Local musician Bob Wood, with a long career of innovative playing and teaching, will teach the WGXC String Orchestra Workshop at 6 p.m. July 22 in any empty storefront in Slater's Great American Shopping Plaza in Cairo. String players of all levels are welcome, and Wood will teach simple steps to playing Mozart quartets, a Beethoven symphonies movement, Bach concertos. See http://bobwoodmusic.com/index.htm for more information, or e-mail Bob at bobwoodmusic@gmail.com.

At Slater’s Great American Shopping Plaza, Route 32/Main Street, Cairo, New York

There are 20 places open; all are free. To reserve yours:
1) Visit http://bobwoodmusic.com/index.htm, and click on "WGXC Workshop"
2) Download the pieces listed for your instrument.
3) Call Bob Wood 518-634-2692 to discuss what you might need. He wants to speak with you beforehand. No printer? He can print parts for you.
4) Go through the parts and sound files to find your playing comfort zone. Play them over.
5) Bring your instrument, a pair of headphones with a 1/4 plug or adaptor for your mini plug. Bring your music stand. Wednesday 22 July 6-8 p.m.
6) Check the "WGXC Workshop" page on the website(above) regularly for updates as your pieces are uploaded.

On July 22 the group will discuss and come to consensus on the pieces for the next session. Keep in mind that choices must be limited to those in easy sharp keys: C,G,D,A,E. Otherwise it's too difficult for beginners.

BOB WOOD is s trained as an all around classical, jazz pianist, organist, trombonist, and double bassist. He also played and taught guitar and folk singing. A Dixieland band leader in the Army during WWII, Wood’s taken his music making around the U.S. with the support of the National Endowment for the Arts, and around the world following a career teaching beginners in NYC public schools to begin with the greatest classics. His three-year interactive radio program, Music By Ear on WBAI, activated many otherwise passive hearers to become listeners and players.

WGXC-FM is a community-run media project, re-envisioning radio as an innovative platform for local participation. Our inclusive programming connects diverse voices, and distributes information across the public spectrum in New York's Greene and Columbia Counties. WGXC is a project of non-profit arts organization free103point9. Visit www.wgxc.org for more information.

This event is made possible, in part, by the Greene County Legislature through the County Initiative Program, administered in Greene County by the Greene County Council on the Arts. Special thanks to Ellsworth Slater for donating the use of a space for this project.