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Joe Val 2012 Workshop Schedule

We also have directed slow jams for beginning and intermediate pickers and singers.
Click here for a schedule starting late January 2012.

Please Note:  Workshops and scheduled times are tentative and subject to change.

SCHEDULE WILL BE UPDATED IN LATE JANUARY 2012.

BELOW IS THE SCHEDULE FOR LAST YEAR'S FESTIVAL...

 

Saturday, February 18, 2011 (LAST YEAR'S INFO)

SATUR-DAY

Workshop Track A

Workshop Track B

Workshop Track C

Workshop Track D
Bluegrass Academy

 

Middlesex West

Middlesex East

Wayland North

Wayland North

10 am

Mandolin
with Frank Solivan
from Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen

Banjo
Mike Munford & Mike Kropp
from Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen / Northern Lights

Bluegrass Bass
Pete Kelly

Guitar
with Adam Macintosh
from Joe Mullins and the Radio Rangers

11am

Guitar
with Lincoln Meyers
 from Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen

Bass
with Stefan Custodi
from Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen

Harmony 101
Mary Maguire &
Jeff Horton

Notorious Folk


performance workshop w/ Eden MacAdam-Somer & Larry Ungar

Rabbit in a Log
performance workshop with Skip Gorman & R. Starkey

Roots Music at Berklee
with David Hollender & Berklee Ensembles

12 noon

Banjo
with Tony Trischka
from Tony Trischka and Territory

Dobro
with Phil Leadbetter
from the Whites

A Fiddler's Bag of Tricks
Dave Reiner

1pm

Banjo
with Kenny Ingram
from the Larry Stephenson Band

Fiddle
with Ron Stewart
from The Boxcars

Mandolin Pentatonics
August Watters

2pm

History of the banjo
with Tony Trischka and Mark Fields

Guitar
with Kevin Richardson
from the Larry Stephenson band

Fiddle
Eden MacAdam-Somer
of Notorious Folk

Texas Swing
with The Longhorns
Reiner-Watters-Kordas

3pm

Mandolin
with Larry Stephenson
from the Larry Stephenson Band

Bluegrass Harmony
with Sharon, Cheryl and Buck White
from the Whites

Banjo
Mike Kropp
from Northern Lights

Clawhammer Banjo
Larry Ungar
of Notorious Folk

4pm

Guitar
with John Bowman
from the Boxcars

Mandolin
with Adam Steffey
from The Boxcars

 

Rhythm Guitar
w/ Dave Dillon, Richie Brown, Margaret Gerteis
from The Reunion Band

The Idiot's Guide to the Simple Classic Bluegrass Fiddle Break
Alan Kaufman

5pm

Fiddle
with Jake Armerding
from Northern Light

Banjo
with Joe Mullins
from Joe Mullins and the Radio Rangers

Yodeling
Alan Kaufman

6pm

Song Writing
with Phil Rosenthal
formerly with Seldom Scene

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday, February 20, 2011 (LAST YEAR'S INFO)

SUNDAY   

Workshop Track A

Workshop Track B

Workshop Track C

Workshop Track D

 

Middlesex West

Middlesex East

Wayland North

Wayland South

10am

Duet Singing
with Jimmy Gaudreau and Moondi Klein

Songwriting
with Robin and Linda Williams

 

Gospel Sing - 9am to 10:30am

11am

Monroe Style Mandolin
Richard Brown, Dave Dillon and Margaret Gerteis
from The Reunion Band

Fiddle
with Chris Breshear
from Robin and Linda Williams

Bluegrass Banjo
with Bob Altschuler

Parenting Little Pickers
discussion with
Dave Moultrup

12 noon

Songwriting
with Rick Lang

Bluegrass Banjo
Rich Stillman

Flatpicking Guitar
Richard Starkey

1pm

 

Arranging gospel harmony
with The Bluegrass Gospel Project

Clawhammer for Bluegrass Banjo Players
Phil Zimmerman

Guitar Setup
Richard Starkey

2pm

Banjo
with Bill Keith
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The Songs of Joe Val
With Joe Singleton

Beginning to Improvise
with Pete Kelly

Old Time Cowboy Songs and Fiddle Tunes
Skip Gorman

Harmony 102 (advanced)
Mary Maguire & Jeff Horton

3pm

The Making of
“Look to the Light”
with Rick Lang and Jesse Brock

Banjo
with Grace VanTof
from Della Mae

 

 

Festival Workshop Schedule and Descriptions