I’m not a medical professional. Once upon a time, I was a board-certified music therapist but I let my board certification lapse when I had two babies in two years. Daycare wasn’t remotely affordable for one baby, let alone two. When I was doing my music therapy internship, I did work briefly with some autistic… Read More Into the Woods
If you click on the image, it will open to a larger size but here’s all the information that you need cut and pasted below: Bua Traditional Irish music: vocals, dance, fiddle, flute, guitar, bouzouki, pipes, whistle, concertina House Concert Saturday, October 25 at 7 pm 829 Kirkwood Avenue in Iowa City Sponsored by Iowa… Read More Bua is coming to town!
I’m very proud to present our 8 year old son Atticus performing his original song “Flying Notes”: The lyrics are: “Notes fly, notes fly, notes fly, notes fly; flying notes, flying notes; sink down low, sink down low; back again, back again; here’s the ending of the song!” Beautiful and factual! You can see the… Read More Notes Fly
With the help of a grant from the Community Foundation of Johnson County (Iowa), the Iowa City Senior Center and its intergenerational folk choir, the Family Folk Machine, produced a music video for the song “Brown Gold,” which celebrates the wonders of composting. Our family is so delighted to be a part of this!
My students, both the ones I gave birth to and the ones who come to me for a musical education, are used to me using sports analogies to illustrate ideas about technique and practice. We all have a good laugh about this instructional tendency of mine because I am the last person you would find doing… Read More Wheelhouse, Population 1
Photo by Greg Delowery Dear Iowa City, Thank you so much for bringing your smiling faces and your open hearts to our performance at the Englert Theatre on July 25, 2015. What an honor to play to a sold out and enthusiastic audience in such a historic setting! Please continue to do all you can… Read More Thank you, Iowa City!
The Beggarmen are thrilled to announce our upcoming July 25 concert at The Englert Theatre in Iowa City. $12 tickets are available here. There are a limited number of seats available because the Intimates shows seat the audience onstage with the band. $15 tickets available at the door if any seating remains. More from the Englert:… Read More The Beggarmen at the Englert coming up July 25!
I’m thrilled to be a member of the 5-piece onstage band for the Tysen & Miller musical “The Burnt Part Boys” at Theatre Cedar Rapids. We have three more weekends of shows still to come so there’s no excuse to miss this. Between the visionary theatrical direction of Leslie Charipar and the masterful music direction of Janelle… Read More The Burnt Part Boys
I’m so lucky and grateful to be in the band for the Family Folk Machine, a community folk choir based in Iowa City. The Family Folk Machine was founded by and continues to be directed by my friend Jean Littlejohn. Jean is an incredibly talented musician as well as a very warm and kind person and she is… Read More Blooming Where You’re Planted
artwork by my talented father-in-law Jon Dutcher Many chances to enjoy traditional Irish music over the next several weeks! Here are just the ones that involve me: Monday, March 9, there will be a gathering of musicians playing Irish tunes at Micky’s Irish Pub in Iowa City beginning at 7 pm. Saturday, March 14, my… Read More The Season is Upon Us!
Tara McGovern 