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Healdsburg Guitar Festival
Healdsburg, CA, August 16-19. Tuition:
TBA. Ages: open. Enrollment size: TBA. Music styles: bluegrass/country,
blues, Celtic, classical, fingerstyle, flamenco, flatpicking, jazz,
traditional folk. Accomodations: motel/hotel.
Performers, guitar makers, teachers,
students, and guitar aficionados convene in the California wine country
for an intensive weekend of guitar-making workshops, player workshops,
and seminars focusing on guitar construction.The festival features
evening concerts and the Gallery of Guitars, where more than 100 premier
luthiers display their custom instruments for viewing, playing, and
sale. Instructors: TBA.
Contact: Leslie Hall, Luthiers Mercantile
International, PO Box 774, Healdsburg, CA 95448. (707) 433-1823. Fax:
(707) 433-8802. Email: lmi@lmii.com.
Web: www.lmii.com/services.htm.
Interlochen Arts Camp
June 17-Aug. 13. Tuition: $2,850 (four
weeks); $4,490 (eight weeks) includes R&B. Ages: 14-18. Requirements:
audition tape. Enrollment size: 12-24. Music styles: classical, jazz,
lute. Accomodations: cabins.
Classical guitar major includes weekly
private lesson and daily studio class. Jazz/rock guitar major includes
weekly private lesson, jazz ensemble, and daily guitar ensemble. Lute
includes weekly private lesson and daily early music ensemble. Also
classes in beginning classical guitar. Instructors: David Frackenpohl
and William J. Sims.
Contact: Tom Bewley, Director of Admissions,
PO Box 199, Interlochen, MI 49643-0199. (231) 276-7472. Fax: (231)
276-6321. Email: admissions@interlochen.k12.mi.us.
Web: www.interlochen.org.
International Music Camp
International Peace Garden, Dunseith,
ND, July 8-14. $200 includes R&B. Ages: 14 and up. Requirements:
one year of experience. Enrollment size: 30. Music styles: bluegrass/country,
blues, classical, fingerstyle, flatpicking, jazz, traditional folk.
Accomodations: camping, dorms.
This workshop provides opportunities
for beginning, intermediate, and advanced players. Chording and finger
technique, solo and ensemble experiences are offered. Instructors:
Robert Peske, Dorothy Penner.
Contact: Joseph T. Alme, 1725 11th St.
S.W., Minot, ND 58701. Phone/fax (701) 838-8472. Email: info@internationalmusiccamp.com.
Web: www.internationalmusiccamp.com.
Island Mountain Arts
Wells, BC, Canada, Aug. 8-11. Tuition:
approx. $240 (Can.). Ages: Adult. Requirements: Beginning-intermediate.
Enrollment size: 15 max. Music styles: blues, classical, fingerstyle,
jazz, singer/songwriter, traditional folk. Accomodations: camping,
motel/hotel, B&B.
Join us in the retreat environment of
the Cariboo Mountains in the central interior of British Columbia.
Professional musicians teach singing, guitar, repertoire, and musicianship.
Instructors: Keith Bennett, Murray Visscher, and Rick Bockner.
Contact: Brenda Wenstob, Director of
Programming, Island Mountain Arts, PO Box 65, Wells, BC V0K 2R0. (800)
442-2787 or (250) 994-3343. Fax: (250) 994-3433. Email: ima@goldcity.net.
Web: www.imarts.com.
Jazz in July
Amherst, MA, July 9-20. Tuition: $425,
one week; $850, two weeks. Ages: 16 and up. Requirements: audition
tape and written application. Enrollment size: 80. Music styles: jazz,
Accomodations: dorms, motel/hotel.
An intense, performance-driven study
of improvisation with master musicians; small combos and string quartets,
master classes, and lectures. Instructors: Rick Stone, Andy Green,
Billy Taylor, Sheila Jordan, John Blake, Turtle Island String Quartet.
Contact: Mark Baszak, Fine Arts Center,
123-125 Hasbrouck Hall, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003.
(413) 545-3530. Fax: (413) 545-5885. Email: jwebster@admin.umass.edu.
Web: www.jazzinjuly.com.
Steve Kaufman's Banjo Camp
Maryville, TN, June 13-17. Tuition:
$450 plus $275 for spouse (includes R&B). Ages: 10 and up. Requirements:
Beginner through advanced. Enrollment size: 100. Music styles: bluegrass/country,
singer/songwriter, traditional folk, old-time. Accomodations: dorms,
motel/hotel.
