4. Banjo Camp Munich
Pick-Your-Passion-Camp
- 2010 für Banjo, Gitarre, Dobro, Mandoline, Clawhammer-Banjo, Songwriting -
vom 01. - 03. Oktober 2010
in Aschau im Chiemgau
Demnächst könnt Ihr HIER das Anmeldeformular herunterladen.
Anmeldeschluss: 26. Juli 2010 !!
Lernen, jammen, essen, trinken, am Lagerfeuer musizieren, ratschen – beim Banjo Camp Munich ist dies alles unter einem Dach möglich - im Aktivhotel Aschau/Chiemgau – ein Seminarhaus für echtes Camp-Feeling.
Das Hotel liegt eingebettet in die traumhafte Voralpenlandschaft im bekannten oberbayerischen Luftkurort Aschau im Chiemgau. Die Kampenwand, der herrliche Chiemsee und die Berge des Kaiserwinkls sind nur einen Katzensprung entfernt. Es können Mountainbikes ausgeliehen werden, Billardtisch und Tischtennis-Platten stehen in Gemeinschaftsräumen zur Verfügung und schöne Aufenthaltsräume laden zum Zusammensitzen und Musizieren ein. Das Wetter Anfang Oktober lässt es auch sicher noch zu, am Grillplatz Lagerfeuer-Stimmung aufkommen zu lassen.
Ein Hinweis für Teilnehmer, die ihren Aufenthalt rund ums Camp Nähe München verlängern möchten - das Oktoberfest läuft bis 3. Oktober 2010 :)
Die Workshop-Gruppen werden die Größe von 10-12 Teilnehmern nicht überschreiten. In den modernen und gemütlichen Seminarräumen mit Hifi-Anlage und Beamern werden unsere erfahrenen Banjo-, Gitarre-, Dobro- und Mandolinen-Lehrer aus Deutschland, England und den USA Workshops u.a. zu den folgenden Themen geben:
• Wie übe ich am effektivsten?
• Techniken der rechten und linken Hand
• Backup-Techniken (up the neck / down the neck)
• Scruggs-Style und Melodic-Style
• Griffbrett-Logik
• Rhythmus und Timing
• Spielen mit Band
Über die zweieinhalb Tage wird neben Theorie und Geschichte vor allem großer Wert auf das Spielen in der Gruppe gelegt und es wird praxisnah am Instrument gelernt.
...und hier sind die ersten bereits fest für 2010 engagierten Lehrer:
Alan Munde
www.alanmundegazette.com
http://almundesbanjocollege.com
(Bluegrass Banjo)
Alan Munde needs no introduction to long-time Bluegrass fans. From his early creative work with Sam Bush in Poor Richard's Almanac to his traditional bluegrass apprenticeship with Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys to his 21-year stint anchoring the landmark Country Gazette, Alan has blazed a trail as one of the most innovative and influential banjo players of all time. Along the way, Alan also recorded and contributed to numerous instrumental recordings, including the 2001 IBMA Instrumental Album of the Year - Knee Deep in Bluegrass. Alan has supplemented his recorded work with several instructional publications for the banjo, and, since 1986, Alan has taught Bluegrass and Country Music at South Plains College in Levelland, Texas, a program which has produced many professional musicians nationwide. In recent years, Alan has performed and recorded as a duo with his South Plains faculty colleague (and former Gazette-mate) Joe Carr. Alan's extensive body of recorded work, his instructional materials, and his work at South Plains (including the annual Camp Bluegrass) has solidified his status as one of the true 'gurus' of the 5-string. Alan currently serves on the Board of Directors of the International Bluegrass Music Association. He was profiled in the June 2005 issue of Bluegrass Now magazine.
Janet Beazley
(Bluegrass-Banjo)
Janet Beazley is an accomplished bluegrass banjo player, singer, songwriter, music educator, and a founding member of the California Bluegrass/Americana band, Chris Stuart & Backcountry. She has toured extensively with CS & B, throughout the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and in the Middle East. Janet has taught bluegrass banjo, harmony singing, music theory, ear training, song writing, band ensemble skills, and audio engineering/production at the British Columbia Bluegrass Workshop, California Bluegrass Association Music Camps, Midwest Banjo Camp, American Banjo Camp, Augusta Heritage Center Bluegrass Week, and Sore Fingers Week in the UK.
