The Family Folk Machine, Iowa City’s intergenerational choir, has a four-part mission: to build community by singing songs with our neighbors, to explore American history and culture through song, to foster individual musical development, and to pursue excellence as an ensemble. Our goal to foster individual musical development has received
To those who missed our Stand by Me: Songs of Friendship concert – and those who would like to revist these wonderful songs, the videos (taken by The Senior Center) are now available!
This article appeared in the February 2 edition of the Press-Citizen. The Family Folk Machine is pleased to present a benefit concert for Chapter 161 of the Veterans for Peace on Sunday, February 17, at 3 p.m. in the beautiful new building of the Unitarian Universalist Society on Oakdale Road
Looking forward to the Spring 2019 session of the Machine! Rehearsals begin at 3 p.m. on Sunday, January 13 at the Senior Center. We’ve got some great sub-themes going between the songs for our spring program. One is *Shine*. I’m starting an arrangement of the Joe Jenks song “Lady of
Last summer, the Family Folk Machine became a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. This fall, we have launched our first annual Appeal in order to build a solid foundation for the choir so we can sustain our work into the future. Please support the Machine with a secure online donation of any
This column appeared in the Iowa City Press-Citizen on Saturday, November 3. by Jean Littlejohn The Family Folk Machine will present “Stand by Me: Songs of Friendship” in two concerts this November in intimate spaces: Sunday, November 11, at 3 p.m. at the Senior Center; and Saturday, November 17, at
by Jean Littlejohn Right now I’m finishing up the last few song arrangements for our fall FFM session, “Stand by Me: Songs of Friendship.” I love all the stages of bringing a song to life in the Folk Machine, but the arranging stage is a really exciting one. Arranging gives
Press-Citizen Community Music column September 1, 2018 by Jean Littlejohn The Family Folk Machine has begun rehearsals for our fall program, “Stand by Me: Songs of Friendship.” We’re learning arrangements of well-known songs like Bruce Springsteen’s “No Surrender” and our title song, “Stand by Me,” along with lesser-known songs that
This Saturday, June 2, the FFM kids will take the Family Stage at 2 p.m. They are going to perform several of the songs they wrote this spring, and you won’t want to miss them! FFM Associate Director had the kids divide into groups for songwriting–words, tunes, chords, and everything–and
Press-Citizen article published May 5 about the upcoming Family Folk Machine concert by Jean Littlejohn The Family Folk Machine, Iowa City’s intergenerational choir, is celebrating its fifth anniversary with a concert at the Englert Theatre on Saturday, May 12, at 3 p.m. We are excited to bring back some of