Each workshop is an open forum for all participants. Bring and play your instrument as an interactive dialogue with all the guest artists.
October 23, 2008 Thursday
9:30 Introduction 10:30- 12:30 David Darling- Improvisation and Ensemble David is quick to emphasize, especially to classically trained musicians, that they don't have to become jazz players in order to improvise."At all my concerts, I play a rhapsody for cello, and it's always made up on the spot. But it has the textures and timbres of Bloch's Schelomo and the Dvorak Cello Concerto, and Sain-Saens, Shostakovich, and Bartok." Darling says one of his tasks is to help classical musicians overcome their skepticism and believe that they can play music that's not printed,"...to have the guts to walk onstage wih nothing prepared. It's just amazing to me that you have someone who's trained themselves for years and years, they have scales down, they have thirds down, they know 13 modes, and if you ask them to play something, they say 'no, I can't, I didn't bring any music.' Well that's just absurd. Music should be something that isn't served just by the notes, it should be somethig that's about the human condition of expressing oneself through notes."-- Reprinted from Strings #34, by Joshua Rosebaum 12:30-2:00 Lunch 2:00- 3:30 Marcos Puna, Gabriel Tapia, Transcribing for the Ten String 4:00-5:00 Performances by Attending Participants- Open to the Public 7:00- 9:00 Welcoming Reception
October 24, 2008
9:30-10:00 Yoga Relaxation Techniques for Multi-string Guitarists, Wendi Jack 10:15-12:30 Anders Forisdal, Janet Marlow Contemporary Music 12:30-2:00 Lunch 2:00-3:45 Transcribing skills with different tunings-Panel of Guest Artists 4:00-5:00 Performances by Attending Participants- Open to the Public Free Evening
October 25, 2008 9:30-11:00 Efficient Practicing for Busy People-Open to all guitarists Janet Marlow, From her published book What Every Great Guitarist Knows About Practicing, 2008 11:00-12:30 Multi-string techniques-Panel of all guest artists 12:30-2:00 Lunch 2:00-4:30 Playing on a multi-string guitar in a group in Classical, Jazz or Contemporary Music Panel - Michael Coppola, Janet Marlow, Alan Brennan, Bass, Kent Hewitt, Piano, Colin Brennan, Drums
Concert at 8 PM Warner Theatre Center for Arts and Education Talk Back After the Concert for Audience Q&A
