Workshops 2009These were the workshops in 2009. As soon as we know more for next BANJOREE you will find the informations here. The various workshops are described in detail below. If you want to learn more about the tutors, click on the links to their webpages. For even moire information on the workshops you can contact us with a brief e-mail. These workshops will be available (click on the links for details) WAYNE HENDERSON - 3-Finger Bluegrass Guitar CATHY MOORE - Progressive Clawhammer Rhythms CLARKE BUEHLING - Classic and Minstrel Styles
ERIC STEFANELLI - The Edison Phongraph - Recordings by Fred van Eps, Vess Ossman etc. JUERGEN BILLER - Scruggs Style Techniques ANDREAS DAVID - Progressive Banjo 3 Finger Single String UDO WEIHRAUCH - Progressive Clawhammer Techniques MATTHIAS MALCHER - Beginner with 3 Fingers VEIT DOEHLER - Beginner with a Clawhammer ULLI SIEKER - Bluegrass Mandolin and learning by ear - NEW! NEW! NEW! The informations will be completed by and by. Please keep on visiting this page. Most of the tutors are happy to give individual lessons. In case of interest please contact them directly. |
BANJOREE 2009
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| Cathy Moore - Progressive Clawhammer Rhythms
We are proud to have Cathy Moore as a tutor this year. Through her knowledge of different musical styles she is able to incorporate very unique rhythmical ideas into her playing. Furthermore Cathy impresses with an extraordinarily clean and precise technique. This workshop is also very helpful for 3-finger players who want to expand their knowledge. 3/4? 7/8? 11/8? No problem for Cathy - and she tells you how to do it! Cathy started playing clawhammer banjo as a teenager in 1978 but was soon distracted by the thriving Balkan scene in the urban US. For the next 20 years, she played Balkan and other European traditional tunes on hurdy-gurdy, winds, and percussion and taught Balkan dance. She was a member of a "Balkan funk" band and several acoustic groups. She started playing banjo again when she moved to a rural area in southern Indiana that has a lively old-time scene. After learning the local repertoire, she began adding Balkan and other European flavorings to the banjo. Odd Times in Old Time... |
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| Clarke Buehling - Minstrel and Classic Styles
Fortunately we were able to invite Clarke again this year. At BANJOREE 2005 he already conducted a very successfull workshop in classical and minstrel banjo styles. Widely recognized for his interpretations of late 19th century, classic finger-style 5-string banjo, Clarke is also in the forefront of the recent resurgence of interest in the earlier minstrel banjo style. Raised near Chicago, Illinois, Clarke was inspired to take up the banjo after hearing a performance by Hobart Smith in the 1960s. He traveled into the South, learning from various old-timers in Kentucky and Virginia, and later studied Concert-style (Classic) from Frank C. Bradbury in Hartford, Connecticut. He studied Fine Arts in San Francisco and Denver, and lived in Boston where he studied classic mandolin before settling into Arkansas and attending the University of Arkansas majoring in music. Clarke teaches and plays numerous folk instruments and has built gourd banjos as a sideline. His current band project are THE SKIRTLIFTERS |
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ERIC STEFANELLI - Demonstration of Original Edison Phonographs with recordings by Fred van Eps, Vess Ossman etc. Eric Stefanelli lives next to Dijon in France. He is a renowned builder of classic luths and banjos and above all belongs to the rare species of classic banjo players. With his wife Patricia he is an expert in the field of classic banjo duets. At BANJOREE 2007 he was a tutor for classic banjo together with his wife Pat. Furthermore Eric is a collector of Edison-Phonographs and the according cylinders. Of course his emphasis here is on the earliest Banjo recordings. Well-known players from that time were Fred van Eps and Vess Ossman of whom we will hear some examples in this lecture to get an impression how people played and recorded in this period. Meanwhile we have some more sophisticated techniques to record acoustic events. These also allow us to see what is happening, a good example being the videos of Eric and Pat on youtube: click to Eric and Patricia Stefanelli on youtube The admission to Erics lecutre is COMPLETELY FREE for attendants of BANJOREE 2009! |
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Juergen Biller - Bluegrass Banjo Scruggs Style Juergen Biller is one of the most distinguished 5-string banjo players in Europe and unsurpassed with his modern interpretation of Sruggs-Style playing. Like no other he is able to contribute to a band's sound with his tasteful backup as well as with his solo playing. Juergen already has been a tutor for BANJOREE twice and each time his workshops have been extraordinarily popular. This time he chose these topics for you: - Improvisation in jam sessions In the WWW you can find Juergen and his band Four Wheel Drive there: And if you want to hear AND see how Juergen plays you go to YouTube, put in his name and watch the videos... |
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Andreas David - Progressive 3-Finger Styles This year Andreas will concentrate on single string techniques which are a valuable increment for every 5-string player and which belong to the standard repertoire of every modern player. Besides the 5-string banjo Andreas also plays acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, ukulele, dobro and lap/pedal steel guitar. Furthermore he is arranger and musical director of various shows (e.g. „Bonjour Kathrin“ – a show about Caterina-Valente or "Sirenen auf See“ ), performing regularly on cruise ships like the M.S. Europa and the M.S. Deutschland („Traumschiff"). Aktuelle Bandprojekte: Hot String Quintet |
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| Udo Weihrauch - Progressive Clawhammer
