Beppe Gambetta has, over the years, nurtured his love of American culture and the culture of his homeland of Italy, and presented a fusion of the musical beauty of the two lands. In this year workshop students will learn the musical traditions of Italy and how that has been woven with Appalachian, Celtic, and other traditions to develop his unique sound while Kathy Chiavola' s classes will focus on a program that will go deep into the coaching, training and use of the voice, the songwriting technique, the guitar arrangement and accompaniment of a song.

The instructors:
Beppe Gambetta, leader of the workshop since 17 years is recognized in the world as master and innovator of the Acoustic Guitar. The style of Beppe is based on researches and studies on the acoustic guitar in the American and European roots music. All this knowledge comes together in his teaching, based on the concept of improving the technique and stimulating the creativity following and respecting the lesson of the influential masters.

Guest teacher, directly from Nashville, the Music Town, will be Kathy Chiavola. Internationally renowned as one of the most respected vocalists in bluegrass and acoustic music, she grew up playing guitar and singing folk, blues and rock in Kansas City, MO and was awarded a scholarship to the Oberlin Conservatory of Music where she earned her bachelor’s and masters degrees in voice. She later studied in a doctoral program at Indiana University with Metropolitan Opera star Eileen Farrell and moved to Nashville in 1980. She worked with The Doug Dillard Band, Vassar Clements, The Country Gazette, Jerry Douglas, Edgar Meyer, Mark O’Connor, Emmilou Harris and Tony Rice before forming her own group www.myspace.com/kathychiavola.

It is requested a good basic knowledge of guitar playing and the reading of tablatures. The number of participants is limited to 30, divided in two groups: fast and slow tablature readers. All groups will work equal amount of time with both teachers and the program will be the same.

The Hotel "Slatnar" is a small mountain-hotel in Ambroz pod Krvavcem, Slovenia, offering wonderful view of the Alps, the Karawanks, and the cities of Kranj and Ljubljana. The rooms are simple and they can accomodate 2 to 4 people.
It is approximately 1080 m high, very close to the International Slovenian Airport, about 30 km north of Ljubljana and approximately 45 km south of Klagenfurt (Austria).

Registrations and inquiries should be addressed to:
Stane Svigelj, phone: +386 4188 6460, e-mail footprints@volja.net

Visitors, friends and jamming enthusiasts are welcome from Thursday evening (August 5^th). Reservation is required.