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INSTRUCTIONAL CLINICS & WORKSHOPS: All Clinics will be held at The Bear Café, right next door to the Bearsville Theater. Please click on any name to scroll down to the Clinic or Workshop description. Saturday, October 23 Sunday, October 24 |
Paul Asbell Paul has performed and recorded with numerous legends of blues, jazz, and folk, including Muddy Waters, Paul Butterfield, Howlin' Wolf, Otis Rush, Magic Sam, John Lee Hooker, David Bromberg, Jon Hendricks, Bobby McFerrin, Betty Carter, James Carter, Sonny Stitt, the Sun Ra Arkestra, Joshua Redman, Paul Siebel, Rosalie Sorrels, Mary McCaslin, his former student Trey Anastasio, and countless others. He has taught guitar for over 35 years, at Dartmouth College, St. Michaels College, Skidmore College, and presently teaches at University of Vermont and Middlebury College. Paul’s acoustic CD’s have received glowing reviews from Guitar Player, Acoustic Guitar, Vintage Guitar, Sing Out!, and Downbeat. |
Vicki Genfan Selected as Guitar Player magazine’s ‘Guitar Superstar’ for 2008, Vicki Genfan defies categorization. A unique and fiercely original musical talent, she has been called the ‘Jimi Hendrix of acoustic guitar’. Drawing from folk, jazz, pop, soul and world music, Vicki has a distinctive style that includes fret-tapping and percussive techniques that is pushing the boundaries of the singer/songwriter genre. Having become an international phenomena, Vicki is lighting up stages in Germany, Hungary, Italy, Canada and the Czech Republic as well as the US playing venues as diverse as the International Montreal Jazz Festival, Germany’s Open String Festival, Italy’s Soave Guitar Festival and Festival Across Styles in the Czech Republic. She has four CDs to her credit and just released her first instructional DVD, 3D Acoustic Guitar. In 2009, Luna Guitars unveiled the Vicki Genfan Signature Model guitar by luthier Gray Burchette and she toured the US and Czech Republic with Jennifer Batten (Michael Jackson & Jeff Beck guitarist). Vicki has enjoyed teaching privately and in groups for over 20 years and brings her warmth, humor and inspiration to all who have experienced her many workshops, clinics and classes. And.... she’s thrilled to be back at The Woodstock Invitational for their second season! “If I could play like Vicki, I would stay home and entertain myself” – Steve Vai. |
Vic Juris From the wilds of Manhattan to the shores of Japan and Germany, jazz guitarist Vic Juris has covered an impressive range of territory, musically as well as geographically, with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Phil Woods, Jimmy Smith, Sarah Vaughan, Chico Hamilton, Dave Liebman, Richie Cole, Mel Torme, Eddie Jefferson and Nancy Wilson. Vic's highly developed sense of composition, his skill at fusing traditional jazz guitar with other forms of expression, has made him an eloquent and popular conversationalist. Eagerly sought out by his fellow musicians, he has provided accompaniment for myriad recordings. Vic has been a member of the David Liebman group since 1991. He was a member of the Gary Peacock Quartet and musical director of the Charles Mingus Guitar Quintet. Vic has performed at George Wein's J.V.C. Festival, in duets with John Abercrombie and Russell Malone. He performs with Jeremy Steig, James Moody, Charlie Mariano to name a few. As a leader, Vic has released over a dozen albums on Muse, SteepleChase, and Mel Bay Records. Vic Juris also is a leading jazz educator. He has written two books published by Mel Bay, "Vic Juris Inside/Outside: Original Play-Along Modern Jazz Guitar Solos" and "Modern Chords: Advanced Harmony for Guitar". He currently teaches at The New School for Social Research, Rutgers University, and Lehigh University. He has conducted clinics throughout the US and Europe. |
Kinloch Nelson Kinloch Nelson's 40-year career has run the gamut from solo classical and folk concerts in coffeehouses and folk festivals, to club dates with jazz, country, rockabilly, rock, and rhythm & blues bands. A composer and recording artist, Nelson can be heard on Heartland Records, BKNjr Records, Hodgepodge Music, Echotone Records, Riva Records, and Sampler Records. Nelson studied classical guitar privately with Stanley Watson in Rochester NY, jazz guitar with Gene Bertoncini at Eastman School of Music and music theory at the University of Rochester. In 1973 Nelson began teaching both privately and at The Hochstein Music School in Rochester, NY where he was on the faculty for twenty-five years. Other teaching activities have included workshops at the University of Rochester, S.U.N.Y. at Oswego and summer residencies at Maryland Summer Center For The Arts, and workshops at music festivals. Nelson has appeared in concert at The Wolftrap Center for the Performing Arts; Washington DC's Glen Echo Dance Theater; Maryland Center for the Arts in Baltimore; National Association of Music Manufacturers in Nashville & in Los Angeles; Art Park Buffalo, NY; Time/Warner Jazz Festival in Rochester, NY; Owen Sound Folk Festival; Akron Folk Festival; Golden Linkís Turtle Hill Folk Festival; North American Folk Alliance; Fretted Instrument Guild of America; and appearances in Peru, Canada and Ireland. Nelson is also the author of a book, “Alternate Guitar Tunings”. Currently Nelson teaches privately, conducts guitar workshops and maintains a performance schedule. |
Maria Zemantauski This is a beginning level workshop designed for guitarists who are curious about flamenco. Perfect for classical guitarists, players of all styles are encouraged to participate. A working knowledge of basic first position chords and the ability to move easily through basic chord progressions is recommended. A nylon string guitar is essential for the proper application of flamenco playing techniques. However, this requirement is being waived during the Woodstock Invitational so that everyone who wishes to participate can do so. A limited number of nylon-string guitars will be available for use by participants, free of charge; please reserve in advance. Disclaimer: Steel string players will quickly realize the benefits of playing a nylon string instrument when discovering flamenco! Maria Zemantauski is one of the world’s few heralded female flamenco guitarists, and one of even fewer female flamenco composers. She has performed in Spain, Italy and across the continental United States to great acclaim. Her albums, Mrs. Laughinghouse (1997), Seeing Red (2000) and Under the Lemon Tree (2005), have received stellar reviews from Flamenco Connection, Dirty Linen and music critics around the world. Maria's programs are a dynamic blend of artistic freedom, innovation and tradition. While she believes that the expressive possibilities of the guitar are limitless, she feels that the indigenous voice of her instrument is found within the flamenco art form. She has claimed this genre of music as her own with passion, confidence and grace. “Zemantauski has continually pushed the boundaries of the possible with her trusty 6-string, blending genres that have little or no business appearing on the same bill, much less in the same song. It's rarely less than electrifying to watch her do it." (Metroland) She maintains an active career as a teacher, lecturer and a performer––as a soloist, with her global music ensemble "Alegria" and as a frequent guest artist with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic String Quartet. |
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