BANJO CAMP NORTH – FALL EDITION September 24, 25, & 26, 2010

Program codes: All=Information useful to everyone. N=Novice, B=Beginner, AB=Advancing Beginner; I=Intermediate, A=Advanced, Audition required= Master Class. Any Advanced student may attend, but to participate you must pass the MC Audition. Master classes are limited to 5 participants.

FRIDAY

Birch

Sassafrass

Oak

Maple

Dining Hall

Sage Hall (Under DH)

Nurse’s Station (Under DH)

Office Bldg

Dining Hall Foyer

West Lodge Foyer

12:30-2:15

Registration

Find Your Level OT Banjo (All) Hammond

BG Up to Speed Jam Bowden,Mills

Find Your Level BG Banjo (All) Altschuler

BG Slow Jam Stillman, Stockwell

OT Slow Jam Grosswendt

OT Up to Speed Jam Rossbach

Master Class Auditions (Advanced) Arkin, Baugus, Beazley, Brown

Choosing & Using a Portable Recorder (All) Rivers

2:30-3:45

Round Peak Banjo Showpieces (I-A) Baugus

Beginner Track OT 1 (N-AB) Hammond, Grosswendt

Beginner Track Bluegrass 1 (N-B) Altschuler

Creative Bluegrass Rhythm (I) Stockwell

Arranging Tunes for BG Banjo (I) Stillman

BG Technical Tune-Up (I) Beazley

Mandolin: Woody’s Rag (N-B) Zimmerman

Playing with Confidence & Authority (Master Class) Mills

Microphones Exposed (All) Rivers

4-5:15

Great BG Lick Lexicon (I) Nelson

Beginner Track OT 2 (N-B) Hammond

Adv Beg Track OT2 (AB) Grosswendt

Beginner Track Bluegrass 2 (N-B) Altschuler

Foggy Mountain Banjo (All) Stockwell

Melodic Licks to Spice Up Your BG Solos (A) Arkin

Handbook for Professional Musicians (A) Mills, Weissberg

Mandolin: Drone Chords (N-B) Rossbach

Turn on Your Ears (Master Class) Brown

HelpDesk

6-7

Dinner

7:15-9

Faculty Concert in Dining Hall

9-11

BG Up To Speed Jam Mills, Arkin, Rossbach

OT Slow Jam L.Hammond, B.Hammond

OT Up To Speed Jam Baugus, Rivers, Grosswendt

BG Slow Jam Altschuler, Stillman

Singing Beazley, Bowden

Celtic/New England Tunes Reiner

SATURDAY

Birch

Sassafrass

Oak

Maple

Dining Hall

Sage Hall (Under DH)

Nurse’s Station (Under DH)