Janet's solo CD, 5 South was the focus of the profile article in the August 2005 issue of Banjo Newsletter. Her album spent one month on the Bluegrass Unlimited National Survey Chart for Top 15 Albums, and the song, “Julia Belle,” spent eight months on the chart, reaching #9. She co-produced and engineered all of the CS & B band albums as well as solo projects by Chris Stuart and flatpicking guitar virtuoso Eric Uglum.
Janet is also a music educator and professional performer on historical flutes and recorders. She holds a Masters degree in Music History as well as a Doctorate in Early Music Performance from the University of Southern California. When not teaching and playing bluegrass she teaches early music at the University of California at Riverside, Claremont Graduate University, and at early music clinics workshops throughout the Western US.
Rüdger Helbig
www.ruediger-helbig.de
(Bluegrass-Banjo)
Rüdiger Helbig gilt seit über 30 Jahren als Deutschlands renommiertester 5-String-Banjo Spieler. Auf zahlreichen CD Produktionen sowie in Film und Fernsehen ist er zu hören und zu sehen. Wenn Jemandem der Verdienst gebührt, das 5-String-Banjo in Deutschland populär gemacht zu haben, dann sicherlich Rüdiger Helbig. Er ist tätig als Autor zahlreicher Banjo-Lehrbücher oder, wie seit neuestem, als Produzent einer Banjo-Lehr DVD.
Auch international, besonders in den USA, genießt Rüdiger Helbig höchstes Ansehen in der Bluegrass- & Country-Szene. Er spielte mit den Größen des Business wie z.B. Tony Trischka, Bela Fleck, Pete Wernick oder wie aktuell auf seiner neuen CD
"Back To The Banjo"
mit seinem Freund Byron Berline oder Rob Ickes.
Mit seiner Band "Huckleberry Five" tourt er ganzjährig durch Europa und begeistert dabei seine Fans
John Dowling
www.jdowling.com
(Bluegrass-Banjo)
At 14 John acquired his first banjo and, from that moment on, he’s devoted all his efforts to perfecting his unique way to make music.While studying A Level music at Truro College, John met keyboard player Jez Wing. They seemed to bond musically, writing new and exciting pieces for banjo and piano. They had no preconceptions stylistically on which to base their compositions, but open minds and varied musical backgrounds led to such interesting pieces as “Made with Blue and Red”, which can be found on the Black Cat Theory debut CD, (the name they eventually chose for themselves). In 2000, they entered the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award to simply showcase their material. To their surprise they won first place.
Shortly after, they added drums and double base to the line-up to give a fuller sound. They played at such places as Cambridge Folk Festival and Modal, as well as being given free recording studio time by the BBC. However, due to educational and other commitments, the band members had to go their separate ways.
John moved to the North West where the music scene is buzzing. He teamed up with ACLAIM (Acoustically Live and Inclusive Music), teaching banjo and doing school workshops. In July 2002, he read an article about The Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas, which sponsors eight instrumental contests including the USA National Bluegrass Banjo Championship. He made a fleeting comment to Bryn Williams, Chairman of ACLAIM, saying that he would love to enter that contest.
To his surprise, Bryn told him that he would sponsor him to go. Previous winners include such big names as Mark O'Connor, Alison Kraus and Chris Thile.So two months later John went out to the States on his own, with nothing but his banjo and a bag, to see how the experts would judge his ability. Although he was up against the likes of the great Jeff Scroggins – past two time winner – he still managed to win the first prize, taking home with him a very large trophy and a new banjo worth $4500.
John is the first European to have ever won this award.
In 2006, John was picked by the BBC to feature along side such musicians as Jools Holland, Courtney Pine and Mark Knopfler in a 6 part prime time documentary called ‘Play it Again’. He had to work closely with British stand up comedian Frank Skinner for 10 weeks, until the celebrity entered the USA National Banjo Championships. The same award that John had one 1st prize in four years earlier. Frank Skinner enjoyed his new found love for the Banjo so much that he continued fortnightly lessons with John after the show was broadcast.
