Additional Guitar Worskhop with Matthew Fagan open to public

GUITAR WORKSHOP (BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL)

WHEN: Thursday 27th March, 1.30pm-3.30pm
WHERE: TasTafe Alanvale Campus
ADDRESS: 54A Alanvale Rd Newham, C Block Room C323
$20/ $15 Concession

Booking essential 0438 881 985 mjb2fagan@gmail.com

GUITAR WORKSHOP INFORMATION
International touring guitarist, professional teacher & endorsed Maton Ukulele Player, Matthew Fagan provides a unique fun, exciting and informative workshop with flexible delivery depending on the participants interest & experience sought out in booking process. The workshop can include stretching, fingerpicking, strumming techniques, interpreting and expressing different music styles i.e. Bluegrass, Blues, Flamenco,Classical, rhythm, harmonies, chords, scales, composition and improvisation.

The workshop can cover
-Complete right hand fingerstyle development from beginner to advanced. Covering fingerstyle Folk/country/traditional styles as influenced by Merle Travis / Chet Atkins /Tommy Emmanuel.
-Banjo rolls and bluegrass as applied to fingerstyle.
-Flamenco guitar technique as applied to fingerstyle guitar including Flamenco strumming rasguedeo advanced rhythms.
-Flat picking techniques as in Traditional bluegrass and gypsy jazz (DjangoReinhardt) styles

Workshop Background Information
International touring guitarist and professional teacher, Matthew Fagan, provides a unique fun, exciting and informative package for beginner to advanced.
Matthew is a leading instructor with over 25 years of guitar tutoring experience with two degrees in music from the Victorian College of the Arts and Monash University.
Matthew has studied with masters John Williams, Tommy Emmanuel, Paco Pena , Martin Taylor, Tony McManus and Leo Kottke. Matthew is annually a finalist at the Winfield Guitar Festival, fingerstyle competition, the leading competition in the World and has performed and conducted workshops at the Bath Guitar Festival UK and major Australian Festivals i.e. The National Folk Festival, Port Fairy and Cygnet Festival.
Essentially a Spanish classical guitarist , Matthew has deeply explored the techniques of Spanish Flamenco, Gypsy Jazz, Celtic, American roots and modern finger-style Guitar.

Matthew loves to share his experience and knowledge in the workshops he leads

Matthew Fagan