Our special banjo camp is designed to
gather banjo players of all levels from around the globe with common
goals--learning, playing, eating, and sleeping banjo. Special lectures
and workshops to include Mike Compton and Mark Johnson along with
a nightly concert series. Instructors: Gary Davis, Janet Davis, Jens
Kruger, and Murphy Henry.
Contact: Steve Kaufman, PO Box 1020,
Alcoa, TN 37701. (800) FLATPIK or (865) 982-3808. Fax: (865) 982-3808.
Email: steve@flatpik.com.
Web: www.flatpik.com.
Steve Kaufman's Flatpicking Camp
Maryville, TN, June 17-24. Tuition:
$650 plus $325 for spouse (includes R&B). Ages: 10 and up. Requirements:
Beginner through advanced. Enrollment size: 200. Music styles: bluegrass/country,
blues, Celtic, flatpicking, jazz, singer/songwriter, traditional folk,
theory. Accomodations: dorms, motel/hotel.
Our special weeklong flatpicking camp
is designed to gather guitarists of all levels from around the globe
with common goals--learning, playing, eating, and sleeping flatpicking.
Besides workshops and classes, we will have a six-night concert series
and morning lecture series. Also the Fifth Annual Steve Kaufman Flatpicking
Contest. Over $5,500 in prizes. Must be a registered camper to be
eligible. Instructors: Stephen Bennet, Rolly Brown, Robin Bullock,
John Carlini, Mark Cosgrove, Beppe Gambetta, Steve Kaufman, and Marcy
Marxer.
Contact: Steve Kaufman, PO Box 1020,
Alcoa, TN 37701. (800) FLATPIK or (865) 982-3808. Fax: (865) 982-3808.
Email: steve@flatpik.com.
Web: www.flatpik.com.
Steve Kaufman's Mandolin Camp
Maryville, TN, June 13-17. Tuition:
$450 plus $275 for spouse. Ages: 10 and up. Requirements: Beginner
through advanced. Enrollment size: 100. Music styles: bluegrass/country,
blues, Celtic, classical, jazz, traditional folk. Accomodations: dorms,
motel/hotel.
Our special weeklong mandolin camp is
designed to gather mandolinists of all levels from around the globe
with common goals--learning, playing, eating, and sleeping mandolin.
Besides workshops and classes, we have a three-night concert series
and morning lecture series. Guest to include Mike Compton and Mark
Johnson. Instructors: Carlo Alonzo, Butch Baldassari, Rubin Bullock,
and Don Stiernberg.
Contact: Steve Kaufman, PO Box 1020,
Alcoa, TN 37701. (800) FLATPIK or (865) 982-3808. Fax: (865) 982-3808.
Email: steve@flatpik.com.
Web: www.flatpik.com.
Jorma Kaukonen's Fur Peace Ranch Guitar
Camp
Darwin, OH, Feb.-Nov. Tuition: $675.
Ages: adults; youth program, 12-18. Enrollment size: 7-10 per class.
Music styles: bluegrass/country, blues, Celtic, classical, fingerstyle,
flatpicking, singer/songwriter, traditional folk. Accomodations: cabins.
Seasonal music camp set on 119 acres
in the foothills of Appalachia in southeast Ohio. All levels of instruction
over a four-day weekend. All instructors are national recording arists.
Tuition includes three gourmet meals, music instruction, and lodging.
90-seat venue for instructors' and others' performances. Dinner and
concert series in summer and winter months. Recording studio, perfect
for rehearsal and pre-production. Rated by Discovery Channel in Top
10 Vacation Spots in the U.S. in 2000. Instructors: Rory Block, Roy
Book Binder, Jack Casady, Arlo Guthrie, John Hammond, Alvin Youngblood
Hart, Robert Jones, Jorma Kaukonen, G.E. Smith, Chris Smither, Kelly
Joe Phelps, Martin Simpson, Guy Davis, Peter Rowan, Del Rey, Sam Bush,
Mary Flower, and Paul Geremia.
Contact: Vanessa Kaukonen, PO Box 389,
Pomeroy, OH 45769. (740) 992-6228. Fax: (740) 992-9126. Email: furpeacemanagement@compuserve.com.
Web: www.furpeaceranch.com.
