Teaching Group Guitar in a Digital World
A FREE workshop & discussion for students, instructors & listeners
Friendly Community Music School • 6731 W. Roosevelt Road • Berwyn IL
Thursday • July 6 • 7:00 pm • Mark Dvorak facilitator
Join Mark Dvorak for an informative & enlightening exploration into the art and strategy of successfully teaching group guitar. Bring your acoustic guitar, questions, ideas & be ready to join the discussion and play along.
Topics include:
- A musical awareness.
- The object of teaching in a group situation.
- Theory merely.
- Gadgets, technology & the right answer.
- Situated learning & apprenticeship.
Mark Dvorak served on the faculty of the venerable Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago for thirty-one years teaching group guitar classes, ensembles & workshops. He began teaching as an avocation, but his interest in working with students deepened and evolved into a way of life & a livelihood of “helping people teach themselves.”
Handouts:
- A Beginner Learns Guitar (30 pages).
- Big Ears by W.A. Mathieu (6 pages).
- Notes on Teaching (6 pages).
- The Way of Art by Joseph Campbell (22 pages)
- Who Are the Teachers? (9 pages).
- Why Folk Music Matters (9 pages).
- Your Tools of Expression (4 pages).
Recommended reading:
- Free Play: Improvisation in Music & Life by Stephen Nachmanovitch.
- Situated Learning by Jean Lave & Etienne Wenger.
- The Listening Book by W.A. Mathieu.
Registration is required! Drop an email to Mark today & stay in touch with your questions.
Learn more about the Friendly Community Music School at www.friendlymusic.community.
Find Mark Dvorak at www.markdvorak.com.