Celtic Light Orchestra presents "Space Invaders!"

Don't miss this one night only performance on July 16, 2022 at Alberta Rose Theatre in Portland, OR featuring many Fiddle Lessons PDX students and teachers Katie Jane and Adam!

Thousands of years ago, ancient Celt-Aliens built Stonehenge as a portal to the multiverse. They have returned and abducted two mischievous teenagers! The Celt-Aliens won’t return the kids until we’ve gathered the best musicians on Earth for an intergalactic battle of the bands at Stonehenge!

“Ziggy Stardust meets Flogging Molly!“

Don’t miss this cosmic production of Irish music and dance, Celtic folklore, alien fashion, dazzling lights, and the debut of an original script by Portland’s creative duo, Katie Jane Lubiens and Adam Easley. Featuring Glow Bowz, the revolutionary invention by Nick Macias- LED light-up violin bows that react to players’ movements and dance with the music! This one-of-a-kind production promises to be a galactic good time for the whole family!

The world’s only light up orchestra!

The Celtic Light Orchestra is the world’s only light up orchestra performing original arrangements of rocking Celtic fiddle tunes played on our out-of-this-world Glow Bowz invention! The group was founded by two Portland based music teachers, Katie Jane Lubiens and Adam Easley, to share their love of Celtic music and culture with audiences of all ages.

Learn more about Katie Jane and Adam, and the Celtic Light Orchestra at www.katiejaneband.com/CLO

SO PROUD!

We were so proud of all the students that performed at the Jazz Fiddle Student Concert last Sunday! It was so much fun to hear everyone' tunes, and to put their pieces together with Adam on guitar!

During our semester on Jazz Fiddle, students learned about improvising. As a classical violinist, improvising is not something that is taught or experienced in the typical repertoire. In contrast, jazz music is all about improvising which is what makes the style so creative and expressive! Learning to improvise can feel scary at first since it is so different than reading notes and following the "rules" on sheet music, but it can be one of the most exhilarating ways to express one's self through playing music.

We look forward to exploring more improvisation techniques on the violin in future lessons with our students!

Jazz Fiddle Student Concert May 15!

The students have been working hard on learning their jazz tunes this quarter. It has been lots of fun teaching them how to improvise and how to explore their own creative musical ideas. We can't wait to hear the solos they've come with at our next student concert on May 15!