Concerts & Workshops - Tim Bedner 7-string fingerstyle guitarist performer instructor www.timbedner.com

Tim Bedner offers solo guitar performances at cultural facilities, festivals, educational institutions, and other venues. Tim has put together a catalogue of solo guitar arrangements consisting of pieces not typically presented on solo guitar. Styles include standards, traditional folk, gospel, blues, and contemporary music. In addition to Tim’s own compositions, composers as diverse as Vince Guaraldi, Jimi Hendrix, Pat Metheny, Lennon & McCartney, Charlie Parker, Fats Waller, and Joe Zawinul are highlighted.

Tim believes in bringing the music to those who can't bring themselves to the concert. He has performed at personal care homes, rehabilitation facilities, dinners for the homeless and displaced, and for head-injured and coma patients. He also plays one-on-one for people who are ill and close to death, and in hospices.

Tim Bedner draws on his performance experience, his teaching experience, and his graduate-level training to design and deliver dynamic, flexible, fun, and informative interactive workshops. Workshops marked with an asterisk (*) are team-taught by Tim Bedner and Elise Letourneau. The following workshops are available:

School Programs	*The Jazz Playground	Get ready for music, fun, and learning about jazz. Grades K-5.
	*Let's Make a Jazz Band	Examines the musical elements of the jazz combo one-by-one (rhythm, bass, harmony, melody), then puts them back together again. Everyone participates, so get ready for the biggest big band you've ever heard. Assembly format. Grades K-5.
	*Let's Write a Song	We'll talk about melody and lyrics, make some harmony choices, and end up with a brand new song! Best for classrooms or smaller groups. Grades 6-8.
	*Careers in Music	Do you love music, but you're not sure if you want to perform or teach? There are a gazillion other choices! Find out what they are, what training is needed, what it takes, and what you can be doing right now towards your dreams. Grades 6-8 or 9-11.
	*Lyrics vs. Paroles	Hear both the English and French lyrics of the same songs, and compare and contrast the lyrics. Discuss what works well, what's clunky, and what got lost in translation. Great for high school French classes.
	*Shakespeare's iPod	They're on your required reading list, and there's not much you can do about it - but have you ever wondered what all those authors might have been listening to if they had an iPod? What was going on during their lives, musically-speaking? What connections might there be between that music and the words they wrote? Grades 9-12.
	*American History & American Song	A tour of contemporary American History from WW1 through the 1970's via American Song. Grades 6-8 or 9-12.
For All Musicians	*The Stage Fright Workshop	Information and encouragement to break through performance anxiety and manage its symptoms so that you can enjoy performing at your best.
	Smart Practicing	Work smarter, not harder! Identifying how and what to practice, organizing practice time, building repertoire, and sustaining interest are issues that all growing musicians need to deal with. What's on your music stand?
	All About Chords	Identify the main triad types and construct triads and seventh chords and their inversions. Decipher chord symbols and learn to use the 9th, 11th, 13th, 'sus' chords, and hybrid ('slash') chords.
	Cracking the Rhythm Code	One of the keys to complete musicianship, this workshop discusses rhythmic notation, simple & compound time signatures, beat organization and subdivision, and helps participants recognize common rhythmic groupings. Issues surrounding the interpretation of 'feel' will also be identified.
	*The Art of the Audition	Covers aspects of before, during, and after your audition, including how to prepare, what to expect, and when to let go. Also discusses college music auditions.
For Guitarists	Demystifying the Guitar Fretboard	Offering a visual, string-by-string approach, this workshop helps participants find notes more quickly and easily and encourages them to use the whole fretboard. This, in turn, helps improve reading, improvisation, and chord knowledge.

House concerts (sometimes called 'living room concerts' or 'kitchen concerts') are a great way to enjoy music in a comfortable, intimate, family-friendly atmosphere. If you have an area large enough to seat 20 people or more and are interested in hosting a musician or two for a listening event, a house concert could work out really well. If you would like details on hosting a house concert, please send an email.