2010 Guitar Week
Week 1
July 11-16, 2010
Tuition: $435
Housing & Meals

photograph of Mary Flower instructing her guitar students.Augusta’s Guitar Week brings master musicians together to teach a variety of styles on America's most popular instrument. Mary Flower [left], Pat Donahue photoGuitar Week Coordinator, has brought these luminaries together to share their skills with guitarists of many styles. Instructors for Guitar week include: Pat Donohue [right], Stephen Bennett, Ernie Hawkins, and Mary Flower.

Guitar students will work with one instructor all morning. Each afternoon, all classes join together for an hour of special performances, staff demonstrations, and guest presentations. Choose from a wide variety of afternoon workshops. Evenings are filled with jams, mini-courses, concerts, dances, and parties. Friday afternoon features a Student Showcase.

PLEASE NOTE: All Guitar Week classes require that students have some basic guitar skills in any style. Intermediate and advanced classes require that students be able to play some tunes at moderate speeds.

To register, specify “Guitar Week,” instructor, and your instrument level. 

Ernie Hawkins' participation in Augusta's Guitar Week is partially supported by a grant from Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour, a program developed and funded by The Heinz Endowments; the William Penn Foundation; the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency; and The Pew Charitable Trusts; and administered by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation.

Classes and Staff
 
Guitar Week Coordinator - Mary Flower  Click here to go to a short bio.
 

What level should I take?

Open Tuning Arrangements

Mary Flower

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Fingerstyle Arranging

Stephen Bennett

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Styles of Guitar Masters

Pat Donohue

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The CAGED System 

Ernie Hawkins

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Mini-courses (Optional)

6:30pm to 7:45pm Monday through Thursday, unless otherwise noted.
Mini-courses cost an additional $55, and some classes may require a small materials fee.
 

Accordion Doctor

Larry Miller

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Repair
Accordion from Scratch

Drew Simon

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Novice/Beginning
Cajun Fiddle Repertoire

Al Berard

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Creole Cooking

Charlmaigne Thibodeaux-Chavez

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Materials fee: $35

Acoustic Guitar From Scratch

Thomas Bryan Eaton

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Novice/Beginning

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Harmony Singing From Scratch Karen Collins &   Click here to go to a short bio.
Ric Sweeney  
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Novice/Beginning

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Augusta Heritage Center of Davis and Elkins College
100 Campus Drive, Elkins, WV 26241
Phone: 304.637.1209

Email: augusta@augustaheritage.com

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