Old Songs, Inc. is a not-for-profit, educational, 501(c)3 corporation
Office Hours: Monday–Friday, 11 am–4 pm.
PO Box 466 • 37 South Main Street • Voorheesville, NY 12186-0466
(518) 765-2815 • Fax: (518) 655-0061 • oldsongs@oldsongs.org
Upcoming Events
January 2021
Old Songs: From the Vault
Every Third Wednesday of the month at 9pm ET
with Encore broadcasts at 2 am ET and the following Sunday at 1pm ET
Old Songs, in collaboration with Ron Olesko’s Folk Music Notebook, is pleased to present Old Songs: From the Vault, an internet radio program hosted by Chris Koldewey on Folk Music Notebook. This program debuted on October 21, 2020 and brings you music from Old Songs CDs and recordings made at the Dutch Barn and the Main Stage of the Old Songs Festival at the Altamont fairgrounds over the past 39 years.
Listen here or at folkmusicnotebook.com:
$127
Advanced Beginners Guitar
with Ron Gordon for 6 weeks
Thursdays: Jan. 14, 21, 28, Feb. 4, 11, 18
7 – 8:15 pm
This 6 week class will help the beginning guitar player get to the next step in strumming and bass-pick right hand technique, and introduce the first stages of finger picking. We’ll learn about leading and alternating basses,and how to apply this in using both a flat pick and a thumb pick. As we proceed through the common keys/chord shapes, we’ll sing some great songs along the way. Knowledge of the basic chords “down the neck” and a decent wi-fi connection will be needed (for using Skype). Song sheets, playing guides, and sound files will be emailed ahead of each session.
For more information contact Ron at 518-372-4172 or rgukeboy@gmail.com.
Limited number of spots. Register Today:
$127
Irish Fiddle
with Hilary Schrauf for 6 weeks
Tuesday: Jan. 26, Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23, March 2
7 – 8:15 pm
This class assumes moderate previous experience with the fiddle (know the names of the notes and strings; know how to hold the bow), and little to moderate experience with Irish traditional music. We’ll have fun digging in to the different types of Irish tunes (jigs, reels, hornpipes, etc.) — and maybe a composition or two — while exploring what makes them sound Irish. Some bowing, slurring, ornamentation, and variations will be taught. Sound files, sheet music and links to other resources will be provided. Reading sheet music is not a requirement.
For more information contact Hilary at 518-424-8701 or hilary.schrauf@gmail.com
Limited number of spots. Register Today:
$127
Advanced Beginners Guitar
with Ron Gordon for 6 weeks
Thursdays: Jan. 14, 21, 28, Feb. 4, 11, 18
7 – 8:15 pm
This 6 week class will help the beginning guitar player get to the next step in strumming and bass-pick right hand technique, and introduce the first stages of finger picking. We’ll learn about leading and alternating basses,and how to apply this in using both a flat pick and a thumb pick. As we proceed through the common keys/chord shapes, we’ll sing some great songs along the way. Knowledge of the basic chords “down the neck” and a decent wi-fi connection will be needed (for using Skype). Song sheets, playing guides, and sound files will be emailed ahead of each session.
For more information contact Ron at 518-372-4172 or rgukeboy@gmail.com.
Limited number of spots. Register Today:
February 2021
$127
Irish Fiddle
with Hilary Schrauf for 6 weeks
Tuesday: Jan. 26, Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23, March 2
7 – 8:15 pm
This class assumes moderate previous experience with the fiddle (know the names of the notes and strings; know how to hold the bow), and little to moderate experience with Irish traditional music. We’ll have fun digging in to the different types of Irish tunes (jigs, reels, hornpipes, etc.) — and maybe a composition or two — while exploring what makes them sound Irish. Some bowing, slurring, ornamentation, and variations will be taught. Sound files, sheet music and links to other resources will be provided. Reading sheet music is not a requirement.
For more information contact Hilary at 518-424-8701 or hilary.schrauf@gmail.com
Limited number of spots. Register Today:
$127
Advanced Beginners Guitar
with Ron Gordon for 6 weeks
Thursdays: Jan. 14, 21, 28, Feb. 4, 11, 18
7 – 8:15 pm
This 6 week class will help the beginning guitar player get to the next step in strumming and bass-pick right hand technique, and introduce the first stages of finger picking. We’ll learn about leading and alternating basses,and how to apply this in using both a flat pick and a thumb pick. As we proceed through the common keys/chord shapes, we’ll sing some great songs along the way. Knowledge of the basic chords “down the neck” and a decent wi-fi connection will be needed (for using Skype). Song sheets, playing guides, and sound files will be emailed ahead of each session.
