Euro Roots World Music (tm)

Jutta &
the Hi-Dukes (tm)

Meet Your Neighbor’s
Folk Music and Dance (tm)
Assembly and Workshop Program


 

A musical and cultural adventure for all grade levels


 

“It was happy, friendly, warm, and the kids loved participating. We succeeded in taking the children around the world, and we didn’t have to leave home.” And so Mary Jo Ponce, then-director of the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, nicely summed up the Hi-Dukes music and dance program which is geared towards assemblies, workshops, residencies, and afterschool programs for schools as well as library concerts. In other words, it is fun, engaging, and a great way to widen horizons.


 

It’s amazing
how far you can go in 40 minutes!


 

Hi-Dukes take participants on an exciting interactive cultural tour ranging from Finland to Yemen and from Spain to Turkey. This energetic American / Danish group sings in eighteen languages.


 

Beyond highlighting the beauty of many cultures, a Hi-Duke program develops music appreciation. Traditional scales and rhythms are played on ethnic instruments, like the Bulgarian end-blown flute, Greek baglama, Middle-eastern hand drums, and the world-famous ocarina as well as on the violin, mandolin, and guitar. Trumpet and bass can be added when budgets permit a larger band size.


 

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Share the joy of music in a cultural adventure

Photo of dancers at Jutta and the Hi-Dukes workshop program in Hadruplund, Denmark Photo of dancers at Jutta and the Hi-Dukes afterschool program at Chicago Waldorf School Photo of drummers at Jutta and the Hi-Dukes assembly program Harbor Springs, MI


 

Participants of all ages learn dances, sing simple songs, and drum along on the band’s percussion. Concert / assembly program length is generally between 30 and 45 minutes. If desired, other longer and more specialized workshops and residencies are also available.


 

Workshops allow for greater exploration, and can be focused on specific areas of interest. With a repertoire of about 400 melodies and 50 dances, the group can be very flexible in what it presents and is quite happy to discuss presentation options with you.


 

Experience what 30,000 kids have discovered


 

Since 1990 the group has gotten feet dancing and hands clapping at library concerts, school assemblies, and workshops in the U.S.A., Canada, and Denmark. The Evanston In-School Music Association sponsored these talented educational artists at twenty schools during November 1998. Two EISMA board members declared that the Hi-Dukes was the best group they had ever presented because the members were both good musicians and good with children, in addition to having a multi-cultural program which perfectly fit EISMA goals.


 

 

Assembly program demo video by Jutta & the Hi-Dukes

 

 

Music Residency with the L.B.Johnson School Orchestra
in Albuquerque, NM with Jutta & the Hi-Dukes

 

 

Videos by Earth Star Graphics (tm).
Photo Credits:
Bjarne - photos of Hadruplund, Denmark
Zoi Doehrer - Chicago Waldorf School
Jim Gillespie
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Photo of Jutta & the Hi-Dukes (tm) as a trio - From left to right: Zoï Doehrer playing percussion, Jutta Distler playing mandolin, Terran Doehrer playing guitar. Photo by Dan Tong. © 2010 Modal Music, Inc. (tm) All rights reserved. Photo of Jutta & the Hi-Dukes (tm) as a quintet - From top to bottom, left to right: Steve Hart, Peter Bartels, Terran Doehrer, Zoï Doehrer, Jutta Distler. Photo by Jim Godsey. Photo © 2010 Modal Music, Inc. (tm) All rights reserved. Photo of Jutta & the Hi-Dukes (tm) as a duet - Jutta Distler playing violin, Terran Doehrer playing guitar. Photo by Dan Tong. © 2007 Modal Music, Inc. (tm) All rights reserved. Photo of Jutta & the Hi-Dukes (tm) as a quartet - From left to right: (standing) Jutta Distler, Zoï Doehrer, (kneeling) Terran Doehrer, Velizar Shumanov. Photo © 2009 Modal Music, Inc. (tm) All rights reserved.

 
 
 
Top Photo:

Jutta & the Hi-Dukes (tm) as a trio. From left to right: Zoï Doehrer, Jutta Distler, Terran Doehrer.
Photo by Dan Tong.
Photo ©2010, Modal Music, Inc. (tm). All rights reserved.

 
2nd Photo:

Jutta & the Hi-Dukes (tm) as a quintet - From top to bottom, left to right: Steve Hart, Peter Bartels, Terran Doehrer, Zoï Doehrer, Jutta Distler.
Photo by Jim Godsey. Photo © 2010 Modal Music, Inc. (tm) All rights reserved.

 
3rd Photo:

Jutta & the Hi-Dukes (tm) as a duet. From left to right: Jutta Distler, Terran Doehrer.
Photo by Dan Tong.
Photo ©2007, Modal Music, Inc. (tm). All rights reserved.

 
Bottom Photo:

Jutta & the Hi-Dukes (tm) as a quartet. From left to right: (standing) Jutta Distler, Zoï Doehrer, (kneeling) Terran Doehrer, Velizar Shumanov.
Photo ©2009, Modal Music, Inc. (tm). All rights reserved.

 

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