Suzy and Eric both teach classes, give private lessons and are on staff at various music camps. Suzy offers an ongoing String Band Blues class - see below. Eric teaches private guitar and mandolin lessons.
Summer 2019 - CAMPS
July 24-29 - Fiddlekids - Berkeley - Suzy will be teaching rags and Cajun tunes at this children's day camp which takes place in Berkeley. Amazing staff this year including Karen Celia Heil, Miguel Govea, Darcy Noonan, Julian Smedley, Evie Ladin and more! Info here: FiddleKids
June 30-July 7 — Festival of American Fiddle Tunes - Port Townsend WA - the biggest, most mind-blowingest fiddle camp ever! We're not on staff this year but we'll be there anyway. http://centrum.org/festival-of-american-fiddle-tunes-the-workshop/
July 26-Aug 3 - Lark Camp, Mendocino - Eric will be teaching at this world music camp, with a huge and wonderful staff, nearly every kind of music you can imagine! www.larkcamp.com
July 28 - Aug. 4 - Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Workshop & Festival - Suzy will be teaching fiddle (there are 2 other fiddle teachers this year!) and she will be co-leading a jug band lab with Jim Kweskin! Fantastic staff this year including Jerron Paxton, Sunpie Barnes, Guy Davis, and many others. centrum.org/blues-festival-artist-faculty/
For info on private lessons or String Band Blues workshop, email us. Next String Band Blues workshop will be on Monday nights from 7:30 to 9, dates are Aug. 12, 19, 25 and Sept 2, 9 and 16. We may not end up having class on Labor Day (Sept. 2). Email us for more info about this.
About the String Band Blues Workshop:
We’ll learn and arrange vocal songs and a few instrumentals, with the repertoire drawn from the jug band, black country blues and hillbilly blues artists of the 1920’s and 1930s, like the Memphis Jug Band, the Mississippi Sheiks, Bessie Smith, East Texas Serenaders, and lesser known (but equally wonderful) artists. We work directly from the source material, (provided in advance, along with lyric sheets.) Suzy chooses the material based on the instruments in the class, and will consider all requests, either for specific songs or artists. This music is a lot of fun to play as a group, and there’s almost no limit to the number of musicians that can play it together!
Any instrument is welcome - guitar, fiddle, ukulele, mandolin, bass, harmonica, etc. at an intermediate-ish level. You should have some facility on your instrument - be able to change chords easily (if you play a chord instrument) and be open to learning by ear. Advanced beginners who are game to try something new, or want to explore the world of blues and rags on the fiddle or mandolin, are also welcome. Suzy will adapt the material according to the levels of the players. We do a lot of singing so if you don’t play an instrument but want to join the class, bring your kazoo!
Summer 2019 - CAMPS
July 24-29 - Fiddlekids - Berkeley - Suzy will be teaching rags and Cajun tunes at this children's day camp which takes place in Berkeley. Amazing staff this year including Karen Celia Heil, Miguel Govea, Darcy Noonan, Julian Smedley, Evie Ladin and more! Info here: FiddleKids
June 30-July 7 — Festival of American Fiddle Tunes - Port Townsend WA - the biggest, most mind-blowingest fiddle camp ever! We're not on staff this year but we'll be there anyway. http://centrum.org/festival-of-american-fiddle-tunes-the-workshop/
July 26-Aug 3 - Lark Camp, Mendocino - Eric will be teaching at this world music camp, with a huge and wonderful staff, nearly every kind of music you can imagine! www.larkcamp.com
July 28 - Aug. 4 - Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Workshop & Festival - Suzy will be teaching fiddle (there are 2 other fiddle teachers this year!) and she will be co-leading a jug band lab with Jim Kweskin! Fantastic staff this year including Jerron Paxton, Sunpie Barnes, Guy Davis, and many others. centrum.org/blues-festival-artist-faculty/
For info on private lessons or String Band Blues workshop, email us. Next String Band Blues workshop will be on Monday nights from 7:30 to 9, dates are Aug. 12, 19, 25 and Sept 2, 9 and 16. We may not end up having class on Labor Day (Sept. 2). Email us for more info about this.
About the String Band Blues Workshop:
We’ll learn and arrange vocal songs and a few instrumentals, with the repertoire drawn from the jug band, black country blues and hillbilly blues artists of the 1920’s and 1930s, like the Memphis Jug Band, the Mississippi Sheiks, Bessie Smith, East Texas Serenaders, and lesser known (but equally wonderful) artists. We work directly from the source material, (provided in advance, along with lyric sheets.) Suzy chooses the material based on the instruments in the class, and will consider all requests, either for specific songs or artists. This music is a lot of fun to play as a group, and there’s almost no limit to the number of musicians that can play it together!
Any instrument is welcome - guitar, fiddle, ukulele, mandolin, bass, harmonica, etc. at an intermediate-ish level. You should have some facility on your instrument - be able to change chords easily (if you play a chord instrument) and be open to learning by ear. Advanced beginners who are game to try something new, or want to explore the world of blues and rags on the fiddle or mandolin, are also welcome. Suzy will adapt the material according to the levels of the players. We do a lot of singing so if you don’t play an instrument but want to join the class, bring your kazoo!