For more information contact Ron at 518-372-4172 or rgukeboy@gmail.com.
Limited number of spots. Register Today:
$20
John McCutcheon — Virtual Concert
Roots & Wings: How Traditional Music Is the Foundation of All My Music
Folk music’s renaissance man — master instrumentalist, powerful singer-songwriter, storyteller, activist, and author. folkmusic.com
“In this concert, I’ll do a blend of traditional songs and my own, especially those I’ve written in recognizable traditional forms. I’ll give a shoutout to those groups who continue to celebrate, teach, and honor traditional music and those that are shepherding it into our own lives and times. We’ll have a bit of a campfire Q&A after the music, just like we do in person. And, who knows?, maybe we might even have a special guest or two!”
Buy Tickets
Ticket price: $20 General, $30 Family/household, $10 Student, $5 Unemployed/Laid Off. Tickets are sold through Mandolin. The concert is presented in collaboration of the Artist, Old Songs and several other folk organizations, and privately streamed on Mandolin.
No Refunds.
$127
Irish Fiddle
with Hilary Schrauf for 6 weeks
Tuesday: Jan. 26, Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23, March 2
7 – 8:15 pm
This class assumes moderate previous experience with the fiddle (know the names of the notes and strings; know how to hold the bow), and little to moderate experience with Irish traditional music. We’ll have fun digging in to the different types of Irish tunes (jigs, reels, hornpipes, etc.) — and maybe a composition or two — while exploring what makes them sound Irish. Some bowing, slurring, ornamentation, and variations will be taught. Sound files, sheet music and links to other resources will be provided. Reading sheet music is not a requirement.
For more information contact Hilary at 518-424-8701 or hilary.schrauf@gmail.com
Limited number of spots. Register Today:
$127
Advanced Beginners Guitar
with Ron Gordon for 6 weeks
Thursdays: Jan. 14, 21, 28, Feb. 4, 11, 18
7 – 8:15 pm
This 6 week class will help the beginning guitar player get to the next step in strumming and bass-pick right hand technique, and introduce the first stages of finger picking. We’ll learn about leading and alternating basses,and how to apply this in using both a flat pick and a thumb pick. As we proceed through the common keys/chord shapes, we’ll sing some great songs along the way. Knowledge of the basic chords “down the neck” and a decent wi-fi connection will be needed (for using Skype). Song sheets, playing guides, and sound files will be emailed ahead of each session.
For more information contact Ron at 518-372-4172 or rgukeboy@gmail.com.
Limited number of spots. Register Today:
$127
Irish Fiddle
with Hilary Schrauf for 6 weeks
Tuesday: Jan. 26, Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23, March 2
7 – 8:15 pm
This class assumes moderate previous experience with the fiddle (know the names of the notes and strings; know how to hold the bow), and little to moderate experience with Irish traditional music. We’ll have fun digging in to the different types of Irish tunes (jigs, reels, hornpipes, etc.) — and maybe a composition or two — while exploring what makes them sound Irish. Some bowing, slurring, ornamentation, and variations will be taught. Sound files, sheet music and links to other resources will be provided. Reading sheet music is not a requirement.
For more information contact Hilary at 518-424-8701 or hilary.schrauf@gmail.com
Limited number of spots. Register Today:
Old Songs: From the Vault
Every Third Wednesday of the month at 9pm ET
with Encore broadcasts at 2 am ET and the following Sunday at 1pm ET
Old Songs, in collaboration with Ron Olesko’s Folk Music Notebook, is pleased to present Old Songs: From the Vault, an internet radio program hosted by Chris Koldewey on Folk Music Notebook. This program debuted on October 21, 2020 and brings you music from Old Songs CDs and recordings made at the Dutch Barn and the Main Stage of the Old Songs Festival at the Altamont fairgrounds over the past 39 years.
