SUMMER GUITAR COURSE

There are plans in progress to organise a residential guitar course this summer – the main theme of which will be my own approach to arranging and composing. The idea isn’t mine -- it comes from a pleasant character called Bernd Grossmann who came along to a gig I had with Johnny Dickenson in a little town in the south of Denmark sometime last year. Bernd explained that he was an enthusiastic guitarist whose profession was organizing business conferences and that he would like to try putting on a workshop in that area. It sounded good to me, and now we are further down the line and it looks like it is coming together nicely it is about time to outline the general plans and put up some contact links for Bernd who is ready to supply more detailed information.

The proposed dates are 10 – 14 August.

The place is Wasserkoog, which is a village near the little harbour of Eiderstedt on the North German coast. It sounds remote but in fact getting there is relatively straightforward.

The venue itself will be the former school house that stands in its own grounds and has twenty rooms.

I will be sharing the teaching with my old friend Remy Froissart. Remy and I go back to the ‘sixties. We spent time in Paris together and recorded a number of duets. Remy is a great player and a great teacher.
If ever I wanted to learn to play like me I’d go to Remy for lessons.

Remy, Bernd and I have been thinking about the content of the course.
That is still in the early stages but will include : background (the styles that fed into the approach) -- aspects of technique – some exercises – some specific pieces and the thinking process behind the arrangements.
The aim will be to make it all enjoyable as well as instructive..

I understand Bernd has worked out a price of 385 Euros for the whole thing.
His contacts are info@grossmann-gitarre.de
info@grossmann-training.de
And there is a site up and running at http://www.grossmann-gitarre.de
Please feel free to contact him and offer suggestions.

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