Jason Anick | 10:00 AM, LUMC
Intro to Swing Violin

For this workshop, violinist extraordinaire Jason Anick will examine a standard swing tune and various classic licks and phrases to help you start improvising over that tune. Phrases will be taught by ear but will be supplemented with sheet music. He’ll also cover various stylistic approaches (vibrato, bowing, etc.) to help you get that authentic swing sound achieved by jazz violin greats like Stephane Grappelli and Joe Venuti.

Craig Sharmat | 11:00 AM, LUMC
DJ Semetrics Explode Creativity!

An hour can transform the way you approach the guitar!

This workshop starts with simple “musical fragments”  and then has the potential to grow your playing while expanding your mind. The system is an easy way to create more than the usual re-hashed licks, but more a constant flow of creative ideas that are simple to play in the Gypsy Jazz style. You can use the examples given at the workshop but the concept is to spawn your own fresh ideas that won’t take a long time to master. You can keep this system simple or go down the rabbit hole and it can take you super deep harmonically. 

There is course material with this class which will be handed out…minimum level intermediate to advanced…no beginners.

Tommy Davy | 10:00 AM, WICA
Masterclass on History

In this masterclass, Tommy will musically trace the Romani trail from its roots in Rajasthan across the Middle East and into Europe. We will delve deeply into the Gypsy musician culture, practices, and folklore associated with the many layers of this secret world. We will also discuss how a guitar culture was born in Western Europe and how Django Reinhardt would revolutionize music with his alchemy of Gypsy sensibility and popular Jazz music of the era. The class will show selected recordings, videos, and a viewing of photographs from Tommy's personal collection. 

Subjects Covered:

 -Music of Rajasthan | -Migration to Europe | -Romanian Gypsy Music
-Russian Gypsy Music | -Hungarian and Slovak Gypsy Music
-Serbian Gypsy Music | -Bal Musette | -The Parisian Guitarists
-Dutch, German and French Guitar Schools | -Modern Gypsy Guitar Traditions

Max O’Rourke | 11:00 AM, LUMC
Guitar Workshop

Come explore tone, technique, and phrasing while performing the music of Django Reinhardt. 

Duved Dunayevsky | Noon, LUMC
1930’s Jazz Guitar

Insights into melodic improvisation and much more. 

Henry Acker | Noon, LUMC
Guitar Workshop

Virtuoso guitarist Henry Acker will share some of his insight into Django Reinhardt's guitar style. He will focus on alternative chords, melody line options, and improvisation ideas for Django’s “Nuages”. 

Michael Horowitz | 10:00 AM, LUMC
Gypsy Picking Workshop - Right Handed Technique

Right hand picking technique is one of the most demanding aspects of playing Gypsy jazz. This workshop will teach you the rest-stroke picking technique used by Django Reinhardt, Stochelo Rosenberg, Bireli Lagrene, and nearly every other Gypsy jazz guitarist. Learning to play with rest-strokes will give you the "Gypsy sound" by dramatically improving your volume, speed and tone. To help put the rest-stroke technique in context, students will learn several of the most commonly used Gypsy phrases, arpeggios, and chromatic runs which do not appear in my book Gypsy Picking. Students will also learn basic principals of efficient left hand fingerings which, when used in conjunction with the rest-stroke picking technique, allow one to play with improved speed and articulation. These examples will be included in handouts written in both standard notation and tablature.

Michael Horowitz is the founder of the publishing company and Gypsy jazz retail store DjangoBooks.com and is the author of the books Gypsy Picking, Gypsy Rhythm, and Unaccompanied Django.

Tim Kliphuis | 11:00 AM, LUMC
Using the Gypsy Jazz First Aid Kit

Based on his new e-book at www.gypsyjazzviolinlessons.com, 
Tim Kliphuis works on a chosen standard from the perspective of 4 universal “Licks” (melodies) that will help you understand the idiom, the chords and the phrasing of gypsy jazz better. Solve any questions you have about this style and learn how to improve your practice regime!

Here is the first Lick for you: https://vimeo.com/656830167/aabf4a076b?share=copy

Tim Kliphuis | 12:30, LUMC
There Will Never Be Another You

Based on his new online course www.gypsyjazzviolinlessons.com, Tim shows you how to learn There Will Never Be... using the Five Exercises method.

Make theory simple, use Guide Tones, apply Licks and help your memory to learn any song in one hour, and your practice will never be the same!

Here is a first video for you on Guide Tones: https://vimeo.com/728890042/2cd94aeb21?share=copy