Office Bldg

Dining Hall Foyer

West Lodge Foyer

9:30-10:45

Twin Banjo (I-A) Weissberg, Stillman

Beginner Track OT 3 (N-B) Hammond

Adv Beg Track OT3 (AB) Grosswendt

Beginner Track Bluegrass 3 (N-B) \ Altschuler

Beyond G (I) Stockwell

Heart & Soul of Round Peak (I-A) Brown, Baugus

Fiddler’s Bag of Tricks (B-I) Reiner

Mandolin: Simple Building Blocks (N-B) Bowden

Tasteful Backup to BG Vocals (Master Class) Beazley

Help Desk

11-12:15

New Dimensions in BG Banjo (All) Weissberg, Rossbach

Beginner Track OT 4 (N-B) Hammond

Adv Beg Track OT4 (AB) Grosswendt

Beginner Track Bluegrass 4 (N-B) Altschuler

Beginning Chord Studies (I-A) Nelson

3-Finger Backup for OT Dance Tunes (I-A) Arkin, Brown

Drive & the Forward Roll (I) Beazley

Mandolin: Mistakes People Make (N-B) Holmes

Creating BG Breaks & Backup - Cold (Master Class) Bowden

Making Your PA System Work (All) Rivers

12:30-1:30

Lunch

1:40-2:10

Camp Photo on steps to Dining Hall - Please attend

2:20-3:20

Fiddle: Bowing Workshop (B-I) Reiner

Practice What You Preach (AB-I) Mills

Music Fundamentals (B-AB) Stockwell

Bluegrass Backup Guitar (I-A) Rossbach

Earl Off the Record (I-A) Stillman

Mountain Soul: Appalachian Singing Styles (All/Demo) Baugus, Brown & Hammond

Have Fun Jamming & Be Invited Back (B-I) Beazley

Mandolin: Blues for Beginners (N-B) Grosswendt

Finding & Playing the Melody in Scruggs-Style (Master Class) Arkin

Choosing & Using a Portable Recorder (All) Rivers

3:30-4:30

Moveable Chord Shapes, Licks & Positions (AB-I) Altschuler

Fiddle: Chords for Fiddlers (B-I) Reiner

ABCs of Scruggs Style Banjo (AB-I) Mills

TablEdit – the Computer Program (All) Stillman

Simple Songs You Should Be Able to Sing (B-I) Bowden

Putting Together an OT String Band (All) Arkin, Brown & Rivers

Killer Timing (AB-I) Beazley

Banjo&Mando: Picker’s Guide to Guitar Chord Shapes (B-AB) Rossbach

Composing for Banjo (Master Class) Weissberg

Help Desk

4:40-5:40

Blues on the Banjo (All/Demo) Baugus, Brown & Grosswendt

Sing on the Chorus (All) Beazley

Better Playing Thru Exercises (All) Stillman

Controlling Right Hand Power & Dynamics (AB-I) Mills

Ralph Stanley Style (I-A) Bowden

Tuners, Capos, Picks & Axes (N, B, AB, I) Rossbach

Essentials of OT Backup Guitar (B) Rivers

Mandolin: Easy Irish Tunes (N-B) Reiner

No Roll Solutions to Slow Tunes (Master Class) Stockwell

Help Desk

6-7

Dinner

7:15-9

Faculty Concert in Dining Hall

9-11

BG Up To Speed Bowden, Stockwell, Weissberg

OT Slow Jam Grosswendt, Rivers

OT Up To Speed Brown, Arkin

BG Slow Jam Beazley, Rossbach

Singing L.Hammond B.Hammond

Jazz Nelson

SUNDAY

Birch

Sassafrass

Oak

Maple

Dining Hall

Sage Hall (Under DH)

Nurse’s Station (Under DH)

Office Bldg

Dining Hall Foyer

West Lodge Foyer

9:30-10:45

Foggy Mountain Special (A) Mills

Beginner Track OT 5 (N-B) Hammond

Adv BegTrack OT5 (AB) Grosswendt

Beginner Track Bluegrass 5 (N-B) Altschuler

Earl Scruggs Guitar (A/Demo) Bowden

Power of 3-Finger Clawhammer (A) Arkin

Rolls & Melody in Scruggs Style Banjo (All) Stillman

Mandolin: This Land is Your Land (N-B) Weissberg

Southern Mtn Clawhammer Banjo Technique (Master Class) Baugus

Help Desk

11-12:15

What Can I Play If I Don’t Know the Song (AB-I) Altschuler

Become an OT Finger Picker in One Hour (AB-I) Brown

Play the Melody By Ear (N-B) Beazley

BG Band Development (All) Mills, Zimmerman, Bowden, Reiner, K.Stockwell

Southern Mtn Clawhammer Repertoire (All) Baugus

BG for OT Banjo Players (All) Arkin

Turning Piano Music Into Banjo Tunes (I-A) Stillman

Insrument Care&Feeding (In Vendor Area) (All) Nelson

Playing in ¾ Time (I) Stockwell

Help Desk

1:45-3

Beginning Single String Style (I-A) Nelson

Dock Boggs Style Finger Picking (I-A) Baugus

Jam Etiquette (All) Rossbach

Fire Ball Mail (I-A) Bowden

Banjo Players Play With a Live Fiddler (All) Reiner

What Bill Monroe Taught Me About Bluegrass (I-A) Arkin

You Got To Have Melody (All) Weissberg

Mandolin: Two Chord Wonder (N-B) Hammond

The Key of D (I-A) Stockwell

Help Desk

Camp ends – see you in Spring.