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Guitar Week

Week 2
July 12-17, 2009
Tuition: tba
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New class information for 2009 is not yet available (except 2009 dates). The information below shows the classes and instructors that were available in 2008.

This is a photograph of Mary Flower instructing her guitar students.Augusta’s Guitar Week brings together a banner staff of master musicians who areThis is a photograph of Robin Kessinger playing guitar in class. also master teachers. Mary Flower, Guitar Week Coordinator, [left] has brought these luminaries together to share their skills with guitarists of many styles.  Mary will teach finger-style playing with a focus on blues and ragtime. Various versions of the flat-pick schools of playing are a mainstay of the week. Top award-winning players, Robin Kessinger [right] and Wayne Henderson [center right], will be teaching how to take solos on fiddle tunes and songs. The ever-popular Prairie Home Companion stalwart, Pat Donohue [below left], will share his manyMary Flower and Wayne Henderson. finger-picking talents. Parrish Ellis [lower right] will demonstrate his fingerpicking and incredible back-up work. He will also lead jams and teach a mini-class.

Guitar students will work with one instructor all morning. Please note: All Guitar Week classes require that students have some basic guitar skills in any style. Intermediate and advanced flat-picking classes require that students be able to play some tunes at moderate speeds. Each afternoon, all of the guitar classes meet together for an hour of performances, special presentations by the staff, and guest presentations. Afterwards, students may choose from a wide variety of afternoon workshops, including offerings of Blues Week. Evenings are filled with jamming, concerts, dances, and parties. The week ends on Friday afternoon with a Student Showcase, when each class performs for the group. [NOTE: in 2009 Guitar Week will run concurrently with Blues Week.]

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

Guitar Week Classes and Staff
 
Coordinator - Mary Flower
 
Guitar Week Class Letter   Click this button to go to the Guitar Week class letter.
 

What level should I take?

Arranging For Fingerstyle Guitar              
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Pat Donohue             Click this button to go to an the instructor's bio. Intermediate to Advanced

 

Piedmont-Style Guitar

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Mary Flower              Click this button to go to an the instructor's bio. Intermediate to Advanced
 

 

Flat Pick Guitar

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Wayne Henderson  Click this button to go to an the instructor's bio. Beginning to Intermediate

 

Flat Pick Guitar

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Robin Kessinger      Click this button to go to an the instructor's bio. Intermediate to Advanced

 

Mini-Classes (Optional)

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

Accordion Repair Larry Miller  
Cajun Fiddle from Scratch
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Michelle Kaminsky     Click this button to go to an the instructor's bio. Click this button to read the class letter.
Cajun Lyrics Jo Vidrine  
Guitar Accompaniment for Ballads, Blues, and Field Hollers Parrish Ellis                   Click this button to go to an the instructor's bio. Click this button to read the class description.
Singing a Country Song Ginny Hawker Click this button to read the class letter.
SW Louisiana Dance Party Christy Leichty & Jim Phillips Zydeco
Sound Systems for Acoustic Musicians Flawn Williams             Click this button to go to an the instructor's bio. Click this button to read the class description.

 

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