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23rd Annual Joe
Val Bluegrass Festival February 15-17, 2008 Sheraton Hotel Framingham, Framingham, MA |
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23rd Annual Joe
Val Bluegrass Festival February 15-17, 2008 Sheraton Hotel Framingham, Framingham, MA |
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Joe Val 2008 Workshop Schedule
(Slow Jam Schedule, Friday Night Banjo & Mandolin Jam Crash Course,
and Selected Workshop Descriptions at bottom of page)
Click here for a printable program schedule
SATURDAY WORKSHOPS
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Track A–Middlesex East
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Track B–Middlesex West
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Track C–Wayland North
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Track D–Wayland South
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10am
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Bass
with Marshal Wilborn
from
Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper
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Fiddle
with Michael Cleveland
from
Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper
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4 Exercises
to Improve your Banjo Playing
Rich Stillman
Bluegrass
Academy
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Improvisation
Method
for
Mandolin
August Watters
Bluegrass
Academy
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11am
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Fiddle
with James Abrams
from The
Abrams Bros.
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Rhythm
Guitar
David Dillon
from the
Joe Val
Reunion Band
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Ballads
Lorraine Hammond
Bluegrass
Academy
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12 noon
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Fiddle
with Nicky Sanders
from Steep
Canyon Rangers
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Mandolin
with Mike Guggino
from Steep
Canyon Rangers.
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Demystifying
Music Making
Don & Martha DePoy
Bluegrass
Academy
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Introduction
to Yodeling
Alan Kaufman
Bluegrass
Academy
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1pm
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Guitar
With Audie Blaylock
from Audie Blaylock and
Redline
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Grass Roots: Fiddle Tunes, Ballads & Blues
SethAusten/BeverlyWoods
Bluegrass
Academy
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Bluegrass
at Berklee
With Berklee faculty
and students
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2pm
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Cowboy
Songs
with Skip Gorman
from Rabbit
in a Log
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Harmony
101
w/ Jeff Horton, formerly
of Neon
Valley Boys, with
Mary Maguire/Ben Pearce
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Melodic Guitar Solos
For Vocal Tunes
August Watters
Bluegrass
Academy
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Clawhammer Banjo for
Bluegrass
Banjo Players
Woody Pringle
from
Bradford Bog People
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3pm
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Mandolin
with Frank Wakefield
from Frank
Wakefield Band
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Flatpick Guitar
with Rick Starkey
from Rabbit
in a Log
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Bluegrass
Fiddle Chords
Dave Reiner
Bluegrass
Academy
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Good Old
Tunes
Lorraine & Bennett Hammond
Bluegrass
Academy
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4pm
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Mandolin
with Frank Wakefield
from Frank
Wakefield Band
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How a Band
Works
with Seldom Scene
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Intro to
Twin Fiddling
Alan Kaufman, Art Schatz
& Suz Slezak
Bluegrass
Academy
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SUNDAY WORKSHOPS
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Track A - Room
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Track B - Room
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Track C - Room
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Track D - Room
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10am
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Clawhammer Banjo
Phil Zimmerman
from Last
Fair Deal
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Mandolin
with Skip Gorman
from Rabbit
in a Log
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11am
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Monroe
Style Mandolin
with Phil Zimmerman
from Last
Fair Deal
and Richard Brown
from The
Reunion Band
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Banjo
with Bill Keith
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Guitar
with John Abrams
from The Abrams
Bros.
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Advanced
Harmony
w/ Jeff Horton, formerly
of Neon
Valley Boys, with
Mary Maguire/Ben Pearce
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12 noon
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Fiddle
with Patrick McAvinue
from Audie Blaylock & Redline.
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Demystifying
Music Making
Martha Hills/Don DePoy
Bluegrass
Academy
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Flatpick Guitar
Phip Wheelock
Bluegrass
Academy
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1pm
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Guitar
Setup
with Rick Starkey
from Rabbit
in a Log
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Banjo
with Evan Ward
from Audie Blaylock & Redline
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Instrument
Petting Zoo
for all
kids
BBU Kids
Academy
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2pm
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Guitar
with Tim Stafford
from Blue
Highway
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Dobro
with Rob
Ickes
from Blue
Highway
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Banjo
with Jason Burleson
from Blue
Highway
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Twin
Mandolin Method
Ritchie Brown
& August Watters
Bluegrass
Academy
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3pm
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Mandolin
with Kevin Pratter
from the
James King Band
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Vocal
with James King
from the
James King Band
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Please Note: Workshops and
scheduled times are tentative and subject to change.
