Classes & Schedule

SUNDAY JUNE 23, 2013

4pm Arrival and check in

6pm Dinner

7:30pm Orientation meeting followed by jamming, free time

MONDAY - FRIDAY FIDDLERS' DAILY SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES*
*NOTE: banjo students participate in Folk Orchestra and have the same meal, free-time and evening schedule as the fiddle students (shown below). Dan Levenson organizes the claw-hammer banjo lesson activities and will communicate that directly to claw-hammer banjo students after enrollment is finished.

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

8am breakfast breakfast breakfast breakfast breakfast

9am           1. Introductions                     9-9:20 (ALL)                 9-9:20 (ALL)                       9-9:20 (ALL)         9-9:20 (ALL)
                  2. Learn a tune by ear           warm-up with Lynne      warm-up with Lynne warm-up with Lynne       warm-up with Lynne
                  3. Elements: scale,
                   arpeggios, rolls, chords,       9:30-10:15                      9:30-10:15                           9:30-10:15      9:30-10:15
   drones, slides, chops          Folk Orchestra (ALL)    Folk Orchestra (ALL)          Folk Orchestra (ALL)    Folk Orchestra (ALL)
   short break, & then ALL:

4. Fiddle styles overview;     10:30-11:30                   10:30-11:30                           10:30-11:30 10:30-11:30
   Round robin by teachers.     core class                        core class                              core class core class

11:30         free time                                free time     free time     free time free time

12:15 lunch lunch lunch lunch lunch

1:30-2:30 core class core class core class core class core class

2:45-3:20 Improvising #1 (ALL) back-up fiddling #1 Workshop with Lynne Improvising #2 a) Try the banjo with Dan

           then split: a) advanced         a) advanced                      Paul Rolland principles    a) advanced    b) song writing with Heidi
b) not advanced    b) not advanced    & short talk on chinrests    b) not advanced    c) workshop TBA

3:35-4:10 a) singing with Grace    a) workshop/advanced a) workshop/advanced a) singing with Grace#2 a) workshop for advanced
b) cross-tuned workshop b) workshop/not adv. b) workshop/not adv. b) back-up fiddling#2    b) workshop/not advanced
c) workshop TBA                                                                                       a+b) back up singers    c)workshop TBA
                                                                                                                                                     c) workshop TBA

4:10 - 6:30pm Free time for whatever: practice, one-on-one help with instructors, jamming, hiking, swimming, fishing, games, etc

6:30pm Dinner

7:45pm Evening activities: contra-dancing, evening concerts with instructors, jamming, practice,
and on Friday evening our wrap-up concert by the Folk Orchestra and and confident or courageous students

SATURDAY JUNE 29, 2013

8am Breakfast

10am Check out and leave camp

CORE CLASSES
You will be assigned to a core teacher based on information you have provided in your registration application and in any subsequent communications with us. The teachers, their specialties, bio and samples can be found on the TEACHERS page.

AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS
Afternoon workshops will cover a variety of topics, and if more than one is offered at a given time slot and day, you may attend whichever one you prefer, even if it is not given by your core teacher. This will also be a time when one-on-one sessions and masterclass sessions with teachers may be scheduled. The workshop topics may have broad appeal or specific narrow focus. Because the camp has limited size, we will be able to tailor workshops to the interests of students. We will announce workshop topics later on after we have examined most of the the registration applications.