Fri
9:00am - 3:00pm

Registration Begins (continues till 3:00 pm)

Noon - 1:00

Special Event:
Olivet College is presenting Haslett, Michigan banjo maker Bart Reiter. "Bart will tell us how he came to be a banjo maker."
This will occur at Burrage Library, on the north side of the Campus Square across from Mott Hall (Mott is on the east side).

12:30-1:45p

Early Bird Bluegrass Jam:

Location TBA

Early Bird Old-Time Jam:

Location TBA

12:30-1:30p

Faculty Meeting:

1:45-2:45p

Orientation:

Fri

3:00-4:15p

Tone Color & Acoustic Special Effects

Kruger

The Style of JD Crowe

Evans

Learn All Chords Forever Based on Two Intervals

Cloud

Appropriate &

Musical Backup for Vocals

Beazley

Fitting in at a Jam: Hearing & Following Chord Changes

Wernick

Essential Chords & Rolls for Traditional Bluegrass

Keith

The Three Basic Rolls

Sumner

Charlie Poole’s 3-Finger Backup Style

Carlin

Playing Tunes in Two Octaves

Hurt

Intro to Round Peak Clawham-mer

Leftwich

Grandpa Jones & String-Bean

Style Frailing

Newberry

Review of Clawham-mer Basics

Miles

Getting Started at Clawham-mer

Chris Coole

Staff Rehearsals

Knupfer, McKeever, Sahlgren, Smith

Fri 4:30-5:45p

Don Reno Techniques & Tunes

McKinney

Transposing Solos to Different Keys

Cahill

Roll-Logic:

How the Rolls Work

Munde

Intro to Melodic Bluegrass

Keith

Developing a Relaxed & Efficient Left (Fretting) Hand

Kruger

Picking it Solid: Achieving Clarity, Punch, & Timing:

Wernick

Working on Basic Chords

Sumner

Getting More Notes with the Left Hand

Martin

The Round-Peak Clawham-mer Style of Fred Cockerham

Leftwich

Singing with the Banjo

Fink

Alternate Tunings: Match the Tuning to the Song’s Mood

Carlin

Fundamentals of Drop- and Double-Thumbing

Perlman

First Chords, Working on the Right Hand

Chris Coole

Banjo Set-up & Repair

Scott "Stretch" Reinsmith

6:15-7:15p

Friday Dinner:

7:45-9:15p

Faculty Concert, Part 1:

Fri.9:30-11:00p

Advanced Jam with: Kruger &

McKinney

Intermediate Jam with:

Cloud & Keith

Intermediate Jam with: Munde & Evans

Intermediate Jam with:

Sumner &

Wernick

Jam Workshop:

Cahill,

Knupfer, McKeever,

Slow Jam with:

Beazley

Jam with: Leftwich &

Carlin

Jam with:

Fink & Hurt

Intermediate Jam

Martin & Newberry

Jam Workshop:

Chris Coole, Sahlgren,

Smith

Slow Jam with:

Miles

Fri

11:00p-?

Bluegrass Pickers: Jam on Your Own in the Following Spaces:

Old Time Pickers: Jam on Your Own in the Following Spaces:

8-9:00a

Saturday Breakfast:

Sat 9:15-10:30a

Essentials of Single String: Closed Scale Positions, Mode Exercises

McKinney

From Scales & Modes to Leads & Breaks

Keith

The Essen­tial Earl: Licks & Techniques

Evans

Using Alternative Tunings on Bluegrass Banjo

Kruger

The Nashville Numbers System: Basic Theory for Bluegrass

Pickers

Cahill

Killer Timing: the User Friendly Metronome

Beazley

Putting Left- & Right-Hand Skills Together

Sumner

Intro to Fretless Banjo

Carlin

Strategies for Playing Up the Neck in Claw-hammer Style

Perlman

Repertoire Class:

June Apple, Twin Sisters, House Carpenter

Martin

Arranging a Song & Its Accompani-ment

Fink

Putting Drive in the Right Hand

Newberry

More Right-Hand Work, First Fiddle Tunes

Chris Coole

Bluegrass Fiddle TroubleShooting

Knupfer

Old-Time Backup Guitar Class

Sahlgren

Sat. 10:45-12:00 noon

Using Theory to Play Better: Interval Studies, Chords, Substitutions, Color Tones, Etc

McKinney

Munde's Tunes: Peaches & Cream, Molly Bloom, Uncle Clooney & Others

Munde

Orchestrating a Bluegrass Song from Intro through Breaks, Backup, & Endings

Wernick

Playing in the Minor Keys

Cahill

Playing Relaxed: It All Starts with the Right Hand

(for All Levels)

Evans

Train Your Ear!: Finding Songs on the Banjo

Cloud

A Few Simple Tunes

Sumner

The 2-finger Thumb-lead Style of Caroll County, VA

Leftwich

Moroccan Melodies & Rhythms for Clawham-mer

Miles

W. North Carolina Fiddle Tunes for Clawham-mer

Carlin

Elaborating Simple Tunes

Martin

Mastering the Mech-anics of Good Tone.

