Fiddle Pal Camp Minnesota – 5th Annual 2013

 

Camp registration now OPEN!

 

 

 

Welcome to Brian Wicklund's 5th Annual Fiddle Pal Camp Midwest in beautiful Stillwater, MN for four days of instruction and fun. Brian has hand picked an national staff for his fiddle camp of amazingly talented teachers and musicians who will teach great music and the skills to play it. Students will learn bluegrass, Canadian, jazz, Appalachian, Irish, and blues for fiddle, mandolin, guitar and bass. We also plan time to kick the soccer ball, hang out with new friends, have a barn dance, and join the amazing staff for a concert. 

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Who: For youth and adults ages 9-and up registration limited so sign up soon!

When: June 18–21, 2013 Tuesday-Friday 9:00AM-4PM

Where: St. Paul Lutheran Church, 609 5th St. South, Stillwater, MN 55082

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Teaching Staff:

 

 

Brian Wicklund (Marine, MN) hosts the Fiddle Pal Camp.  He is widely regarded as among the top fiddle teachers and performers in the country. Brian is the author the best-selling series The American Fiddle Method published by Mel Bay and is co-founder of the online bluegrass instructional website Bluegrass College He is an instructor at top camps and workshops in the US, Canada, UK and Sweden. Brian has been a member of bluegrass bands for decades including: Stoney Lonesome, Judith Edelman Band, Kathy Kallick Band, and Chris Stuart Band.  He currently fronts Minnesota-based progressive bluegrass band, The Barley Jacks His website is Fiddle Pal.

 

Katie McNally (Boston, MA) grew up steeped in the vibrant Scottish and Cape Breton music community in Boston and is a recent graduate of Tufts University where she studied music and Child Development. She has performed across the US with Galician piper Carlos Núñez, fiddle supergroup Childsplay, and in her own duo with guitarist Eric McDonald.  Katie McNally

 

Shauncey Ali (Madison, WI) is a classically trained violist who discovered fiddling as an adult. He currently performs with Graminy (class-grass), the Old Tin Can String Band and La Boheme String Trio (classical). In addition to a private studio, Shauncey founded and directs MadFiddle, a youth fiddle ensemble in Madison, WI. He is also the creator of Strapsey, offering a colorful line of case straps for stringed instruments.

 

Matt Combs (Nashville, TN) has worked with some of the best names in country, bluegrass, and old-time music—including John Hartford, Jerry Douglas, Patty Loveless, Suzy Bogguss, Maura O'Connell, John Oates, Mike Snider, Ray Price, Kevin Costner, Charlie Daniels, Jimmy Martin, Marty Stuart, Uncle Josh Graves, Kenny Baker, The Indigo Girls, Norman and Nancy Blake, and Doc Watson. He has also performed with The Nashville Mandolin Ensemble, Nashville Bluegrass Band, and has played on the Grand Ole Opry over 200 times. He heads the Fiddle Department at Vanderbilt’s Blair School of Music.  Matt Combs

David Rudge PhD (Fredonia, NY) has conducted professional orchestras on five continents.  Guatamala, Romania, England, Syria, Egypt and the Czech Republic are just a few counthries where he has been a guest conductor.  Currently he is Director of Orchestras and Opera at State University of New York.  He is the founder of The Improv. Collective free improvisation performing ensemble and is on the board of directors of Music For People, an organization that advocates and promotes freely improvised music.

 

Ben Winship (Victor, ID) has performed and taught the mandolin for decades.  He can most often be found on stage with Brother Mule (the acoustic power trio with Brian Wicklund) and the Growling Old Men. Over the past 25 years, gigs have taken him everywhere from Hawaii to Shetland, Anchorage to Equator, with appearances along the way at places like the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Strawberry Music Festival, A Prairie Home Companion and the Vancouver Folk Festival. Ben and Brian Wicklund co-wrote The American Mandolin Method Volume 1 (Volume 2 is due out in 2013).  Ben is a brilliant teacher.

Flynn Cohen –Guitar (Massachusetts) has performed internationally with many traditional and contemporary acoustic groups. He studied music in England and California and is on the music department staff at Keene State College in NH. Flynn Cohen

 

 

Kevin Rowe (Riverfalls, WI) Bass. He’s as comfortable in an orchestra as he is in a jazz combo or bluegrass band. He has a degree in music from UW Eau Claire and wows audiences with The Barley Jacks. He’s back for the third year to teach all the right stuff.

Past Teachers:

Fiddle

Lissa Schneckenberger –Brattleboro, Vermont

Trevor Krieger –Billings, Montana

Megan Gregory –Elizabethton, Tennesee

Randy Sabine –St. Paul, MN

Hannah Kalisch –Farmington, MN

Lauren Rioux  –Maine

April Verch –Ontario

Mandolin

Matt Flinner –Nashville, Tennessee

Dave Keenan –Seattle, WA

Guitar

Jeff Troxel –Cody, Wyoming

Bill Cagley –St. Paul, MN

Tony Watt –Boston, MA

Cello

Ari Friedman –Boston, MA

Ability Levels

The camp is open to anyone with a minimum of one year of study on the instrument. Fiddlers should play with ease in first position.  Most of the instruction is by ear but written music is available.

Registration

 

 

Includes 4 days of instruction, all lunches and snacks, a camp T-shirt, admission to barn dance and one ticket to staff concert. Space is limited so register early!

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Fee Schedule:

$385 before 1/31/13

$425 before 3/31/13

$455 before 5/30/13

$495 before 6/20/13

Subtract $25 each for family discount

Cancellation Policy

 

 

Full refund: until April 30
50% refund: until May 31
$60 refunded after June 1
No refunds after June 15

Daily Schedule: (9:00AM-4:00PM)

 

 

9:00 Morning meeting

9:30-10:15 1st class period

10:15-10:45 Snack break

10:45-11:30 2nd class period

11:30-12:15 3rd class period

12:15-1:15 Lunch/free time

1:15-2:00 4th class period

2:00-2:30 Performance by staff

2:30-3:00 Snack/Question Answer Session

3:00-3:50 All camp review

 

Evening Schedule:

 

 

Tuesday: Barn Dance at Stillwater Historic Courthouse

Wednesday: Staff-Led Jam

Thursday: Staff-Led Jam

Friday: Student/ Staff Concert

Food

 

 

Lunch and snacks are included in the registration fee for all four days. Students with special dietary requirements bring their own food.

 

Questions?

Email at martybutton "at" mac.com or call Marty at 651-275-0171