THE INFORMATION BELOW IS FOR THE 2024 MUSIC CAMP. INFORMATION FOR THE 2025 CAMP, TO BE HELD ON JANUARY 17 -19, 2025, WILL BE POSTED BY JUNE 2024.
CAMP SCHEDULE GRID - WORKSHOPS & LOCATIONS
Workshop room locations will be posted at the camp registration desk.
Click on Workshop Schedule grid image above for viewing and printing a copy of the Workshop Grid.
CAMP SCHEDULE GRID - WORKSHOPS, CONCERTS, JAMS & LOGISTICS
Thursday, January 11th
Opening Concert in at La Tourelle’s Concert Hall featuring Rachel Eddy at 7:30pm.
The evening begins at 6:00 pm with an old time jam and happy hour in lobby featuring the Circle Left String Band. Come early, save a seat, hang out in the lobby and enjoy a Finger Lakes craft beveridge.
Rachel Eddy will begin performing at 7:30pm downstairs in the Concert Hall
Friday, January 12th
Camp Registration Opens: 12:00 pm
WORKSHOP SESSION # 1: 1:30 to 2:30 pm
Judy Hyman: Old Time Fiddle 1
Val Mindel: Singing the Old Time Way 1
Joe Crookston: The Art of Songwriting 1
Tim Ball: New England Dance Fiddle
Chris Luquette: Bluegrass Guitar Rhythm Fundamentals
Rachel Eddy: Old Time Banjo 1
Rick Manning: Bluegrass/Old Time Mandolin
WORKSHOP SESSION #2: 2:45 to 3:45 pm
Rachel Eddy: Old Time Fiddle 1
Grant Flick: Swing Fiddle
Chris Luquette: Bluegrass Mandolin Rhythm Fundamentals
Paul Fairbanks: Navigating the Banjo Neck
Katie Martucci: Swing Rhythm Guitar
Val Mindel: Harmony Singing in Old Time and Country Music
John & Cathy Cadley: Songwriting
SPECIAL WORKSHOPS & JAM SESSIONS: 4:00 to 5:00 pm
Nyckelharpa Demonstration with Grant Flick
Old Time Jam
Bluegrass Jam
Swing Jam
DINNER & HAPPY HOUR: 5:30 to 7:00 pm
Bluegrass Jam with John and Cathy Cadley
CAMP ORIENTATION & FACULTY INTRODUCTIONS: 7:30 TO 8:30 pm in the Concert Hall
FACILITATED JAM SESSIONS: 9:00 to 10:00 pm
Old Time
Bluegrass
Swing
Songwriter Circle & Sharing (Crookston & Sommers)
Saturday, January 13th
Breakfast: Bistro opens at 7:30 am
Morning Music: 8:00 to 8:45 am
Bluegrass & Old Time Jam
WORKSHOP #3: 9:00 to 10:15 am
Val Mindel: Singing the Old Time Way 2
Grant Flick: Bluegrass & Swing Mandolin 1
Benny Bleu: Old Time Banjo - Slow and in the Flow
Joe Crookston: The Art of Songwriting - Part 2
Paul Fairbanks: The Value of Noodling - Exploring Improvisation for All Instruments
Tim Ball & Rick Manning: Bluegrass Twin Fiddling
John & Cathy Cadley: Bluegrass Guitar 1 - Accompaniment
WORKSHOP #4: 10:30 am to 11:45 am
Judy Hyman: Old Time Fiddle 2
Rachel Eddy: Old Time Rhythm Guitar
Chris Luquette: Bluegrass Mandolin - Lead
Katie Martucci: Embodied Voice
Naomi Sommers: Songwriting 1
Cap Cooke: Old Time Banjo Tunings for Bluegrass & Finger Style Pickers
John & Cathy Cadley: Singing Country Covers in Harmony
LUNCH: 11:30am to 2:00 pm in the Bistro
OLD TIME LOBBY JAM FROM 11:45 am TO 1:00 pm or later led by The Stump Lifters: Tom Owens (fiddle), David Jones (guitar), Michelle Delco (banjo), Jordan Kleiman (bass). Open to all and the music will be played ‘full speed’.
WORKSHOP #5: 1:00 to 2:15 pm
Judy Hyman: Old Time Fiddle 3
Val Mindel: Old Time Mandolin
Chris Luquette: Bluegrass Guitar 2 - Rhythm Next Steps
Katie Martucci: Songwriting & Arranging 1
Joe Crookston: Guitar Tricks that Give Goosebumps
Grant Flick: Improvising Over Fiddle Tunes with Melodic Variations - Fiddle & All Instruments
Benny Bleu: The Role of the Old Time Banjo
WORKSHOP #6: 2:30 to 3:45 pm
Rachel Eddy: Old Time Fiddle 2 - Rhythm and Groove
Jason Anick: Swing & Bluegrass Mandolin - Essential Chord Shapes
Joe Crookston: Finger-Style Guitar Accompaniment
Val Mindel: Essentials in Old Time Country Singing
Grant Flick: More on Improvising for Bluegrass and Swing for Fiddle & All Instruments
Dave Davies: Vocal Improvisation
Cap Cooke: Banjo for Vocal Accompaniment
SPECIAL SESSIONS & WORKSHOPS: 4:00 to 5:00 pm
Old Time Band: Rachel Eddy, Judy Hyman, Val Mindel & Friends
Grant Flick: Rhythm Fiddle “Chopped”
Jason Anick: Gypsy Jazz Mandolin
Songwriter Circle: Joe Crookston and Naomi Sommers
DINNER: 5:00 to 7:00 pm
LOBBY JAM: 5:30 to 7:00 pm
Joe Crookston & Gravel Gertie Jam
CAMP FACULTY CONCERT 7:30 to 9:30 pm
OLD TIME,BLUEGRASS, SWING & SONG JAMS: 10:00 to 11:30 pm
Sunday, January 14th
Breakfast: Bistro opens at 7:30
Morning Jam: 8:00 to 9:15 am
WORKSHOP #7: 9:30 to 10:30 am
Rachel Eddy: Old Time Fiddle 3
Grant Flick: Bluegrass/Swing Mandolin 2
Val Mindel: Old Time Guitar in an Old Time Band
Benny Bleu: Translating Tunes on the Old Time Banjo
John & Cathy Cadley: Bluegrass & Country Harmony Singing
Naomi Sommers - Songwriting 2
Tim Ball: Celtic Fiddle Basics
WORKSHOP #8: 10:45 am to 12 pm
Rachel Eddy: Old Time Banjo 2 - Syncopating Your Drop Thumb
Jason Anick: Swing Fiddle 1 - Bringing the Swing
Chris Luquette: Bluegrass Mandolin - Double Stops
John & Cathy Cadley: Playing Bluegrass & Folk Guitar Leads
Katie Martucci - Music of Connie Converse
LUNCH: 11:30am to 1:30 pm
WORKSHOP #9: 1:00 pm
Jason Anick: Arpeggios & Enclosures for Jazz Violin and Mandolin
Dave Davies: Swing Rhythm Guitar
Chris Luquette: Bluegrass Guitar 3 - Lead Playing
Katie Martucci: Songwriting & Arranging 2
WORKSHOP #10: 2:30 pm
Jason Anick: Violin Fingerboard Mastery
Dave Davies & Katie Martucci Vocal Harmony Master Class
SPECIAL SESSIONS/MASTER CLASSES: 4:00pm
Jason Anick & Grant Flick: Swing Fiddle & Mandolin Master Class/Developing a Practice Routine that Works
CLOSING SWING CONCERT: 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Jason Anick, Grant Flick, Dave Davies, Katie Martucci & Friends
