Dear Friends:
The new guitar program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee got off to a good start this past year with 11 students enrolled as guitar performance majors and 9 others involved in guitar studies as part of other programs. Special events included masterclasses presented by Billy McLaughlin, Pino Forastiere, Bobby Broom and Jorge Morel; concerts by Pino Forastiere, Ren Izquierdo and Jorge Morel; special presentations by Paul Bowman, Jorge Morel, Bobby Broom and Peter Baime; and a Meet the Guitar/Composer Forum with Don Ross. This coming semester marks the beginning of both the new Master of Music program in Guitar Performance and a Suzuki and College Preparatory program in guitar. Altogether, we are delighted with this auspicious beginning and the rapid pace of development, and look forward to an exciting second year which begins the week of September 6.
One unique feature of the guitar program at UWM is that it is the only college-level program in finger-style guitar in the world.
As part of this program, I will be offering a survey course in finger-style guitar that will draw on an unparalleled media archive. I would like to welcome anyone interested in finger-style guitar to sign up for this class. We are going to have a good time. This semester the class will meet in the UWM Golda Meir Library in room E281. The media playback, internet connection and projection video in this room will be great for the multi-media lecture/presentations. And the proximity to music reference materials and computers will be very convenient. I have designed the performance requirements of the class to be able to accommodate students at a variety of levels. If you have any questions or comments, please call.
Very best regards,
John Stropes, Director of Guitar Studies
UWM Peck School of the Arts
home office 262-636-9910
john@stropes.com
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Finger-Style Guitar: History and Performance
MUSIC 478 LEC 002, class #29685, 3 credits
Fall 2005, Thursday, 5:30-8:10pm, 9/8/05-12/8/05
UWM Golda Meir Library E281
Instructor: John Stropes
This class will familiarize students with the history and performance of finger-style guitar.
Students will learn intermediate finger-style guitar technique and repertoire by such guitarists/composers as Leo Kottke, Billy McLaughlin, William Moore, Rev. Robert Wilkins, Taj Mahal, John Fahey, Sonny Chillingworth, Preston Reed and others. Access to this material will be enhanced with the use of computer and multi-media technology.
This class also includes multi-media lecture/presentations on the development of finger-style guitar beginning with the renaissance guitar, vihuela, baroque guitar and the first appearance of the six-string in Europe in the 1770s. Topics will include parlor style guitar, the development of the instrument, the development of written notation for the instrument, the use of alternate tunings on the guitar and its impact on conventions of teaching and learning to play finger-style guitar, country blues, ragtime, Hawaiian slack-key, the divergence of classical and finger-style guitar in the 1920s, the folk boom, early country guitar, Nashville, British Isles revivalist, finger-style jazz and special presentations on modern icons of finger-style guitar Leo Kottke and Michael Hedges. These lecture/presentations will include rare, historic footage and contemporary video of performances and interviews.
This course is designed for guitarists familiar with first position chords and having background in some style of guitar playing.
Students will be required to perform one piece selected from the semesters repertoire at the final class for evaluation. The final grade will be the average of four quizzes, final performance evaluation, class participation and attendance.
Students must bring an acoustic, steel-string (six-string) guitar to each class. Students will be required to purchase course materials at the first class ($30).
This class is open to all UWM students.
Adult and returning students may audit Finger-Style Guitar: History and Performance for $207. Those 60 and over may audit the class for free on a space available basis. For information on admission and registration, call the Office of Adult and Returning Student Services at 414-229-6732. If you live in Illinois and would like to take this class as a non-credit workshop, please contact me directly for special registration information.
The Guitar Program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee offers a multi-style performance degree with requirements in Composition and Technology, World Music and Pedagogy, and with Repertoire and Ensemble classes designed to prepare students for professional life. Private lessons are supplemented with master classes, workshops, lectures and concerts presented by leading performers. This is the only Bachelor of Fine Arts program in the world in which a student may choose to specialize in finger-style, jazz, classical or flamenco guitar.
