
The Northeast Ohio Musical Heritage Association

During the pandemic . . .
2020 has been hard! But we’ve been busy. No festivals, no jams, no dances – and we really missed all that. But look at the great things that did happen here at NEOMHA!
Music From the House on the Hill
We produced our first-ever livestream concert, to rave reviews. Thanks for tuning in, and helping us employ local musicians. It was great to “see” everyone online – and we also developed new capacity and technology to reach new audiences, which will help us continue to spread the love for folk music through our mission. If you missed it, or just want to relive the moment, you can catch it all here.
Folk Community Summit
We hosted 49 enthusiastic and engaged people from every facet of our folk music community – musicians, dancers, venue owners, producers and fans – in an online folk summit that let us come together to dream, discuss and make some big plans. And we’re already acting on some of those plans, specifically ideas to help bring more youth into our community, diversify both our audiences and the music we present, and support education initiatives. Got more great ideas you want to share, while we’re in this process of dreaming and innovating? We want to hear from you! Send us an email.
Carry On
In August we launched this fantastic YouTube program, which brings live, FREE programs to students in grades 6-12 every week. Hosted by YouTube sensation Hal Walker, the series presents a new musical talent each episode. We feature musicians from all around the world – and from right here in Northeast Ohio, with at least 25% of the musicians presented being local, and the entire series offering an exciting range of diversity. We’re getting great feedback from students. We’re paying lots of artists. And we’re going the extra mile to support our teachers, offering them free educational resources to pair with each episode. You can check it out here.
LOCAL COVID RESOURCES
- OHIO ARTS COUNCIL OFFERS TWO TRADITIONAL ARTIST PROGRAMS – DEADLINE MARCH 15
- HOW TO SUPPORT MUSICIANS DURING THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS
- LOANS AND OTHER RESOURCES FOR MUSICIANS
Carry On Traditional Music Program
Traditional music and the people who make it
Tune in from your classroom or home and discover a world of traditional music!
Carry On is a weekly, 30-minute YouTube Live program for 6th-12th grade students hosted by musical explorer and TikTok sensation Hal Walker. Each episode, Hal will interview a musician who plays traditional music. Weekly programs will be live on YouTube allowing students to interact with comments and questions. After the live broadcast, the programs will be archived for later viewing and discussion. Info and next live show
Carry On launched its first program in September and will run throughout the school year.