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        MUSIC SERVICES

 
Individual and Group Lessons:
Half-hour and full-hour individual acoustic music lessons are available throughout the week.  Instruction is offered on bluegrass banjo, guitar, and mandolin.  Pennsylvania Bluegrass Academy classes, including instrumental and vocal instruction, are held on Wednesday evenings.

Jam Sessions:
The Pennsylvania Bluegrass Academy jam session is evolving to meet the needs of the student player who enjoys playing Bluegrass music at an amateur level.  Our emphasis focuses more on education and is not simply a "night out" social happening.  Recently we have returned to an open jam session format so that players get more from their Bluegrass experience:  more songs, opportunity to implement newly acquired skills, more etiquette and participation in the Bluegrass community.  Our "edu-jams" are scheduled on the first Friday of each month at the Country String Shop Music Academy, 2849 Horseshoe Pike (former fire hall), Campbelltown, five miles east of Hershey, in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.  Next scheduled jam - June 6, 2008.


                               17th Annual Summer Camp - July 14-18, 2008:
The week-long Pennsylvania Bluegrass Academy Summer Camp continues to offer a quality experience to folks of all ages who have an interest in bluegrass music.  The program has been developed to accommodate various skill levels.  Camp sessions highlight fundamentals of bluegrass music, historical perspectives, development of improvisational skills and blended ensembles.  Jam session etiquette is also emphasized.  Registrants benefit from instruction by professional bluegrass musicians through individual lessons, group rehearsals, lectures and demonstrations.

                                                         SPECIAL THIS YEAR:
                                                     Violin Teacher's Seminar
                                                     Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Because of increased popularity in bluegrass music, we have added a special seminar to our Summer Camp Week.  Ken Gehret will provide special instruction for string teachers who have the desire to add this dimension to their skills.  Cost for Violin Teacher's Seminar only is $40.  For camp registrants, this seminar is included as part of the regular weekly camp program.

For further information and registration details regarding 2008 Summer Camp and Violin Teacher's Seminar, please contact Nev Jackson at the Pennsylvania Bluegrass Academy,  e-mail nevjack@comcast.net, phone (717) 867-4175.

    RECORDINGS and PUBLICATIONS

 


                              Nev Jackson:  Uniquely Instrumental

Book and CD - includes banjo tabs for 13 Nev Jackson original tunes:  Abigail's Rest, Bullets in Bethlehem, Cold Bare Feet, Dare County, Earlville, Grizzlies on the Kenai, Half a Day in Highspire, Hawthorne, Ironwood Breakdown, Nagasaki Breakthru, No Five (On the Five), Ramblin' Rachel, Woodpecker on the Porch.   Learning CD performed by midi player first slowly, then up to tempo.

CDs by Sweetwater Reunion

                                
     A Still Place In My Heart
     Henry Koretsky, guitar & mandolin
     Bruce Campbell, bass & vocals
     Nev Jackson, banjo, guitar & vocals
     Ken Gehret, fiddle, guitar, mandolin &
                        vocals



      Barnstormin'
      I Still Think About You
      The Scarlet Cord
      Star Dust
      There Once Was a Man
      Sweet Dixie Sunlight
      No Five (On the Five)
      Abel and Cain
      Yellow Creek Breakdown
      A Still Place in My Heart
      The Blue Waltz
      Train, Oh Train

              Almost Bluegrass 3
              (only available as CD)
     
     
     
     
     
         Dare County
         End of the Road
         Leave Paradise Alone
         Earlville
         Almost Bluegrass
         Sweetwater Rag
         Who Are You?
         Hawthorne
         Life and Other Games of Chance
         Chances Are
         Sing That Song Again
         What Was I Thinking Reel
         What a Way to Say Goodbye
         Nagasaki Breakthru

For additional information about services and products,
please call (717) 867-4175 or e-mail Nev Jackson at
nevjack@comcast.net