Listen here or at folkmusicnotebook.com:
$127
Advanced Beginners Guitar
with Ron Gordon for 6 weeks
Thursdays: Jan. 14, 21, 28, Feb. 4, 11, 18
7 – 8:15 pm
This 6 week class will help the beginning guitar player get to the next step in strumming and bass-pick right hand technique, and introduce the first stages of finger picking. We’ll learn about leading and alternating basses,and how to apply this in using both a flat pick and a thumb pick. As we proceed through the common keys/chord shapes, we’ll sing some great songs along the way. Knowledge of the basic chords “down the neck” and a decent wi-fi connection will be needed (for using Skype). Song sheets, playing guides, and sound files will be emailed ahead of each session.
For more information contact Ron at 518-372-4172 or rgukeboy@gmail.com.
Limited number of spots. Register Today:
$127
Irish Fiddle
with Hilary Schrauf for 6 weeks
Tuesday: Jan. 26, Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23, March 2
7 – 8:15 pm
This class assumes moderate previous experience with the fiddle (know the names of the notes and strings; know how to hold the bow), and little to moderate experience with Irish traditional music. We’ll have fun digging in to the different types of Irish tunes (jigs, reels, hornpipes, etc.) — and maybe a composition or two — while exploring what makes them sound Irish. Some bowing, slurring, ornamentation, and variations will be taught. Sound files, sheet music and links to other resources will be provided. Reading sheet music is not a requirement.
For more information contact Hilary at 518-424-8701 or hilary.schrauf@gmail.com
Limited number of spots. Register Today:
March 2021
$127
Irish Fiddle
with Hilary Schrauf for 6 weeks
Tuesday: Jan. 26, Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23, March 2
7 – 8:15 pm
This class assumes moderate previous experience with the fiddle (know the names of the notes and strings; know how to hold the bow), and little to moderate experience with Irish traditional music. We’ll have fun digging in to the different types of Irish tunes (jigs, reels, hornpipes, etc.) — and maybe a composition or two — while exploring what makes them sound Irish. Some bowing, slurring, ornamentation, and variations will be taught. Sound files, sheet music and links to other resources will be provided. Reading sheet music is not a requirement.
For more information contact Hilary at 518-424-8701 or hilary.schrauf@gmail.com
Limited number of spots. Register Today:
Old Songs: From the Vault
Every Third Wednesday of the month at 9pm ET
with Encore broadcasts at 2 am ET and the following Sunday at 1pm ET
Old Songs, in collaboration with Ron Olesko’s Folk Music Notebook, is pleased to present Old Songs: From the Vault, an internet radio program hosted by Chris Koldewey on Folk Music Notebook. This program debuted on October 21, 2020 and brings you music from Old Songs CDs and recordings made at the Dutch Barn and the Main Stage of the Old Songs Festival at the Altamont fairgrounds over the past 39 years.
Listen here or at folkmusicnotebook.com:
April 2021
Old Songs: From the Vault
Every Third Wednesday of the month at 9pm ET
with Encore broadcasts at 2 am ET and the following Sunday at 1pm ET
Old Songs, in collaboration with Ron Olesko’s Folk Music Notebook, is pleased to present Old Songs: From the Vault, an internet radio program hosted by Chris Koldewey on Folk Music Notebook. This program debuted on October 21, 2020 and brings you music from Old Songs CDs and recordings made at the Dutch Barn and the Main Stage of the Old Songs Festival at the Altamont fairgrounds over the past 39 years.
Listen here or at folkmusicnotebook.com:
May 2021
Old Songs: From the Vault
Every Third Wednesday of the month at 9pm ET
with Encore broadcasts at 2 am ET and the following Sunday at 1pm ET
Old Songs, in collaboration with Ron Olesko’s Folk Music Notebook, is pleased to present Old Songs: From the Vault, an internet radio program hosted by Chris Koldewey on Folk Music Notebook. This program debuted on October 21, 2020 and brings you music from Old Songs CDs and recordings made at the Dutch Barn and the Main Stage of the Old Songs Festival at the Altamont fairgrounds over the past 39 years.
Listen here or at folkmusicnotebook.com:
June 2021
Old Songs: From the Vault
Every Third Wednesday of the month at 9pm ET
with Encore broadcasts at 2 am ET and the following Sunday at 1pm ET
Old Songs, in collaboration with Ron Olesko’s Folk Music Notebook, is pleased to present Old Songs: From the Vault, an internet radio program hosted by Chris Koldewey on Folk Music Notebook. This program debuted on October 21, 2020 and brings you music from Old Songs CDs and recordings made at the Dutch Barn and the Main Stage of the Old Songs Festival at the Altamont fairgrounds over the past 39 years.
Listen here or at folkmusicnotebook.com: