Sorrento Centre Retreat & Conference Centre 


Swing/Bluegrass Music Workshops

Sorrento Centre has become justly famous for its annual Swing and Bluegrass musical workshops and the day-long Sorrento Bluegrass Festival. Over the years, hundreds of budding musicians and more advanced students have benefited from the expert one-on-one tutelage of some of North America's finest Swing and Bluegrass musicians.  More info...

Swing Workshop - Sunday, August 15 - Saturday, August 21, 2010
The B.C. Swing Workshop provides a friendly, non-competitive environment for everyone from swing-novices to more seasoned players. The program provides an extensive selection of classes, workshops and organized band labs to help you grow as a musician. Enthusiastic and experienced instructors are chosen for their skill as teachers as well as their ability as performers. Evenings are filled with special presentations, swing dances, concerts by students and instructors, and plenty of opportunity to jam. More Info...

Click here to enlarge this image: FestivalPanorama.jpg
Click on image to enlarge

Bluegrass Workshop Week 1 - Sunday, August 22 - Friday, August 27, 2010
Bluegrass Workshop Week 2 - Sunday, August 29 - Friday, September 3, 2010
Spend an inspiring, challenging and fun-filled week with others who share a passion for bluegrass music. The program provides ample opportunity for class time, special workshops, thematic jam sessions, concerts, and lots of spontaneous events. Instructors come from all over North America, and are some of the best banjo, guitar, mandolin, bass, fiddle and dobro players and teachers on the continent. More info...

Sorrento Bluegrass Festival - Saturday, August 28, 2010

The twelfth annual Sorrento Bluegrass Festival is a daylong showcase for some of the most dynamic bluegrass performers in North America. Join us for a day of the “high lonesome” sound of bluegrass music in all its many forms, from tight harmonies, lightning fast fingerpicking, and infectious rhythms. There will be concession stands with food available as well as a beer garden. CDs, T-shirts, and musical accessories will also be available for purchase.

Tickets: $25.00
Youth and Seniors: $20.00
Children under 12: Free

For more information visit the British Columbia Blue Grass & Swing Website

[top]

Home ] Welcome to Sorrento Centre ] Programs ] Meetings & Conventions ] Accommodation ] What's New ] Meet our Staff ] Photo Gallery ] Contact Us ] Public Lectures ] Spring Courses ] Pre-Summer Courses ] Summer Courses ] Fall Courses ] Children & Youth ] Program Themes ] [ Swing/Bluegrass Music Workshops ] Shuswap School of Woodcarving ] Registration Information ]

Sorrento Centre is Anglican in tradition, ecumenical in programming, and inclusive in welcome.

Phone: 250-675-2421
Toll Free: 1-866-694-2409

1159 Passchendaele Road  PO Box 99
Sorrento, BC  Canada V0E 2W0

info@sorrento-centre.bc.ca
www.sorrento-centre.bc.ca


~ another strategic online marketing program  ~
WordArt WebArtistry

Copyright © 1999-2010 Sorrento Centre
This page was last updated on 20 Jan 2010