Newport Guitar Festival August 2006

Over the three-day period, we'll be offering several mini-concerts that feature a player and a maker together, demonstrating the characteristics of a particular instrument. Your regular daily admission to the Newport Guitar Festival includes the mini-concerts for that day.

This page contains the Mini-concert and Lecture Series schedules. Instrument builders are listed above players for their half-hour time slot.

Updated: August 2, 2006

Friday, August 4

Friday 4th	Room A (Aquidneck Room)	Room B (Vanderbilt Room)
Noon-12:30PM	NGF Lecture Series: How the Guitar Conquered America: Tim Brookes, author of Guitar: An American Life, shows through stories and slides the guitar's glorious metamorphosis from humble 19th century folk instrument to 21st century art object and cultural icon.	NGF Lecture Series: Your Guitar's Playability: the Nuts and Bolts of Action, Intonation, and the Physics of the Fingerboard . . . explained in everyday language"- Ervin Somogyi
12:30-1:00PM
1:00-1:30PM
1:30-2:00PM	NGF Lecture Series: Guitar Connoisseurship: Charles Fox, pioneering designer, luthier and educator, presents an overview of the knowledge and expertise that savvy collectors and dealers use to recognize instruments of exceptional quality and significance.	Paddy Burgin Player: himself
2:00-2:30PM		Linda Manzer
2:30-3:00PM		Tom Ribbecke Player: Paul Asbell
3:00-3:30PM	NGF Lecture Series: Getting Started in Lutherie: Harry Fleishman, director of Luthiers School International and innovative luthier of over thirty years experience, discusses a variety of options for learning the art and craft of guitar making.	Erich Solomon
3:30-4:00PM		Al Carruth Player: Ken Bonfield
4:00-4:30PM		Randy Lucas
4:30-5:00PM	NGF Lecture Series: Wood Alchemy: Kevin Ryan, dynamic luthier and former aerospace engineer, discusses and illustrates every step in the design and construction of the modern steel string guitar, from the raw materials to the finished instrument.	Carl Barney Player: Joe Carter
5:00-5:30PM		Mike Baranik Player: Michael Chapdelaine
5:30-6:00PM		Ed Claxton Player: El Duo Duende (AnnaMaria Cardinalli and Craig Dell)

Saturday, August 5

Saturday 5th	Room A (Aquidneck Room)	Room B (Vanderbilt Room)
10:00-10:30AM		Sven Gonstead Player: Keith Knight
10:30-11:00AM		Kathy Wingert Player: Steve Hawkins
11:00-11:30AM	Charles Fox Player: Michael Chapdelaine	Rick Davis Player: Paul Asbell
11:30-Noon	Brent McElroy Player: Bill Mize	Bruce Petros Player: Jerry Kosak
Noon-12:30PM	Steve Spodaryk Player: Raymond Gonzalez	Bryan Galloup
12:30-1:00PM		Otto D'Ambrosio
1:00-1:30PM	Mike Doolin Player: (himself)	John Kingslight Player: Muriel Anderson
1:30-2:00PM	Steve Grimes Player: Steve Obermeyer	Red Diamond Mandolins Player: Zeke Hutchison
2:00-2:30PM	David Berkowitz Player: Mike Golay	Oriskany Stringed Instruments Player: Jennifer Kravassi
2:30-3:00PM	Mark Blanchard Player: Steve Wildey	Tim Reede Player: Steve Kaul
3:00-3:30PM	Charles Hoffman Player: Paul Asbell	Ervin Somogyi Player: Michael Chapdelaine
3:30-4:00PM	Rich Mermer Player: Ken Bonfield	Peter Hopkins Player: Kinloch Nelson
4:00-4:30PM	Michael Bashkin Player: Peter Janson	Rob Girdis Player: Steve Stusser
4:30-5:00PM	Kim Walker Players: Cindy Newman and Holger Obenaus of Gourmet Guitars	Gerald Sheppard Player: Muriel Anderson
5:00-5:30PM	Sergei de Jonge	John Monteleone Player: TBA
5:30-6:00PM	Todd Cambio Player: Frank Basile	Bill Tippin Player: Peter Janson

Sunday, August 6

Sunday 6th	Room A (Aquidneck Room)	Room B (Vanderbilt Room)
10:00-10:30AM
10:30-11:00AM
11:00-11:30AM
11:30-Noon	Greg German Player: Fred Fried	Dan Brown Player: David DiPietro
Noon-12:30PM	Marc Beneteau	Paul Norman Player: Keith Knight
12:30-1:00PM	Kevin Ryan Player: Michael Chapdelaine	Ken Parker
1:00-1:30PM	Matt Gage Players: Stephen Couch and guest	Howard Klepper Player: Paul Asbell
1:30-2:00PM	John Mello Players: Anthony Weller and Steven Kirby	John Osthoff Player: Keith Knight
2:00-2:30PM	Kent Everett Player: Paul Heumiller	Jamie Kinscherff
2:30-3:00PM	Sheldon Schwartz Player: Kinloch Nelson	Harry Fleishman Player: Buzz Turner
3:00-3:30PM	John Monteleone Player: TBA	Michael Collins Player: Maria Zemantauski
3:30-4:00PM	Jim Ellsberry Player: Ray Matuza	David Freeman
4:00-4:30PM	Bernie Lehmann Player: Kinloch Nelson	Tom Rodriguez
4:30-5:00PM		Chris Mirabella Player: Ray Matuza
5:00-5:30PM
5:30-6:00PM

*** Note: This schedule will be fluid up until the time of the Festival, and is subject to change at any time.***

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