Acoustic Guitar's 2009 Summer Study Guide

Acoustic Guitar’s 2009 Summer Study Guide is now online!

Summer is almost here and Acoustic Guitar’s Summer Study Guide is your one-stop shop for this summer’s hottest camps, workshops and guitar shows! Check out Acoustic Guitar’s featured camps and workshops below and view the full Summer Study Guide online at acousticguitar.com/summer. Don’t forget to register early and reserve your space!

National Guitar Workshop
One- to four-week sessions of intensive hands-on instruction in guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, vocals, and songwriting. Classes are available throughout the United States.
www.guitarworkshop.com

Centrum Foundation
Located at Fort Worden State Park in the artist community of Port Townsend, Washington, Centrum welcomes artists of all ages for workshops, performances, and artist residencies.
www.centrum.org

Northampton Community College with C.F. Martin & Co.
Create your own three-dimensional design model to be evaluated by a panel of C.F. Martin & Company staff, including Martin CEO Christian F. Martin IV.
www.northampton.edu/martin

Fur Peace Ranch
Intimate classes and ideal setting in the foothills of southeast Ohio offer the opportunity to meet and learn from world-famous instructors and share a wonderful musical experience.
www.furpeaceranch.com

Blue Ridge Old-Time Music Week
The best national instructors plus an atmosphere of encouragement and friendship make this the best week in Old-Time music.
www.mhc.edu/bluegrass

Steve Kaufman’s Acoustic Kamps
Whether you are a beginner’s beginner or a seasoned professional, each Kamp’s classes and activities will inspire and challenge you!
www.flatpik.com

Acoustic Alaska Guitar Camp
Spend a week improving your guitar playing and songwriting on a picturesque lake nestled under some of Alaska’s most beautiful mountains. Small classes ensure a great experience.
www.acousticalaska.com

Augusta Heritage Center of Davis and Elkins College
Spring, five-week summer, and October workshop sessions cover a broad spectrum of traditional arts. The Augusta experience offers memories that last a lifetime.
www.augustaheritage.com

Guitar Workshop Plus
Courses are offered for all levels, ages, and styles. Each day includes activities such as clinics, ensemble performances, and concerts.
www.guitarworkshopplus.com

Wind River Guitar School
Weeklong private master instruction for one or two students at a time with lodging, meals and unlimited lessons provided for one low, all-inclusive price.
www.mikedowling.com

Guitar Summit
This course is designed to inspire you with new musical ideas, techniques, and approaches to guitar. Discover your inner creative potential!
www.theguitarsummit.com

Swannanoa Gathering
A series of weeklong programs offering a variety of classes from which students create their own curriculum.
www.swangathering.com

Pete Wernick’s Bluegrass Jam Camps
Several days of learning in which Pete shows “closet pickers” how to join in on a bluegrass jam session and fit in at their ability level. Hands-on help, supportive instruction and fun jamming!
www.drbanjo.com

Guitar Intensives Week
Small, personalized groups at College of the Atlantic, just minutes from Acadia National Park, offering instruction in a variety of styles.
www.guitarintensives.com

Kerrville Roots and Blues Guitar Camp
Spend three days in small group sessions with skilled instructors learning guitar basics to fine points of music techniques.
www.kerrville-music.com

From Women’s Hearts and Hands Guitar Camp
Enjoy superb guitar instruction, play in song circles, perform your songs, revel in guitar mania, enjoy nature’s beauty and relax!
www.womensheartsandhands.com

California Coast Music Camp
A weeklong camp with instruction in a variety of acoustic instruments and styles. Activities include workshops, sing-along, jams and performance opportunities.
www.musiccamp.org/ag

2nd Annual Door County Bluegrass Camp
Come and join your fellow bluegrass pickers for five full days of expert instruction including small group playing, jamming and workshops.
www.doorcountybluegrass.com

5th Annual Hill Country Acoustic Music Camp
Daily activities include instrument classes, jams and social orchestras. Exposure to various music styles in a fun-filled week of nothing but you and your music!
www.hcamp.org

Alex de Grassi Guitar Workshop
In three days of nonstop guitar, Alex de Grassi will share his insights into arranging, composing, and performing fingerstyle guitar.
www.degrassi.com/workshops.html

Common Ground on the Hill Traditions Week
Two separate weeks of classes, concerts, and dances with multilevel instruction as well as fine arts, film, and dance.
www.commongroundonthehill.org

Duquesne University’s Guitar and Bass Workshop
This workshop provides an outstanding resource for guitarists looking to acquire knowledge, skills, and insights.
www.guitar.duq.edu/workshops.htm

NashCamp Bluegrass, Songwriting, and Sonny Osborne Banjo Camps
Each day features instrument classes, electives, and band lab. Classes are small and intimate, allowing for much teacher/student interaction.
www.nashcamp.com

Mandolin Symposium
In this seminar over 80 elective choices are taught by some of the best mandolin players in the world.
www.mandolinsymposium.com

Galloup School of Lutherie
Offering four courses in lutherie: Master Program, Journeyman Program, Technician Program, and Buzz Feiten Class. Classes cover all aspects of lutherie!
www.galloupguitars.com

Timeless Instruments
A seven-week acoustic guitar construction training course that covers design, parts construction, assembly, finishing, and setup.
www.timelessinstruments.com

Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery
A five-month course combining lecture, demonstration, and one-on-one instruction designed to teach the skills required for a profession in lutherie.
www.roberto-venn.com

Totnes School of Guitarmaking
A 12-week guitar-making course in which students build an instrument to their own design, through all the stages of construction, decoration, setting up, and finishing.
www.totnesschoolofguitarmaking.co.uk

Haight Guitars
Weeklong camps where students learn the process of building an acoustic guitar. Attendance is restricted to three students per camp.
www.haightguitars.startlogic.com

Montreal Guitar Show
This event is a tour of the world of lutherie, nothing less than guitar heaven for all guitar aficionados!
www.montrealguitarshow.com

28th Annual Guitar Foundation of America Conference
This conference will feature concerts by an array of international virtuosos, an exhibit hall and daily master classes and lectures.
www.guitarfoundation.org

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