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Master Classes for the Advanced Musician
Master classes are designed to teach specific techniques and styles or otherwise impart specific knowledge to advanced musicians who want to take their playing to the next level, but who may not
be in the position to study on an every week basis. High intermediate to Advanced players will benefit from the Master Classes, though some of the material
will no doubt be a stretch. Our staff of exceptional teachers has by design a diverse background in music and areas of specialty at which we truly excel. We’d love to share that knowledge
with you in our Master Class setting.
Master Classes will meet for two, one hour sessions, one week apart. We will run the class with a minimum of two and a maximum of eight students. The cost per student
for the two hours of instruction and materials provided is $100.00. To reserve a slot in one of our Master Classes, complete the form at the bottom of this page, including the YELLOW code from the end of the class description. Because space is limited, preregistration and prepayment for the class is required. Payment
should be made using the Master Class button at the bottom of our “Make a Payment” page. Upon receipt of your registration and payment, we will send you a confirmation email.
Alternate Tunings for Guitar with Geoff Hansplant
The fretboard of the guitar is a sonic landscape and, in one sense, a guitar piece or solo is a path leading from here to there across that landscape. One of the really
magical aspects of the guitar, and the thing that makes it truly impossible to ever really master the instrument, is that all you need to do is to retune from standard tuning into one of hundreds of
alternate tunings, and the landscape becomes foreign and the pathways unfamiliar. It can be a daunting process to rethink how to play the instrument, but for the creative player, it is also a
liberating experience, taking you out of familiar patterns and harmonies and into the unknown.
In this Master Class, Geoff Hansplant will take students on a journey into a number of alternate tunings and demonstrate not only how to navigate the fretboard, but how to start
rethinking harmony and dissonance in the context of creating music within an alternate sonic landscape. By coming to a better understanding of what it is that various alternate tunings share
with standard tuning, we can also come to see how what we already know about playing the guitar can be translated into a new set of sounds.
Geoff Hansplant is the owner of the Cappella School of Music and has been playing the guitar for close to 40 years. In 2013, he had the great good fortune to study with both
Richard Thompson and Martin Simpson. He has released two albums internationally, each of which incorporates a great deal of playing in alternate tunings. His first album, Pilgrim’s Progress (2011) received extensive airplay in Europe and his second (recorded with the band, Dirt Track Racer), Kick Off Your Muddy
Boots (2014) spent two weeks at #4 in the USA on the national Roots Music Charts. In March, 2015, Kick Off Your Muddy Boots was named Americana Album of the Month by The Akademia Music Awards. The band is currently in pre-production for the recording of their second
album.
The Master Class in Alternate Tunings for Guitar is set for Saturday, October 1st and 15th,
from 10:00 -11:00a.m. To register for this class, complete and send the registration form at the bottom of this page, being sure to copy and paste the following code: ATG100116.
Then, navigate to the “Make a Payment” page of the site and use the button for Master Class to complete your registration.
You can find us here:
Cappella School of Music
c/o Geoff Hansplant, Inc. 2118 Maplewood Ave., Abington, Pa. 19001
Phone: 215 852-1570
info@cappellaschoolofmusic.com
Featured Students
Congratulations to Erin Jolly, who will be appearing as Mrs MacAfee in Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School's staging of Bye, Bye Birdie. The show will be staged in November on the 9th, 10th, 11th, 16th, 17th and 18th. Well done, Erin!
Congratulations to Corrine and Olivia Smith, who have landed the roles of Gigi and Lisa in Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School's production of Bye Bye Birdie, which will be performed on November 9th, 10th, 11th, 16th, 17th & 18th. Up with the curtain!
Congratulations to Cappella's Samantha Klein, who will be starring as Amahl in the Delaware Valley Opera Company's production of Amahl and the Night Visitors, Saturday, January 6th, in two shows, at 4:00 and 7:00p.m. The performance will be staged at the Venice Island Performing Arts and Recreation Center, 7 Lock Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 19127. Great job, Samantha!
Congratulations to Cappella's Grace Stancavage on her winning of the role of Morticia in the Abington Junior High School production of The Addams Family! Just another day of living the dream, for Grace.
And Congratulations go out as well to Gwen Nolan, who has won the role of Wednesday Addams in the Abington Junior High School production of The Addams Family. Gwen is yet another of our outstanding young vocalists, poised for much bigger things with each new adventure. Well done, Gwen!
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