Our Calendar of Events
EHAC offers workshops and concerts each season, creating opportunities for artistic expression and skill development. Based on a curated mix of genres and popularity, and mindful of our superb acoustics, up and coming musicians are invited to perform in our extraordinary space. Workshops are offered whenever teaching professionals visit the Bight and express interest in sharing their craft. Or perhaps an artist in residence will offer a class. Every season is different. Have a look at this season's offerings.
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Events for September 2013
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Sep 08
Watercolours with Anastasia Tiller
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Fee: $50.00Join Watercolour artist Anastasia Tiller for a full day of total immersion into watercolours. Anastasia will cover all the basics and get you started on creating lovely landscapes. The group will begin inside with some exercises and move outside for plein aire work. To spend a day with Anastasia will fully equip any artist with a solid understanding of the benefits and magic of this medium.
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Sep 20
Painting with Philip Craig
10:00 a.m. to September 23rd, 3:00 p.m.
Fee: $400.00A Four-Day Painting Workshop with Canadian Artist Philip Craig
A chance to paint and experience the breathtaking beauty
of the Trinity Bight area of Newfoundland with Canadian Artist, Philip Craig
Grab your paints and join Philip Craig who has agreed to return to his beloved Newfoundland for another visit, and to teach the hows and whys of his unique approach to painting. Craig's lively yet structured approach is the hallmark of his successful career, as is not to be missed.
Philip will give complete instructions on how to select a subject and then plan the steps to creating a painting that will open your eyes to the joy of creativity in this beautiful and challenging environment, and have fun doing it. You will learn from much of what he has developed over a career spanning forty years including ten in Newfoundland.
Each day will begin with a spirited demonstration, followed by ongoing coaching and helpful instruction as you work.
Saturday evening there will be a group dinner with Philip, at Fishers' Loft Inn in Port Rexton.
Sunday evening Philip will talk about recent projects and future plans and talk about life as a professional artist in Canada.
Monnday will involve more painting and problem solving, and will include a final critique and discussion of what has been created over the three day workshop.
This is indeed a rare opportunity.
Suitable for novices or the experienced painter.
A real memory maker!
A materials list will be sent to registrants.
Participants should come dressed for plein aire painting
and bring a lunch.
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Sep 21
Day Two of Philip Craig Painting Workshop
Please refer to Friday's listing to register.
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Sep 21
Concert in the Harbour: Stephen Fearing of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
Another fabulous evening in English Harbour.
8:30 $20
Call for tickets or take a chance at the gate.
Multiple JUNO Award-winning Blackie and the Rodeo Kings member Stephen Fearing visits English Harbour with his first solo album in seven years: the highly anticipated, Between Hurricanes. The follow-up to 2006s acclaimed Yellowjacket, the album was co-produced by Fearing and John Whynot (Bruce Cockburn, Blue Rodeo, Lucinda Williams) at The Woodshed Studio in Toronto, ON.
Born out of several life-changing events, Between Hurricanes is both the document and result of many significant changes for Fearing.
Between Hurricanes eleven tracks were shaped with the idea of crafting a solo record while not employing a traditional folk approach to the music. Fearing and Whynot put their focus on the fundamentals of the songs while subtly adding space and a mood that surrounds them. The minimal arrangements range from the finely honed piano, bass, and drum accents on As The Crow Flies to the ethereal synths on Cold Dawn.
The tale of a Cougar Helicopter crash in Newfoundland, Cold Dawn acts as a thesis statement for the record. Told in first-person narrative, the songs mood wraps around the story, giving added weight to every repeat of the refrain, Into the dark.
The hushed follows suit. Against the chirping of crickets, the song floats in sober meditation. No instrument presents itself as the lead as passing moments fade in and out of each other. The weight of the track is cut quickly by the shuffling blues of Keep Your Mouth Shut, which arrives with the subtly of a mack truck driving through a wake.
You stuck around until the lawyer cut the body open / A pound of flesh and then they paint it black, sings Fearing over blown-out bass and masterful guitar work. It's an all-out rave-up and the energetic high point of the record.
Keep Your Mouth Shut came out of a conversation with Tom Wilson of Blackie & The Rodeo Kings, says Fearing. We were talking about getting together to write some songs for Between Hurricanes and he said I should listen to Get Out Of Denver by Bob Seger. As it turned out, Tom was so busy organizing the Kings and Queens tour, that I knew he wouldn't be able to pull himself away from the phone. So, I just wrote it myself. The song is a tongue-in-cheek look at getting out of a sticky situation, Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover meets Johnny B Goode.
