Harp Guitar Gathering III: Saturday,
September 3rd
The Harp Guitar's History, Players, and
Makers
Hudson
Hall,
Willamette University, Salem
8:00 - 8:50 AM |
Coffee and
registration |
8:50 AM |
Welcome and overview
of "Beyond Six Strings" |
9:00 AM - 9:50 AM |
Instrument Show:
"Harp guitars - Then" |
Gregg
Miner will discuss and demonstrate the harp guitars of The Miner
Museum of Vintage, Exotic & Just Plain Unusual Musical
Instruments. He
will also briefly discuss the history pertaining to other
instruments on display from the collections of John Doan, Steve
Bissell, Brent Bunker and Kerry Char.
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![miner_show-miner.jpg (130044 bytes)](miner_show-miner_small1.jpg)
Mine are on the black backdrop, plus a couple
others on the left. I had to leave several at home!
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10:00 AM - 10:50 AM |
Performers workshop:
"Composing for the Harp Guitar" (Take One) |
Players present a cross section of approaches to composing
music for the instrument that is unique to the harp guitar.
Performers to include: Muriel Andersen, Stephen
Bennett, Larry Berwald, Bill Dutcher, John Doan. William
Eaton.
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![composing1_dutcher-noe.jpg (53254 bytes)](composing1_dutcher-noe_small.jpg)
Larry Berwald was unable to attend. We missed
him!
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11:00 AM - 11:50 AM |
Luthier's
Forum: "Harp
Guitars - Now" |
Mike Doolin discusses overview of new instruments on
display by leading makers of harp guitars today to include
Mike Doolin, John Sullivan, Jeffrey Elliott, Kerry Char,
Stephen Sedgwick, Benoît Meulle-Stef, William Eaton, Fred
Carlson and Michael Dunn.
Mike will then moderate a discussion among a panel of
harp guitar luthiers who will discuss the latest designs in
harp guitars today followed by questions from the audience.
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12:00 PM |
Lunch
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Goudy Hall on the campus of Willamette University.
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![lunch-blaustein.jpg (107924 bytes)](lunch-blaustein_small.jpg)
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![lunch2-morgan.jpg (85352 bytes)](lunch2-morgan_small.jpg)
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![ms_sedgwick,morgan-hobbs.jpg (119527 bytes)](ms_sedgwickmorgan-hobbs_small.jpg)
Stephanie Sedgwick (Steve's mother) and Linda Morgan
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College dropouts, every one...
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2:00 PM - 2 :50 PM |
Performers
workshop: "Composing
for the Harp Guitar" (Take Two) |
Players continue to present a cross section of approaches
to composing music for the instrument that is unique to the
harp guitar. Performers
to include: Stacy Hobbs, Dan LaVoie, Andy
McKee, Tom Shinness, Jeff Titus, Andy Wahlberg.
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![composing2-titus.jpg (117573 bytes)](composing2-titus_small.jpg)
Watch
and listen to Stacy's portion
of the HGG3 Composing Clinic - introducing the CAGED system to
the harp guitar. |
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3:00 PM - 4:45 PM |
"In Search of the
Harp Guitar" |
Debut Video showing of the new DVD.
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![dvd1.jpg (40316 bytes)](dvd1_small.jpg) |
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5:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
Rehearsal of "The
Water is Wide" |
- by all harp guitarists for evening concert finale.
Maestro Stephen Bennett will conduct the International Harp
Guitar Orchestra.
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![water2-allen.jpg (132054 bytes)](water2-allen_small.jpg)
![water2-doolin.jpg (105242 bytes)](water2-doolin_small.jpg)
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5:30 PM - 7:30 PM |
Dinner
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Goudy Hall
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6:00 PM - 7:20 PM |
Instrument Show Open to
Public - "Beyond Six Strings" - The Instruments |
6:45 PM - 7:15 PM |
Gregg Miner and Mike Doolin trade off speaking to the
public about the display.
See and hear Gregg: Pre-Show Talk,
Little Martha (short excerpts)
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![hgs-hoyt.jpg (143749 bytes)](hgs-hoyt_small.jpg) |
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7:30 PM |
Harp Guitar Concert -
"Beyond Six Strings" - The Players |
Featuring
the world's finest players of the instrument and filling the
stage with
more
harp guitars than have ever been assembled in one place before
(breaking the previous night's record!)
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![mckee-allen.jpg (103236 bytes)](mckee-allen_small.jpg)
Andy McKee
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![lavoie-noe.jpg (65462 bytes)](lavoie-noe_small.jpg)
Dan LaVoie
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Stacy Hobbs
See and hear Stacy perform:
Scarborough Fair
Dust in the Wind
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![dutcher-doolin.jpg (105479 bytes)](dutcher-doolin_small.jpg)
Bill Dutcher
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![martin-allen.jpg (68833 bytes)](martin-allen_small.jpg)
Kip Martin
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![wahlberg2-allen.jpg (100830 bytes)](wahlberg2-allen_small.jpg)
Andy Wahlberg
See and hear Andy perform:
You Call It Joggin'
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![bennett-doolin.jpg (101807 bytes)](bennett-doolin_small.jpg)
Stephen Bennett
See and hear Stephen perform:
Tenochtitlan
What
a Wonderful World
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![shinness2-allen.jpg (96520 bytes)](shinness2-allen_small.jpg)
Tom Shinness
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![titus2-allen.jpg (100737 bytes)](titus2-allen_small.jpg)
Jeff Titus
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![anderson-allen.jpg (77123 bytes)](anderson-allen_small.jpg)
Muriel Anderson
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![eaton2-allen.jpg (79041 bytes)](eaton2-allen_small.jpg)
William Eaton
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![miner3-allen.jpg (99811 bytes)](miner3-allen_small.jpg)
Gregg Miner
See and hear Gregg Pre-Show Talk,
Little Martha (short excerpts)
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![doan-allen.jpg (77391 bytes)](doan-allen_small.jpg)
John Doan
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...and our favorite closer - the Water is Wide
group finale. Oh, the fun we are having!
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11:00 PM - 1:00 AM
Conference
Room |
After hours at
Comfort Inn |
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Nancy Conescu (Mike Doolin's fiancé)
surreptitiously snuck in with her Doolin 6-string disguised as a
harp guitar.... |
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