Wintergrass Workshop Schedule

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Thursday Festival Workshops

Regency Ballroom
5pm Two Chord Bluegrass Songs: beginners
Tom Petersen & Down the Road
6:15 Beginners Jam - 3&4 chord songs
Tom Petersen & Down the Road

Cedar Ballroom
5pm International Bluegrass Music Museum
Bill Monroe Centennial Travelling Exhibit
Q&A, film excerpts
6:15 Bluegrass Harmony Singing: essential skills
Sue Thompson, Dawn Holladay, Sallie Sublette

Larch
5:30 Simple Bill Monroe Tunes to Jam To
Peter Rothbart & Ricky Gene Powell

Friday Festival Workshops

Grand Ballroom
2pm Soundcheck w/Ricky Skaggs
an open workshop style sound check presented by the Grammy organization

Regency Ballroom - Main
10am Intro to Clogging
Mary Jensen
11:15 Fiddle Rhythm Strategies & Beyond
Tashina & Tristan Clarridge - Old Time Kozmik Trio
12:30 Rhythm Guitar
Paul Brewster - Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
1:45 Cowboy Yodeling for Beginners
Lisa Theo - Titans of Twang
3:00 Mandolin - Dedicated to John Duffy
Akira Otsuka - Bluegrass 45

Regency Ballroom - A
10am Cello Workshop
Rushad Eggleston - Old Time Kozmik Trio
11:15 Bluegrass Bass
Sam Grisman - Deadly Gentleman
12:30 Harmonica
Kim Field - Titans of Twang
1:45 Mandolin to Accompany Singers
Sten Isachsen - Jim Gaudet & the Railroad Boys

Regency Ballroom - B
10am Bass - Playing in the Pocket
Amanda Kowalski - Della Mae
11:15 Supportive Bass Lines, timing, feel, tone
Danny Booth - Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
12:30 Hard Driving Melodic Mid-Atlantic Banjo
Mike Mumford - Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
1:45 Harmony Singing
Emily Miller & Zara Bode - Sweetback Sisters

Regency Ballroom - C
11:15 Drums in String Bands
Stefan Amidou - Sweetback Sisters
12:30 Old time fiddle & vocals
Bruce Molsky - Old Time Kozmik Trio
1:45 Dobro - “Slide!”
Chad Graves - The HillBenders

Auditorium (down hall from Larch)
11:15 “The Ozark Brothers” IBMM documentary
International Bluegrass Music Museum
12:30 There’s a Song
Jim Gaudet - Jim Gaudet & the Railroad Boys
1:45 Japanese Music & Business
Saburo Watanabe - Bluegrass 45
3:00 “Pete Seeger” IBMM documentary
International Bluegrass Music Museum
4:15 sneak preview of IBMM work in progress
International Bluegrass Music Museum

Larch
9am Festival Yoga
Lucy Weberling
10:00 Fiddle Technique Master Class
Kimber Ludiker - Della Mae
11:30 What is this thing called Swing? pt. 1
Jakob Breitbach & Paul Anastasio
12:45 Hands-on Mandolin Clinic (intermediate)
Frank Solivan - Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
2:00 Jazz & Bluegrass on the Bass
Tomas Liska - Druhá Tráva
3:15 Right Hand Rhythm Techniques on Guitar
Courtney Hartman - Della Mae
4:30 Resomania
Orville Johnson, Greg Maass, Al Brinkerhoff, Bob Evoniuk, Marty Lepore, Greg Booth, Tom Foote, Tab Tabscott

Juniper
10am Guitar for Impatient Beginner
Bret Holz & Rick Bjurstrom
11:15 Dobro
Lubos Novotny - Druhá Tráva
12:30 Banjo
Greg Liszt - Deadly Gentlemen
1:45 Songwriting
Celia Woodsmith - Della Mae
3:00 European Inspiration with the Banjo
Lubos Malina - Druhá Tráva

Laurel
10am Beginning Dobro
Greg Maass
11:15 Bass
Bryce VanParys - Hammond Ashley
12:30 Idiot’s Guide to Mandolin:
Beginning Bill Monroe Style
Ricky Gene Powell
1:45 Mandolin Improvisation
Jenni Lynn Gardner - Della Mae
3pm Mandolin
Dominick Leslie - Deadly Gentlemen