Ross Nickerson
www.rossnickerson.com
(Bluegrass-Banjo)
Ross’s current release with Pinecastle, Blazing the West, was named as “One of the Top Ten CD’s of 2003” by Country Music Television, True West Magazine named it, “Best Bluegrass CD of 2003” and Blazing the West was among the top 15 in ballot voting for the IBMA Instrumental CD of the Year in2003.
Ross Nickerson was selected to perform at the 4th Annual Johnny Keenan Banjo Festival in Ireland this year headlined by Bela Fleck and Earl Scruggs last year. Ross has also appeared with the New Grass Revival, Hot Rize, Riders in the Sky, Del McCoury Band, The Oak Ridge Boys, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and has also picked and appeared with some of the best banjo players in the world including Earl Scruggs, Bela Fleck, Bill Keith, Tony Trischka, Alan Munde, Doug Dillard, Pete Seeger and Ralph Stanley.
Ross is a full time musician and on the road 10 to 15 days a month doing concerts , workshops and expanding his
audience. Ross has most recently toured England, Ireland, Germany, Holland, Sweden and visited 31 states and Canada in 2005. Ross is hard at work writing new material for the band and planning a new CD of straight ahead bluegrass. Ross is the author of The Banjo Encyclopedia, just published by Mel Bay Publications in October 2003 which has already sold out it’s first printing.
Chris Stuart
www.chrisstuart.com
(Clawhammer-Banjo, Rhythm-Guitar, Songwriting)
Chris Stuart is a songwriter, singer, and guitar player with his own
band, Chris Stuart & Backcountry, based in San Diego, California.
Originally from Jacksonville, Florida, Chris was the 2009 co-writer
with Ivan Rosenberg of the IBMA Song of the Year, "Don't Throw Mama's
Flowers Away," recorded by Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass. He won
first-prize at the prestigious Merlefest Chris Austin Songwriting
Contest in both bluegrass and gospel categories, and his songs have
been recorded by many top artists.
He has taught rhythm guitar and songwriting at the British
Columbia Bluegrass Workshop, the American River Music Camp, the
California Bluegrass Association music camp, Sorefingers Bluegrass
Week in the UK, and at the Augusta Heritage workshop in Elkins, West
Virginia. He and banjoist/songwriter Janet Beazley perform as a duo
and have recorded five albums together.
Bluegrass Songwriting: Learn how to get started writing songs, or if
you've already written some, bring them to this class to be critiqued.
Learn how to take an idea and turn it into a song that bluegrass
artists will want to record and perform. Learn the structure of
bluegrass songs from ballads to up-tempo songs. Chris Stuart won the
IBMA Song of the Year in 2009 for "Don't Throw Mama's Flowers Away,"
recorded by Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass. He's had nine songs on
the Bluegrass Unlimited charts, and his songs have been recorded by
Bobby Osborne, Claire Lynch, Doyle Lawson, Dale Ann Bradley, Michael
Cleveland, Larry Cordle, and many others.
Clawhammer Banjo: For those who want to expand your banjo abilities to
include clawhammer banjo, this class will take you from scratch to
being able to play basic clawhammer banjo. We'll go over the bum-ditty
pattern, learn the most popular tunings for old-time banjo, and play a
few basic songs, as well as look at the repertoire for old-time music.
Ralph Stanley plays both bluegrass banjo and clawhammer banjo, so you
can too! Chris Stuart started out in bluegrass as a Scruggs-style
banjo player, but he's gotten into old-time clawhammer style and plays
banjo duets with Janet Beazley.
Jimmy Heffernan
www.jimmyheffernan.net
(Dobro)
Jimmy Heffernan is a highly respected Nashville session player, sideman, and producer. He’s a versatile mult-instrumentalist, and one of the true masters of the resonator guitar.
Jimmy also happens to be an outstanding music instructor who loves to teach, and has a real gift for it.
Jim started playing on the road in 1974 with a Bluegrass band called “Raintree”, from western Massachusetts, touring full time up and down the east coast and playing lots of festivals and clubs.
Jim played Dobro® with “Transatlantic Bluegrass”, a popular French Bluegrass band that acted as Bill Kieth’s backup band whenever he did his European touring. One of the highlights of that period was Transatlantic Bluegrass’ appearance on a PBS special called Bill Monroe and Friends.
In 1980 Jim joined “Larry Sparks and the Lonesome Ramblers”, again as Dobro® player. He toured with Sparks for two years, helping record two albums for Rebel Records and two more for Old Homestead Records.