Hurt

Using Hammers, Pulls, & Slides

Chris Coole

Old-Time Jam: Intermediate Level

Smith & Sahlgren

Bluegrass Backup Guitar

Class

McKeever

12:15-1:15p

Saturday Lunch:

1:15-1:45p

Official Group Photo (Bring Your Banjo!): Location TBA

2:00-3:15p

Chord Melody Soloing

Cloud

Diatonic & Pentatonic Single-String Scales with Over-stretching

Kruger

Fundamentals of Bluegrass Backup

Munde

Working Up Solos in Scruggs-Style

Evans

Playing Out of C & D Positions

Beazley

Developing Speed

McKinney

How to Go About Learning a Tune

Cahill

Kentucky Fiddle Tunes for Clawham-mer

Hurt

Syncopation,

Sound, & Silence: the Style of M. Miles

Miles

Improvising in Clawham-mer Style

Chris Coole

Developing a Strong & Efficient Fretting- Hand

Perlman

Two simple Tunes in Stan-dard-C Tuning (gCGBD)

Carlin

Single Stringing: Rocking Between Long Strings & Fifth

Newberry

Dr. Banjo Master Class; Get Help in a Group Setting

Wernick

Old-time Fiddle Class

Smith

Banjo Set-up & Repair

Scott "Stretch" Reinsmith

3:30-4:45p

Bluegrass to Western Swing: A New Slant on Bluegrass Chord Progressions

Keith

Developing Your Own Approach to Composition for 5-String

Kruger

Break Out of a Rut: Using Uncon-ventional Roll Patterns

Wernick

Fretboard Geography: Chords & Scales

Munde

Intro to Playing Blues on Banjo

Cloud

Down the Neck Back-Up Using Forward Rolls

Evans

Good Tone & Timing from the Start

Beazley

The Virginia Clawham-mer Style of Wade Ward

Leftwich

Ragtime, Clawham-mer Style

Perlman

Repertoire Class: Redwing, Flop-eared Mule, Cluck Old Hen

Martin

Creating Variations on a Tune

Fink

Great Tunes Using Only the 2^nd Fret & 5^th Strings

Newberry

Basics of Backup

Miles

Bluegrass Jam: Intermediate Level

Knupfer & McKeever

Bones Workshop

Cliff Ervin

4:45-5:45p

Free Period: Or, Jam on Your Own

in Any Class Room or Public Area

6-7:00p

Saturday Dinner,

7:15-8:45p

Faculty Concert:

9:00-10:30p

Advanced Jam with:

Cloud &

McKinney

Intermediate Jam with:

Munde & Cahill

Intermediate Jam with:

Evans & Kruger

Intermediate Jam with:

Sumner & Keith

Slow Jam with:

Beazley & Wernick

Jam with:

Newberry & Fink

Jam with:

Carlin & Hurt

Jam with:

Martin &

Leftwich

Intermediate Jam:

Miles

Slow Jam:

Chris Coole

10:35-10:55

Snack Time!:

11:00p-?

Jams!

Bluegrass Pickers: Jam on Your Own in the Following Spaces:

Old Time Pickers: Jam on Your Own in the Following Spaces:

8-9:00a

Sunday Breakfast:

Sun 9:15-10:30a

Intro to Jazz Improvi-zation

Cloud

Integrating Scruggs-, Melodic & Single-String Styles

Cahill

Up the Neck Scruggs-Style Backup

Evans

Using Keith Tuners for Melody & Special Effects

Keith

Playing in Keys Other Than G Without A Capo

Munde

Those Easy Licks Right Under the Basic Chord Positions

Beazley

Start Out With Effective Positions for Both Hands

Kruger

Old-time Solo Banjo Tunes

Newberry

Waltzes, Clawham-mer Style

Perlman

The Round-Peak Clawham-mer Style of Kyle Creed

Hurt

Oh Susannah! with Intro, Ending, & Variations

Fink

How to Simplify A Tune So You Can Play It

Carlin

Simple Tunes Everyone Should Know

Leftwich

Old-time Jam:

Advanced Level

Smith & Sahlgren

Instant Clawham-mer for Bluegrass Banjoists

Miles

Sun 10:45-12 noon

Fiddle Tune Arrangements

Munde

Solo Banjo: Playing Without the Band

McKinney

Blues on Banjo Using Pentatonic Fretboard Forms

Cloud

Performance Lab: What the Band Needs from the Banjo!

Beazley

Constructing a Simple Solo, Starting with Picking Out the Tune by Ear

Wernick

General Practice Tips for Bluegrass Banjo

Cahill

Review, Suggestions for the Future

Sumner

Clawhammer Rocks!: Classic Rock on Banjo

Miles

The Round-Peak Clawham-mer Style of Tommy Jarrell

Leftwich

The Doctor Is In!:

Bring in Your Banjo Questions or Concerns

Martin

Cumberland Gap & Sandy River Belle

Tunings

Hurt

Practice Techniques for Old-time Banjo

Fink

Review, Suggestions for the Future

Chris Coole

Bluegrass Jam: Advanced Level

([Delete Wernick,]

Knupfer, & McKeever

Old-time Fiddle Class

Smith

12:15-1:15

Sunday Lunch:

Sun 1:30-2:45

Demos!!

Demo:

Singing With the Banjo:

(Host: Fink)

Beazley

Fink

Newberry

Sumner

Demo:

Composing for Banjo

(Host: Evans)

Chris Coole

Evans

Miles

Kruger

Wernick

Demo:

Jazz & Blues on Banjo

(Host: Munde)

Cloud

Keith

Munde

McKinney

Demo:

Fiddle Tunes on Banjo

(Host: Perlman)

Carlin

Hurt

Leftwich

Martin

Perlman

3:00 PM

Camp Ends