DAVENPORT - Registration for the River Music Experience's Ellis Kell Winter Blues Camp 2017 is now open. The camp lasts for five days, December 26-30, with workshops and rehearsals from 1 to 5 p.m. each day. At the end of the week there is a performance and blues jam by the students in the Redstone Room for all of their friends and families.
The annual program features vocal and instrumental workshops (guitar, bass, harmonica, keyboards & drums) as well as concentration on blues composition and improvisation. The Ellis Kell Winter Blues Camp is open to area musicians from ages 8-18 years old.
These camp will be led by RME's Bret Dale with Hal Reed of the Mississippi Valley Blues Society, and will feature other veteran blues musicians from the region as specials guests for these workshop sessions. The focus will be on sharpening one's individual skills and expressing oneself through the blues roots form - by learning how to improvise, and also through the composition of original blues lyrics and music.
The cost is $175 per participant. There is financial assistance available to those with a determined financial need. For more information or to register please visit rivermusicexperience.org/programs/winter-blues. Please reach out to Bret Dale at bdale@rivermusicexperience.org or (563)326-1333 ext. 110 with any registration or financial assistance questions.
