Each workshop is an open forum for all participants. Bring and play your instrument as an interactive dialogue with all the guest artists. Thursday 10/23
9:30 Introduction 10:30- 12:30 David Darling- Solo and ensemble Improvisation 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, The guitar and the music of South America 4:00-5:00 Performances by Attending Participants- 7:00- 9:00 Welcoming Reception
Friday 10/24
9:30-10:15 Yoga Relaxation Techniques for Guitarists, Wendi Jack 10:30-12:30 Anders Forisdal, Janet Marlow Contemporary Music for Guitar 12:30-2:00 Lunch 2:00-3:45 Different tunings for the guitar-Panel of Guest Artists 4:00-5:00 Performance for the Faculty and Students of the Warner Theatre Center for Arts Education
Saturday 10/25 9:30-11:00 Efficient Practicing for Guitarists Janet Marlow, From her published book What Every Great Guitarist Knows About Practicing 11:00-12:30 The best techniques for guitar 12:30-2:00 Lunch 2:00-4:30 Playing guitar in a group in Classical, Jazz , improvisation
Concert at 8 PM Warner Theatre Center for Arts and Education Talk Back After the Concert for Audience Q&A