Killooleet Camp
Hancock, VT, June 29-Aug. 19. Tuition:
$4,800. Ages: 9-14. Enrollment size: 100. Music styles: bluegrass/country,
blues, singer/songwriter, traditional folk, R&B. Accomodations:
cabins.
A full-season, coeducational camp that
includes music lessons as well as waterfront activities, visual and
performing arts, sports, and camping activities. Weekly "sings" offer
a supportive environment for performing. Killooleet is always looking
for staff who would like to share their interests and skills in folk
music and/or R&B. Instructors: counselors (college students, teachers,
and musicians).
Contact: Kate Seeger, 70 Trull St.,
Somerville, MA 02145. (617) 666-1484. Fax: (617) 666-0378. Email:
camp05748@aol.com.
Web: www.killooleet.com.
Kultursymposion M Iserlohn
Iserlohn, Germany, Aug. 13-19. Tuition:
DM 680, approx. $330 (includes R&B). Ages: all. Enrollment size:
140. Music styles: classical. Accomodations: dorms.
Classical guitar course and guitar ensemble
course. Four individual lessons for each participant and up to 20
ensemble and group lessons. Instructors: Amadeus Guitar Duo, Amsterdam
Guitar Trio, Duo Gaquere-SungHo, Eden-Stell-Guitar-Duo, Eliot Fisk,
Gerald Garcia, Frank Gerstmeier, Stephen Gordon, Carsten Groendahl,
Eli Kassner, Dale Kavanagh, Paul O'Dette, Alvaro Pierri, Marco Soclas,Ulrich
Stracke, Stephen Stubbs, Stephan Thachuk, and Wang Yameng.
Contact: Thomas Kirchhoff, Amadeus Guitar
Duo, Oestricher Strasse 39b, Iserlohn, D-58638. (49) 2371-560707.
Fax: (49) 2371-560707. Email: info@amadeusduo.de.
Web: www.guitarsymposium.de.
Lark in the Morning Music Celebration
Mendocino, CA, Aug. 3-11. Tuition:
varies. Ages: open. Enrollment size: approx. 350-400. Music styles:
Celtic, fingerstyle, flamenco, flatpicking, traditional folk, Balkan,
Latin, Middle Eastern. Accomodations: camping, cabins.
Eight days of workshops, jamming, and
fun. Focus on traditional music, dance, and instruments from around
the world in the middle of a redwood forest. Workshops for children.
Instructors: Dozens of noted performers and recording artists.
Contact: Mickie Zekley, PO Box 799,
Fort Bragg, CA 95437. (707) 964-5569. Fax: (707) 964-1979. Email:
larkinam@larkinam.com.
Web: www.larkinam.com.
Mediterranean Music School
Tuscany, Italy; Provence, France;
Majorca, Spain, April 14-21; April 28-May 5; May 26-June 2; June 2-9;
June 9-16; June 23-June 30; July 14-21; July 28-Aug. 4; Aug. 4-11;
Aug. 11-18; Aug. 25-Sept. 1; Sept. 1-8; Oct. 6-13. Music styles: blues,
fingerstyle, flamenco, jazz, Latin, bossa nova, dance. Accomodations:
motel/hotel.
April 14-21; April 28-May 5; May 26-June
2; Week-long sessions. Instructors: Laurence Juber, David Qualey,
Claus Boesser-Ferrari, Jacques Stotzem, Peter Finger, Werner Lammerhirt,
El Macareno, Rebeca Carmona, Peter Bursch, Pat Bollinger, Ulli Bogershausen,
Michael Sagmeister, Andreas Schulz, and Woody Mann.
Contact: Sebastian Banger, Mainzer Str.
143, Marbach, D-71672. (49) 7144-5987. Fax: (49) 7144-982350. Email:
Sebastian.Banger@t-online.de.
Web: www.med-music-school.com.
Milwaukee Irish Fest Summer School
Milwaukee, WI, Aug. 13-17. Tuition:
full week: approx. $200; four classes: approx. $90; children's day
camp and family rate available. Ages: 6-100. Music styles: All. Accomodations:
dorms.
Four full days and evenings of classes
(plus Friday morning sampler) in a wide variety of Celtic music, dance,
language, and culture. Includes day camp for children 6-10. Instructors:
TBA.
Contact: Barb Breed-Heidt, University
of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, College of Letters and Science, Administration,
PO Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201. (414) 229-5879. Email: joheidt@csd.uwm.edu.
Web: www.irishfest.com.