If you did not hear Udo playing, you would not believe what is possible in this style. Udo definitely is one of the world's most proficient progressive clawhammer players. In his workshop he will provide everybody with new exciting insights. Udo Weihrauch has been fascinated with the banjo since childhood. He only discovered the difference between four and five-string banjo in 1979, when he bought his first banjo. Since he loved everything played on the banjo, he learned both kinds at the same time. On the five-string he developed a strong preference for old time techniques. At the end of the 1980s he got the opportunity to join the "Hot Pepper Jazz Band" in Hannover as a professional. Years of playing Dixieland influenced in clawhammer playing, a combination which led to his own style which he now plays with his wife Ulrike in "Two U". What the workshop is about: How to improvise The workshop shows by means of examples how you can create different moods by using different scales. The technical focus will be on clawhammer, but everybody who knows the basics of banjo playing will receive tools for broadening his personal arrangements. |
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| Matthias Malcher - Beginning with the Banjo - 3 Finger Styles
Yes, Matthias does many things with 3 Fingers! In 2007 Matthias conducted a well received workshop in 3-finger bluegrass guitar. This time Matthias will let us participate in his impressive 3-finger banjo playing. Aged 12 he discovered the guitar, aged 15 he already played gigs al a country-blues and ragtime guitarist. Inspired by the Carter Family, Lester Flatt, Doc Watson and Merle Travisver very soon Matthias became a Bluegrass-guitarist and banjo player. Meeting Ulli Sieker confirmed the change towards Bluegras and led to the creation of groups like Bluegrass Express, Ground Speed and Looping Brothers. Matthias entitles Earl Scruggs and Vic Jordan as his main influences on banjo. He played with various pionieering bluegrass bands all over Europe and North America. He can be heard on more than 20 LPs and CDs, partly with greats like Kenny Baker, Josh Graves or Jesse Mc Reynolds. He was touring with Kenny Baker, Baob Black, Dan Crary, Josh Graves, Wayne Henderson, Ben Hewitt and others. At BANJOREE 2009 Matthias will realize a new workshop concept together with Veit Doehler. Matthias will show the sanguine beginner how to start the banjo with three fingers whereas Veit will show ways to play the same tune in clawhammer styles. Both tutors together will give an overview of what can be done in either style, so that the beginner has some ideas how to begin with the beginning... click to the website of The Looping Brothers and Groundspeed |
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| Veit Doehler - Beginning with the Banjo - Clawhammer Styles
Veit Doehler is co-organiser of BANJOREE and as such also active banjo player. He is "doing it" for more than 30 years now. The first couple of years were dedicated only to clawhammer and melodic clawhammer styles, until in the early 80's through his membership in the bluegrass band Red Hot Grass he was "forced" to play all sorts of 3-finger styles. Since that time he plays in both worlds with equal enthusiasm. In the early 80's Veit Doehler began to give banjo lessons. Since then he never ceased to think about the problems of those who start to play banjo from scratch or who played guitar before and now wonder how to get their banjo-playing smooth. Over the years he found it more and more important the introduce banjo players to more than one style. He teaches clawhammer styles as well as 3-finger styles. Together with Matthias Malcher he wants to bridge the gap between both styles in particular for beginners of one or the other style. Who wants to know how Veit Doehler sounds live and does not want to wait until BANJOREE may travel to north Germany where plays frequently with his current band DAWGMATIC. DAWGMATIC features the banjo in a rather swing- and jazz oriented context. But in order to save gas, you might simply click on th YouTube link below... click to the website of Veit's Band Dawgmatic |
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| Wayne Henderson - 3-Finger Bluegrass Guitar
Now this makes us really proud! We could win Wayne Henderson for our guitar workshop. Wayne Henderson a musical legend known worldwide for both his lightning fast “pinch picking” guitar style and the beautiful guitars, mandolins and banjos he crafts in his shop in Rugby, Virginia. Wayne was honored at the White House in l995 for both his craftsmanship and playing as a recipient of the prestigious National Heritage Award. He has toured widely in Asia, Africa and the Middle East under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institute and the Office of Arts America. In the U.S. he has presented his Appalachian guitar style on several tours entitled “Masters of the Steel String Guitar” (l991 - l993,1999 - 2000). He has played in Folk Masters series in Carnegie Hall, at Wolf Trap and at the l997 Olympics in Atlanta, GA. Wayne has won every guitar competition in the region so many times he has quit competing. (He holds a record for the most 1st place finishes of any contestant in the history of the huge Galax, Va Old Time Music Competitions). He was featured in Fall 2007 on several tours promoting “the Crooked Road”, Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail. He teaches at several traditional music camps including the Augusta Heritage Arts Festival in Elkins, West Virginia, The Blue Ridge Music Program at Mars Hill College, NC, California Caost Music Camp and the Puget Sound Guitar Workshop in Port Orchard, WA. Wayne has numerous recordings to his credit including as CDs “Rugby Guitar” (Rounder), “WC Henderson and Co” (with guest Doc Watson) and “Not Much Work for Saturday” (with Winfield Champ Steve Kaufman)and “Les Pik” on Hay Hollar Records and “Made and Played”, a self produced CD. click to the website of Wayne Henderson
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MANDOLIN - NEW! NEW! NEW! |
Ulli Sieker - Bluegrass Mandolin and learning by ear Started playing Bluegrass mandolin in 1970 Present band project: Looping Brothers with
Matthias Malcher and Bernd Nollenberg Participation in numerous projects as a studio musician Highlights: Mandolin: Wayne Henderson Master Model click to the website of The Looping Brothers and Groundspeed |
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