[Valerie Salstrom]

Craig Gildner from Washington, DC is the dynamic leader of an amazing swing band called Blue Sky 5. He is also the male vocalist and plays both guitar and piano- but not at the same time. Craig can never get enough of this music called swing. Craig, a musician blessed with perfect pitch, finds that the pulse of an upright bass, accompanied by the open hi-hat cymbal rhythms, syncopated saxophones and trumpets are what make him smile.

Craig and some of his band mates plus Cleveland's own Demetrius Steinmetz will be leading a special presentation on swing music on Friday, February 28th from 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm at the downtown campus of Tri-C in the Black Box in the Tommy LiPuma Center for Creative Arts.

This workshop is geared towards swing dancers, swing musicians, swing djs, jazz music lovers, etc.

What will be covered in Craig Gildner's Swing School?

Find out what makes swing music swing. 

Learn the purpose of each instrument. 

Hear each musician talk about their instrument, their playing style and what they try to channel when they play swing as opposed to other styles of jazz.

The history of swing music from the 1920s to the 1950s.

Learn about the typical structures of swing music.

Understanding the terms that swing musicians and swing dancers use and how they can more effectively communicate with each other. 

How recording technology helped shape swing music's development in each decade from the 20s to the 40s and how this influenced the way that it was danced to. 

Dance demos will show up occasionally through out this demonstration.  Demos will be done by the members of Get Hep Swing and the Cleveland Junior Jitterbug

What socioeconomic factors lead to the decline of swing music after World War ll. 

This workshop will be hosted at the downtown campus of the Cuyahoga Community College. The exact location will be posted in a bit. 

The cost is $15 per person and FREE for everyone with a valid Tri-C ID card. 

Craig just posted this little tid bit:
"I've done the first draft of an outline which will help me create (hopefully) a great keynote presentation for the musicality class in Cleveland on Feb. 28th. Valerie Salstrom will be doing dance demos to our live samples, and there will be pictures, plus snippets of recordings through the decades. The hardest part of it is not to "geek out" and lose the audience with technical stuff. But, I think it's fascinating that the quality of the music aside, there was a perfect storm of technological advancements and social events that helped to make swing a household word in the 30's. And sadly, another set of technological advancements and social events that led to its getting knocked out of the spotlight.

Valerie Salstrom
Owner of Get Hep Swing, Ltd.
216-374-1927
info at GetHepSwing.com




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