The National Guitar Workshop is gearing up for its annual summer workshop series. Each summer, the National Guitar Workshop hosts week long courses at campuses in several locations, including LA, Seattle, Austin, Chicago, Nashville, San Francisco, Virginia and Connecticut.
The Connecticut campus is the main campus and hosts the most events, with LA hosting two weeks of courses and all other cities hosting one week of courses. Some of the cities host special summits focusing on a particular genre of music. For example, the Nashville campus hosts a Country Summit, the Chicago and Austin campuses host a Blues Summit, San Francisco offers an Acoustic Summit and LA hosts a Rock Summit. Special guests are scheduled for each location, including appearances by:
- Steve Stevens, Michael Angelo, and Mike Stone (Seattle)
- Stu Hamm, Gilby Clarke, Allan Holdsworth, Greg Howe and Jennifer Batten (LA)
- Leo Kottke, Steve Oliver, and Harvey Mandel (SF)
- Larry Carlton, Michael Angelo, and John Molo (Virginia)
- Sonny Landreth, Cindy Cashdollar, and Will Ray (Austin)
- Bob Margolin, and Hubert Sumlin (Chicago)
- Johnny Hiland, George Marinelli, Will Ray, and R.L. Castleman (Nashville)
- Scott Ian, Johnny A., Michael Angelo Batio, Gary Hoey, Billy Sheehan, George Lynch, Eddie Angel, Joe Beck, Duke Robillard, Ronnie Earl, Rory Block, Pat Metheny, John Patittuci, Ben Verdery, Andrew York, and Manuel Barrueco (Connecticut)
You can visit the National Guitar Workshop site to learn more about the guest artists.
I’ve never been to the National Guitar Workshop, but it looks like an interesting week of learning and collaboration with other guitarists and bassists.
How can I get a NGW Catalouge??