Childrens Music Spring 2012
Oneida Youth Singers singing
Music from Our Culture 2011/2012 Season
Spring Session:
March 22 – May 12, 2012
Thursday, 4:00 – 5:30pm and Saturdays, 11:00 – 12:30pm
Spring Iroquois Social and Gathering with the Chicago Children’s Choir
Saturday, May 12, 2012,
3:00pm
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR THE 2012 SPRING SESSION
Click here for the Registration Form and the MOC Parents Letter
For more information, please contact Beth (920) 490-3833 or Gabrielle at 490-3834.
Summer Session: July 30 – August 10, 2012 (Monday – Friday, 8:00 – 12:30)
About the Oneida Youth Singers
The Oneida Youth Singers is an emerging professional children’s music group singing Music From Our Culture. Oneida community children learn their ancient tribal music, sung for thousands of years, the Indian hymnal music sung and heard in the Oneida community for more than 200 years, and the fusion of modern music and the Oneida language.
Traditional Music
Using the water drum and cow horn rattles, children learn the Earth songs and dances of the traditional Oneida people. The instructor, Kalana Brooks, first started learning Iroquois singing at the age of 7 and has made many visits to Canada to continue to learn songs. She has taught at the Oneida tribal schools for 15 years and is active in the traditional community.
Indian Hymns
Children learn about the Indian Hymns. The instructor, Eden Denny, graduate from Berkley College of Music in Boston. She’s been working for the past five years for the Music Lesson Network, helping to place music teachers in community centers and give affordable lessons to the less fortunate. Eden is grateful to be back in Oneida with her native people.
Oneida Language Fusion Music
The instructor, Yako Lor-Brooks works with the children in creating new arrangements of songs that reinforce language lessons in a modern way. Yako was raised learning the traditional Iroquois music. She continued her music studies learning guitar and contemporary music. A singer and songwriter, Yako’s musical knowledge spans both the traditional and the contemporary.
The Oneida Youth Singers started with a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.