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Period 1
9 - 10:15 am
Period 2
10:30 - 11:45 am
Period 3
1 - 2:15 pm
Period 4
2:30 - 3:45 pm
Period 5
4 - 5:30 pm
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Period 2
Class Spans
1 Period
Clawhammer Banjo I with Randy Barrett
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
A/B
Dive into the world of old-time banjo.
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Period 3
Class Spans
1 Period
Clawhammer Banjo II with Mark Schatz
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
B/C
Expand your banjo skills with Mark Schatz
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Period 1
Class Spans
1 Period
Earl Scruggs Banjo with Tony Trischka
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Take this opportunity to learn from one of the great banjoists of our time.
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Period 4
Class Spans
1 Period
Fiddle with Bruce Molsky
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
B/C
Learn from a master player and Grammy-nominee, Bruce Molsky!
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Period 4
Class Spans
1 Period
Fiddle with Bryan McDowell
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
B/C
Develop your bluegrass fiddling skills with Bryan McDowell
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Period 2
Class Spans
1 Period
Flatpick Guitar with Bryan McDowell
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
B/C
Learn flatpick guitar from a national champion musician
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Period 2
Class Spans
1 Period
Flatpicking Old-Time Melodies with Gabriel Furtado
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
B/C
Discover how to flatpick old-time melodies on the guitar.
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Period 4
Class Spans
1 Period
Harp Accompaniment with Sharon Knowles
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Harpists and other musicians can learn styles of accompaniment of Celtic and Old-Time music, including typical chord patterns.
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Intermediate/Advanced Hammered Dulcimer with Mary Lynn Michal and Ken Kolodner
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
B
Learn at a higher level without needing to slow down for basic concepts.
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Period 4
Class Spans
1 Period
Intermediate/Advanced Mountain Dulcimer with Annette Lindsey
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
B
For those ready to branch out a little and learn some techniques that will bring you to a higher level of playing.
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Period 3
Class Spans
1 Period
Intermediate/Advanced Resophonic Guitar
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
B
Students with a strong foundation in acoustic lap steel playing will find all the tools necessary to take their playing to the next level
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Period 2
Class Spans
1 Period
Irish Fiddle with Saskia Tomkins
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
B
Explore the rhythms, ornamentation and bowing to plant your tune playing firmly in Ireland
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Period 2
Class Spans
1 Period
Irish Mandolin I / Tenor Banjo I with Emily Martin
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
A/B
Emily Martin teaches traditional Irish mandolin ornamentation and more for mandolin/tenor banjo.
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Period 3
Class Spans
1 Period
Irish Mandolin II / Tenor Banjo II with Emily Martin
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
B
Take your Irish mandolin/tenor banjo playing to the next level.
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Period 4
Class Spans
1 Period
Jamming with the Mountain Dulcimer w Jonah Giuliano
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
A/B
Learn the art of jamming with a mountain dulcimer!
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Period 3
Class Spans
1 Period
Mandolin with Chris Luquette
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
A/B
Take a dive into the skills needed to play mandolin in a variety of styles, including bluegrass, folk and country.
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Modal Magic: Dorian and Mixolydian Betwixt and Between w Karen Ashbrook
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
B/C
Explore dance tunes, airs and chord patterns "in between" the major and minor scales.
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Period 2
Class Spans
1 Period
Music Theory for Bluegrass and Old-Time
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Gain a better understanding of the rudiments of music theory as it pertains to traditional music, focusing on the underlying rhythmic, harmonic and melodic structures of bluegrass and old-time.
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Period 3
Class Spans
1 Period
Old-Time Banjo Repertoire with Lydia Martin Foy
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
A/B
Expand your repertoire to include some favorites and previously unknown old-time tunes for five-string banjo.
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Period 2
Class Spans
1 Period
Old-Time Banjo with Bruce Molsky
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
B
An opportunity to learn the banjo with Bruce Molsky! Improve your use of specific techniques and learn how they were used by the old masters.
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Period 2
Class Spans
1 Period
Old-Time Fiddle with Dakota Karper
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
A/B
Take your fiddle playing a step up with Dakota Karper.
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Period 2
Class Spans
1 Period
Old-Time Tunes for Mandolin with Wayne Fugate
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
A/B
What sets old-time tunes apart from bluegrass, 'claw-grass' and other genres of folks music? Find out and come away with a nice collection of tunes.
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Period 4
Class Spans
1 Period
Progressive Banjo with Tony Trischka
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn from one of the most important bluegrass banjo players in the history of the genre.
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Period 1
Class Spans
1 Period
The Art and Craft of Playing Bass with Ralph Gordon
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
Learn both the art of playing bass (such as musicality) and the craft (technique, theory and more).
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Period 3
Class Spans
1 Period
West Virginia Fiddle Tunes with Dakota Karper
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
B
Explore Hampshire and Mineral County fiddle music, its history, and the musicians who shaped it and learn some fantastic tunes.
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