Activities

The week includes instrumental, vocal and band workshops small group lessons, jams sessions and a student showcase concert. Participants also have the opportunity to study styles of solo and ensemble singing, the history of bluegrass music, and music theory for pickers.

Emphasis is placed on perfecting individual skills and addressing individual musical concerns. Students desiring band experience are divided into ensemble workshops and work from models of classic bluegrass recordings. These workshops are directed by one or more instructors.

Open jam sessions at the dorm continue until the wee hours every night after the concerts.

CAMP BLUEGRASS 2012
Schedule of Events

This schedule is tentative and may be changed

Sunday
3:00pm
5:30pm
7:00pm
8:00pm
Registration Baker Center
Dinner Cafeteria
Orientation Tom T Hall
Free Jam Session Dorm
Monday
7:30am
9:00am
9:30am- 11:30am
12:30pm
2:00pm
3:00pm-4:00pm

4:00 - 5:00
5:30pm
7:00pm
9:00pm
Breakfast
Meet the Faculty Tom T Hall
Instrument/Vocal Workshops Assigned

Lunch Cafeteria
Instrument/Vocal Workshops Assigned
Structured Jams – see below
Slow, Intermediate and Advanced
Jams led each day by instructors.
“An Overview of Bill Monroe’s Career”  – location TBA
Dinner Cafeteria
FACULTY CONCERT Tom T Hall
Jammin' at the dorms
Tuesday
7:30am
9:00am-11:30am
12:30pm
2:00pm
3:00pm
4:00 - 5:00
5:30pm
7:00pm
9:00pm
Breakfas Cafeteriat
Instrument/Vocal Workshops Assigned

Lunch Cafeteria
Group Gospel Singing Everybody! Tom T Hall
Structured Jams Sessions Assigned
“Bill Monroe Story Session”- all faculty Tom T Hall
Dinner Cafeteria
“A Monroe Tribute Concert” Tom T. Hall
Jammin' at the dorms
Wednesday
7:30am
9:00am-11:30am
12:30pm
2:00pm
3:00pm
4:00 - 5:00
5:30pm

7:00pm
9:00pm
Breakfast Cafeteria
Instrument /Vocal Workshops Assigned

Lunch Cafeteria
Instrument /Vocal Workshops Assigned
Structured Jams Sessions Assigned
An Overview of the Monroe Mandolin Style”  by Joe Carr, author of Play Like a Legend: Bill Monroe Songs and Tunes for the Mandolin. location TBA
Dinner Cafeteria
FACULTY CONCERT Tom T Hall
Jammin' at the dorms
Thursday
7:30am
9:00am-11:30am
12:30pm
2:00pm
3:00pm
4:00 - 5:00
5:30pm
7:00pm
9:00pm
Breakfast Cafeteria
Instrument /Vocal Workshops Assigned

Lunch Cafeteria
Instrument /Vocal Workshops Assigned
Structured Jams Sessions Assigned
“Fiddle Tunes Bill Monroe Taught Me”  - Robert Bowlin location TBA
Dinner Cafeteria
FACULTY CONCERT Tom T Hall
Jammin' at the dorms
Friday
7:30am
9:00am
9:30am
12:30pm
Breakfast Cafeteria
Pep Talk for Student Concert Participant Tom T Hall
STUDENT CONCERT Tom T Hall
Lunch Cafeteria

 

Student Concerts - If you wish to perform on the Friday morning student concert, sign up at the Camp office.

Structured Daily Jams - These one-hour jam sessions will be led by faculty and held in the faculty member’s teaching room.. Faculty will select the tunes, keys and tempos. Slow, Intermediate and advanced jams will be offered as needed. Students will self-select jams.