Located at the American River Resort!

Wahoo! With Camp due to start in just a matter of days here are a few things our campers should know: Arrival time on Sunday, August 10th is anytime after 3:00 p.m, but we would love for you all to be situated in time for dinner at 6:00 p.m., if you have opted for the Sunday night meal. Staff will be waiting to check you in and help you get settled. Campers who are tent camping in the group area will need to set up camp and then move your car to the designated parking area behind the Events Center. The group area is well shaded, but there are no tables. Important Items to Bring: A portable chair for classes & jamming, opaque containers for alcoholic beverages, recording devices, bugspray, flashlight & lantern, decorations for your camp...Get in the Spirit!, Hawian shirt/sarong for Hula class, earplugs, watch or alarm clock, any music related item to donate to the silent auction, blank Cd's for copying instructor materials. Last, but not least, your instruments and big smiles! See ya real soon!
2008-07-30 00:00:00

THE AMERICAN RIVER ACOUSTIC MUSIC CAMP IS ABOUT LEARNING ACOUSTIC BASED ROOTS MUSIC WITH STRING INSTRUMENTS. CLASSES INCLUDE; Songwriting, Singing, Flatpick Guitar, Fingerstyle Guitar, Beginning Guitar, Mandolin World, Fiddle, Bluegrass Banjo and Frailing Banjo, Dobro, Upright Bass, Ukulele, The Blues guitar, Music Theory, "Rhythm; The Engine Room" and "Improvisation; How to Jam"!

WE BELIEVE… That anybody can learn to sing in tune, keep a beat and make music confidently with other people! We strive to increase your musical skills and confidence whether you are just getting started or are an advanced player. We honor traditions and celebrate innovations especially through the voices each person and gathering has to offer. Folk music is social music. Whether you aspire to perform, just want to comfortably jam with friends, or share a song with a loved one, we’re here to help you do it! There are many roadmaps to learning music such as listening, looking, imitating and/or translating music ideas written down. They all have value and serve in the quest. Our instructors will guide you to whatever means are needed to find your way. No one path is better – only different. These roadmaps - and others we'll encourage you to discover - will keep you on your journey. The idea is not a formula for music but more an agenda to celebrate what you already have inside you. ARAMC helps bring you out to play! - Joe Craven, Artistic Director
2008-05-30 00:00:00

ARAMC is very pleased to announce that the 2008 camp has several scholarships available. Scholarships cover the cost of all workshops and camping in the group area but they do not include meals. Students who are awarded scholarships will need to either purchase the catered meal plan or are welcome to prepare their own meals in their campsite. To Apply: 1. Download and fill out camp application form from the web site. 2. Write a short paragraph that tells us a little about you, what you hope to gain from camp and what your goals are in your music. Application can either be e-mailed to Patrice@americanriverfolk.org or mailed to Patrice Webb P.O. Box 1588 Georgetown CA 95634. For details of various available scholarships and questions, contact Patrice Webb 530-333-9456 and leave a message. ARAMC wishes to thank the following organizations and individuals for their donations to make these scholarships possible: • The Georgetown Divide Recreation District • Martha Burdick-Mohr of Grass Valley, CA • William and Patrice Webb of Georgetown, CA • Anne Wright of Grass Valley, CA • Mountain Market of Garden Valley, CA
2008-05-30 00:00:00

ARAMC 2008's printable registration form has been posted for mail-in registrations. The online registration process is also now active. Please note that there is a processing fee to use the on-line registration feature as well as paying with a credit card on the mail-in form, which can be avoided by sending your payment by check with the mail-in form! ARAMC 2008 will not only feature great intensive & progressive classes with world-class instructors, but also many fun electives. For example: Hula; Clogging; Murder Ballads; Rhythm; Inside the Engine Room; Celtic 101; Come Together & Sing; Vocal Troubleshooting; Jamming for Beginners; & much, much more! We hope you'll join us!
2008-04-01 00:00:00

ARAMC is delighted to announce Joe Craven as Artistic Director for ARAMC 2008. An ARAMC instructor and Camp Cheerleader for years one and two, multi-instrumentalist, Joe Craven, combines his love of traditional American folk, blues, jazz, country music, and his equal passion for world music's unique melodies and rhythms, along with his mission that anything can be a musical instrument if you just look at it right. Craven successfully creates a musically challenging yet thoroughly delightful music camp curriculum for the entire family. www.joecraven.com
2008-04-01 00:00:00

One of the exciting things we'd like to announce is our move across the river to the American River Resort. The resort offers us more facilities; flexibility in meal catering options; and most of all, a more financially sensible scenario that will enable the camp to go to the next level in the years to come. Another great feature is the large event center that will be a great location for jamming and student and instructor concerts. Our thanks go out to Coloma Resort for two wonderful years of ARAMC memories! www.americanriverresort.com
2008-03-18 00:00:00

ARAMC is proud to announce the staff for 2008: Keith Little, vocals; Chris Stuart, rhythm guitar; Janet Beazley, banjo; Kathy Barwick, dobro; Megan Lynch, fiddle; Hawkeye Herman, blues/slide guitar; Debbie McClatchy, frailing banjo; Lisa Burns, bass; Doug Smith, fingerstyle guitar; Dix Bruce, mandolin; Steve Palozzo, flatpick guitar; Michelle Kiba, ukulele; Keith Greeninger, songwriting; and John Massey, beginning guitar. Instructor bios and class descriptions will be available on the camp website by mid-May!
2008-03-16 00:00:00