Madrona
10am Beginning Fiddle
Mary Simkin Maass
11:15 Fiddle Playing
Mike Barnett - Deadly Gentlemen
12:30 Intermediate Fiddle
Jesse Milnes - Sweetback Sisters
1:45 Playing in a Duo
Cahalen Morrison & Eli West

Maple (Olympic Tower)
11:15 Finding Your Voice - Master Class
Jes Raymond & Kindl Winter - Blackberry Bushes
12:30 Beginning Bluegrass Rhythm Guitar
Yusuf Kilgore
1:45 Folk Songs - Vocals
Jefferson Hamer & Tashina Clarridge
3:00 Basics of Bass
Duane & Holly Boyer

Saturday Festival Workshops

Evergreen Ballroom - G
11:45 Banjo
Kristen Scott Benson - The Grascals

Evergreen Ballroom - H
10:30 Toddlergrass
Hilary Field
11:45 Mandolin
Danny Roberts - The Grascals

Evergreen Ballroom - I
10:30 Meet the Band
Väsen
11:45 Bluegrass Fiddle - Melodic Articulation
Darol Anger - Old Time Kozmik Trio

Grand Ballroom
10am Martin Guitar Workshop
Larry Barnwell & Richard Starkey

Regency Ballroom - Main
10:30am Intermediate Clogging
Mary Jensen

Cedar Ballroom
10am Puttin’ a New Dress on the Pig
The Joe Craven Trio
11:15 Flatpicking Guitar
Matt Wingate - Claire Lynch Band
12:30 Jr Sisk & Rambler’s Choice Band Workshop
Jr Sisk & Rambler’s Choice
1:15 Championship Fiddle & Mandolin
Bryan McDowell - Claire Lynch Band
2:30 Mando Madness
Hosted by Tony Willliamson
3:45 Picking a Tune - Guitar Workshop
Wayne Henderson

Auditorium (down hall from Larch)
10am Polishing Your Act: Performance
Master Class for Solo Artists & Bands
Vicki Ambinder
11:15 Harmonizing and Arranging for Voices
Jes Raymond & Kindl Winter - Blackberry Bushes
12:30 Recording Instruments in Home Studio
Joe Weed
1:45 IBMM Films 1:45-4pm
Legendary performances in Concert at the Museum by Mike Seeger with Hazel Dickens & Alexia Seeger; Josh Graves & Kenny Baker; Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
International Bluegrass Music Museum

Larch
9am Festival Yoga
Lucy Weberling
10:15 Lloyd Loar Mandolins
Tony Williamson
11:30 What is this thing called Swing? pt. 2
Jakob Breitbach & Paul Anastasio
12:45 Beginning Guitar - rhythm, chords, strumming
Peter Rothbart
2:00 Fiddle Tunes on the Banjo
Jack Dwyer
3:15 Beginning Guitar
Bret Holz & Rick Bjurstrom

Juniper
10am Beginning Banjo - Scruggs Style
Duane Boyer
11:15 Bluegrass Harmony Singing - How to Find the Baritone Part
Sue Thompson & Don Share
12:30 Songwriting
Hot Buttered Rum
1:45 Dobro
Orville Johnson

Laurel
10am Intermediate Guitar - Bill Monroe Tunes
Yusuf Kilgore, Tim Wetmiller, Ricky Gene Powell
11:15 Bluegrass Harmony Singing
Jenny Lester
12:30 Bill Monroe Mandolin - Intermediate
Ricky Gene Powell, Yusuf Kilgore, Tim Wetmiller
1:45 Intermediate Gypsy Jazz Guitar
Jim Char, Yusuf Kilgore, Tim Wetmiller
3pm Guitar Crosspicking
Kathy Barwick

Madrona
11:15 Beginning Gypsy Jazz Guitar
Jim Char
12:30 Claw Hammer Banjo
Charlie Beck
1:45 Beginning Banjo
Dave Keenan
3pm Intermediate Banjo
Dave Keenan

Maple (Olympic Tower)
11:15 Mandolin
Tim O’Brien
12:30 Flatpicking Americana Guitar
Scott Law
1:45 Folk Songs - Instrumental Fiddle/Guitar Dynamics
Jefferson Hamer & Tashina Clarridge
3:00 Square Dance Calling
Charmaine Slaven & Small Time String Band