Over the next six years Jim played with Red Allen and Bill Grant and Dehlia Bell and started learning to play the pedal steel guitar( In bars, where it was meant to be played}.
1988 was a momentous year for Jimmy Heffernan.He played electric guitar for Doug Kershaw for a year, and then joined Joe Diffie’s band, where he stayed 9 years. Jim reflects fondly on this time: ” We toured every major venue and appeared as a members of the Grand Ole Opry. We played lots of television, including The Grand Ole Opry Live, Regis and Kathy Lee, The Tonight Show, Good Morning America , and Hee Haw, to name but a few. Joe sold over eight million records during this time.”
Jim’s latest recording project was the 2003 release, The Resocasters, on which he collaborated with Dobro® legend Mike Auldridge pedal steel guitar ace Hal Rugg.
These days, Jimmy Heffernan is shifting gears, devoting more time to one of the things he loves best, teaching up-and-coming players. If you get a chance, be sure to attend one of Jim’s highly popular Dobro® Workshops.
Strange Hill Folk
www.myspace.com/strangehillfolk
(Band-Workshop)
With influences of bluegrass, swing, country and anything with a pulse, the Strange Hill Folk have a unique sound. Their acoustic approach, lively performances, tight harmonies and sizzling instrumental breaks provide a show not to be missed. The eclectic mixture of material is sewn together with outstanding musicianship, keeping the audience on their toes (literally) as they journey from the familiar to the self penned and back in a seamless show
Stefan Auer - Kontrabass, Gitarre, Vocals
Stefan Auer, ein waschechter Bayer vom Schliersse began im zarten Alter
von 12 Jahren Gitarre zu spielen. 1990 entdeckte er seine Liebe zur
Bluegrassmusik und besuchte Intensivseminare von Beppe Gambetta und Marc
Cosgove. Trotz seiner Ausbildung als Tontechniker blieb ihm noch genug
Zeit, sein Können sogar in Schottland und Japan unter Beweis zu stellen.
Als Rüdiger ihn Anfang 2008 fragte, bei Huckleberry Five mitzuspielen ,
erfüllte er sich diesen Wunschtraum und sagte zu. Heute kann er seine
Liebe zu dieser tollen Musik aus ganzem Herzen ausleben.
Seit Januar 2010 spielt er Kontrabass, nachdem Mac Maierhofer
die Band wegen eines Umzugs nach Belgien verlassen hat.
Philipp Schöppe - Mandoline, Leadvocals
Geb. 23. 8. 1978. Trotz seines Alters ist Philipp ein herausragender Musiker, der sein Talent wohl aus einer höheren Ebene mit auf den Weg bekommen haben muß.
Wie wäre es sonst möglich, in dieser kurzen Zeitspanne von nur wenigen Jahren eine solche Perfektion auf seinem Instrument zu erreichen. Philipp sang bereits mit gerade mal 4 Jahren in einem Kinderchor. Dies hat wahrscheinlich seine heutigen stimmlichen Qualitäten maßgebend geprägt. Gleichzeit erhielt er eine jahrelange Ausbildung am Klavier und Geige. Weil dies aber noch nicht genug war, wurde er mit 10 Jahren auch am Schlagzeug ausgebildet. Ganz nebenher, durch Bob Dylan beeinflußt brachte er sich das Gitarrenspiel bei. Als er im Alter von 22 sich auch noch in das Mandolinspiel verliebte, wurden seine musikalischen Weichen Richtung Bluegrass gestellt. Philipp wohnte vorher in Hamburg und verdiente sein Geld als Songwriter und Sänger. Später zog er nach England und wirkte dort als Musiker. Mit 25 Jahren wurde er maßgeblich von der Musik der alten Genaration, wie Jerry Garcia und David Grissman (old and in the way) beeinflußt. Heute orientiert er sich aber mehr an Chris Thiele und der modernen Scene. Sein Talent verhalf ihm in den vergangenen Jahren seine solistischen Fähigkeiten zu vervollkommnen. Besuche diverser Mandolinenworkshops in Europa hinterließen ebenso Spuren, die sicherlich seine musikalische Laufbahn in die richtige Richtung gelenkt haben. Man darf also gespannt sein!
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