The new guitar program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee got off to a good start this past year with 11 students enrolled as guitar performance majors and 9 others involved in guitar studies as part of other programs. Special events included masterclasses presented by Billy McLaughlin, Pino Forastiere, Bobby Broom and Jorge Morel; concerts by Pino Forastiere, Ren Izquierdo and Jorge Morel; special presentations by Paul Bowman, Jorge Morel, Bobby Broom and Peter Baime; and a Meet the Guitar/Composer Forum with Don Ross. This coming semester marks the beginning of both the new Master of Music program in Guitar Performance and a Suzuki and College Preparatory program in guitar. Altogether, we are delighted with this auspicious beginning and the rapid pace of development, and look forward to an exciting second year which begins the week of September 6.
One unique feature of the guitar program at UWM is that it is the only college-level program in finger-style guitar in the world.
As part of this program, I will be offering a survey course in finger-style guitar that will draw on an unparalleled media archive. I would like to welcome anyone interested in finger-style guitar to sign up for this class. We are going to have a good time. This semester the class will meet in the UWM Golda Meir Library in room E281. The media playback, internet connection and projection video in this room will be great for the multi-media lecture/presentations. And the proximity to music reference materials and computers will be very convenient. I have designed the performance requirements of the class to be able to accommodate students at a variety of levels. If you have any questions or comments, please call.
Very best regards,
John Stropes, Director of Guitar Studies
UWM Peck School of the Arts
home office 262-636-9910
john@stropes.com
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Finger-Style Guitar: History and Performance
MUSIC 478 LEC 002, class #29685, 3 credits
Fall 2005, Thursday, 5:30-8:10pm, 9/8/05-12/8/05
UWM Golda Meir Library E281
Instructor: John Stropes
This class will familiarize students with the history and performance of finger-style guitar.
Students will learn intermediate finger-style guitar technique and repertoire by such guitarists/composers as Leo Kottke, Billy McLaughlin, William Moore, Rev. Robert Wilkins, Taj Mahal, John Fahey, Sonny Chillingworth, Preston Reed and others. Access to this material will be enhanced with the use of computer and multi-media technology.
This class also includes multi-media lecture/presentations on the development of finger-style guitar beginning with the renaissance guitar, vihuela, baroque guitar and the first appearance of the six-string in Europe in the 1770s. Topics will include parlor style guitar, the development of the instrument, the development of written notation for the instrument, the use of alternate tunings on the guitar and its impact on conventions of teaching and learning to play finger-style guitar, country blues, ragtime, Hawaiian slack-key, the divergence of classical and finger-style guitar in the 1920s, the folk boom, early country guitar, Nashville, British Isles revivalist, finger-style jazz and special presentations on modern icons of finger-style guitar Leo Kottke and Michael Hedges. These lecture/presentations will include rare, historic footage and contemporary video of performances and interviews.
This course is designed for guitarists familiar with first position chords and having background in some style of guitar playing.
Students will be required to perform one piece selected from the semesters repertoire at the final class for evaluation. The final grade will be the average of four quizzes, final performance evaluation, class participation and attendance.
Students must bring an acoustic, steel-string (six-string) guitar to each class. Students will be required to purchase course materials at the first class ($30).
This class is open to all UWM students.
Adult and returning students may audit Finger-Style Guitar: History and Performance for $207. Those 60 and over may audit the class for free on a space available basis. For information on admission and registration, call the Office of Adult and Returning Student Services at 414-229-6732. If you live in Illinois and would like to take this class as a non-credit workshop, please contact me directly for special registration information.
The Guitar Program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee offers a multi-style performance degree with requirements in Composition and Technology, World Music and Pedagogy, and with Repertoire and Ensemble classes designed to prepare students for professional life. Private lessons are supplemented with master classes, workshops, lectures and concerts presented by leading performers. This is the only Bachelor of Fine Arts program in the world in which a student may choose to specialize in finger-style, jazz, classical or flamenco guitar.
