Oct 26
Roland White to give mandolin camp at Indiana bed/breakfast
Roland WhiteMandolin pickers in the Midwest may want to head to Bloomington, Ind., where Roland White will present a mandolin camp at the Grant Street Inn Bed & Breakfast on Dec. 7 and 8.The camp opens Friday evening with a pickin’ party and meet-and-greet session. A workshop will be given from 12:30 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, followed by another evening picking party.
Cost of the camp is $75, with prepaid registration required. The Grant Street Inn is offering attendees a special half-price rate of $69 plus tax per night for those who wish to lodge there.
Attendees are not required to stay at the inn, although it is highly encouraged to get the full experience. Those attending the camp but not staying at the inn are still encouraged to come to Friday’s informal gathering.
Workshop topics will include right- and left-hand technique, chord shapes and how they work together, playing breaks to songs, double stops, back-up, mandolin set-up, tremolo, acquiring speed, ensemble playing, and more, depending on the students’ preferences and needs.
White will spend some time with each student individually and provide chord diagrams and tablature handouts. The workshop is designed to be equally beneficial to players of all skill levels.
In his distinguished career in bluegrass, White has played in some of the most influential and popular groups in the genre’s history. He began playing professionally at the age of 14 after his family moved from their native Maine to Burbank, Calif.
He led his brothers in their first band, The Country Boys, later known as The Kentucky Colonels, was a member of Lester Flatt’s Nashville Grass, Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys, the progressive bluegrass band Country Gazette, The Nashville Bluegrass Band, which won two Grammies, and The Roland White Band, which earned a 2003 Grammy nomination for the CD “Jelly on my Tofu”.
White is widely praised as a teacher, having taught mandolin and guitar privately and in workshops for many years. He loves to teach beginners and has boundless enthusiasm for the music, which rubs off those around him. He has published a critically and popularly acclaimed mandolin method, “Roland White’s Approach to Bluegrass Mandolin” and “Roland White’s Mandolin Christmas.”
Registration for the camp can be made by contacting Jim Richter at 812-825-5514 or at http://richterdigitalarts.net/RolandWhite.
Reservations for a room at the bed and breakfast can be made by calling (800) 328-4350. Callers should tell inn keepers they intend to attend the mandolin workshop, which will qualify them for the special half-price rate. Details about the inn are available at http://www.grantstreetinn.com
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