Mandolin Camp North Class Schedule April 25-27, 2008

Notice: THIS SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Class descriptions can be found on the MCN website.

Legend: B=Beginner, AB=Advanced beginner, I=Intermediate, A=Advanced. All levels are welcome to observe any class, but defer to those of the stated playing level.

FRIDAY, April 25, 2008
Registration - in Fellowship Hall 12:30 -1:45 Friday, and from 2:30 on.
Vendors, Setup, & Repair in Fellowship Hall, all weekend
	Judson Lodge	Gym Lounge	Memorial Hall	Fellowship	Chapel	Pine	Fellowship Anx
12:30-2:15		Early Bird Slow Jam Kaufman, B.Hammond		Registration 12:30 -1:45	Early Bird Medium Speed Jam Pearce, Rivers	Early Bird Up-to-Speed Jam Zimmerman, Reischman	Find Your Level L.Hammond
1:45-2:15	Faculty Meeting - All Staff Fellowship Hall Annex (under the Dining Hall, the room in the back)
2:30–3:45	Novice Mandolin Track Session 1 L. Hammond, Gorman	Adv Beginning Mandolin Track Session 1 Kaufman	Music of Brittany for Mandolin Surette I-A	Intro to Bluegrass Fiddle Rossi All levels	Mandolin Technique Zenkl All levels	Jugband Music DelGrosso I-A	Dissecting Doublestops Pearce I-A
4:00-5:15	Novice Mandolin Track Session 2 L. Hammond, Gorman	Adv Beginning Mandolin Track Session 2 Kaufman	Jig Picking Basics Surette I-A	Cross tunings for mandolin Reischman A	Open Tunings and Odd Time Signatures Zenkl I-A	Rags, Drags, & Stomps DelGrosso I-A	The "Awkward" Mando Keys Rossi I-A
6:00-7:00	Dinner
7:15-8:45	Faculty Concert
	Judson Lodge	Gym Lounge	Memorial Hall	Fellowship	Chapel	Pine	Fellowship Anx
9:00-10:30	Combined Novice & Beginning Jam Hammonds, Gorman	OT Slow Jam Kaufman, Others	OT Up-To-Speed Jam Reiner, Rivers	BG Up-To-Speed Jam Nelson, Reischman	BG Slow Jam Pearce, Zimmerman	Blues/Jazz Jam DelGrosso, Zenkl
SATURDAY, April 26, 2008
7:00-8:00	Early Morning Pro Musica— Dining Hall Foyer -- Kaufman, All levels
8:00-9:00	Breakfast
	Judson Lodge	Gym Lounge	Memorial Hall	Fellowship	Chapel	Pine	Fellowship Anx
9:30-10:45	Novice Mandolin Track 3 Gorman N	Adv Beginning Mando Track 3 Kaufman AB	Chord Crackin' Pearce I-A	Intro to double stops Reischman I-A	Rhythm and Backup Guitar Dillon All levels	Intro to Blues Mandolin DelGrosso I-A	Ear Training For Mandolin Players Rossi B-I
11:00-12:15	Which End Do I Blow In? Brown All levels	Learning your first tune (Woody's Rag) Zimmerman AB	Mandolin Technique (Part 1) Gorman I-A	More double stops Reischman I-A	Open-string chording Surette B-I	Chicago Mandolin: Postwar Mandolin Blues DelGrosso I-A	Introduction To Improvisation Rossi All levels
12:30-1:30	Lunch

1:30-2:00

Camp Photograph

2:00-3:15

How to Play in a Bluegrass Band, Part 1 Brown, Dillon AB-I

Learning the Numbers: 1-4-5 Progressions Pearce B

Mandolin Technique (Part 2) Gorman I-A

Constructing a Monroe-style solo Zimmerman I-A

Other Mandolins, Other Music Zenkl, Surette, Kaufman Demo, all levels

Building Bluegrass Breaks Rossi I-A

Easy Irish tunes for the mandolin Reiner AB-I

3:30-4:45

Chords - Shapes for basic bluegrass and everything else. Brown B-I

Major and Minor Keys Pearce B-I

Intro to Swing Mandolin Reischman A

Scales Overview Zenkl I-A

Old-Time Rags for Mandolin Kaufman I-A

American Roots Music Surette, DelGrosso Demo, all levels

Second Breaks Variations & improvising tunes Reiner I-A

5:00-5:50

2 Finger Chords Beginning solo construction Brown B-I

Klezmer Mandolin Kaufman I-A

Mandolin for the adv.beginner Reischman AB-I

How to Practice Improvising Zenkl I-A

Ornamentation for Irish tunes Surette I-A

Dynamics in a bluegrass band Zimmerman I-A

Fiddle for Mandolin Players Bring your fiddle Reiner All levels

6:00-7:00

Dinner

7:15-8:45

Faculty Concert

Judson Lodge

Gym Lounge

Memorial Hall

Fellowship

Chapel

Pine

Fellowship Anx

9:00-10:30

Combined Novice/Beginner Jam Kaufman, Rossi

OT Slow Jam

OT Up-To-Speed Jam Gorman, Rivers

BG Up-to-Speed Jam Reischman, Dillon Zimmerman

BG Slow Jam

Swing/Jazz Jam Zenkl, Nelson

SUNDAY, April 27, 2008
7:00-8:00	Early Morning Pro Musica— Dining Hall Foyer -- Kaufman, All levels
8:00-9:00	Breakfast
	Judson Lodge	Gym Lounge		Memorial Hall		Fellowship		Chapel	Pine	Fellowship Anx
9:30-10:45	Novice Mando Track 1 Wrap-Up Hammond	Adv. Beginning Mando Track 2 Wrap-Up Kaufman		Embellishing Fiddle Tunes on Mandolin Reischman I-A		Swing Mandolin Zenkl I-A		Backing up a singer or soloist Zimmerman All levels	Rhythm and Backup Guitar Dillon All levels	Creating Harmony Parts Surette, Reiner I
11:00-12:15	How to Play in a Bluegrass Band, Part 2 Brown, Dillon, Zimmerman AB-I	Chord-Scale Chords in the context of scales Pearce AB-I		Right Hand The Right Way Rossi AB-I		Tremolo, Crosspicking and Strumming Zenkl I-A		Oldtime Fiddle tunes for Guitar Kaufman I-A	The Blues/Bluegrass Connection DelGrosso All levels	Twin Mandolin Playing Harmonies Reiner, others I-A
12:30-1:30	Lunch
1:45-3:00	Climbing the Neck Pearce I		New England dance tunes Reiner I-A		Octave Mandolin, Bouzouki, and Cittern Surette All levels		Left & Right Hand Work Gorman B-AB
CAMP ENDS