NEIL WOODWARD LIVE at the CROW Concert 7pm / Workshop 1pm

Concert Night 7 to 9pm with Neil Woodward!
Concert Tickets here $15 ea or 2 for $25
Workshop 1 to 2:30
Workshop alone $30
Workshop & Concert Package $40
Please note: Workshop Tickets $30 each - sold only in advance
"advance tickets only insures we have met the min required attendants to hold the workshop"

For over thirty years, multi-instrumentalist, Neil Woodward has shared folk music’s warmth and wisdom with Great Lakes audiences. In such historic surroundings as Crossroads Village, Grand Traverse Lighthouse and Greenfield Village, and in schools and libraries lake-to-lake, his vast repertoire and enthusiasm bring to life the Michigan experience for people from around the world.

He was the recipient of 2018 State of Michigan Heritage Award "in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Michigan's cultural heritage."

In 2003 the Legislature of the State of Michigan officially named Neil Woodward Michigan’s Troubadour in recognition of his life long commitment to preservation of Great Lakes folk music and culture.

The Arts Foundation of Michigan (now ArtServe Michigan) with their Creative Artist Grant Award recognized Neil’s own compositions as continuing contributions to the troubadour’s tradition, an artistic chronicle of significant individuals and events. His songs, recordings and concerts have earned him nine Detroit Music Awards. His traditional recordings are catalogued by the Library of Congress Office of Folklife, Smithsonian Folkways, and by the Archives of the State of Michigan.

Neil is a course guest lecturer for Michigan, Eastern and Wayne State Universities. He is a Faculty and Presenter member teacher of Smithsonian Associates.

Neil’s experience in performance, research, writing, arranging, theatre, audio and video production, and his widely acknowledged skill with over a dozen musical instruments offer a unique perspective to his many private students. His school programs bring our culture into focus for pre-school through college level. In venues as diverse as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Michigan Historical Center, Detroit Institute of Arts, Northern Michigan campgrounds and lighthouses, and community schools and libraries of Alpena, Ann Arbor, Brighton, Byron, Copper Harbor, Charlotte, Davison, Detroit, Flint, Hartland, Howell, Kentwood, Lansing, Montague, Ossineke, Paradise and Ypsilanti, Neil’s performances pay tribute to light keepers, immigrants, laborers, sailors, soldiers, teachers, mothers, fathers, lumberjacks, railroaders, farmers, hobos, auto workers, dancers, singers, musicians and dogs.
NEIL Will be offering an Afternoon Workshop from 1 to 2:30.
Workshop $30
Package Concert and Workshop $40
Michigan Traditional Music hands-on workshop with Michigan’s Troubadour, Neil Woodward. All instruments, music lovers and players at every level welcome.
We will explore the living roots, elements and styles of Great Lakes traditional music and learn a great old springtime fiddle tune, the Flowers of Michigan.For many music lovers, the term “Michigan Music” may evoke sounds of countless great popular recordings in R & B, rock, jazz, rap and hip hop. Much of our popular music is rooted in living traditional forms of expression including folk, blues, gospel, country and ethnic music from the Americas, Ireland, Great Britain, Scandinavia, Germany and other parts of Europe. With the roots of these musical traditions growing here for so many generations, there is rich soil through which to sow and share our stories..

More about Neil Woodward: www.NeilWoodward.com www.MichigansTroubadour.com

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