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Teaching Assistants
John Sutherland, whom Christopher Parkening calls “one of the finest teachers in the U.S.,” has taught classical guitar for more than 30 years and has been a teaching assistant for the master class since 1978. He first met Christopher Parkening when they were students in the 1966 Andrés Segovia master class. He has also studied with Christopher Parkening, José Tomás, John Marlow, and Evangelos Assimakopoulos. Mr. Sutherland is Professor of Guitar at the University of Georgia and Georgia State University and several of his students have been selected for previous Christopher Parkening master classes. Mr. Sutherland will teach private lessons and a 2-part, 3 hour seminar covering “How to Learn a Piece of Music from the First Day” and “Technical and Musical Confidence with the Guitar”. The class will cover how to learn a piece correctly; how to avoid reading problems, learned mistakes, rhythm problems, technical difficulties, bad interpretation, bad sound, etc. The second part of the seminar will cover how the proper blend of technical and musical values will enhance your pieces beyond expectations. Most performances of guitar pieces will either be over-technical and bland musically, or will be over-interpreted and sloppy. The seminar will discuss and work on ways to blend the proper balance of the two for a more balanced and inspired performance. Participants are requested to bring their guitars to these “hands on” seminars.
Scott Bach, whom Christopher Parkening calls “extremely knowledgeable about guitar sound production,” will present a seminar entitled Mastering Classical Guitar Sound Production. The seminar shows how to transform your sound by applying unique principles of nail filing and string activation distilled by Mr. Bach over more than 25 years. Master class auditors and performers have benefitted from this seminar since its introduction in 1986. Mr. Bach will also be available to teach a limited number of private sound production lessons to seminar attendees. An attorney by profession specializing in entertainment law, Mr. Bach is a classical guitarist, teacher and aficionado of the instrument who has performed in previous Parkening classes and attended classes with Andrés Segovia. His clients include musicians, authors, entertainers and celebrities. Time permitting, Mr. Bach will also discuss legal aspects of the music business at the conclusion of the sound production seminar.
Gilbert Hetherwick, former president of Sony BMG Entertainment’s Classical Division which he renamed “Masterworks”, returns to the master class to give a one hour lecture and question and answer session on “The Future of Recorded Music”. The lecture stresses new technology and how that technology will effect everything from the marketing and sales of music to the evolving digital recording technologies and the expanding role of the internet in the future. The lecture will also touch on the changing relationships between artists and recording companies and the expanding possibilities for independent labels and artists producing and selling their own recordings.
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