NashCamp Bluegrass and Songwriting
Camps
Nashville, TN, June 17-22; June 24-29;
Aug. 13-17. Tuition: $800 includes R&B. Ages: 18 and up (under
18 with permission from NashCamp director). Requirements: No requirements
for bluegrass singing, or songwriting. Other instrumentalists should
have basic knowledge of their instrument. Enrollment size: 48 per
week. Music styles: bluegrass/country, fingerstyle, flatpicking, singer/songwriter.
Accomodations: cabins, motel/hotel, private rooms for couples in the
mansion.
An acoustic instrumental music and songwriting
camp held in a restored Victorian mansion just outside Nashville.
Each day electives and a band class are featured. The classes are
small and intimate, allowing for a lot of teacher/student interaction.
Private lesson time available. There will be nightly concerts, hours
of campfire jamming, and a camper concert at the Station Inn on June
21 and 28. Songwriting campers perform at the Bluebird Café
on August 16. Register early! Classes are full at 8 students each
and sell out quickly. Instructors: Tim Stafford and Chris Jones (guitar),
Butch Baldassari and Mike Compton (mandolin), Barbara Lamb and Fletcher
Bright (fiddle), Rob Ickes (Dobro), Ron Block (banjo), Bill Evans
(banjo), Missy Raines (bass), Jim Hurst (bluegrass singing), Tim Scheerhorn
(resonator guitar).
Contact: NashCamp, PO Box 210396, Nashville,
TN 37221. (615) 952-2267, (888) 798-5012. Fax: (615) 952-2267. Email:
NashCampNow@aol.com.
Web: www.nashcamp.com.
National Guitar Summer Workshop
New Milford, CT; Seattle, WA; Nashville,
TN; Sarasota, FL; Los Angeles, CA; San Francisco, CA; Toronto, Canada.
June-Aug. Tuition: $600-$700 includes
R&B. Ages: 12-100. Enrollment size: 8-12. Music styles: bluegrass/country,
blues, classical, fingerstyle, flamenco, jazz, singer/songwriter,
traditional folk, rock. Accomodations: dorms.
One- to four-week sessions offer a highly
intensive, hands-on, in-depth look at guitar playing. Classes are
set up as tutorials and are open to all skill levels. New Milford,
CT: June 30-July 6, July 8-14, July 16-22, July 24-28, July 29-Aug.
4, Aug. 6-12; Austin, TX: July 8-13; Nashville, TN: July 15-20; Toronto,
CAN: July 22-27; Seattle, WA: July 8-13; San Francisco, CA: July 15-20;
and tentative dates: Los Angeles, CA: June 25-30;
Sarasota, FL: June 17-21 or June 24-29.
Instructors: Past instructors have included Seth Austen, Pierre Bensusan,
Ed Gerhard, John Knowles, Leo Kottke, Adrian Legg, Preston Reed, and
Martin Simpson.
Contact: Dave Smolover, Box 222, Lakeside,
CT 06758. (860) 567-8529. Fax: (860) 567-0374. Email: alicia@guitarworkshop.com.
Web: www.guitarworkshop.com.
National High School Music Institute
June 24-July 6. Tuition: $1,400. Ages:
grades 9-12. Requirements: audition and application. Enrollment size:
10. Music styles: classical. Accomodations: dorms.
A comprehensive program designed to develop
the technical ability, musical skills, knowledge of repertoire, and
practice habits necessary for achieving success in a university classical
guitar program. Instructors: Mark Maxwell and Anne Waller.
Contact: Heather Landes, Managing Director,
Northwestern University School of Music, 711 Elgin Rd., Evanston,
IL 60208-1200. (847) 491-3141. Fax: (847) 491-5260. Email: musiclife@nwu.edu.
Web: www.northwestern.edu/musicschool.
NIU Jazz Camp
DeKalb, IL, July 22-27. Tuition: $415,
$50 more after June 8. Ages: grades 8-12. Requirements: some playing
experience. Enrollment size: 50-70. Music styles: jazz, big-band.
Accomodations: dorms.
NIU welcomes jazz musicians of all skill
levels. Campers participate in jazz improvisation, music theory, combos,
big bands, and a master class about their instrument. Instructors:
Joey Sellers, Robert Chappell, Art Davis, NIU School of Music faculty,
other staff TBA.