Friday Night Jam Crash Courses
Banjo and mandolin 7:30-8:30 pm, Lower Level
George Chapman directed Slow Jam, Marlborough Room, 8pm, Lower Level
Slow Jam Schedule
FRIDAY
8pm Directed Slow Jam (George Chapman)
SATURDAY
10am Directed Slow Jam (Don DePoy/Martha Hills)
12 noon Moderate Speed Jam (Joan Kunselman)
2pm Directed Slow Jam (George Chapman)
4pm Advanced Slow Jam (Don DePoy/Martha Hills)
7:30pm Directed Slow Jam (George Chapman)
SUNDAY
10am Directed Slow Jam (Don DePoy/Martha Hills)
11am Slow-to-Moderate Jam (Joan Kunselman)
12 noon Directed Slow Jam (George Chapman)
2pm Advanced Slow Jam (Don DePoy/Martha Hills)
Slow Jam Room: always open!
Selected Bluegrass Academy
Workshop Descriptions
SATURDAY
Demystifying Music Making - Martha Hills & Don DePoy
Move beyond the mechanics of your instrument to becoming a music maker! Get away from tablature/chord charts and make music by ear, while developing your own style. Topics include: chord progressions, transposing, capo use, scales, chord construction, beginning back-up and fundamentals for making music with others.
Grass Roots: Fiddle Tunes, Ballads and Blues - Seth Austen
& Beverly Woods
Appalachian fiddle
tunes, British Isles ballads and African-American blues songs were among the
ingredients that melded to create bluegrass, a uniquely American music. We'll
explore these roots through some traditional songs and tunes. Bring your
instruments and voices. All levels.
Melodic Guitar Solos for Vocal Tunes - August Watters
Taking a break on a vocal tune requires a different approach than flatpicking fiddle tunes. We'll cover scales, crosspicking, and the magic formula for building melodic guitar solos.
Rhythm Guitar - David Dillon
Learn how it's done from veteran David Dillon, assisted by Margaret Gerteis and Richie Brown, all of the Joe Val Reunion Band.
Clawhammer Banjo for the Bluegrass Banjo Player - Woody Pringle
A hands-on
approach where you will learn how to frail, use different tunings, and
play clawhammer banjo in an old-time or bluegrass
jam. Guests include Rich Howick and Charlie
Downey.
Bluegrass at Berklee - featuring faculty Dave
Hollander, Mark Simos, and August Watters
Berklee College of Music students and faculty will explore what Berklee has to offer to bluegrass players, songwriters, old-time players, and other contemporary roots-based musicians.
Introduction to Yodeling - Alan Kaufman and Suz Slezak
Learn the
mechanics of yodeling including how to find your 'break,' how to find the best
key to yodel in, and some very basic yodeling songs. We'll demonstrate yodeling
technique for males and females, and 'harmony' yodels!
Improvisation Method for Mandolin - August Watters
Go beyond playing patterns, and build devices for improvisation using both chords and melody of the tune.
Bluegrass Fiddle Chord Workshop - Dave Reiner
Hands-on workshop on using chords (double stops) to improve your bluegrass breaks and fiddle tunes, to
back up singers and other instruments, and to play harmony
lines. Handouts provided.
Introduction to Twin Fiddling - Alan Kaufman , Art Schatz and Suz Slezak
The instructors
will demonstrate how to build a harmony line over a lead for twin fiddling.
This harmony approach is also be useful to mandolin,
guitar and banjo players. The workshop will be part demonstration and part
instruction.
Four Exercises to Improve your Banjo Playing – Rich Stillman
Most of us hone
our banjo technique by practicing songs. This workshop will offer a set of
exercises that will improve specific aspects of your banjo playing.
SUNDAY
Twin Mandolin Method - Richie Brown & August Watters
Good twin-style leads are built similar to harmony vocals. We'll discuss the mechanics of building mandolin duets by ear.
Demystifying Music Making - Martha Hills & Don DePoy
(see Saturday description)
Instrument Petting Zoo - Martha Hills & Don DePoy
Calling all kids -- here's your chance to play all those instruments you've been seeing! Kids Academy performers will stop by to help demonstrate their instruments.