Between Hurricanes is Stephen Fearing's eighth solo album. Over the course of his celebrated career he has collaborated with a long list of artists that includes: Shawn Colvin, Richard Thompson, Sarah McLachlan, Tom Wilson, Colin Linden, and Margo Timmins. Recently, he produced Happy Here, the latest JUNO-nominated album from Suzie Vinnick. -
Sep 22
Day Three of Philip Craig Painting Workshop
Please refer to Friday Sept. 20 listing to register.
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Sep 23
Day Four of Philip Craig Painting Workshop
Please refer to Friday September 20 listing to register.
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Sep 29
Concert in the Harbour: Gordie Tentree and Hill Country News
8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Fee: FreeSunday, September 29 8:30
$20 Call for tickets or take a chance at the door.
GORDIE TENTREES
Born in Hamilton Ontario, and raised on his family farm in Bancroft, Ontario, Gordie Tentrees has spent the past 15 years working on his craft while hiding out in Whitehorse,Yukon.
After spending most of his young adult years dealing with the effects of being reared in a violent home, Tentrees put most of his energy into sport, theatre, and dance, channeling every negative into a positive, and excelling as an amateur boxer (Three-time Golden Glove champion). I realized I was going to carve my own way early on, and the only person deciding where I ended up was going to be me. Honing his determination, Tentrees became a school teacher, youth worker, counselor, coach, and mentor for at risk kids. It never felt like work, and I feel grateful to call these kids my friends.
At age 25, Tentrees wrote his first song, learned his first guitar chord, eventually graduating to dobro and harmonica, touring and recording. His first three albums were story narratives chronicling his difficult past the gritty characters of his life, relationships with the dark,
His music is his own blend of folk, roots and blues sounds, and Tentrees counts Rick Fines and Fred Eaglesmith as heroes and strong influences in his songwriting,
Tentrees earned a Western Canadian Music Award Album of the Year nomination for Mercy or Sin performed at the Best of Canada Vancouver Olympics concert, and was also named a Finalist in the International Song Competition out of 15,000 entries in the Americana category. Competition judges included Tom Waits, Loretta Lynn and Jerry Lee Lewis. The rave reviews starting pouring in and Tentreesreputation as one of Canada's hardest touring musicians began.
Tentrees delivery is so relaxed and unpretentious it's impossible to not get drawn into his world, sounding like a young John Prine.
NO DEPRESSION
In the rough cut vein of Kelly Joe Phelps or Fred Eaglesmith,Tentrees is gifted.
- THE GLOBE & MAIL
Never one to give less, Tentrees started booking his own tours, averaging 200 concerts a year, all while promoting his own shows, tracking his own records, and acting as his own publicist. Tentrees learned the business while growing as an artist, pushing himself to continue to succeed. I know I am not a musician, writer or performer yet, that I am just starting. People assume I am or have done something, but that's not even close.
However, over the past three years, Tentrees has accomplished much:
-Released a live album recorded in Finland
-Released North Country Heart (Top 20 most played album in Canada)
-Signed to Continental, a European record label
-Secured a US publishing deal with Bluewater
-Has had songs featured in the CBC Series Arctic Air and Space Channel Ring of Fire
-Toured and shared the stage with Mary Gauthier, Kelly Joe Phelps, Danny Michel, James Cotton, Rick Fines, Fred Penner, Blackie & The Rodeo Kings, and Fred Eaglesmith.
-Capped off 2012 with a world tour that spanned 140 concerts in 148 days in Canada, US, Europe, UK and Scandanavia, including the infamous Fred Eaglesmith Tin Can Caravan Tour along historic Route 66 from Chicago to LA.
These days he is performing solo or with his band, Hill Country News, featuring Fabian Brook (Fiddle, Guitar) and Aiden Tentrees (Upright Bass), gaining a reputation for both his dynamic solo shows and full band concerts, which range from storytelling folk rants to swampy high energy dirges. I feel so damn lucky every night that I am allowed to do this, and am more motivated than ever to learn from it.
Tentrees is a talent on the move, and moving in good company.PETERBOROUGH EXAMINER
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