Contact: Deborah Booth, Office of External
Programs, College of Performing Arts, Northern Illinois University,
DeKalb, IL 60115-2860. (815) 753-1450. Fax: (815) 753-8372. Email:
dbooth@niu.edu.
Web: www.vpa.niu.edu/.
North Carolina School of the Arts
Summer Guitar Workshop
Winston-Salem, NC, June 24-July 7;
June 24-July 27. Tuition, R&B, and fees: two weeks, $800; five
weeks, $1,945. Ages: 13 and up. Requirements: application form, $35
fee, tape with two selections, one recommendation letter (varied levels
accepted and grouped with peers). Enrollment size: approx. 15. Music
styles: classical. Accomodations: camping.
A two- and five-week, intensive workshop
that explores classic guitar technique, music reading, interpretation,
memorization, and performance development. Students receive two private
lessons each week plus a variety of classes including: guitar ensemble,
music theory, ear training, guitar history, performance classes, plus
faculty and guest-artist recitals. Instructors: Gerald Klickstein,
Joseph Pecoraro.
Contact: Joseph Pecoraro, PO Box 12189,
Winston-Salem, NC 27117-2189. (336) 945-8666. Fax: (336) 770-3248.
Email: pecorj@ncarts.edu.
Web: www.ncarts.edu/music/guitar.htm.
People's Music Network for Songs of
Freedom and Struggle
Camp Howe, Goshen, MA, June 1-3. Tuition:
$90. Ages: all. Enrollment size: 120-200. Music styles: singer/songwriter,
traditional folk, topical, political, humor, environmetal, children's
music. Accomodations: motel/hotel.
People's Music Network is a group of
singers, songwriters, musicians, and listeners who come together twice
a year to share their music of freedom and struggle. Instructors:
TBA.
Contact: Sarah Underhill, 1150 Berme
Rd., Kerhonkson, NY 12446. (845) 626-4507. Email: pmnsfs@hvi.net.
Web: www.timbury.com/pmn.
Rocky Mountain Fiddle Camp
Deckers, CO, Aug. 12-19; Aug. 19-26.
$400-$600. Ages: all. Enrollment size: 100-200. Music styles: Celtic,
fingerstyle, traditional folk, accompaniment. Accomodations: camping,
dorms.
Held at a YMCA camp inthe heart of the
Rocky Mountains, RMFC has classes in fiddle, guitar, mandolin, harp,
and piano during the day, and dancers, concerts, and jams in the evening.
Contact: Mark Luther, 4785 E. Amherst
Ave., Denver, CO 80222-6753. (303) 753-6870. Fax: (520) 447-3600.
Email: mfluther@aol.com.
Web: www.rmfiddle.com.
RockyGrass Bluegrass Academy
Lyons, CO, July 23-26. Tuition: $385
includes camping, BBQs, and T-shirt. Ages: open. Requirements: novice
or better. Enrollment size: 175. Music styles: bluegrass/country.
Accomodations: camping, motel/hotel.
Four-day program covering all aspects
of bluegrass music, including instrument instruction, vocals, songwriting,
and ensemble coaching. Held in the foothills of Colorado. Also mandolin-
and mandola-building class for all abilities. Instructors: Del McCoury,
Jason Carter, Sara Watkins, Sean Watkins, Michael Hornick, Mark Schatz,
Chris Thile, Missy Raines, Jim Hurst, John Moore, Sandy Munro, Ronnie
McCoury, Robbie McCoury, Rob Ickes, Mike Bub, Peter Rowan, Sally Van
Meter, Pete Wernick, and more TBA.
Contact: Steve Szymanski, Planet Bluegrass,
500 W. Main St., Lyons, CO 80540. (800) 624-2422, (303) 823-0843.
Fax: (303) 823-0849. Email: steve@Bluegrass.com.
Web: www.bluegrass.com.
Rome Festival
Rome, Italy, June 19-July 11. Tuition:
subsidized by Educational Charity. Ages: 21 and up. Requirements:
application, application fee, audition tape. Enrollment size: 8-10.
Music styles: classical. Accomodations: motel/hotel.
Musical coaching combined with cultural
visits to enhance artistic awareness. Performance opportunity at Rome
Festival. Instructors: Maestro Giuliano Balestra of the National Conservatory
of Italy.
Contact: Director of Admissions, Rome
Festival, Empire State Building, Suite 3304, New York, NY 10118. (908)
233-7214. Fax: (908) 233-2979. Email: romefestival@yahoo.com.
