Course Dates: July 2 to July 15, 2012
Application Deadline: May 4, 2012  The deadline has passed.

• Explore the possibilities of the guitar in solo playing and various chamber combinations and become familiar with “playing with others.”
• Many aspects of music will be explored – baroque ornamentation and 19th century classical performance practice, modern, and the experimental – to help participants find their own voices and manners of expression on the instrument.
• In addition to performing solo, participants will be placed in chamber ensembles.
• Receive intensive guitar training with masters of the instrument, as well as chamber music techniques that you will need for a successful career in music.
• Through collaborations and solo concerts, workshops, demonstrations and masterclasses, participants will interact with masters of the instrument in a unique and intimate manner. 
• Practice improvisation and arranging on the guitar. 
• This workshop will culminate in a public performance of student work.

Undergraduate: MUSIC 422, 3 units
Graduate: MUSIC 622, 3 units


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This course is open to classical guitarists of an intermediate to advanced level.

1. Submit a resume and a letter detailing your experience.
2. Send the materials listed in step one with your completed Registration Form to the Summer Arts office by May 4, 2012. The deadline has passed.

Professor Steven Thachuk
steve.thachuk@csun.edu
818-681-1682
www.steventhachuk.com
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