Re: Are there fewer workshops these days?
One problem is the definition of "workshop." Some are real teaching programs, others are just mini-concerts built around a particular theme. I led a "Sing Me a Story" workshop at our local Turtle Hill Folk Festival last weekend, and it was basically one touring act and two local performers singing songs loosely organized around the theme of a narrative.
We did also have more teaching-oriented workshops in guitar, clawhammer banjo, and old-time fiddle -- the latter with Bruce Molsky, and you can't hardly do better'n that! No mandolin this time around.
Our local folk club does workshops from time to time, teaching oriented, and I'm teaching a very beginning mandolin class at the Hochstein School here in Rochester, starting next month. I'd suggest that someone who wants to learn in the workshop format, should look to one of the week-long residence programs or camps; those are invariably strongly oriented toward group instruction.
Allen Hopkins
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